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4    NEW LEFT NOTES   JUNE 17, 1966
INOTE5    JUNE 17, 1966
proposed nc resolutions
on conferences . .
Two of the major problems which have
plagued the national organization this year
have been a lack of internal education and
a lack of internal communication. In order
to try to end both the feeling of isolation
which people often have and to try to spread
the educational manpower resources which
we have centered in a few areas to other
areas, I propose that we hold a series of
conferences this summer. These conferences
should start about a month after the NC
and continue until the convention. Each conference should be composed of four or five
resource people and should concern itself
with one topic. The conferences should be
considered as ongoing functions of the national organization which occur periodically.
Each conference should be held in four
different areas (West Coast, Midwest, South,
and East Coast) of the country at different
times - hopefully each of the resource people
would be able to participate at each of the
sessions of their conference. There should
be conferences held on each of the fol lowing
topics  (each   of  the  following topic-based
conferences would be held in each of the
four above mentioned areas): l)theworking
class, the role of radicals in working with
labor unions, etc.; 2) civil-rights, black nationalism, etc.; 3) community organizing-this
is to be considered separate from civil-
rights; 4) electoral politics, independent parties, etc.; 5) foreign policy, South Africa,
Viet-Nam, etc.; 6) University Reform. In
addition to these conferences which take
place on an ongoing basis during the summer, we should have a conference on students and the draft at the beginning of the
convention. " .    _
Bob  Speck
on nc resolutions
The first issue of New Left Notes after each
National Council shall publish the verbatim
text of all resolutions passed and decisions
made by the National Council. That issue
shall constitute the official record ofthat NC.
That issue shall also contain the names
and chapters of all delegates recognized
at that NC.
on role of nat'l sec'y ..
minneapolis project
A new SDS-affiliated community organizing project has begun in Minneapolis. We
are attempting to work in an area of poor
Negroes, American Indians, and whites. The
neighborhood in which we are working isan
old neighborhood, close to the center of the
city. It has the typical problems of an urban
slum. It has extremely bad housing, high
transiency, high unemployment, high percentages of people on welfare, and other
slum neighborhood characteristics. The problems of the area are compounded by the
large-scale alienation of the Indian community. Indians are especially representative of
people caught in the repressive cycle based
on their economic dependence on governmental agencies. They come from the reservations looking for a better deal, can't find
anything except manual work,aren'tprepar-
ed to sacrifice their dignity to this kind of
work, and then quit orgetfired.Atbest, they
do not stay on welfare or relief too long
before going through the syndrome of not
miami demo
A recently organized Ad Hoc Committee
to End the War in Vietnam organized a
Memorial Day march and demonstration on
the steps of the Miami Beach Public Library.
Some fifty people participated in the march,
about a third of them having joined en route.
The demonstration was not marked by violence.
The* Miamt police had originally denied
the group permission to march to the library
and Ipeak. At one point, a few days before
the march, the police threatened the committee, but it announced it would make no
change in plans. When the demonstration
finally occurred, the police limited themselves to keeping others from interfering.
being able to find a fulfilling job, then accepting their shortlived manual work. To
this problem is added the difficulties of assimilating into the culture. Indians frequently
feel pride in their own culture and regret
the loss of it; revulsion for the urban culture
is reinforced by the cruel rejection of the
Indian by it.
The powers-that-be in Minneapolis have
consTsFenTl'yr ignored-ihe problems unique
to the Indian community,affhöugkthey have
systematically made phony attempts to confront the poverty of the areas.
Recently the Indians in the area of the project called attention to their grievances with
a picket of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' local
office. The pickets demanded such things as
equal benefits for urban Indians as fee
reservation Indians. One boy carried a sign
which said: STOP STUDYING THE PROBLEMS!
COME TOTHECOMMUNITYANDSEETHEM.
The Minneapolis Community Project will
begin this summer to explore the organization of the poor community on the Near
South Side. This is an integrated area and the
organizing effort will attempt to build an
integrated movement of Negroes, Indians,
and whites. While not minimizing difficulties
that are unique to each group of people, we
assume that the problems of each groupcan
be attacked within the context of a city-wide
organization. The majority of the problems
faced by each group have the same roots:
the difficulties of existence within a slum
which are compounded by the intolerance of
urban power structures, their inability to
understand the plight of the poor, and the
repressive inadequacies of the programs
they conceive to 'help' the poor.
Inclusion of Indians in an urban organizing
project makes our project unique. It is experimental in that we hope to learn much in
our attempt to organize an integrated movement. All people interested in working forthe
summer or longer, please contact Doug
Elliot, 2535 S. 13th Street.
Planned national programs, such as the
Vietnam Exam Program, cost a tremendous
amount of money, but are also capable of
largely paying for themselves, impressing
and enthusing members, contributors, and
significant segments of the heretofore "unreached" public.
There is a crying need for an ambitious
literature program. Literature sales will continue to dimish unless there is an adequate
supply of good literature.
Financially there are certain short-term
and long-range needs. There is the immediate need of money to meet the costs of
running the N.O. for the rest of the year;
to meet some of our larger debts; to initiate literature, educational, and other national programs necessary for political,
numerical, and financial growth. But annual
payment of four dollar dues, plus haphazard
contributions, supplemented by various and
occassional fund-raising efforts do not make
for a stable financial situation. There is the
need for the creation of a more stable income  and a more secure financial base.
Hopefully, the Movement Foundation for
Education and Defense-if and when established-will go a long way in solving much of
this problem. It is my feeling that further
steps should be taken.
1. That the N.O. be instructed to organize
a National Fall Fund-raising Drive.
2. That the N.O. be instructed to do serious research on the possibilités of establishing monthly membership dues and that
it present its findings and recommendations
on this matter to the organization no latter
than the winter N.C. of 1966-67.
3. That for the present the following annual dues system be established: Student
membership, $4.00; Joint membershipfmar-
ried couples), $7.00; Participating membership, $10.00; Donating membership, $25.00;
Contributing membership, $50.00; Supporting membership, $100.00; Life membership,
- Paul LeBlanc
The National Secretary's exclusive area
of responsibility and activity would be within
SDS. SDS's needs for more effective programs, for internal education, for more and
better publications, for stable and responsible structures, coordination of staff and
offices, for internal and- external fund raising, and the organization of new regions
and chapters demand the full time attention
of the National Secretary. Other roles, such
as organizational spokesman, relation tothe
press, negotiator and broker with other
organizations, are properly the responsibility of the President and Vice President.
The National Secretary should be based
in the National Office in Chicago, and must
pay particular attention to recruitment of
National Staff, the division of responsibilities, and regular consultation, both personally and through staff meetings with the staff.
A staff meeting shall be held at least once
a week.
The National Administrative Committee
shall also meet once a week. It has decision
making responsibility in the allocation primary role is to oversee the National Secre
tary's     carrying   out  of  the     NC
Convention's program resolutions.
High schools hold great potential for new
SDS members and chapters. Although we
have 10 high school chapters and perhaps
650 high school members, this has only
scratched the surface.
Effective high school organization can be
stimulated by recognizing the distinct needs
of high school programming.
Therefore, SDS hereby sets up high school
program whose initial activity should be to
distribute copies of "High School Reform:
Towards a Student Movement" and other
publications aimed at high students.
Also a "High School Committee" shall be
appointed by the President of SDS to submit
proposals to the August NC for further
programming and possible structural suggestions.
Stanford sit-in report
Approximately seventy-five students began a sit-in at the office of Stanford president
Wallace Sterling, May 19, to protest the
administration's decision to provide university facilities for the Selective Service deferment examination. Thesit-in lastedforalmost
fifty hours, and the administration reacted
by making thirty-six of the demonstrators
subject to discipline.
While the immediate object of the sit-in
was the cancelling of the May 21'draftexam,
other issues were involved: the undemocratic character of the decision-making process
at the university, the administration's intention to cooperate with Selective Service on
class ranks, and theuniversity'sdebasement
into a source of supply for the needs of the
social order rather than a critic of that order.
The Stanford Committee for Peace in Vietnam had written President Sterlig on May
16, requesting him to cancel the May 21
draft exam. The following day the Academic
Council was to meet and several professors
were to bring the question up. At the same
time, the SCPV invited President Sterling
to attend an open meeting on May 19 to discuss the Academic Council decision.
On Wednesday, May 18, itwas learned
that the Academic Council had tabled the
question until afterthe testwastobeadminis-
tered, and the administration announced
that no representative of theirswouldattend
the open meeting. As part of the administration declaration, Dean Wimbergler stated
that it had been his decision to administer
the test. Asked if he were familiar with the
contents of the test, he replied that he was
not. Asked if he considered the moral implications of the exam relevant to his
decision, he stated that he did not.
On May 19, a rally was held in lieu of
the proposed open meeting, and the group
marched to the president's office to demand
that draft exams be suspended while there
is a public investigation of the moral implications of the exams. President Sterling
was unavailable, and the group met with
Deans Wimbergler and Wert, who stated
that they were not empowered to speak for
the administration, and that the president
was willing only to meet privately with
SCPV leaders. Winbergler declared that he
would not negotiate with students on any
matter at any time and that he would never
recommend that President sterling negotiate
with students on any matter.
Believing that a private meeting would be
pointless, the group decided to sit in. Demands at this point involved cancelling all
draft exams, not releasing any grades to
Selective Service, calling a public decisionmaking meeting involving students and administration, and holding negotiations on
increasing student participation in decisionmaking.
Sterling again offered a private meeting
on condition that the sit-in be ended, and the
demonstrators renewed their request for an
open decision-making meeting while dropping all other demands. This was modified
still further the night of the 20th, to simply
a public meeting to discuss decision-making.
The following morning, Sterling rejected
that last offer, and the police present began
taking students' names. The group ended the
sit-in 2:30 that afternoon. Since then thirty-
six student demonstrators have been given
a year's probation with the condition that
they attend a series of seminars with the
deans on decision-making in the university.
national secretary's report
have been mandated to create (more expensive) adult categories of membership.
Thus far, we have developed our program
with both eyes to the campus, and it is because a lot of that has been "off-campus"
program (a funny word for program in various kinds of communities), it has been easy
to organize chapters of young people recently out of college around that kind of program.
The model has been to sign everyone,
student or not, up as SDS members if they
were participants in SDS program. One
adjustment that would facilitate merely continuing on that course would be to change
our name to Movement for a Democratic
Society. More important than changing the
name to fit reality would be to begin to relate
on a more selective basis to different constituencies. This does not mean splitting the
organization up into a High School division,
a poor peoples division, a middle-class adult
division, a young workers section, and a
student section. But it does mean taking care
to have staff developing high school program, perhaps having high school conferences nationally and regionally, and doing
the same for other coherent constituencies.
For the time being, it is perhaps best to have
these specialized activities flow out of the
political program; some campaigns, like the
grape strike support, are well suited to application to young adults, old adults, students,
trade unionists, etc. At any rate, we must
become much more conscious of our variety.
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Full text 4 NEW LEFT NOTES JUNE 17, 1966 INOTE5 JUNE 17, 1966 proposed nc resolutions on conferences . . Two of the major problems which have plagued the national organization this year have been a lack of internal education and a lack of internal communication. In order to try to end both the feeling of isolation which people often have and to try to spread the educational manpower resources which we have centered in a few areas to other areas, I propose that we hold a series of conferences this summer. These conferences should start about a month after the NC and continue until the convention. Each conference should be composed of four or five resource people and should concern itself with one topic. The conferences should be considered as ongoing functions of the national organization which occur periodically. Each conference should be held in four different areas (West Coast, Midwest, South, and East Coast) of the country at different times - hopefully each of the resource people would be able to participate at each of the sessions of their conference. There should be conferences held on each of the fol lowing topics (each of the following topic-based conferences would be held in each of the four above mentioned areas): l)theworking class, the role of radicals in working with labor unions, etc.; 2) civil-rights, black nationalism, etc.; 3) community organizing-this is to be considered separate from civil- rights; 4) electoral politics, independent parties, etc.; 5) foreign policy, South Africa, Viet-Nam, etc.; 6) University Reform. In addition to these conferences which take place on an ongoing basis during the summer, we should have a conference on students and the draft at the beginning of the convention. " . _ Bob Speck on nc resolutions The first issue of New Left Notes after each National Council shall publish the verbatim text of all resolutions passed and decisions made by the National Council. That issue shall constitute the official record ofthat NC. That issue shall also contain the names and chapters of all delegates recognized at that NC. on role of nat'l sec'y .. minneapolis project A new SDS-affiliated community organizing project has begun in Minneapolis. We are attempting to work in an area of poor Negroes, American Indians, and whites. The neighborhood in which we are working isan old neighborhood, close to the center of the city. It has the typical problems of an urban slum. It has extremely bad housing, high transiency, high unemployment, high percentages of people on welfare, and other slum neighborhood characteristics. The problems of the area are compounded by the large-scale alienation of the Indian community. Indians are especially representative of people caught in the repressive cycle based on their economic dependence on governmental agencies. They come from the reservations looking for a better deal, can't find anything except manual work,aren'tprepar- ed to sacrifice their dignity to this kind of work, and then quit orgetfired.Atbest, they do not stay on welfare or relief too long before going through the syndrome of not miami demo A recently organized Ad Hoc Committee to End the War in Vietnam organized a Memorial Day march and demonstration on the steps of the Miami Beach Public Library. Some fifty people participated in the march, about a third of them having joined en route. The demonstration was not marked by violence. The* Miamt police had originally denied the group permission to march to the library and Ipeak. At one point, a few days before the march, the police threatened the committee, but it announced it would make no change in plans. When the demonstration finally occurred, the police limited themselves to keeping others from interfering. financial report being able to find a fulfilling job, then accepting their shortlived manual work. To this problem is added the difficulties of assimilating into the culture. Indians frequently feel pride in their own culture and regret the loss of it; revulsion for the urban culture is reinforced by the cruel rejection of the Indian by it. The powers-that-be in Minneapolis have consTsFenTl'yr ignored-ihe problems unique to the Indian community,affhöugkthey have systematically made phony attempts to confront the poverty of the areas. Recently the Indians in the area of the project called attention to their grievances with a picket of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' local office. The pickets demanded such things as equal benefits for urban Indians as fee reservation Indians. One boy carried a sign which said: STOP STUDYING THE PROBLEMS! COME TOTHECOMMUNITYANDSEETHEM. The Minneapolis Community Project will begin this summer to explore the organization of the poor community on the Near South Side. This is an integrated area and the organizing effort will attempt to build an integrated movement of Negroes, Indians, and whites. While not minimizing difficulties that are unique to each group of people, we assume that the problems of each groupcan be attacked within the context of a city-wide organization. The majority of the problems faced by each group have the same roots: the difficulties of existence within a slum which are compounded by the intolerance of urban power structures, their inability to understand the plight of the poor, and the repressive inadequacies of the programs they conceive to 'help' the poor. Inclusion of Indians in an urban organizing project makes our project unique. It is experimental in that we hope to learn much in our attempt to organize an integrated movement. All people interested in working forthe summer or longer, please contact Doug Elliot, 2535 S. 13th Street. (continued from page 2) Planned national programs, such as the Vietnam Exam Program, cost a tremendous amount of money, but are also capable of largely paying for themselves, impressing and enthusing members, contributors, and significant segments of the heretofore "unreached" public. There is a crying need for an ambitious literature program. Literature sales will continue to dimish unless there is an adequate supply of good literature. Financially there are certain short-term and long-range needs. There is the immediate need of money to meet the costs of running the N.O. for the rest of the year; to meet some of our larger debts; to initiate literature, educational, and other national programs necessary for political, numerical, and financial growth. But annual payment of four dollar dues, plus haphazard contributions, supplemented by various and occassional fund-raising efforts do not make for a stable financial situation. There is the need for the creation of a more stable income and a more secure financial base. Hopefully, the Movement Foundation for Education and Defense-if and when established-will go a long way in solving much of this problem. It is my feeling that further steps should be taken. 1. That the N.O. be instructed to organize a National Fall Fund-raising Drive. 2. That the N.O. be instructed to do serious research on the possibilités of establishing monthly membership dues and that it present its findings and recommendations on this matter to the organization no latter than the winter N.C. of 1966-67. 3. That for the present the following annual dues system be established: Student membership, $4.00; Joint membershipfmar- ried couples), $7.00; Participating membership, $10.00; Donating membership, $25.00; Contributing membership, $50.00; Supporting membership, $100.00; Life membership, $500. - Paul LeBlanc National Staff The National Secretary's exclusive area of responsibility and activity would be within SDS. SDS's needs for more effective programs, for internal education, for more and better publications, for stable and responsible structures, coordination of staff and offices, for internal and- external fund raising, and the organization of new regions and chapters demand the full time attention of the National Secretary. Other roles, such as organizational spokesman, relation tothe press, negotiator and broker with other organizations, are properly the responsibility of the President and Vice President. The National Secretary should be based in the National Office in Chicago, and must pay particular attention to recruitment of National Staff, the division of responsibilities, and regular consultation, both personally and through staff meetings with the staff. A staff meeting shall be held at least once a week. The National Administrative Committee shall also meet once a week. It has decision making responsibility in the allocation primary role is to oversee the National Secre tary's carrying out of the NC Convention's program resolutions. and on high schools High schools hold great potential for new SDS members and chapters. Although we have 10 high school chapters and perhaps 650 high school members, this has only scratched the surface. Effective high school organization can be stimulated by recognizing the distinct needs of high school programming. Therefore, SDS hereby sets up high school program whose initial activity should be to distribute copies of "High School Reform: Towards a Student Movement" and other publications aimed at high students. Also a "High School Committee" shall be appointed by the President of SDS to submit proposals to the August NC for further programming and possible structural suggestions. Stanford sit-in report Approximately seventy-five students began a sit-in at the office of Stanford president Wallace Sterling, May 19, to protest the administration's decision to provide university facilities for the Selective Service deferment examination. Thesit-in lastedforalmost fifty hours, and the administration reacted by making thirty-six of the demonstrators subject to discipline. While the immediate object of the sit-in was the cancelling of the May 21'draftexam, other issues were involved: the undemocratic character of the decision-making process at the university, the administration's intention to cooperate with Selective Service on class ranks, and theuniversity'sdebasement into a source of supply for the needs of the social order rather than a critic of that order. The Stanford Committee for Peace in Vietnam had written President Sterlig on May 16, requesting him to cancel the May 21 draft exam. The following day the Academic Council was to meet and several professors were to bring the question up. At the same time, the SCPV invited President Sterling to attend an open meeting on May 19 to discuss the Academic Council decision. On Wednesday, May 18, itwas learned that the Academic Council had tabled the question until afterthe testwastobeadminis- tered, and the administration announced that no representative of theirswouldattend the open meeting. As part of the administration declaration, Dean Wimbergler stated that it had been his decision to administer the test. Asked if he were familiar with the contents of the test, he replied that he was not. Asked if he considered the moral implications of the exam relevant to his decision, he stated that he did not. On May 19, a rally was held in lieu of the proposed open meeting, and the group marched to the president's office to demand that draft exams be suspended while there is a public investigation of the moral implications of the exams. President Sterling was unavailable, and the group met with Deans Wimbergler and Wert, who stated that they were not empowered to speak for the administration, and that the president was willing only to meet privately with SCPV leaders. Winbergler declared that he would not negotiate with students on any matter at any time and that he would never recommend that President sterling negotiate with students on any matter. Believing that a private meeting would be pointless, the group decided to sit in. Demands at this point involved cancelling all draft exams, not releasing any grades to Selective Service, calling a public decisionmaking meeting involving students and administration, and holding negotiations on increasing student participation in decisionmaking. Sterling again offered a private meeting on condition that the sit-in be ended, and the demonstrators renewed their request for an open decision-making meeting while dropping all other demands. This was modified still further the night of the 20th, to simply a public meeting to discuss decision-making. The following morning, Sterling rejected that last offer, and the police present began taking students' names. The group ended the sit-in 2:30 that afternoon. Since then thirty- six student demonstrators have been given a year's probation with the condition that they attend a series of seminars with the deans on decision-making in the university. national secretary's report (continued from page 3) have been mandated to create (more expensive) adult categories of membership. Thus far, we have developed our program with both eyes to the campus, and it is because a lot of that has been "off-campus" program (a funny word for program in various kinds of communities), it has been easy to organize chapters of young people recently out of college around that kind of program. The model has been to sign everyone, student or not, up as SDS members if they were participants in SDS program. One adjustment that would facilitate merely continuing on that course would be to change our name to Movement for a Democratic Society. More important than changing the name to fit reality would be to begin to relate on a more selective basis to different constituencies. This does not mean splitting the organization up into a High School division, a poor peoples division, a middle-class adult division, a young workers section, and a student section. But it does mean taking care to have staff developing high school program, perhaps having high school conferences nationally and regionally, and doing the same for other coherent constituencies. For the time being, it is perhaps best to have these specialized activities flow out of the political program; some campaigns, like the grape strike support, are well suited to application to young adults, old adults, students, trade unionists, etc. At any rate, we must become much more conscious of our variety. ! 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Q: Nested childs in lazy loaded module on Angular I have a problem with nested children routes in angular. My routes registration:
import { Routes, RouterModule } from '@angular/router';
import { NavigationComponent } from './container/container.component';
import { Tab1Component } from './tab1/tab1.component';

const routes: Routes = [
    {
        path: 'nav',
        component: NavigationComponent,
        children: [
            {
                path: 'tab1',
                component: Tab1Component
            }
        ]
    },
    { path: '', redirectTo: 'nav', pathMatch: 'full' },
];

export const MyRouting = RouterModule.forChild(routes);

(Note this is a lazy loaded module and the base route is /section/).
I can access to NavigationComponent with this URL: http://localhost:4200/section/nav/ and it is showed correctly.
Then I just access to http://localhost:4200/section/nav/tab1 and NavigationComponent is rendered again. If I remove component: NavigationComponent, it works ok. Why?
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In my work as an executive coach and consultant for high-performing teams, I often counsel executives who have two different mindsets toward growth. Some people are excited by change, seeing it as an adventure and opportunity, while others fear and resist it because of the unknown. Outstanding leaders tune into these differences and value what more cautious team members bring to the table while also coaching them to embrace growth.
What if someone is downright resistant to change?
One answer might be, "fire them." You have to do what's best for the team and the business, right?
One of my coaching clients struggles with a long-time employee named Carol. Carol has been with the company for 10 years. Not only that, she was the third employee the owner hired, and there is a strong family-like feeling in their relationship. Carol also knows how to do everything in the business; her institutional knowledge is an asset.
Carol's internal dialogue probably sounds something like this: "I'm happy with the way things are. I don't know why these new employees keep suggesting that we try different ways of working. I have been part of this company for many years, and I know how to do my job. No one has a right to tell me how to improve!"
So how do you encourage growth in someone who would be happy to continue operating as if it were 1999 instead of 2017?
1. Inspire with vision. Paint a vivid picture of the post-change workplace, including details for how employees will benefit personally and how others on the team will benefit. Describe why the change matters.
2. Provide affirmation. Notice when change-resistant employees take small steps in a new direction and affirm them for their efforts to grow.
3. Respond calmly to mistakes. Let your people know that mistakes will happen, and that's OK. Mistakes and failure are a necessary part of learning and growing.
4. Tie job performance to collaboration. Provide frequent feedback regarding collaborative behaviors and make being a team player part of job performance evaluations.
5. Share progress. Point out the impact individual growth is having on the team and the company.
6. Encourage emotional awareness. Give employees a chance to reflect on the positive emotion that comes with facing fear, tackling a difficult challenge, or learning something new.
It's also important to set a timeline for evaluating progress. If after three to six months, employees still resist adapting to new systems, it's time to implement a plan for replacing them. These are the difficult decisions successful leaders are sometimes required to make.
Of course, leaders can't expect team members to expand beyond their comfort zones without doing the same themselves. Acquiring new skills and sharing personal stories about mastering them can help erode the fear that underlies resistance to change.
• The ability to articulate a positive vision of growth for individuals as well as the company.
• Awareness of and skill in managing the emotions of others.
• Improved listening skills so people feel comfortable expressing their concerns openly.
• The ability to stay solutions-focused in the face of resistance.
• Empathy for someone who views change differently.
• Skill in holding people accountable for collaborative team behaviors that produce successful results.
Obviously, change happens whether you want it to or not. The irony for someone like Carol is that refusing to learn new systems and acquire new skills can result in even greater disruption: being freed to find an entirely new job.
As for my client, she now views the situation with Carol as less of a headache and more of a growth opportunity for herself as a leader. She's learning how to manage through her own emotions as well as through a team member's resistance. She's raising her emotional intelligence quotient and honing her change management skills. She is growing. Her business is growing too.


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The Art and Craft of Author Interviews
January 11, 2016 By Sophie Masson
Scenario 1: You're a writer whose first book is about to be published, and you've been inundated with requests for interviews. In the dim and distant days before blogs and online magazines, that meant someone calling you, or goodness, even coming to visit you in person and recording the interview on a little machine. These days, though, the approach is usually made through email, and unless it's a piece for your local paper (and even then perhaps!) the interview will most likely be conducted in the same medium, and published online. It's likely you will never meet the interviewer and so you have to impress and interest them purely through the written word. Well, that's easy, isn't it? You are a writer after all! And then you get that first interview-and you freeze. Talking too much—or not enough—revealing too much—or revealing too little—striking the right tone—treading a fine line between spontaneity and reflection—showing confidence but not being too pushy: so many things to think about, so much to get right (or wrong).
Scenario 2: You're a writer, published or unpublished, and you have a blog. You'd love to find out more about the work of fellow writers, and what makes them tick. You come up with a great idea: interviews for your blog. You've got quite a few writing contacts already, so you can start with them. Compiling author interviews will be easy. You're a writer, and a reader. You know just how it should go. Then you start compiling your first set of interview questions, and you panic. What if the author thinks the questions are too bland? Too pushy? Too gushing? Or too impersonal? Should you ask about their life outside of their work or leave that strictly alone? So many things to get right (or wrong)
Author interviews are a fact of the writing life. Whether as interviewee or as interviewer, every author will inevitably have to gain some experience of the art and craft of author interviews. So how do you go about getting that experience?
My top tip is this: even before you are professionally published, it is very good practice, as well as very useful for building up networks and profiles, to conduct interviews with other authors. In the very early days of my own professional writing career, before my first book was published but after I'd had a few stories published in anthologies and magazines, I conducted a lot of interviews with both new and established authors, which were published back then in print magazines and newspapers. It helped enormously in building up my CV as a writer and my recognition factor amongst both literary publications and other authors. It made me think carefully about books, and not just respond emotionally (though I still did that of course)! And it was great fun talking to other writers! Several of the people I interviewed back then became my friends. And I found I enjoyed interviewing so much that I continued doing it, if a little less, once I was published and even after I eventually became 'established' myself. On the writing blog I run now, Feathers of the Firebird, I conduct a lot of interviews, not only with writers, but also illustrators, photographers, publishers—all kinds of book industry people, in fact. And the interviews seem very popular!
Then it's important also to read interviews yourself. See the kinds of things other people ask; think about whether a particular style of interview works for you. And ask yourself questions: are there questions you'd have added—or even subtracted? Is the interview more focussed on the author's work or their personality, and what do you think of that? Does it feel as though the interview worked as much for the writer as the reader? If it's an interview with an author whose work you know, does it give you extra insights into that work? If it's with an author whose work you don't know, does it make you feel like you want to read one of their books? When you're compiling your own interview questions, the answers to those things will help you to determine how you want to frame the interview.
How many questions to ask? Somewhere between 6 and 10 questions works to make a good meaty interview, without becoming indigestible for both the interviewee and the reader. Photos—book covers and author pics—are as much a must-have for an online interview as they are in print, and with author pics especially, it's best to ask the interviewee to send their preferred shot.
Themed series of interviews can work well: for instance I conducted a series recently called Double Act, which is about authors who are also publishers. Themed interviews work because you can make the questions very specific to that theme, and at the same time make them basically the same for each interviewee (though not necessarily identical—it depends on the relevance to each person's experience).
It goes without saying, of course, that you should always respect your interviewee's right to privacy and discretion—if they don't want to answer a particular question, don't push it. And always thank them for participating, let them know when an interview is scheduled, and send them a direct link to the published piece online.
Now for the other side of things: you as author interviewee, rather than author interviewer. If you've already built up a bit of track record as an interviewer, you will be well on the way to giving a good interview yourself. You'll know what readers want, and what writers want. From studying other authors' responses in interviews you conducted, you'll get the feel for how you can work within a question to give a rich and intriguing answer. From the comments and reactions of readers, you'll also understand the kinds of things that they respond to. You'll gain the confidence also to decide how much you want to reveal about your work processes, your personal life, or your thoughts on writing generally. You'll know that you can decline to answer a question, if it doesn't feel comfortable, but also that sometimes answering a more challenging question can be very rewarding. You'll know that you can add things, even if the interviewer hasn't asked; and you'll know that a good interview is as much an art as a craft, and one that once you've mastered it, can go a long way towards raising your profile as a writer.
Over to you: what's your take on author interviews?
About Sophie Masson
Sophie Masson has published more than fifty novels internationally since 1990, mainly for children and young adults. A bilingual French and English speaker, raised mostly in Australia, she has a master's degree in French and English literature. Sophie's new e-book on authorship, By the Book: Tips of the Trade for Writers, is available at Australian Society of Authors.
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Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt says
This isn't going to go well. I hope I never have to give an author interview, not because of the process, but because I've never read one I could stand reading past the first question or two.
I find the authors incredibly uninteresting. Either I love their work, or I don't, but I don't care about the person.
If I meet the person, or get to know them online, it's entirely within the realm of standard relationships: acquaintance, friend, close friend if we have anything in common.
When I have something personal/public to say, I stick it in a blog post – there are a number of those, and you could learn a lot about what has happened to me, and my general disposition – if you had any interest. Even about how I write, or why. But once someone else comes into the picture, I'm out of there.
Possibly it's from seeing how badly the interviewers get things completely wrong, over and over and over. I USE that fact to advantage in my novels; I don't want to be on the receiving end.
Sometimes there are advantages to being a hermit.
Vijaya says
I really enjoy reading author interviews, esp. the story behind the story, so I tend to focus on that too when I interview people. As a NF writer, I've done many interviews and it's always a wonder (and privilege) when people open up and share things that aren't found on the interwebs. I enjoy promoting my friends' books and it's been a pleasure for me too, to be interviewed. So thank you for this post on developing in this area more.
danamcneely says
Hi, Sophie. Thanks for writing about this interesting topic!
You mentioned that many interviews are conducted by email, so I'm assuming yours are as well? Do you send the authors a list of questions, or is there more of a back and forth exchange of emails? In reading some of your author interviews, it seems there is more of a logical flow to the Q&A than I would expect possible, unless the interview were in person.
Sophie Masson says
hi Dana, and thanks for your comment. I usually email the person I'm interviewing a list of questions, which I've designed pretty carefully for relevance to them and their work. We don't usually have email exchanges, unless something needs to be clarified. People seem to like the questions I send them and are happy to expand in their answers–I've been blessed with wonderfully articulate and interesting interviewees who give a very natural and engaging interview!
Debbie A. McClure says
This post fits right up my alley, since I was approached to do my first author interview after the release of my first book. The interviewer, Christina Hamlett, contacted me via LinkedIn and asked if I'd be interested in being interviewed for her writer-focused blog, You Read It Here First. Interested? I was thrilled, but also nervous. I needn't have worried. The process, done by email, was easy and fun, and it gave me something new to post to social media and re-post to my own blog (having new content is always important).
Over the course of a couple of emails, Christina and I chatted, and when she approached me a few months later to ask if I'd be interested in being one of her "Literary Associates" and conduct author interviews for her blog, I was honoured. That was two years ago and Christina and I still conduct regular author interviews with writers from around the globe – from new writers to NYT best-selling authors. What fun! Coming up with my presentation style was initially daunting, but I soon realized that people respond well to thoughtful, conversational types of interview. They want to read about the person behind the "pen" and perhaps learn something new about the craft and/or business of writing. Writers usually love sharing information about their journey, who they are (within limits of course), their work, and where they're headed.
Like you, Sophie, I have "met" some incredible writers from all over the globe and established long-term connections with many of them. We share each other's social media posts, champion each other's work, and support each other through the myriad challenges of being a writer in today's publishing landscape. Readers comment frequently about how much they enjoy learning more about new or favoured authors, and in many cases, they discover new favourites as a direct result of the interview. It simply doesn't get better than that!
By shining a light on someone else, we also shed a small light on ourselves, and learn a lot in the process. Thanks for this post. I'll be sharing it with my circles. :-)
Hi Debbie, thanks for your comments, glad you liked the post. What a lovely experience that sounds! The perfect give and take..the perfect example of how interviewee can become interviewer, and the pleasures (and occasional challenges) of that.
K. L. Hallam says
I'm having fun finding that balance between spontaneity and reflection, and I love it. So far…at least until others read the interviews. lol. :) thank you, for this helpful post.
Deborah Gray says
I love learning about the author if I've enjoyed the book. I was fascinated to learn that the author of The Snow Queen not only spent her life in Alaska (lending such credibility to the book) but worked in an independent bookstore where she stumbled across a Russian fairy tale that was the inspiration for her book.
I have been interviewed online for blogs, with questions submitted beforehand on email, and on podcasts where every question was a surprise. I love public speaking, but being comfortable with a medium and being good at it can often be too different things! I am far better with considered preparation than I am with winging it, where I tend to ramble. It has been a very good lesson to me to listen to myself afterwards and realize I don't sound quite as erudite as I imagined!
Great post, Sophie!
Hi Deborah, and thanks for your comments. Yes, a spoken word interview is rather different–you often don't really get the chance to reflect on an answer, as you do via email! It's very easy to get 'stage fright' too in those circumstances. I try to think of it as just a chat and adopt a philosophical attitude towards it as far as possible..and actually I think we tend to be a lot more critical of how we sound ourselves than other people listening do. It's funny how often I've thought, oh dear, I've really stumbled through that radio interview only to have people who have heard me say, wow, you sounded so cool and calm and coherent, how do you do it? :-)
andreablythe says
I've started doing interviews of poets (and some artists) on my blog, with a mixture of tailored and standard questions. I find that having read the source material and/or looking deeper into the poet's career history helps me to formulate questions that are best suited to that poet. Otherwise, the questions veer toward the more generic, which is fine but not as interesting to me.
I've only been interviewed myself once by Laura Madeline Wiseman for her chapbook interview series. I liked how, although she did the interview by email, she only sent a couple of questions at a time, which made it feel less overwhelming and more conversational.
Claude Forthomme (Nougat) says
I agree with you. A few well pointed questions are far better than many! I aim for 4 or 5 questions, not more, but reserving for myself the possibility to send out more questions on the basis of the answers. That leads to an exchange of emails (usually) which is much better!
I agree, Andrea–knowing the author's work makes a big difference to how an interview is conducted. I know myself how much more satisfying it is, as an author, to get relevant questions, and it makes for much more interesting answers!
Generally, if I'm interviewing someone whose work I'm not familiar with, it's because of something else in their career–for example, in the last few days, I've started a series of interviews with Australian writers who have been resident in an arts council studio in Paris–the uniting theme there is the experience of writing in Paris, and as I know that experience myself, having done just that, I can tailor the questions according to that theme, rather than specifically on each writer's work.
Excellent post and I hope you can find the time to come and give some answers – danamcneely wrote (see above):
In connection with that assumption, I was wondering whether indeed you edit the interview afterwards, adjusting the logic and flow of questions, even adding more questions if the answers are too long? I do that because I'm aiming for an easy-to-read interview that reads more like a dialogue (if possible) but sometimes I worry that I could be editing too much! Your views?
Hi Claude, and thank you for your comments. I do edit the interviews but only generally for typos or other such errors–and if the answers are a little long, either I break them into more digestible paras, or, if they seem to contain two answers, as it were, I might slip in another header question, but it is very rare that I've had to do that. The authors I've interviewed have been really coherent and focussed so I haven't had to do much editing at all. my whole aim with the interviews is to have the author's voice out there, as natural as possible.
Barbara Morrison says
Interesting topic, Sophie. I've only conducted one interview and had trouble deciding on the questions. Luckily the interviewee was a friend and during our conversation (we met in a coffeeshop) gently suggested topics to discuss.
I thought I'd hate being interviewed, but I love it! My first interview was for radio and the interviewer told me he would be able to edit bloopers out, and then immediately made a big mistake himself. Great way to make me relax! And after all, it's fun to talk about your book with people who are interested.
I've done live interviews for podcasts as well as the email interviews, but the most challenging for me is twitterviews. The questions come fast and furious, not just from the interviewer but also from everyone else who is "listening in". Scary but exhilarating.
Judith Grout says
Interesting interplay here between advocates and critics of the interview process and it success or failure as a reader attraction. I have not considered searching for an interview of an author whose work I have just read. Isn't the interview similar to the appendixes and author comments found at the conclusions of the book?
Redd Becker says
Learn from doing. That's great. It opens the door to so many levels of learning. Thanks for the insights.
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Bhutan snow leopards
Paro Dzong fortress and monastery in Bhutan, home of snow leopards. Photo Sibylle Noras.
Bhutan is a small and beautiful Himalayan country. It is a spiritual place with emphasis on "Gross National Happiness " being as important as the more common economic indicator, standard of living, -"Gross Domestic Product".
Bhutan's flora and fauna represents enormous diversity and the spectacular rugged mountains, swift rivers and deep valleys are home to antelope, marmots, blue sheep, tiger, Himalayan musk deer, Tibetan wolves, takins (Bhutan's national animal) and snow leopards.
Habitat and snow leopard numbers
There is an estimated 10,000 square kilometres of potential snow leopard range in the north of the country. Snow leopards have been confirmed in Jigme Dorje National Park , Wangchuk National Park and Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary.
According to recent data the total population of snow leopards in Bhutan is estimated at 100-200. This is a small number and may not be viable in the long term especially if these cats are not able to mingle with snow leopards in other areas to breed.
The Snow Leopard Network's 2014 Report, Snow Leopard Survival Strategy identifies the following as the most critical threats to snow leopards in Bhutan.
Growing Livestock Populations and Intensifying Human- Wildlife Conflict
Disturbance Related to Cordyceps Collection (a popular fungus growing in high altitude grasslands)
Lack of Transboundary Cooperation
Other threats also exist. Bhutan's mountains have been an excellent habitat for snow leopard in the past. Remote, high and with significant prey species like deer and marmots, snow leopard areas have had minimal human impact. But this has changed with increased village growth and increased livestock numbers especially yaks. Snow leopards are losing habitat. As wild prey decreases snow leopards often attack domestic livestock. Like many other countries where villagers share snow leopard habitat there have been reports of snow leopards killed in retaliation for killing yaks and other livestock. Since 2003 there have been over 100 cases of snow leopards coming in conflict with yak herders.
Park ranger Tenzin Phuntso with a freshly killed Blue sheep in Jigme Dorje National Park Bhutan.Blue sheep are natural wild prey for snow leopards in Bhutan. Photo Tashi Tsering WWF Bhutan.
Bhutan is also close to the Asian markets for wildlife animal parts used in unproven, traditional Chinese medicines (TCM). High prices for animal parts, including snow leopard pelts tempt people to become poachers. Snow leopard numbers have declined. With fewer tigers available for animal parts for TCM the snow leopard has become more of a target as some people believe taking medicines made from snow leopard parts are as effective as tiger medicines.
Conservation in Bhutan
Hunting of snow leopards is prohibited through the Forest and Nature Conservation Act 1995. Killing of a snow leopard can result in a fine of BTN 15,000 (approx. USD 309), which is among the highest fines for killing an animal in Bhutan and approximately twice the annual income of a wildlife warden).
In 2005, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) organized a regional Snow Leopard Action Strategy Workshop in Paro, Bhutan to develop an action plan for snow leopard conservation in this region and to form the Snow Leopard Working Group.
In 2008 WWF began a study of snow leopards in Jigme Dorje National Park to establish snow leopard numbers and the numbers of their prey species. The Snow Leopard Trust (Seattle, USA) was also involved in this work.
Tshewang Wangchuk searching for snow leopards in rugged mountains of Bhutan.
During 2011-2012 camera traps by the WWF have captured over 10,000 images of snow leopards in Wangchuck Centennial Park which adjoins the forests of Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh which are also snow leopard habitat. The photos from these cameras show that snow leopards are still to be found in this park which connects Jigme Dorji National Park in the west of the country and Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary in the east.
WWF also trains anti-poaching squads, educates key officials and trains local staff in conservation of Bhutan wildlife and flora.
Other conservation organisations working in Bhutan include the Snow Leopard Conservancy who are partnering with the Bhutan Foundation to introduce community based education and conservation programs.
Read more about snow leopards in Bhutan here.


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Q: PHP Excel export not recognised by office 2007 I have been using stack overflow for a good couple of years but only now made an account because I have never become so stuck that I needed to ask a question (not because I'm smart, because my code is simple!), anyway on to my question;
I am exporting a table in .xls format via PHP with information from a few tables in my MYSQL table. all the information and styling works perfectly. The only problem is that when it opens in office 2007 i get this error message:
"the file you are trying to open, 'export.xls', is a different format than specified by the file extension. Verify that the file is not corrupted and is from a trusted source before opening the file. Are you sure you want to view this file?"
So to sum up, all information is pulled from DB successful and all the styling works -  I know this to be true because when I click 'yes' on the dialog box that pops up I see everything laid-out perfectly.
Below is the Excel exporter class:
/**
* Class for generating xml with multiple spreadsheets
* @author Marin Crnković
* @version 0.9
* @update_date 21.01.2009
*/

class excel_xml {

var $xml_data;

var $nl;

var $tab;

var $cols;

var $rows;

var $worksheets;

var $counters;

var $xml;

/**
* Constructor
*/
function excel_xml(){
    $this->column_width = 150;
    $this->debug        = false;
    $this->cols         = array();
    $this->row_array    = array();
    $this->rows         = array();
    $this->worksheets   = array();
    $this->counters     = array();
    $this->nl           = "\n";
    $this->tab          = "\t";
}

/**
* Set debug
*/
function debug() {
    $this->debug = true;
}

/**
* Generate xml
* @returns string
*/
function generate() {
    // Create header
    $xml = $this->create_header().$this->nl;
    // Put all worksheets
    $xml .= join('', $this->worksheets).$this->nl;
    // Finish with a footer
    $xml .= $this->create_footer();
    $this->xml = $xml;
    return $this->xml;
}

/**
* Create worksheet
* Uppon creating a worksheet, delete counters
* @param string $worksheet_name: name of the worksheet
*/
function create_worksheet($worksheet_name) {
    $worksheet = '<Worksheet ss:Name="'.$worksheet_name.'">';
    $worksheet .= $this->create_table();
    $worksheet .= '<WorksheetOptions xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">
    <ProtectObjects>False</ProtectObjects>
    <ProtectScenarios>False</ProtectScenarios>
    </WorksheetOptions>
    </Worksheet>';

    // Unset the counters and rows so you can generate another worksheet table
    $this->counters     = array();
    $this->row_array    = array();
    $this->rows         = '';

    // Add generated worksheet to the worksheets array
    $this->worksheets[] = $worksheet;
}

/**
* Create table
* @returns string
*/
function create_table() {
    // Create rows with the method that automaticaly sets counters for number of columns and rows
    $rows = $this->create_rows();

    // Table header
    $table = '
counters['cols'].'" ss:ExpandedRowCount="'.$this->counters['rows'].'" x:FullColumns="1" x:FullRows="1">'.$this->nl;

    // Columns data (width mainly)
    for($i = 1; $i <= $this->counters['cols']; $i++) {
        $table .= '<Column ss:Index="'.$i.'" ss:Width="'.$this->column_width.'" />'.$this->nl;
    }
    // Insert all rows
    $table .= join('', $rows);

    // End table
    $table .= '
'.$this->nl;
    return $table;
}

/**
* Add another row into the array
* @param mixed $array: array with row cells
* @param mixed $style: default null, if set, adds style to the array
*/
function add_row($array, $style = null) {
    if(!is_array($array)) {
        // Asume the delimiter is , or ;
        $array = str_replace(',', ';', $array);
        $array = explode(';', $array);
    }
    if(!is_null($style)) {
        $style_array = array('attach_style' => $style);
        $array = array_merge($array, $style_array);
    }

    $this->row_array[] = $array;
}

/**
* Create rows
* @returns array
*/
function create_rows() {
    $row_array = $this->row_array;
    if(!is_array($row_array)) return;

    $cnt = 0;
    $row_cell = array();
    foreach($row_array as $row_data) {
        $cnt++;

        // See if there are styles attached
        $style = null;
        if($row_data['attach_style']) {
            $style = $row_data['attach_style'];
            unset($row_data['attach_style']);
        }

        // Store the counter of rows
        $this->counters['rows'] = $cnt;

        $cells = '';
        $cell_cnt = 0;
        foreach($row_data as $key => $cell_data) {
            $cell_cnt++;

            $cells .= $this->nl.$this->prepare_cell($cell_data, $style);
        }

        // Store the number of cells in row
        $row_cell[$cnt][] = $cell_cnt;

        $this->rows[] = '<Row>'.$cells.$this->nl.'</Row>'.$this->nl;
    }

    // Find out max cells in all rows
    $max_cells = max($row_cell);
    $this->counters['cols'] = $max_cells[0];

    return $this->rows;
}

/**
* Prepare cell
* @param string $cell_data: string for a row cell
* @returns string
*/
function prepare_cell($cell_data, $style = null) {

    $str = str_replace("\t", " ", $cell_data);          // replace tabs with spaces
    $str = str_replace("\r\n", "\n", $str);             // replace windows-like new-lines with unix-like
    $str = str_replace('"',  '""', $str);               // escape quotes so we support multiline cells now
    preg_match('#\"\"#', $str) ? $str = '"'.$str.'"' : $str; // If there are double doublequotes, encapsulate str in doublequotes

    // Formating: bold
    if(!is_null($style)) {
        $style = ' ss:StyleID="'.$style.'"';
    } elseif (preg_match('/^\*([^\*]+)\*$/', $str, $out)) {
        $style  = ' ss:StyleID="bold"';
        $str    = $out[1];
    }

    if (preg_match('/\|([\d]+)$/', $str, $out)) {
        $merge  = ' ss:MergeAcross="'.$out[1].'"';
        $str    = str_replace($out[0], '', $str);
    }
    // Get type
    $type = preg_match('/^([\d]+)$/', $str) ? 'Number' : 'String';

    return '<Cell'.$style.$merge.'><Data ss:Type="'.$type.'">'.$str.'</Data></Cell>';
}

/**
* Create header
* @returns string
*/
function create_header() {
    if (is_array($this->styles)) {
        $styles = join('', $this->styles);
    }
    $header = <<<EOF
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?mso-application progid="Excel.Sheet"?>
<Workbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
xmlns:ss="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:spreadsheet"
xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<OfficeDocumentSettings xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">
    <DownloadComponents/>
    <LocationOfComponents HRef="file:///\\"/>
</OfficeDocumentSettings>
<ExcelWorkbook xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel">
    <WindowHeight>12525</WindowHeight>
    <WindowWidth>15195</WindowWidth>
    <WindowTopX>480</WindowTopX>
    <WindowTopY>120</WindowTopY>
    <ActiveSheet>0</ActiveSheet>
    <ProtectStructure>False</ProtectStructure>
    <ProtectWindows>False</ProtectWindows>
</ExcelWorkbook>

    $styles
</Styles>
 EOF;
    return $header;
}

/**
* Add style to the header
* @param string $style_id: id of the style the cells will reference to
* @param array $parameters: array with parameters
*/
function add_style($style_id, $parameters) {
    foreach($parameters as $param => $data) {
        switch($param) {
            case 'size':
                $font['ss:Size'] = $data;
            break;

            case 'font':
                $font['ss:FontName'] = $data;
            break;

            case 'color':
            case 'colour':
                $font['ss:Color'] = $data;
            break;

            case 'bgcolor':
                $interior['ss:Color'] = $data;
            break;

            case 'bold':
                $font['ss:Bold'] = $data;
            break;

            case 'italic':
                $font['ss:Italic'] = $data;
            break;

            case 'strike':
                $font['ss:StrikeThrough'] = $data;
            break;
        }
    }
    if(is_array($interior)) {
        foreach($interior as $param => $value) {
            $interiors .= ' '.$param.'="'.$value.'"';
        }
        $interior = '<Interior ss:Pattern="Solid"'.$interiors.' />'.$this->nl;
    }
    if(is_array($font)) {
        foreach($font as $param => $value) {
            $fonts .= ' '.$param.'="'.$value.'"';
        }
        $font = ''.$this->nl;
    }
    $this->styles[] = '
    ';
}

/**
* Create footer
* @returns string
*/
function create_footer() {
    return '</Workbook>';
}

/**
* Output as download
*/
function download($filename) {

    if(!strlen($this->xml)) $this->generate();

    header("Cache-Control: public, must-revalidate");
    header("Pragma: no-cache");
    header("Content-Length: " .strlen($this->xml) );
    header("Content-Type: application/vnd.ms-excel");
    if(!$this->debug){
        header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'.$filename.'"');
        header("Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary");
    } else {
        header("Content-Type: text/plain");
    }

    print $this->xml;
    exit;
}

}
And this is my implementation with sensitive information censored;
    $excel = new excel_xml();

$header_style = array(
    'bold'       => 1,
    'size'       => '14',
    'color'      => '#FFFFFF',
    'bgcolor'    => '#4F81BD'
);

$excel->add_style('header', $header_style);

$header_style2 = array(
    'bold'       => 1,
    'color'      => '#FFFFFF',
    'bgcolor'    => '#92d050'
);

$excel->add_style('green', $header_style2);

$header_style3 = array(
    'bold'       => 1,
    'color'      => '#FFFFFF',
    'bgcolor'    => '#c00000'
);

$excel->add_style('error', $header_style3);
$header_style4 = array(
    'bold'       => 1,
    'color'      => '#FFFFFF',
    'bgcolor'    => '#e46d0a'
);

$excel->add_style('orange', $header_style4);
$header_style5 = array(
    'bold'       => 1,
    'color'      => '#FFFFFF',
    'bgcolor'    => '#c00000'
);

$excel->add_style('red', $header_style5);

/**
* Add row and attach the style "header" to it
*/
$excel->add_row(array(
    'col1',
    'col2',
    'col3',
    'col4',
    'col5'
), 'header');

/**
* Add some rows, if you encapsulate the string inside asterisks,
* they will get bold using the predefined style "bold"
* If you append "|x" where x is a number, that cell will be
* merged with the x following cells
*/

$excel->add_row(array(
    $Queried_Info_From_DB1,
    $Queried_Info_From_DB2,
    $Queried_Info_From_DB3,
    $Queried_Info_From_DB4,
    $Queried_Info_From_DB5
), 'red');

if(mysql_num_rows($result) == 0){

    $excel->add_row(array(
        'You have no info to display!|4'
    ), 'error');
}

/**
* Tell the object to create the worksheet.
* The passed string is the name of the worksheet
*/
$excel->create_worksheet('Your info');

/**
* If you invoke the generate method, you will get the
* XML returned or...
*/
$xml = $excel->generate();

/**
* ... you can pass the whole thing for download with
* the passed string as the filename
*/
$excel->download('Export');

A: You're writing a file that's spreadsheetML format, not BIFF (.xls) format, so MS Excel will complain at this discrepancy. Try saving it with a file extension of .xml (because that's what you're actually creating)


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Conversation: "Historical and Cultural Challenges of Nation-Building Projects in Angola and Mozambique"
Time: Wed Oct 13, 2021, 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
Location: Online via Zoom
Join the conversation about Angola and Mozambique! The talk will be in English via Zoom and all are welcome!
For more information, please contact Professor Ana Fauri (afauri@nd.edu).
Professor Ana Catarina Teixeira holds a Ph.D. in Portuguese and Brazilian Studies from Brown University. She is the director of the Portuguese Program, senior lecturer in Portuguese, and core faculty in the Institute for African Studies at Emory University.
Her primary research and teaching interests are in the areas of postcolonial and cultural studies, with a focus on the formation of national identity in post-independence Angolan narratives and the literary and cinematographic connections of the Luso-Afro-Brazilian triangle.
The Department for Romance Languages and Literatures and the Teaching Beyond the Classroom grant.
Originally published at cslc.nd.edu.


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@interface BeforeTranslateInfobarController : TranslateInfoBarControllerBase {
  scoped_nsobject<NSButton> alwaysTranslateButton_;
  scoped_nsobject<NSButton> neverTranslateButton_;
}

// Creates and initializes the alwaysTranslate and neverTranslate buttons.
- (void)initializeExtraControls;

@end

@interface BeforeTranslateInfobarController (TestingAPI)

- (NSButton*)alwaysTranslateButton;
- (NSButton*)neverTranslateButton;

@end

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