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Ellesmere Highburgs parents are murdered - necks ripped out and drained of blood - and Ella is sent to Romania to live with the Van Nells. When she recieves a letter from her godmother, revealing the Van Nells terrifing secret, they're vampires, she fleds to the woods where she meets the pack of werewolves. Ella begins to fall for Oliver and finds out a family secret. Then theres the battle between vampires and werewolves.
They were running as fast as their legs would carry them. Something was chasing them, something I couldn't see.
They turned a corner and I chased after them, tears streamed out of my deep brown eyes when I rounded the corner to find their dead bodies lying in the street.
Chapter 1: The Van Nells
I woke screaming. Tears ran down face leaving a wet trail behind them. I got up and walked into my bathroom. Leaning over the sink, I splashed my face with cold water.
I looked different now. My parent's death -no murder- had taken a great toll on me and if it weren't for my curly, silky brown hair and olive complexion I would resemble a zombie.
I remember that night from three days ago very well..............
Mum and dad had taken me for a walk after dark. It had been a still night, but half way through our walk the winds picked up like a hurricane. Mum and dad had looked terrified. They took me to a video store and told me to wait there till they came back for me, they didn't. I waited, and waited, and waited…but they didn't come.
I had become very worried, so I went looking for them. I heard screaming – my mother screaming – and ran towards the sound. I sprinted around the corner to find my parent's pale figures lying lifeless in the middle of the road.
I came back to the present and found that I was crying again. It's amazing how much could change in three days, especially since just two days before they had died; we'd celebrated my seventeenth birthday like any normal family. I used to be loved and cared for, but now I was completely alone.
Staying in a hotel for three nights was boring and I was beginning to wonder if I should get my own place.
I walked to the bed and curled up under the covers.
"Knock, knock," said a voice from outside my room. "It's Mrs. Brooker, Ellesmere, let me in?" I groaned and got up to open the door.
"Hello." I mumbled. I didn't invite Mrs. Brooker in, but she pranced inside anyways.
"Ellesmere, we need to talk," she said and took a seat on the small sofa as she adjusted her glasses.
"Ella." I corrected her. I hate it when people call me Ellesmere, it was only ok when my parents called me that and Mrs. Brooker was nowhere near as close as my parents were.
"Ella," she overemphasized my name. "Come sit with me." She patted the spot next to her and I sat down. She smiled and I could see the red lipstick she'd gotten on her teeth.
"I've found you a family." I was going to interrupt saying I could look after myself, but Mrs. Brooker put her hand up to stop me. "There are six in the family. They live in Romania and sound like a very lovely bunch."
"No way! That's much too far from Liverpool," I protested.
"It's final. Your parent's left me in charge of your affairs and I'm sending you to Romania to live with these people. End of story."
I couldn't argue. She was right and she knew it. Mrs. Brooker smiled at me when I finally reached defeat with a heavy sigh.
"Your plane leaves first thing tomorrow morning. You will be packed and ready to go. I am taking you to the airport myself so be ready nice and early. Good-bye for now, I have things to do," without another word, Mrs. Brooker got up and left the room.
I grabbed my suitcase from under my bed then started throwing random things inside.
The plane landed roughly on the ground. It rolled then finally came to a stop. I grabbed my bags, smiled at the old lady I'd been sitting next to and got off the plane into the cold air of Brazov. I groaned. I was moving from the lovely streets of England to the open wilderness of Romania. I was also unhappy about the fact that I had to leave my motorbike in England. Dad and I used to ride together for a fun pass-time.
There was a taxi waiting for me outside the airport. The driver helped me with my things then we drove away down the winding and unfamiliar road of Brazov.
"Where to miss?" asked the driver politely.
"13 Bloody Court," I answered and realized just how freaky the street name sounded.
"Good luck Miss. Some say that castles haunted," he shivered in fright as he spoke.
"Castle? Haunted?" I thought I was going to live with a lovely, happy family. I was feeling puzzled.
"Yeah. 13 Bloody Court is a castle. People say it's full of ghosts and dark magic. I met the owners once, most definitely not happy looking people, pale with big red eyes. Gives me the hebegebees." He continued. He was serious; I could tell from his expression that he wasn't messing with me.
"Oh," I replied. Am I really going to live in a castle? Is it haunted? Question flew through my head.
It was snowing when the taxi pulled onto the curb in front of the iron gates. It was well and truly a castle, black as the midnight sky and it looked thousands of years old. It was like a graveyard. Everything was rotten or withering away. The trees all bare, the grass was brown and dead. I gulped.
The taxi driver helped me unload my bags then he got back in the car and smiled through the open window.
"Good luck Miss," I watched as he drove back down the winding road.
I tried to open the gate but it was locked. I noticed a black box on the gate and pressed the red button.
"Hello?" said a voice, like ice, through the speakers.
"I'm Ellesmere Highburg," I answered.
"Ellesmere hello! Come in! Come in!" said the voice with much more enthusiasm. The gates opened with a high pitched creak and I made my way up the cobblestone path to the castle. My palms were sweating and I felt like vomiting from my nerves. I finally reached the door, took a deep breath and gave three gentle knocks. The door flew open and a man stepped into my view. He had black silky hair past his shoulders, pale white skin and eyes of blood red. He was beautiful, scary, but beautiful.
"Hello, I'm Benjamin Van Nell," he said, probably amused by my expression.
"Hello," I squeaked out, my voice shaking.
"Come in," he said while gesturing to come inside.
Benjamin's voice was like velvet, yet it wasn't a soft velvet; more an old and poison covered velvet. I stepped inside into what looked like a 15th century ballroom. It was dark so all I could see was a chandelier hanging from the ceiling and a piano near the far wall. Everything in the room was covered in dust and cobwebs.
"I will show you to your room" Benjamin startled me because first he was next to the door and then he was right next to me, close enough for me to feel his ice cold breath put goosebumps along my neck.
He glided past me and up a flight of stairs. I hesitated for a second then followed. We walked past hundreds of doors, most bolted shut. Paintings hung from the walls containing portraits of ancient people.
Dust clung to my clothes and with every step I took on the dirty floor; I made clouds of dust fly into the air leaving a slight path behind me.
"Here you are," Benjamin said opening the door marked 'guest'. I walked inside a fairly large room. It was dark and dust covered everything. All I could see in the darkness was a huge wooden bed, a fireplace and an old dresser with a stool and mirror.
"I will come and bring you food in the morning and then you will meet the rest of the family," he said as he gave me a quick smile.
"Ok, Thanks," I said and he left without another sound closing the door behind himself.
My mind was buzzing. This reminded me of a lot of horror films I had seen starring vampires and werewolves. No I wouldn't let myself believe in such foolish things. Vampires do not exist and neither do werewolves, ghosts, zombies or witches.
It was getting cold so I went to the fireplace and kneeled in front of it. There was wood inside so I clicked my fingers over it. A small flame appeared so I blew it across the fire until it lit. Within seconds the fire was warm and blazing. Ever since I was born I have been able to control the elements fire, water, earth and air. The only people I told were my parents and they were gone so it didn't matter anymore. I'd kept it a secret because I was scared to be locked up and called a freak.
I was warm now so I went to my bag and put on my pajamas. The bed had black satin sheets with matching pillows and blankets. I lay down and curled into a ball wondering what the next day would bring. It didn't take long to fall asleep; I was so tired and before I knew it someone was knocking at my door.
"It's Benjamin. Are you awake? Let me in," he asked. I got up and opened the door. Benjamin was still dressed in all black, the contrasts making him look even paler then he was.
"May I come in?" he asked formally.
"Yeah sure," I stepped aside so he could enter. He placed a tray containing toast and porridge on my bedside table then went and sat in one of the two chairs I hadn't noticed up until now.
"Do you like your room?" he asked me.
"Yeah, it's great," I mumbled. I didn't really like the room. It reminded me of a murder scene and this house – or castle – didn't make me feel any better.
"Good now sit. We have to talk about some things." Benjamin looked like the kind of person you obeyed no matter what, so I sat in the chair across from him. "Ok firsts things first; these are the rules Shane told me to give you.
1: No going into the attic or basement.
2: No opening curtains or turning on the lights. Candles are everywhere so you may use them.
3: If someone tells you to do something, you do it right away with no questions asked.
4: Under no circumstances do you explore the castle at night."
"Are we clear?" he said sternly.
"Crystal," I answered.
"Ok then, eat quickly and be well presented for you are meeting the rest of the family. I'll wait in the hall." he quickly finished. Benjamin got up and left the room silently and he closed the door behind himself.
I got up and rushed to my breakfast. Not pausing to taste it, I shoved the food into my mouth. I got dressed in jeans and a black blouse – it seemed like a suitable color. Pulling a white cardigan over the top, I went to the mirror. I yanked my hairbrush through the tangles and put a headband neatly in place.
I took a deep breath as I followed Benjamin back down the hallway and stairs to the ballroom. Five people stood in the room and they were all extremely beautiful, except for their blood red eyes that the taxi driver had warned me about. Everyone seemed to revolve around the pale man with the short black hair. I stood at the bottom of the stairs not knowing what to do. Benjamin gave me a small push to make me go forward.
"Hello my dear. I'm Lord Shane Van Nell," said the man that everyone seemed to revolve around.
"This is Elisabeth," she was also pale, but had long blonde hair. Shane went around the room and told me everyone's names. Britany has fiery red hair; Sophia has long, straight, black hair, Aristro was the man with light brown hair.
"And of course you already met Benjamin." Shane smiled, showing perfect white teeth. Two of his front teeth were abnormally long, like fangs.......
"H-hello," I stuttered. Do they all know me?
"You're Ellesmere Highburg. Welcome to the family." I smiled a small smile. Maybe these people weren't too bad. Shane pulled a folded piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to me.
"As you will be living with us, we expect you to do these chores." Shane smiled and then everybody left the room leaving me alone in the dark. I unfolded the paper and read:
1: Dust and clean all furniture.
2: Cook your own meals in the first kitchen off the ballroom.
3: Mop and sweep floors.
4: Light all of the candles at night.
5: Do the dishes.
6: Clean the windows.
7: Tidy the gardens.
8: Repaint the entire castle black.
9: Feed the crocodiles in the moat.
10: Fix the broken stair.
Was I some kind of slave? What was with these people and their lists and demands? Maybe I'd spoke too soon. I reread the list of chores. How could these strangers expect me to do all these ridiculous jobs? I was having lots of second thoughts about living with the Van Nell's; they seemed cruel.
I made my way back to my room only to realize I was hungry. I turned back towards my door when someone knocked.
"Come in," I said curious as to who would want to talk to me now. The door opened and there stood Aristro. Of course, he was as beautiful and pale as everyone else with the same blood red eyes but he looked different because the smile he had stretched across his face was warmer and more meaningful than the scowls of distaste everyone else seemed to wear around me.
"Hello Ellesmere," he greeted me kindly while shaking my hand. I flinched because his skin was as cold as ice and hard as bone.
"Hello," I mumbled. Aristro seemed completely comfortable as he sat in the same chair Benjamin had earlier this morning.
"I wanted to talk to you for a while." He didn't go on and I realized he was waiting for a response from me. I sat down and smiled.
"You don't talk much do you?" I shrugged and he laughed. It was a warm, happy laugh.
"I just came to see if you were alright. The rest of the family was pretty mean and disrespectful. But I'm not like them," Aristro said smiling and I could see that he wasn't like them myself. His eyes were warmer, like running liquid than the others cold frozen eyes. His face was also brighter and more cheerful.
"I've noticed," I said smiling.
"She speaks!" Aristro crowed and I laughed.
"So what exactly happened to make you an orphan?" He asked out of curiosity and a small tear escaped my eye.
"Don't worry; it's none of my business anyway." Aristro looked away.
"No it's ok. You were only curious," I whispered and he looked at me. A wave on unwanted and untrustworthy safety swept over me when I met his gaze.
"Are you ok? You look sort of sick," He sounded anxious. How could someone so caring come from such an unkind family?
"I'm fine. Well, my parents were murdered 5 days ago. We went for a walk and they were scared of something. They hid me in a video store and told me to stay, but I heard mum screaming and went to see if she was ok. I found them dead in the middle of the road. Some people thought they were run over but they had their necks ripped out and were completely drained of blood. I knew it was murder and if I ever find the person responsible for my grief, I will kill them and I will enjoy hearing their screams of pain." I started sobbing after my brave speech and Aristro stroked my hand to comfort me. Aristro looked like he was in pain and something about his expression made him look guilty. He knew something, something important and he didn't want me to know about it.
"What's wrong?" I asked trying to sound as sweet as possible.
"It's just....." He hesitated.
I pushed harder for an answer. "You can tell me. I won't tell them," I said nodding toward the door.
"I don't know what to tell you..... I mean I want to tell you but I don't know if I should," he hesitated, obviously struggling with what to tell me.
I patted his hand in comfort and he smiled a sad smile that didn't reach his eyes. "I can't tell you, I'm sorry. I can gives you clues though....." he smiled in triumph.
Shane gave you a list of chores didn't he?" I nodded.
"Can I have a look?" I took the folded piece of paper and handed it to Aristro.
"Ok do you ever watch or read horror stories?" he asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Yeah all the time, especially vampires," he flinched.
I got up and grabbed the book I had just finished reading from the top of my bag. "I just finished reading 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker." I said showing Aristro the cover.
"Ok. Did you take note of everything that happened?" he asked me. I knew the book by heart because I had to study it for an English essay.
"Yeah why?" I asked.
"Let's just say it might come in handy." He winked, trying to pass it as a joke, but I could see the seriousness in his face.
"Ok." I said, curiosity and confusion evident in my voice.
"I must be off now. Bye-Bye." He smiled and curtsied in a half bow.
"Ok bye....and thanks" I said smiling, even more intrigued.
"For what?" Aristro questioned.
"For being understanding and kind," I said with a returning nod.
He nodded then walked out through my door. I waited for the creak in the stairs then went and knelt by the fireplace. I clicked my fingers over the wood and a small flame appeared. Within minutes the fire was blazing as if it had been going for hours.
The door flung open to reveal Aristro again. I was startled by his sudden reappearance.
"Oh sorry," he said taking in my expression.
"I just remembered I had this for you. It was sent to Mrs. Brooker who sent it here. No one read it."
He handed me the faded purple envelope. My name was written on the front in a neat script I recognized immediately as my fathers and sure enough, on the back it said' Mr. and Mrs. Highburg'. I gasped then looked up at Aristro for an explanation but he was staring at the fire.
"How did you start it so quickly?" he asked confused. I was a horrible liar, but I decided to give it a go.
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The status pane occupies an area at the top of the screen and displays information regarding the status of the current application, and of the device itself. The status pane itself is divided into the following subpanes:
- Title Pane
- Context Pane
- Navigation Pane
- Signal Pane
- Battery Pane
- Universal Indicator Pane (or Small Indicator Pane)
Some usability guidelines
- Applications should modify only the Context, Title and Navigation pane.
- Status pane can be hidden for a full screen mode application, e.g. a game application.
- Title pane should display the application name for the default view of the application.
- Context pane will display the current application's icon, but can be changed by the user.
View/Application Icon
The application icon should be displayed on the status pane of the view.
- Navigation pane should be used to display information about the current state of the application, and to indicate which view is currently active.


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2-DVD set for simple, green living
In Simple Steps to a Greener Home, environmental lifestyle expert Danny Seo shows that it really is easy being green and shares the creative ideas that have made him America's leading lifestyle authority on modern, eco-friendly living. From flooring to restoring, remodeling to recycling, Simple Steps to a Greener Home offers smart and stylish ideas for turning your home into an Earth-friendly oasis, proving that green living can be gorgeous living too. 69 minutes. USA.
In Simple Steps to Natural, Delicious Cooking, you'll learn how healthy eating and a healthy planet are interconnected, natural chef Michel Nischan demonstrates easy-to-follow techniques using fresh, widely available ingredients. Create innovative, healthy meals your whole family will enjoy, such as two-pan frittata, miso salmon and chatham cod. 85 minutes. USA.
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Best-selling author and lifestyle expert Danny Seo has spun his Simply Green eco-friendly way of life into books praised by Food & Wine, Elle and Country Home; a LIME network TV show featuring stylish, eco-friendly tips for the home; and a weekly talk show on Sirius Satellite Radio. Danny brings his uniquely stylish vision to some of Hollywood's biggest celebrities as an "eco-stylist," dressing them in environmentally-friendly fashion, consulting on home renovations and helping them raise money for their eco-charities.
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If you can't sleep, you have plenty of options: over the counter sleep medications, prescription sleeping drugs like Lunesta, Sonata or Ambien, or you can try a sleep supplements like melatonin. But, sleep specialist Dr. Michael Breus says we're making some pretty big mistakes in how we use these sleep aids."Sometimes people can't fall asleep. Sometimes people can't stay asleep. Some people will wake up too early. Some people will have insomnia associated with pain, so only when they're feeling pain," said Breus.If that's you, and you can't sleep because you're hurting, Breus says an over the counter pain medication with a sleep aid may help. "If you find that you're taking one of those every single night and it's been months and months of doing it, you probably want to talk to your doctor about that. Are they safe? Yeah, they are safe. Are they effective? They can absolutely be effective if you're using them the right way, for the right situation," Breus said.The same explanation applies to prescription sleep medications like Ambien."Ambien is an excellent drug when used appropriately. There have been a lot of stories about people doing different things, when taking Ambien: Sleep walking, sleep eating, sleep driving things like that," said Breus.To lower your risk a problem like that, Breus says take it and turn the lights out. Don't brush your teeth, or wash your face."Because what happens is it lowers your inhibitions, and you're walking around and say, 'You know, I'm hungry! I think I'm going to go to McDonalds and get some fries!' Right? And you've got Ambien on board, and that is when bad stuff can definitely happen," said Breus.If you're taking melatonin, and it's not working that well, Breus says rethink your timing."Melatonin is a sleep regulator, not a sleep initiator," explained Breus. Melatonin can help trick your brain into thinking it's bedtime, but Breus says it can't actually make you sleepy. So, don't take it like a sleeping pill. Take it about 90 minutes before bed."Most people take it five minutes before lights out and it doesn't work. And they wonder why it doesn't work, so they take another one. And it's still not working and they take a third one. And that's where we start to see problems," Breus said.Breus says if you're not sleeping well on a regular basis talk to your doctor about the problem. Remember, these medications can help you fall asleep, or stay asleep, but they don't really address what's causing your insomnia.
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»Don't just sit around. Do something. Believe in me. Believe in yourselves. Believe in something!« It's rather easy to be a child of good fortune if you just trust in your natural talents. In any case, that's the way the hero of Stefan Johannes Hanke's play »The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs«, based on the fairy-tale of the same name by the Brothers Grimm, approaches life. With rock solid confidence and optimism he extricates himself from the King's deadly intrigues and even manages to pass through the Devil's kitchen without a scratch. In the end he manages to heal a sickly land, before – as if there was really any doubt – marrying the beautiful princess.
This children's opera from 2012 was commissioned by Hanover State Opera from Stefan Johannes Hanke. Brimming with the musical high spirits of the lucky hero, at times the mood turns rather more ironic and even bleak. Since its premiere, »The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs« has captivated both young and old with its fairy-tale magic.
Music theatre for everyone aged 6 and over Stefan Johannes Hanke
Running time 1 hour 10 minutes
Premiere 30 Nov 2013
Musical Director: Christopher Schmitz
Staging: Manfred Weiß
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Lighting Design: Marco Dietzel
Prinzessin: Emily Dorn
Glückskind: Julia Mintzer
Fährmann, Dümmlicher Räuber: Timothy Oliver
Teufel: Julian Arsenault
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Teufels Großmutter: Ilhun Jung
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Appearing in public, dressed up in some form of disguise has been a popular social activity since the sixteenth century if not earlier. Fancy dress balls and parties enabled the wearer to experiment with clothing, usually retaining the essentials of contemporary fashionable dress, but overlaying this with symbols pointing to different cultures, personalities or items. This yellow silk outfit, trimmed in scarlet, was worn by a woman for a ball in the 1890s, where she daringly assumed the character of a "lady brigand", carrying mock pistols and a rifle. The wearer was proud enough of her costume to have a studio portrait taken, which is included below. At about the same date, another middle class woman, wife of the Mayor of Stockport, wore a fancy costume to host a children's bazaar.
Apart from characters like this, fancy costumes could represent an earlier period in history, such as the pale blue silk outfit for a young man, also shown below, which was a mid eighteenth century interpretation of mid seventeenth century "Cavalier" clothing. In more modern periods, especially the heyday of fancy dress parties in the 1920s and 30s, people often chose to dress either as an exotic nation such as Egypt or China, or as an everyday item such as a playing card, a sunflower or even a television. Today there has been an enormous revival of fancy costumes for children, often based on characters from popular books or films, and retailed in shops like Tesco and Marks and Spencer.
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If walking is your passion, cross trainers are the shoe for you. Dedicated walking demands a comfortable and durable shoe. The cross trainer category offers numerous dedicated walking shoes from the best brands in the business. Walking shoe designs even include relatively casual looking designs from Rockport and New Balance that are perfect for traveling and long days on your feet where you prefer the look of a shoe over that of a sneaker. You can find both leather and synthetic construction, and all are designed with comfort in mind.
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Professor Daniel Tokaji was quoted in an article from the Associated Press about an attorney general opinion that allows the Ohio treasurer to conduct telephone town halls using public money. The opinion will likely have broad ramifications for the upcoming elections, Tokaji said.
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UX, It's Time to Define CXO
What is a Chief Experience Officer (CXO)? We've been singing its praises when the title started cropping up in boardrooms. "Thank the gods, UX has finally made C-level!" There were riots in the streets, free sharpies were given out on every city block, and colored pencils rained from the sky... Okay, obviously none of that happened. However, we were all elated to know that experience was finally being represented at an executive level.
But now that the CXO title has been around for a few years, I ask you: what does the CXO really do and how have things changed for us? How have we, as a profession, taken ownership of this role? What are you doing differently now that you have a CXO in your organization, and does that CXO even have a UX background? Furthermore, how do we ensure the CXO seat is filled by UX, and what skills does someone need to fill it?
I think that this role needs some serious examination. If we don't investigate the definition of the CXO further and if we don't answer the questions around what one does and why the position exists, then the UX field can never really own it. And we have to own it. We've waited so long for executive backing! But we need to present a united front and a solid definition of the role, else it will not be what we all have hoped for. If we don't get there first, other parts of the organization will define it for us, and we will lose all hope of solidifying UX's position at a higher level.
Let's start by looking at how CXO is defined today. According to Wikipedia, a CXO is "an officer responsible of all user experience of an organization. This function is taking care of marketing communications, community relations, internal relations, HR relations, investor relations—and all other encounters an organization may have with its various audiences." This kind of makes sense, but doesn't seem like what we asked for. The definition on chiefexperienceofficer.com comes close, saying that the CXO is "the CEO's strategic design resource" whose areas of concern include:
- corporate leadership in UX strategy
- software and hardware design management
- creative reviews and concept development
- intellectual property positioning and protection
Even this seems a little bit sketchy, but we're progressing. There does seem to be a definition looming, but one can see how UX goals and experiences are not being fully represented.
So, let's define it for ourselves!
First, let's think about the intended output. What is the goal of having a CXO? Ideally, it's to have someone responsible for curating and maintaining a holistic user-, business-, and technology-appropriate experience, thus backing up and advocating for the UX team. To do this, a CXO needs to:
- understand the users, business and technology
- figure out how the product should grow to support the intended experiences
- maintain an evolving plan of action to support and produce this output
Understand the users, business, and technology
In order to know our users, we need to institute a design research framework. A design research framework is a framework for conducting user research based on company and product needs and growth plans. This prevents the UX group from just conducting ad hoc research whenever there is a project; instead, they continually conduct research in order to keep the users participants in the product development. This research framework should aim to learn about user needs and find ways to use this information to enhance user experiences. Personas and related items should look at all user types and be created and maintained over time. In order to know our business and technology, the CXO needs to be a great listener as well as invite business and engineering team members into the experience work.
Figure out how the product should grow
Once the CXO and the experience team know the users, they need to define the experience strategy to meet and exceed user expectations. This means they also need to define the organization's personality so that the experience can exude and tie to that personality. One way of doing this is to hold experience strategy meetings where the entire team (UX, business, marketing, brand and technology) looks at the current business model, users, branding and technology and brainstorms how they want the product to appeal and grow. During this time, they are basing the product's appeal and growth on persona needs and goals, business goals, and tech goals.
After the entire team has brainstormed ideas around the growth of the product, they begin to get more specific by defining product features based on the ideas that have come up. No idea is a bad idea at this point, and each should be considered. Next, the features are aggregated and prioritized by everyone on the team. The output is an experience-based strategy and product roadmap. That roadmap shows the path of product growth and has taken into consideration each team member's point of view, while focusing on the experience. This roadmap should be made public to the entire organization to ensure the organization's focus is understood as well as to gain buy-in from employees.
Note: In bigger organizations, the CXO would partner heavily with product to ensure the roadmap "maps" to the number goals (revenue, reach, etc).
Maintain an evolving plan of action
The CXO needs to stay on top of the product roadmap and experience strategy, and continually update them in response to changes in each domain (users, business, brand, and tech). One stays informed about users through the design research framework. The business and tech concerns are the responsibility of other parts of the organization, but are things the CXO needs to be informed about to keep the experience strategy up to date. Thus, they should use their communication and listening skills to partner with leaders from these other teams in order to stay in the know, as well as include these partners in their own work.
By following these three steps, the CXO curates and maintains a holistic product experience that includes input from across the organization as well as from the customers the product is meant to serve. It is important to recognize that depending on the organization, the CXO may personally do this work or it may be someone within her organization, but the point is that the experience is being attended to, and the roles, purpose, and value of the CXO are being defined.
In order to take these three steps, the CXO and/or her team needs to be able to:
- create and conduct a strategic research initiative
- synthesize research findings into personas or goals
- communicate these findings to the rest of the organization, including the management team, the UX team, and beyond
This is a C-level position, so "experience" in every sense of the word is a key component of the role. A successful CXO should consume all the information she can about UX, understand the business side of things, have empathy, and learn about the responsibilities of all roles in the organization. In large organizations, it will be the CXO who puts together the team to take on these roles. In order to put that team together, the CXO needs to understand what it takes to go through UX processes to create the outputs that UX professionals create each day. We all know what happens when non-UX folks try to put together a team of UX talent. Sometimes it works, but a lot of times it doesn't.
Lastly, using this model, we can see that a CXO is responsible for understanding the user and organization domain, curating that into an experience, maintaining that experience, and communicating that throughout the organization. CXOs either do this themselves (in the case of small organizations and startups) or have the skills to hire the right people to take on these roles. That, in short, is the definition I'm proposing for CXO. There are probably other and better ways to define the role, which is why I wrote this: to start the conversation.
By defining CXO ourselves, UX can make it a point to create our leadership instead of being left out of it. If we do define this ourselves, it will mean UX-minded people will have to fill the CXO spot, because they will be the ones that really know what the role is. By nailing down this definition, proving its benefit to our business and executive personas, and following through on that benefit, UX will be empowered to step into the C-level world.
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Great read! However, I am interesting in how you see the overlap with the Chief Marketing Officer. The CMO is responsible for the product development, market research, channel distribution, communications and pricing, in short everything around the product. These functions are quite distinctive in regards to those of the COO, CFO and CEO.
In contrast, the functions and responsibility you describe for a CXO position show major overlap in what the CMO does and can lead to conflicting situations?
This is one of those very, very few articles that I appreciate. It gets right to the point and leaves little (if any) grey areas to be questioned.
What I would like to reiterate would be the issues of "Experience" and "Business". To me, these items appear to be the biggest outstanding components that a a good CXO must offer. When I say "experience", I'm not talking about the user's experience, but rather the number of years a CXO has contributed to the field and to what degree he has grown within this capacity. More and more, I'm seeing people with 1, 2 and 3 years experience claiming the title of CXO; this blows my mind. Now mind you, the very few "real" CXOs that I know are all in the U.S. and work for big companies where a chief executive team has brought them on board after an extensive interrogation process.
The other group of CXOs are usually in smaller startups, but bring 10 experience to the position and rightfully deserve that title.
Then there are those who give themselves this coveted title with no experience whatsoever or they have a fellow co-worker who puts this title on them but have no idea what it means. (Even if they do know the definition of the title, they don't in anyway shape or form deserve it.
I've said this in several blogs before, but I wish there was a real way to qualify this title within our field. The whole #UX hashtag and "IA/ UX" job titles appears to be a big frenzy of an Experience Circus with just about anyone giving themselves these titles.
For those who know me, I often voice this a lot. In the last 2-3 years especially, every caricature from every motley crew has joined this field and has turned it into a circus. My question is, what is the qualifying factors that these people bring to the field and who's monitoring this?
I agree with Lis' closing statement which states "By defining CXO ourselves, UX can make it a point to create our leadership instead of being left out of it. If we do define this ourselves, it will mean UX-minded people will have to fill the CXO spot, because they will be the ones that really know what the role is. By nailing down this definition, proving its benefit to our business and executive personas, and following through on that benefit, UX will be empowered to step into the C-level world."
I'll stop here on this concern.
The 2nd outstanding factor I'd like to bring to the table is the issue of "Business". I believe that a fantastic CXO who's worth their salt will understand business. How to grow a business, and to endorse a product/ service. How to develop relationships with partners and competitors. How to approach a consumer on or off-line and know which part of the buyers life-cycle that consumer is in. What personas need to be catered too, and how to amalgamate design thinking for the betterment of business development.
Many UX professionals I know are either back or front end types that don't appear cool to A-type business personalities. They incorporate best practices by reading books and implementing information from blog articles and advice from Twitter friends. While all this is fine and dandy, I find that many UXers can not run a business meeting.
To me, the CXO must be more then just a UX type. While I believe that the UX value-add is the basis for such a position, I also believe that knowledge workers who are more social, business oriented and agile would serve greatly in a role such as this.
I luv the thought that was put into this article and would highly recommend it as a starting point for those wanting to get into this position or are asked to fill it.
In my 2nd last employment, I was hired as a Sr. IA, got promoted to Director of Usability and was asked to initiate this role of CXO. However at the time I was already planning on transitioning to a closer location at another company.
As I made this transition, one thought kept ringing through my mind. How could I fill this role of a CXO? I was already swamped as a Director. Did the company really understand what they were asking for by this request?
I was happy to move on from this, and although I currently hold the title CIA (Chief Information Architect) for my own consultancy, I can't help but think that someone else who wasn't qualified to hold this title nor run it's positon might of been hired for the job. What scares me most about this is that this job position is still young and there may be those who are holding these titles who are confusing the nobility of the craft so that in the long run, the title "CXO" will be common like "Web Designer".
Now I know the scenario I'm giving is a little extreme, but as guardians of the UX flame, it is up to us to initiate and define these positions that more and more companies are finally becoming aware of and are realizing the need for such a vital and specialized service.
Rock on.
More perspectives on the role, as well as some history: 1) Impact of the role of the Chief Customer Officer; http://riander.blogspot.com/2011/03/chief-customer-officer-and-ownership-of.html; 2) Hail to the Chief!: http://riander.blogspot.com/2007/06/hail-to-chief.html; 3) The Chief Experience Officer: http://riander.blogspot.com/2005/05/chief-experience-officer.html.
The emphasis is always on the the "T" in IT, even though the "I" that holds the intrinsic value.
I sat in on a conversation with a group of web pro's at a university. In a 20 minute conversation they worked out how they could streamline registration to include course schedules, financial aid and payment, housing applications and approvals. They could do it except that the registrar and admissions each have their own walled garden they protect. They could except that the housing group didn't want to. They could except that administration thought everything is/was as good as it could be.
An "I" person in administration is going to bring a far, far different perspective to any business. The opportunities for collaboration can be seen from the web's vantage point when it is beyond the view of those happy in their silo's.
Anyway, great article, congrats. Please succeed so we can use you as an example when advancing this idea in other organizations.
Great article Lis and congratulations on taking the CXO role at 8coupons. This is something I've been thinking a lot about lately and agree that we need to do a better job defining these roles (at all levels). I still see so much misunderstanding about what UX encompasses, often being equated to usability and HCI (even among practitioners) and tacked on as a bullet point for development and graphic design positions.


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Alice Ahart, a retired speech language pathologist, was interviewed by Allie Brudney on November 17, 2011 at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Alice Ahart grew up in Windsor, Ontario, right across the border from Detroit, where her mother's extended family lived. Having left Europe after the borders to the United States were closed to Eastern European immigration, her parents settled in Canada and waited to be allowed into the goldene medine (the "Golden Land"). Alice begins the interview by describing her childhood in Windsor. She explains that her family was poor, but that education was highly prized, and recalls often hearing Yiddish as a child at community gatherings.
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Throughout her life, Alice explains, Yiddish has been central to her identity. She recalls the Yiddish movies and plays she saw as a child, as well as listening to her father read out loud the "Bintel Brief" column from The Forward newspaper on Sunday afternoons. Although Alice (and both of her daughters) married non-Jews, Judaism remains a key part of her identity, and, Alice believes, of her daughters' identities. She has celebrated Jewish holidays with her family throughout her adult life, and her daughters continue to do the same.
Alice ends the interview by stating that Yiddish is not a dead or dying language, and remarks that the Yiddish Book Center is "resuscitating" the language. She believes that Yiddish is in a revival period, explaining that there has even been a Yiddish reading group in Memphis, Tennessee. She then encourages everyone to join the Yiddish Book Center and advises the next generation to learn about the art, culture, and heritage of Yiddish.
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Crap. Literally. Something is wrong with the toilet/plumbing downstairs in the daycare and it looks like it's going to be an expensive and messy job. I think I have to have the kids up in my home today. And of coure, it's thunder and lightening today so we can't spend the day outside.
I hear you on the cankles Janeen. Mine aren't that bad yet - but if they're as bad as they are now at 30 weeks, I'm a little frightened to know what they're going to look like in 10 more weeks.
I just started a book called "God is Not Great" explores how religion ruins things. lol. I think. I'll give some more details as I get further in. I don't necessarily think religion ruins things - so I'm interested to see this author's take on it.
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I confess I miss you all. Can't imagine how many things I've missed reading about and I just don't have the energy to read the last 10 pages or so. The entire month of March I have been doing tasks in my new position at the University while still doing all of the old parts of my job TOO. They finally switched our campus over to the hotline on 31 Mar and I turned all my credit card stuff over to the central ladies on the 1st. But I've been getting them caught up on our methods and sending them spreadsheets. I think I'm finally done.
I confess this AF has me bleeding like a stuck pig and cramping so bad it reminds me of my teenage years. I'd love to be home right now curled up in a ball around a heating pad. PP bleeding wasn't THIS bad. OOH I wish I had one of those mama pads the hospital stocks.
Yay for "I have to poop!"
Not so great about the poopy potty, Bridget.
And cankles - gah. Last time I ended up with one little stretch mark on my FOOT but it was because of PP bloating from the IV saline, so I'm hoping NOT to have that happen this time. No IVs where I'm birthing, save for emergency purposes
Thanks for the advice guys, I think I'm going to shorten his lessons. He really LOVES parts of it and is so proud of himself, and is REALLY doing well. I'm not down with completely ditching an effort on account of attitude if the learning and the INTEREST is really there. Nearly four years old is not too young to learn that sometimes things that you really want to do take a little work. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a hardass at all, but Oscar learns quickly that he can avoid anything that smells like effort by whining (we've had this happen before). I need to make it more fun, and somewhat less effort/attention time for him. It involves more work for ME to do it this way and not just "give up," but that's parenting, right? So time for mama to get her groove on and make this stuff fun again.
He already has "designated work time" each day (his work is learning, he loves that idea) and does great with it. Draws, does letters, shapes, etc. It's just this sitting still and watching thing that gets him after 5 minutes or so. So we'll make it less than five minutes a day and see how it flies.
Yeah, it was pretty gross. (I think you're right, I think they are the Japanese ones) I did not enjoy walking up the stairs and turning the corner to see that. I have to admit I shut the door and did not go in there again until DH came home. My list of crawly things I'm okay with is really short, too.
Speaking of creepy...there is an open journal on livejournal I'm obsessed with. It's all about supernatural and other creepy things (like bugs, lol). It is very very explicit. There are no rules on what you can and can't post, from videos to creepy stories to gifs and pictures. I've had a rough time sleeping because of it, but I just can't look away. Is there something wrong with me? I am just fascinated with the unknown and strange stories.
I am liking bugs more now that I have Savana. She just gets such enjoyment out of learning about them that I'm becoming fascinated myself. She loves spiders. So I'm not even permitted to squish them. They must be taken outside.
I confess I'm taking my mom shopping tonite so she can find some new clothes that are more comfortable for her. I'm nervous. I have not taken her out without my dad since she's become less steady on her feet and lost some minor brain function. It's such a fine line between helping her and offending her and I don't know if I'm emotionally capable of dealing with her getting mad at me.
I confess that I got a scathing look from my sil when she heard Savana telling my mom's friend that "Mommy is the Easter Bunny". I wanted to stick my tongue out at her but instead I promised her that Savana would not say anything to other kids. She looked at me like I'd just killed my child's puppy. What am I going to do? Savana made this decision on her own and point blank asked me if the Easter Bunny was real or pretend and I'm not going to outright lie to her and try to convince her that he's real.
Bridget, we had the same issue with Santa. Oscar point blank told a little girl's mom, in front of the little girl (about age 5) that "Santa was pretend." In my opinion, it's what parents risk when they lie to their children. Sorry, but it's true... tell your kid that storks deliver babies and you set them up badly for hearing the truth, whether it comes sooner or later.
We just finished Oscar's lessons today and he did SO great. We worked together to cut out some of the more mundane "tasks" from his reading lessons and only did the interesting/useful stuff and he did GREAT and was so proud!
I've had this sneaking suspicion that it doesn't even register with them when something is upside-down. Like they can hold books and pictures upside down, and my kids still can't tell the difference between 6s and 9s. Maybe their brains just don't notice the right way up. It takes time to realize that things are supposed to be a certain orientation or direction. I can actually still read pretty easily upside-down, and it's not something I had to work at.
My dad did an experiment in college (they were broke and did a lot of this type of stuff) where he had to wear glasses that turned everything upside-down in his visual fields. The first week or two, he kept stumbling into stuff because it was all upside-down. After that, his brain rewired (so quickly!) and everything looked right-side-up again. He kept wearing them, and when he took them off eventually at the end of the experiment all of the normal world looked upside-down to him for a few weeks.
I haven't read anything to back that up, but I think some things are just less concrete, and a little more... loose in childhood. One thing semi-related but not entirely is hearing about how common synesthesia is in children (it's basically mixing senses, but many times it's associating colors with numbers and letters). It is assumed that this may be a normal thing and that people just outgrow it. Interestingly, my dh still has this although it's faded as he's gotten older. If he pictures numbers and letters in his head, they'll be in specific colors--for example the number 4 is associated with lime green for him. He's also incredibly amazingly good at math. He can do long complex equations in his head as long as I don't try to talk to him at the same time.
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I was always bad at math. I remember in first grade that I had a hard time doing the problems because each number had it's own personality, so of course in my equations, a 2 and a 7 would not be next to each other because they were so different and would never be friends. 2 was boring. 7 was fun and exciting but in the end unpredictable and a mystery (kind of a loner). The number 9 was worse than 7 . Sounds silly, but it made math difficult because I got everything wrong all the time and it has never changed to this day. I still need a calculator to subtract. I can't carry numbers because I don't know where to set them down again. One of my favorite jokes from my old stand-up comedy days was from a friend of mine Eddie (who works at Tosh 2.0 now - funny show if you get a chance): "If it wasn't for math, I'd be the funniest guy at Nasa! How much gas will it take to get the shuttle to Mars? I'd top 'er off! Fill it up and bring an extra gas can in the trunk."
Oh, and names and words are always pictures in my head. Lydia is eyelashes. Linda is the floaty fluttery scarf that hangs off of princess cone hats (and generally blue). Barbara is short frosted hair. Sam is a 2x4 wood board. Etc.
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"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
Definitely a mild case, but I think it is just a bit. And more important/intense when I was little.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
Were you really sensitive to sound / touch / light / food etc? I'm guessing you are sensitive to color or visual input as you're an artist.
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Argh!!! I wish people wouldn't post horrific things in the titles of their posts!!! I don't want to read stories of terrible things!!! All I did was go the the New Posts link and now my head just gets assaulted with all the bad things in the world that I cannot flippin' deal with. That's why I don't have CNN for goodness sake. Seriously, though - isn't there a thing somewhere that says not to do that? Am I just making that up?
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
Yeah, I think there is. That stuff is supposed to be in Ranting/Venting with a caution in the title, I thought.
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"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
I have a lot of that sensory stuff, too. I remember having huge fights with my brother because he was always listening to the radio and I couldn't read with the radio on. I'm better now but sometimes I'll still pause my Ipod if I want to concentrate on something. I also am really sensitive to texture in food (it's almost more important to me than taste) and I have clothing issues, too. Like I hate t-shirts with tight necks. I really struggled as a child but only recently was able to look back and realize what the problem was.
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