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- Lean startup is the three-step approach designed to help companies improve their decision-making in order to reach a broader market.
- From the building or idea phase to the learning phase, this methodology can allow you to determine whether your company has a viable product.
- Lean methodology offers a wide range of benefits that ultimately lead to a competitive advantage for companies
What is exactly is a lean startup? This approach is based on a methodology developed by Eric Ries that helps companies improve decision-making based on iterative product testing, and uses early adopter feedback to determine features and functionalities for a broader market launch.
The approach, also known as build-measure-learn, is based on lean manufacturing principles, such as those promoted by the Lean Enterprise Institute, that aim to increase the value to customers while using fewer resources.
In the build phase, companies make a minimum viable product (MVP), which is basically a prototype with sufficient core features to interest early adopters, whose feedback helps you identify the additional features you'll need to appeal to a wider market. The build phase doesn't have to be an actual product, but can simply be the idea of the product.
How Dropbox did it: Dropbox signed on 5,000 subscribers before it actually had a product to offer. The cloud-based file storage and sharing services company generated sign-ups from a 90-second video that described its services and why people should pay for them.
The response to your MVP launch determines:
- Whether there is sufficient interest to continue product development
- If there is sufficient interest, what features/functionalities should be added or refined?
How Dropbox did it: A second Dropbox MVP video demonstration generated additional interest, adding 75,000 early adopters in a single day, accompanied by a flood of high-quality feedback to make the product as simple to use as possible. They encouraged users to make comments on Votebox about what they liked or didn't like. In fact, the company continues to use Votebox to allow its users to comment on which features work best for them and which ones don't.
Based on what you've learned from your early adopters, the next decision point is whether to persevere or pivot. Can you carry on with the same product strategy or do you need to change some aspect of it? Or, do you need to shut down product development entirely?
If early adopters like the MVP, then persevere. These are some examples of pivots:
- Other features are discarded in favor of a single feature that becomes the final product.
- The product becomes larger to incorporate missing features or functions.
- You discover that other customer needs are more important to address than what the MVP offered, so it's back to the drawing board.
How Dropbox did it: Enthusiasm among early adopters persuaded Dropbox to persevere. The question then became how to expand beyond the initial user base. The company invested in a variety of online marketing techniques that resulted in excessively high and unprofitable customer acquisition costs. What Dropbox learned was to instead build on the enthusiasm of its user base by offering a two-sided incentive referral program.
Dropbox then offered additional free storage to both new subscribers as well as those who referred users. In 15 months, Dropbox went from 100,000 registered users to 4 million, largely by word-of-mouth referrals. They learned to continue doing what they were doing right in the first place (developing a committed user community and providing it with an influence on product development) and not to worry about more traditional marketing approaches.
Benefits of lean methodology
Lean methodology is often used to make small, sectional changes in the processes to improve efficiency, quality, and speed of the service or product being delivered; it is used as a long-term approach for continuous improvement, not as a quick-fix. With the fast pace of the world, it is important for a business to be able to adapt to the increase in demand as well as be prepared for continuous improvement. Businesses that utilize lean methodology can reap substantial benefits, allowing them a competitive advantage. These are some of the benefits of utilizing a lean methodology:
- Better productivity. Utilizing lean methodology includes the elimination of tasks that do not add value to the customer. For instance, producing unnecessary materials or collecting unused/nonrelative data creates slow systems and wasted time, so removing these tasks from the process will ultimately increase productivity that is more beneficial for the customer.
- Better flexibility and responsiveness. Once the production process is streamlined, your business can better meet customer demands. The business can be in the position that allows customers to come to your business specifically in order to get the product they want and/or need and when the product is available at the time of need.
- Improved product quality. When there are issues with quality, lean methodology provides businesses with the techniques and problem-solving tools that allow them to identify the root cause of the issue. As error proofing is put into place, it can strengthen the process, prevent the problem from reoccurring and improve the quality of the product.
- No defects. A defect in products means more work, which means money and time wasted, and the risk of not being able to deliver the finished product on time. The premise behind lean methodology is eliminating defects so that your products are made correctly the first time.
- An increase in the bottom line. When lean methodology is used appropriately, the method can increase productivity and make operations smoother, which ultimately allows your business to make more products with greater flexibility and responsiveness. The end result is creating a usable inventory as opposed to stockpiling expensive inventory that may otherwise go to waste, and there are fewer defects, which almost immediately increase profit. Higher-quality products that are available for customer demand means happier, repeat customers.
Lean methodology is geared toward removing non-value-adding tasks and, instead, focuses on making the remaining value-adding tasks flow more smoothly, without delays, interruptions or defects. When the processes are running smoothly throughout the lifecycle of production, the business will deliver high-quality products to customers on time.

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Now, this year it was a different kind of crazy, but it was totally crazy, and um, that's all I'm gonna say.
I think we went to bed at 3 am, we are now staggering in 90 degree heat and massive humidity, and after I score some pashminas, will be heading back to the pool to recover for the rest of the day. I hope everyone is having a lovely New Years Eve as it is already noon on January 1, 2008.
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Wish Upon a Star
There are many ways to make a wish. You can blow out the candles on your birthday cake, toss a coin into a fountain, or break a wishbone with another. One of the most spectacular ways to make your dreams come true is to travel out of the city, where countless stars blanket the sky. As you look up at the night sky dotted with luminous specks, search far and wide for the rare occurrence of a shooting star. This miraculous moment is an excellent opportunity to harness the magic of the universe and turn your wildest dreams into your reality.
Blue Goldstone is an enchanting stone with flecks that sparkle to resemble stars in the night sky. Its radiant dots come from flecks of copper suspended in a deep indigo-colored glass. The Venetian glass crafter, Vincenzo Miotti is often credited with Goldstone's invention. However, before Miotti's time, a group of alchemist monks who were trying to make gold accidentally knocked copper shavings into a pot of molten glass, producing the first version of Goldstone. Perhaps because of its unexpected creation, Goldstone was historically known as 'Aventurine Glass', derived from the Italian word 'avventura', meaning 'by chance, luck, or risk'. When in your possession, Blue Goldstone can be wished upon similarly to a star shooting across a wondrous, expansive sky.
The Stone of Ambition
This shimmery gem is known as an amulet of courage, as it helps you strengthen your aspirations and achieve your dreams. Blue Goldstone is the perfect companion to help accomplish your goals with stability and ease. It is a useful stone in generating creative ideas and learning to authentically express yourself.
The rich hue of Blue Goldstone works directly with the Throat and Third Eye centers of the body, connecting you to a deeper truth within yourself and ensuring an honest expression of it. Carrying Blue Goldstone protects you from unwanted energies and wraps you in its positive powers. This stone is a talisman against evil and exudes purifying and uplifting vibrations. It sparks self-confidence, ambition, and success around money and business, love and relationships, and personal healing and development.
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Blue Goldstone supports the dreamers, the lovers, and the believers. This gem encourages perseverance and ambition, providing you with clarity and perception for your path. Its potent magic reminds you that there is always light at the end of the tunnel and helps you restore a sense of faith in times of disharmony.
Goldstone will help you manifest the things you want and invite more creativity, artistic expression, and freedom into your life. You'll find that when you incorporate this stone into your relationships, you are able to speak from a loving, compassionate place while also being honest and confident. It facilitates more faith, understanding, and kindness between loved ones. Blue Goldstone provides the space for emotional healing and revitalizes the heart with joy. It leads you on a heart-filled path to the stars.
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At Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center city bathrooms Monday night, anti-LGBT protesters were practicing what they preach.
At least two trans women were accosted while attemping to leave the women's restroom during a contentious city council debate on an LGBT-inclusive nondiscrimination ordinance, reports Charlotte LGBT newspaper Qnotes. The newspaper's editor, Matt Comer, spoke with a 17-year-old trans girl named Olivia who was confronted by Flip Benham, a vehement Charlotte preacher, who Comer reports has previously been convicted of stalking a local abortion doctor.
Olivia told Qnotes that none of the other women in the bathroom seemed to take an issue with her presence, but once she exited the restroom she was stopped by Benham, who called her a "young man," "punk," and "pervert," and claimed she was endangering children by using the bathroom. Olivia yelled insults back, then walked away when her mother stepped between her and Benham. Another trans woman, Janice Covington Allison, later told Qnotes that she, too had been stopped by protestors.
After nearly five hours of often heated public testimony and the removal of some protections for trans residents, the nondiscrimination ordinance failed in a 6-5 vote. The ordinance sought to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the city's list of classes protected from discrimination in public accomodations and businesses.
The proposed ordinance — which is similar to nondiscrimination ordinances in place in cities and some states throughout the country — would have ordered, for instance, that hotels, taxi drivers, and vendors not deny service to anyone on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity, lest the vendor or business owner lose their business license for two years. But the most vigorious challenges came from conservative community members opposed to trans equality in the use of sex-segregated public bathrooms, showers, and locker rooms, reports the Charlotte Observer.
In fact, the trans women's experiences neatly encapsulate the tensions often expressed in arguments put forth by 117 citizens in the city council chambers, whose emotional speeches carried on into the evening. The debate was, for a time, laser-focused on the issue of trans citizens' access to public restrooms.
Many of the ordinance's opponents gave passionate speeches that drew on biblical arguments, as well as the oft-used — and thoroughly debunked — claim that trans women inherently pose a threat to cisgender (nontrans) women and children in restrooms.
As many trans advocates have pointed out, it is actually trans people who are more likely to be harassed or physically attacked in public facilities. In Charlotte, the ordinance's supporters argued that allowing anti-LGBT discrimination could be harmful to businesses, noting that the absence of such protections increases the possibility that queer and trans people could be subjected to verbal and physical threats in public spaces without legal recourse, reports the Observer.
Councilmembers ultimately opted to remove a section of the ordinance that would have allowed trans citizens to use the facilities that correspond with their gender identity, notes the Observer. But even the removal of that trans-inclusive portion did not sate those opposed to the ordinance in principle.
After the removal of the so-called bathroom provision, many of the original opponents continued to argue that the ordinance was an unfair imposition to business owners whose religious or ethical beliefs led them to refuse service to LGBT customers.
In addition, two of the nondiscrimination ordinance's original supporters, Democratic councilmembers LaWanna Mayfield and John Autry, voted against the amended ordinance, viewing it as a weakened "half measure" that would no longer provide protection for all LGBT citizens, notes the Observer.
"I will not and I cannot support an amendment that does not protect all of our citizens," Mayfield, who is Charlotte's first openly LGBT elected official, told Qnotes. She also added her thoughts on the religious tone of the evening's debate. "I have listened to some individuals take the word of God and use it as a weapon. My God is bigger than some of the hateful things I have heard this evening. ... I don't believe that all the people who opposed to this ordinance are bigots, but I do believe it is my responsibility to support protections for all people."
In the wake of the nondiscrimination ordinance's failure to pass — which marks the second time an LGBT-inclusive ordinance has been shut down by Charlotte's city council — the city's LGBT rights advocates have reaffirmed their commitment to lobbying the council unti such measures are passed.
"For the second time in our city's history, Charlotte City Council has shown it does not have the courage or the conviction to stand for fairness and equality," read a statement from a coaltion of area LGBT rights groups, including Equality North Carolina and the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, reported by Qnotes. "Charlotte's decision tonight moves the city backwards and not forward and shows a continued lack of commitment to fair treatment of all its citizens and residents."
Reactions from LGBT rights supporters to the Council's decision poured over social media on the hashtag #cltequality Tuesday morning. Hear from city council speakers — many in support of, and some opposed to the ordinance — in the videos below.


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Why Counseling Matters in a Dating Woman's Life
We were at a bar playing pool. We playfully flirted between our pool shots while drinking beer and eating nachos. At one point he leaned over and said to me, "Show me all of your brokenness and I will tell you mine." In that moment, my heart swooned.
I thought this man truly wanted to know my heart, to be vulnerable and honest in ways that make a strong foundation for a healthy relationship. I thought in that moment, "This is it! He is a man who wants to really know and love me for me!"
Looking back it was not true, and that conversation did not lay the groundwork for a healthy, trustworthy relationship. We needed more time in our relationship to make sure we each actually felt safe and secure enough with each other before sharing such intimate details. I did not see it then, but I can now, thanks to therapy.
I first started going to therapy in high school, but it wasn't until my late twenties that therapy began clicking for me. Particularly, I learned lessons about myself and relationships that I wish I had learned before I had gotten married—especially when the marriage I hoped would have lasted a lifetime didn't last.
Therapy is about more than calming anxious thoughts or overcoming sad feelings, it's about developing a healthier state of mind so that you can better manage the things in your life that cause you anxiety or depression. Let's face it, there's a lot of complicated emotions in dating, and therapy can help you make sense of those, so that you can live more freely in your relationships. Here are three reasons why therapy before marriage can transform your dating life for the better.
01. You understand your own story better, making you more self aware to what you need and desire in love.
I used to believe the lie I was held hostage by my "big" feelings and emotions, that I couldn't control the anxious, fearful thoughts rapidly swimming through my mind.
When I started to see my counselor in my late twenties, I learned how to express myself and describe my thoughts, feelings, and emotions. As I did so, I was able to identify pain from my childhood and trauma I carried that I had never told a soul about. I was able to acknowledge I was sexually assaulted.
As I came to understand my story better, I came to realize that I am not held captive by my emotional life. I learned about boundaries and what healthy sexuality in dating and marriage looks like. I learned how in relationships I could sometimes act codependent, and more importantly the only person I can change is myself.
I began to understand how events in my life had shaped my thoughts and feelings, but that new perspectives could help me manage and ultimately transform those thoughts and feelings.
When you better understand your own story, you live life more self-aware. You can see what formed you, where you have come from, and where you are now. The end result for me was less anxious, fearful thoughts, and healthier, more fulfilling relationships.
02. You build your own emotional toolbox, making it easier to manage the complicated feelings of love.
An important part of counseling is that you are learning new things to implement in your daily life.
For example, my therapist taught me how to take time each day to evaluate my emotional temperature. Because I was not raised in a family where we did "big feelings," I came to realize I was afraid of my emotional life and would easily feel overwhelmed by feelings I did not understand inside of myself.
So each morning I looked at the sheet of different feelings from my counselor. I reflected where I felt that emotion on my body, as well as, what my choice was in reaction to how I was feeling in that moment.
This exercise finally gave me words to my own emotional life and helped me process my feelings in a healthier way.
Did it happen overnight? Of course not! It has taken several years to find what works for me and what does not.
03. Counseling has wider impact into all your other relationships.
I don't think there is a woman among us who isn't looking for less drama, and more levity in their relationships. Counseling doesn't make difficult relationships disappear, but if you go to counseling and do the hard, deep soul work, it will change how you deal with difficult or frustrating relationships.
You will learn about boundaries, how to say no, and how to not feel guilty for standing up for yourself.
When you are emotionally healthy on the inside, you can have healthier relationships with coworkers, family members, friends, even strangers.
I saw this most clearly on a first date I went on when I first started dating again. We met online through a faith based site and were meeting for dinner at an Irish pub. As the dated ended, I had mixed feelings on whether or not I should be open to a second date, but our very awkward goodbye was a red flag that there would be no second date. He hugged me a little too hard and held me a little too long for my comfort. Because I was already more self-aware of how that experience made me feel, it gave me peace to trust myself in kindly saying "no" to a second date.
We have the knowledge inside us to know what we want and need in a relationship. We as women can trust ourselves: Our gut, emotions, or whatever you want to call it. Therapy helps us to tap into that knowledge, and have confidence making wise and healthy decisions in dating and relationships
What I have learned from going to therapy as a single woman is that if I don't work through and face my own issues they will simply follow me into other relationships. I want to be more self-aware for myself and my own well-being.
The investment is so worth it for you to make the time to go to counseling. Go because not because you think you need it, but because you realize you deserve this gift to yourself.


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With regards to money, every trifle could possibly be the topic for a hot conversation. Unsurprisingly, payday loans online in brand new Mexico frequently make headlines. The irate borrowers complain in regards to the exorbitant interests and conditions that are unfavorable. Lenders, within their change, beef concerning the incapacity to make such circumstances that are difficult. One part thinks that one other is always the champion it doesn't matter what. Who's right? Let's attempt to learn the problem completely and find out the truth that is hidden.
Revising the past history of pay day loans in New Mexico (NM)
The very popular pay day loans New Mexico are actually ambiguous. Back 1916, the Uniform Small Loan Laws ended up being a cornerstone document for a lot of states. The 2-3% yearly portion ended up being an fact that is unquestionable. However it was just in 1939 whenever NM specified a 12% apr by a law that is local. The payday sphere was too restricted – at least that's what they said by the end of the seventies.
A true heyday associated with payday loans Ohio credit solutions arrived as soon as the founded price limitation ended up being abolished. When you look at the 21st century here were attempts to stay this area somehow. But telling the facts, online pay day loans in brand new Mexico were free from any guidance. The APR could possibly be three-digit as well as the deal amount of 35 days had been too brief to be convenient. The max restriction of $2500 couldn't rise above 25% of a earnings that are person's but was it of any assistance?
This way won't do any good in 2017, it became clear that continuing to conduct the business. The standard price ended up being often between 238 and 450 per cent, while the interest on installments could possibly be also greater. This resulted in the mortgage duration expansion; it rose as much as 120 times. Hence, online loans in New Mexico had been eradicated and became unlawful.
Regulation HB 347 was the earliest effort to improve the problem when you look at the borrowers' favor. Nevertheless the 175% APR continues to be appropriate aside from this amount reasonability1. Regrettably, the proposed optimum yearly interest of 36% is yet unattainable. We wish that at the least pay day loan Rule, that will enter into force just in 2020, can change the program of things.
Why Select Pay Day Loans in New Mexico (NM)?
Got an urgent and unpleasant cost to protect? Most likely, New Mexico loans that are payday scarcely be called a fantasy contract. But a large number of individuals nevertheless sign their pay day loans New Mexico no credit check agreements each month. These are generally alert to the high passions, as well as the capacity to repay by 4 efforts does not alter this particular fact. So just why do they nevertheless prefer perhaps not going to the bank? Well, you might want to get a banking item, but nonetheless be viewed an customer that is unwanted. One of the keys may be the tough bank constraints and demands. So, a contemporary financial solution may supply you an advantage.
Whatever the case, pay day loans New Mexico are managed underneath the authorities' supervision. Your spouse should provide you with a clear repayment plan with all the specified amount. At this time in NM this sphere is undergoing reformation. We wish that in the foreseeable future the deals' conditions may be better when it comes to consumers. In just about any situation, trying to find payday advances online New Mexico, choose people who run according to regulations. You really need ton't delude your self because of the simplicity associated with the solution purchase from some shady businessman. Create your option and only the lender that is well-known. It'll be easier to do business with him in a legal method in instance of any issues. You understand who you're working with; you understand how much you can be charged by him. Usually do not complicate this crucial matter and examine everything completely.


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Welcome to the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers
Challenge #11: S is for Steampunk!
Edna is the Steampunkiest, isn't she?
I decided to alter a composition notebook for our Steampunk Challenge. I bought quite a few of these after Target clearanced out their Back To School items. My daughter tells me I'll have to get rid of them if I don't use them soon. Did I forget to tell you I bought them about four years ago. She says I ought to use them or not buy them! Now she wants me donate them....obviously, she is not a crafter! Shhhh, don't tell her that the Graphic 45 paper and the eyelets are at least that old too!
I attached the Graphic 45 Communique paper to the notebook by spreading a quick dry tacky glue in an extremely thin layer over the entire cover (ModPodge works also). Most glues contain too much water making your papers wrinkle. After I trimmed the little bit paper overhang so it was flush with edges of the notebook, I sanded and distressed the edges with Vintage photo ink.
I used Kraft-Core Notalgic Core'dinations cardstock with the Tim Holtz Texture Fades-(Blueprints and Pocket Watches) and sanded them to bring out the kraft colored core. All of the elements, except the man stamp were sanded on their edges and distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The Tim Holtz Time Travelers man was stamped on some map DP I had in my stash.
All other images are from the Graphics Fairy. They have tons of free vintage images to use! I fussy cut the cat and the hand. I used pop dots on the cat and fingers of the hand. Glossy Accents were used to accent the bulb and cat eyes. The free font I used for the snarky Steampunk saying is Ornatique.
Have fun, create a Steampunk project, and enter Challenge #11 for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers~S is for Steampunk! We'd love to see what you come up with!
You have until Friday, July 11th, at 11:55 pm EDT to enter at SoSS. You'll have a chance to win the auspicious title of Queen or Princess of Snark! You know you want to win it! If you're our Queen, you can be our Guest Designer!
Don't forget to visit the blogs of the all the other talented Snarky Sisters and check out their phenomenal Steampunk creations!
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As a lifelong athlete and wellness advocate, I bring a plethora of personal and professional experience to my training. A former two-sport varsity athlete I'm dedicated and passionate about meeting clients where they are at and coaching them to achieve their full fitness potential.
In 2004 during my last year of Physical Education in college I suffered a serious accident and broke my spine. As an elite athlete, two-sport, scholarship athlete, I understood the value of grit and perseverance, but this life-changing injury really taught me to not quit. Obtaining my BCRPA Certified Personal Trainer and making teaching exercise my career was a no-brainer, now with 10 years of experience my ability to share these lessons with people from a variety of backgrounds is one of my greatest strengths. Whether you are a 1st time gym goer, fresh out of rehab, a fitness lover who needs a push/change or an elite athlete, I will work with you to help you achieve your goals.
My positive outlook and commitment to training is infectious and (I like to think) inspiring. I have an athletic style with a big focus on gaining muscular strength through a thorough understanding of how to achieve and build core strength, gained through first-hand experience.


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The move will pave the way for DVD players that can play back 22 hours of music from a single CD.
Microsoft said that, over the next year, chipmakers Cirrus Logic, ESS Technology, LSI Logic, STMicroelectronics and Zoran will add support for Windows Media audio and video. Those chipmakers represent 90 percent of the DVD processors manufactured and shipped last year.
"The availability of chips supporting top-quality Windows Media audio and video will enable us to offer enticing new home-entertainment experiences to consumers," Tom McLoughlin, president of audio and video products manufacturer Harman Kardon, said in a statement.
Microsoft plans to make the announcement at the Streaming Media East 2001 trade show in New York.
This "announcement lays the groundwork for the next generation of DVD players to appear next year, which merge the world of digital media on the PC with home entertainment systems in the living room," Microsoft said in a statement.
"This will enable not just playback of CD-burned collections of digital music but also the eventual playback of video entertainment using Windows Media Video from CDs."


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Invitation - 2011 EURELECTRIC Annual Convention & Conference
Ανάρτηση: Mavromatidis Dimitrios την 23 Απρ 2011
"Investment Prospects and Governance Issues"Renewable energy sources have come under increasing scrutiny as governments and energy firms re-think nuclear investments in the wake of the Fukushima catastrophe of early March - with analysts betting on a renaissance in coal and gas power in the years to come. The deteriorating economics, in the short term at least, for new plant construction has in turn fuelled the debate on Europe's future energy policy and the broader EU energy mix, which is likely to see the balance shift rather more strongly in favour of renewable energy options.But an increasing share of intermittent renewables, such as wind and solar, also calls for more investment in flexible and backup capacity, including alternatives such as clean coal and gas fired plants, CCS and DSM and storage.
Despite this sense of urgency, a lack of public acceptance and cumbersome permitting procedures are some of the obstacles that are delaying necessary investments in renewable energy sources. There is no time to waste in adequately preparing Europe's energy system for the future, yet the average European power line currently takes 12 years to complete.
How can the public's positive attitude towards carbon-neutrality in general be translated into public acceptance of particular investments in wind mills, power lines or CCS projects? Which actions are needed to foster a positive investment climate for energy infrastructure and renewables? How can the necessary roll-out of renewables, backup capacity and infrastructure be financed without unduly burdening customers, while ensuring a fair rate of return?
European and international stakeholders will debate these issues at the EURELECTRIC Annual Conference in Stockholm on 13-14 June, "Delivering Investments to Meet Europe's Energy and Climate Needs".
Session 2 on "Investment Prospects and Governance Issues" will discuss how to ensure a stable and predictable regulatory regime which will allow crucial investments to be delivered in Europe; both in power generation and high voltage transmission infrastructure. Introductory keynote speeches will be followed by two parallel panel debates - on the Investment Climate in general and on the specific challenges of Investments in Renewables.
Invited keynote speakers and panellists will use this session to outline the different views of the European Parliament, regulators, the European electricity industry, investment banks and consultancies.
A parallel exhibition on Smart Energy will showcase answers to the 2050 challenge and give a flavour of tomorrow's energy solutions.
An exciting programme of social side events will also take place throughout the two-day event, including a pre-conference tour of Stockholm, a Welcome Cocktail in the impressive Vasa Museum and a Gala Dinner in Stockholm City Hall, venue for the prestigious annual Nobel Banquet.
Registration is now open at www.eurelectric.org/Stockholm2011. The full conference programme is also available online.


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- Marketing
Messaging as The One Source of Truth
Often misunderstood as an exercise you do only for press releases, messaging can be an effective source of truth and a competitive differentiator across your org's marketing, product, sales and hiring.
- Messaging as the Source of Truth
- Solving the Problem of Understanding
- Messaging MVP: What does It Inform?
- Who Needs to Be a Part of Messaging
- What is a Messaging Framework
- Market and Customer Context
- Messaging Pillars
- Positioning Statements
- Completing the Messaging Framework
- Buy-Ins: Selection, Review and Approval
- Next Steps: Roll Out Plans & Internal Customers
- How Do You Know If It's Working?
- Messaging Recap: Develop, Engage, Monitor, Test
Messaging as the Source of Truth
Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for having me. Messaging as the source of truth. This is something near and dear to my heart, because I have spent decades writing lots and lots of words. Why this topic?
Solving the Problem of Understanding
Because we fundamentally as marketers, with messaging, want to solve this problem. How many of you have seen this episode where Richard comes out from the focus group and says, "They don't get it." Literally whiteboarding regular people off the street for three hours, and then they're all like "I finally get it ." What we want to do with messaging is solve this problem.
As a founder there is a way that you can tell the story, the origin story of the company, how you personally evolved to get to that point to create this product and this company. It's totally unauthentic said by anybody else. As you hire more people, as you have a marketing person join, as you start to do sales enablement, they can't tell the story in the way you can because that's very personal. The purpose of messaging is to take some parts of your origin story and turn that into something that's consistent and scalable across the company.
Messaging MVP: What does It Inform?
Because at its best, what messaging does do is informs what everybody at the company does. The messaging framework becomes an organizing principle for how all the different teams organize. One of the best experiences I had with messaging was in the end-user computing business unit at VMware. It was the first time we were doing anything on top of the core vSphere platform. We were selling to a different audience and everything, so it was very exciting.
We'd gotten to a place where we found we were entering a highly saturated market. There was already a company that had been winning in there for two decades, and we were coming in with something new. We needed to find a way to define our product and h ave pillars that were differentiated.
The best example of how that brought the entire business unit together is my product management partner and I, when it came to looking at the next release, and we were possibly going to run out of time and maybe we needed to cut a feature or two, we would look at our messaging. The messaging framework that we had, and make the decisions together. Because would it be something that we had to do because it's foundational to compete, or do we choose this other feature because it actually propels us ahead in another value area that the company competition doesn't have?
When you have a great framework it should organize everyone together.
When everyone inside the company is saying the same words and is using the same framework to organize. You could be a five person company or a 10 person company or a 100 person company but you'll look so much bigger from the outside. Because everyone's like, "It's always the same story."
Who Needs to Be a Part of Messaging
So, the rest of this I'm going to go into how to do it. Who needs to be part of messaging? Literally everybody and nobody, all at the same time. Everyone has a role to play, it's about managing what that contribution and scope is, and it's really important as a marketer or whoever is the first person that's running this exercise to keep the process moving. It's not a one and done, but it is something that needs to have an end point.
Then from there the teams need to consume and execute. Then you have to build in a cycle for review and iteration. Marketing and product should be the primary core drivers of the process, if you have a marketing person they should own the process and do the translation layer.
What is a Messaging Framework
When you look at the messaging framework itself, it just looks like a few boxes. Doesn't this look so simple? It actually can be very challenging, arguments can ensue. This could take a couple of weeks or it could take months. I've seen this at large companies take many months, lots of approvals. I've been able to do this as fast as two weeks. It's really how you engage the people in the process, let them know who needs to be involved when, what the expectation is, and how you move this along. This is the core that you need for the framework. It is not a framework unless you have these things.
I will go into the different steps and how you extract those nuggets, but it's also important that you're concise. You want to get this to be something that's about two pages as the core, because if you cannot dumb it down then the people outside your company are never going to understand what you're selling. What you want to do is for people who are not intimately involved with your product every day, how do you explain this so that anyone off the street can understand it?
As you grow I have seen people add onto this. If this is your great framework, every time you might do another big launch or a big announcement, more use cases are added. This can be the framework in which you add those because it should be about, as you add feature sets or expand your portfolio, how does it enrich the core value that you're bringing from your company to your customers?
Market and Customer Context
Let's start from the top. Market and customer context, this is the place where you want to involve your founders. Founder or founders, and some key executives. The key questions to ask here is "Why should anyone care? What is the purpose of this company?" When you're a smaller organization and just getting started the company purpose is very much the product purpose. Because you're probably a single product.
So when you look at this, it should be about two paragraphs. First thing is the market industry. You want to have a bigger vision, like "We're attaching to some mega trend. But as part of that mega trend I've identified a specific user persona, that has a problem that I want to solve." That's the red and the blue.
Messaging Pillars
We just talked about market and customer context, now we're going to go down to the bottom where it was the pillars. The pillars are really important here because this is the meat. This is the bulk of the work the product or engineering and the marketing team will go through. What you want to do here is your pillar, your pillar is your category of value. This is how you group the capabilities that you have together.
The benefit statement, when you look at your category of value like "Easy to use, security, choice, agility, whatever." When you look at those, what is the statement, "the benefit, from the point of view of the customer? Not the marketing lingo we may want to use, but what our customers or your target customer is actually saying? Use their language.
Supporting points, is all the how. This is all the features that you have, and then with the features you then want to give some proof points. Are there statistics you can point to? Download rates, usage rates, industry stats? Are there users that have given you quotes as to why this is awesome, why that feature is awesome? When you go through this exercise what you want to do is look at all the features you have and then from there compare against other competitors out there.
You want to strip away the things that everybody else does, because that's not necessarily differentiating. Say you had 50, a list of 50. You look at what everyone else is doing and then it takes away about 25. Then you look at your remaining 25 and start to group them, and then you can play with the words and what should the names of those groups be. Those are your pillars, and then everything cascades down from there. I show three here, rule of three.
Two never seems like enough, no one can remember the fourth one. I highly recommend just stick with three.
It's like all our brains can consume at one point. So you've done the very top of the market context, the high level, you've done all the groundwork on actually how that gets done.
Positioning Statements
Now it's time to do the positioning statement. The reason I like to do this in this order is that once you've outlined the big problem, the customer problem you're trying to solve, and then you've spent the time like marinating in all the features and the capabilities and how you actually do this, the position statement becomes the answer to that customer challenge. That's answered by how you've identified your core categories of value, and you've already thought through like how you're differentiated.
I recommend starting with the 50 word, it seems to be the best length in which you have enough room to play around with words and sentences. You'll end up with about three-ish sentences there, and then once you get to a good place you should iterate and vet with a marketing executive, product executive or founder.
Vet with them, go through a cycle and then once people feel good about the 50, then you spend the time to decrease and increase. Don't try to write all of these at once. Also, the tagline is the hardest thing to start with because it's like literally no words. 50 is a great place to start, and then you can build up and build down.
Completing the Messaging Framework
That's it. I didn't put the persona thing on here because everyone talked about it in the panel earlier, but you can keep building with this context. One interesting thing to note, this is your core. This is all you need.
Now people are going to start cutting and pasting, someone's going to send an email for an event. They can cut and paste. When you start thinking about websites, cut and paste. "I want to build some demos, I can build a bunch of demos around ease of use. Wow, you've given me three supporting points? I can do demos on each point." It gives really good guidance for the rest of the teams for what they could do.
Buy-Ins: Selection, Review and Approval
So, you've done a draft. You've done some iterations. Who needs to buy in, how should people review, how should people approve? The product and marketing teams, they're iterating. Founders and execs, you all have a voice but you don't steer the whole thing, you're one voice. Cross-functional teams, it's important to loop them in, I'll talk about them a little bit later, but you also want them to be involved in the later stages to see if they may have a little bit of input, but they're also your primary customer of this content. I have customers, media analysts, basically all these people outside of your company.
Super important to test, but it doesn't need to be a big long process. If you already have some customers, build relationships with one or two so that you can just run these things by them.
Reporters and analysts, a lot of times they will totally take your call to run something by them. They actually like having that kind of relationship with you, and you say under confidence "We're running some messaging changes. How does this jive with what you're doing?"What you want to do in the testing is be very structured. Do not send them the whole messaging Doc, because t hey're going to be like "I can't read all of this.
" What you should do is with the framework that you've built, try to put together three slides of a pitch deck and then run it by them. With that be very clear on the questions you want to ask for the feedback you want. Because just saying, "How was it? Did you like it?" They're like, "It was alright." What part was alright? You want feedback.
So you could say, "I have these three pillars and we're waffling on, does ease of use sound good or should it be simple or fast or agile? What are the terms that you are using most?" If you're very clear about that you will get very clear feedback. As an example, I've done this with a few different things over when we were at Docker. Because it was an emerging space we had to ask people "How are you thinking about this?" Things like "Security," we changed it to "Governance." Things like "Do we call these legacy apps?" They're like, "No. Call it traditional. You don't want to offend your user." Very quick 15, 20 minute calls got us very meaningful feedback to iterate and get messaging that was tighter.
Next Steps: Roll Out Plans & Internal Customers
It's great, people love it, you got buy in, it's written, oh my gosh. You can lock, no more changes. Then what do you do? You need to roll it out, depending on the size of the company maybe you're the person that it's going to roll out to and then you're going to do all the marketing.
But in the chance that there's other teams there that will be consuming this, it's really important to have enablement. Enablement is not just something that you do for sales enablement or to teach your customer, you need your internal customers, all the teams listed on the left there, they need to be involved. Because they need to be involved to understand all the context behind that.
Putting together enablement around "Here are the pillars, here is why. Let me explain the supporting points and the features and how they're being grouped." If there's a customer statement in there or a user statement saying "This was super easy to use, I got to do XYZ in a few minutes," use that time to train your customer, your internal customer, on that customer story. Who is that customer? What was a problem they had, how did they try this, how did they come to our product? How did they impact what they're doing? You have that luxury to enable them, and by enabling them they can internalize that story and then be able to execute better.
The next point is really important because I've seen so many ways that this plays out in different companies as to who actually builds all this content. There's a lot of teams out there that need to build content that's going to be executed and consumed in different ways out there. The person who authors the messaging doc should actually create at minimum two pieces.
One that's presentation, or a presentation form. It has the story of "How would you pitch this?" Using the message framework to pitch a customer. The second is something written. It could be a blog post, an article or a white paper style. You want to know how it's going to read in a long form story, that gives much more context for someone else to write more blogs or do whatever, because you get some things around tone, examples, etc.
It's also important to say who's going to write what as your organizations grow, not everyone is comfortable writing and some people may want to write different things. We talked earlier, when they say "How do you define product marketing?" It's very different at every company, and so in that sense the role of the authoring is very different at every company.
So as new companies are formed, it's important to say "OK. What do you want to write? How do we do this? What's the review cycle we should have?" Because if they're going off on a tangent with one of the key pillars or one of the points, you want to have the opportunity to do feedback and review. Then feedback loop, build in a feedback loop so as someone's doing an event or they're doing blog posts or they're doing some other community evangelist material, build in a cycle for feedback because they're out there talking to end users. You want that feedback back so that if you need to iterate on your messaging you have it.
How Do You Know If It's Working?
How do you know if this is working? We're currently living in a highly data-driven everything. "Everything is data, you plug it into my BI dashboard, I'm going to know. I wrote this messaging doc, now I can see how many people have reviewed it." Unfortunately this is one thing that doesn't quite work like that.
You can't plug it into your Looker dashboard or Domo or whatever fancy tool you're using, it's a little more subjective. But here's a great example in that my own experience, I spent four and a half years at Docker. We went from under 100 to 450 people when I left, and for the longest time it was just me. It was really easy to just not have a messaging doc, because I wrote the bulk of this stuff.
We got to a point of hiring more product marketing people, and then we started hiring field marketing and campaigns and programs, and some of those people lived in other countries. It was like "Oh my God I cannot be this human source of truth anymore. I can neither write everything and I cannot review everything." About in the last year we put together the first messaging framework and it was part of a launch, and the biggest impact I felt was all this stuff was getting done, and in many cases without my ever having to see it. It was amazing. But we were still on message and we're still consistent.
The best impact of messaging is seeing that you empower other people inside your company, as well as agencies or vendors that you pay to do the work that they do best, within the guidelines that you're setting.
Messaging Recap: Develop, Engage, Monitor, Test
Recap, messaging is the source of truth. This is the most fundamental basics. You have to have that. It brings everyone together. Develop the framework with those core sections. You can continue to riff on it if you need to, but at the minimum you need those sections. Engage and enable the cross-functional teams so that they are involved, they feel they're brought in, as well as they're enable to go off and do the things they need to do. Monitor and measure the impact, see where it's working and see where it's not working, and then test, rinse and repeat. If you get those together, you can be so awesome . I could not find a picture where they're actually like excited, so this is the best I could do. Thank you.


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Neurodiversity. It's not a term that rolls off the tongue easily but it's a concept where neurological differences are to be recognized and respected as any other human variation. These differences can include those labeled with Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Dyscalculia, Autistic Spectrum, Tourette Syndrome, and others. Now organizations such as Microsoft and EY are piloting programs to recruit individuals who have neurological conditions such as Asperger's which comes under the Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), a range of conditions that affect the way a person sees the world, processes information and interacts with other people. (See EY case study below).
Neurodiversity is an area that organizations are beginning to take seriously, mainly in the U.S. but increasingly in the U.K., says Charlotte Sweeney, founder of Charlotte Sweeney Associates. "It's really important for organizations to understand the characteristics of neurodiverse conditions and how they will benefit their organization."
A starting point for many employers is to personalize your recruitment and training, comments George Selvanera, director of strategy and external affairs for Business Disability Forum. "For Asperger's, the importance of routine and clarity in terms of instruction shouldn't be under-estimated. Employers can also produce welcome packs so it can give these prospective employees familiarization with the workplace. For example, the pre-induction phase is very important. An employer might want to do away with the traditional interview and give people work trials so they get experience of a workplace. Another good practice is doing work with the recruiter so they are skilled and confident in interviewing neurodiverse candidates. We recommend that recruiters avoid asking abstract questions."
Selvanera believes that neurodiverse individuals can flourish in process-orientated roles in the workplace but managers need to be aware that they might have different preferences in the workplace. "It's about building the skills and confidence of the line manager in working with these individuals. For example, if you're going to call someone at an appointed time then do so. It can create an anxiety if a person doesn't call when they say they will. It can be hard for a line manager who has a variety of different pressures to make sure they prioritize needs but it's important that punctuality is observed if you've employees with Asperger's."
One of the challenges for organizations in hiring neurodiverse individuals is making sure other employees are aware of the characteristics of Asperger's, comments Sweeney. "It's important for them to understand how they communicate and socialize with their work colleagues. It's important to do this up-front to remove any possibility of misunderstanding or conflict." Another challenge is that people with Asperger's generally don't respond well to changes in routine and fluidity, adds Sweeney. "Therefore, it's important to ensure their daily routine is as consistent as possible with their work, for example, start and finish times, where they sit, and the ability to have a quiet space to be able to work effectively."
The benefit of hiring neurodiverse individuals for firms are manifold, remarks Selvanera. "Diverse teams are more profitable and deliver higher levels of customer satisfaction. It's important not to over-generalize but there are particular roles where there are unquestionable strengths that people who have a different way of processing information will bring to bear in the workplace."
Sweeney advises organizations to identify roles that really play to the strengths of individuals with ASD such as attention to detail and great with facts and figures. "The Danish software company Specialsterne specializes in creating software code -three-quarters of their workers have autistic spectrum disorder. The work is routine and detailed and plays to their strengths."
Case Study: EY
Nearly a year ago, EY embarked on a pilot to hire individuals with Asperger's. People with Asperger's syndrome often have average or above-average levels of intelligence and are often highly educated but may experience significant social difficulties. From identifying discrepancies in documents to operating robotic auditing devices, EY's newest employees have been working in the firm's Accounting Support Associate function to help analyze the effectiveness of account operations and determine specific client needs. The four individuals hired through EY's neurodiversity program are incredibly detail-orientated and have a talent for process-driven work, remarks Lori Golden, an abilities strategy leader within the firm's Americas talent team. "It's a focus on bringing in neurodiverse individuals but it's also about driving innovation in our business model through delivering our services in a more efficient way." The firm began working on the pilot program in Spring 2014 and began recruiting in Fall 2015, explains Golden. "We sourced differently and went to sourcing venues where you might find high-functioning autism and the screening methods we used were different. We knew that people with Autism communicate and interact differently and we wanted to identify their strengths and not disadvantage them." Golden added the firm was looking for candidates with a certain facility with technology and numbers and educational attainments. EY worked with Specialiststerne, a specialist in the training of high-functioning autistics for professional level jobs in technology and other areas. EY in conjunction with Specialiststerne held an initial one-day assessment and asked selected candidates to build a robot from lego minestream. "The teams worked together to solve that test and in the process, we observed how each individual worked with each other and then asked them to present what they had built." The ASA function where the pilot began is a highly compensated professional function, said Golden. "We're viewing it as way for neurodiverse individuals to come into the firm and get to know us and be successful. There are 300 people in this function around the U.S. We're planning to expand it to other cities in early 2017."
The neurodiverse employees had four weeks of tailored training before they starting their employment. The first three weeks of training was done in conjunction with Specialisterne and was framed as an "introduction to corporate life." "They learned all about soft skills, work ethnic and expectations and how you communicate," explains Golden. "The last week of training was specific to EY and the ASA function. After they were hired, they had six months of training for the ASA program which all employees in that function go through. The process was adapted so it was clear and straightforward."


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"Pay, Protection, and Professionalism": The History of Domestic Worker Organizing and the Future of Home Health Care in the United States
Date of Degree
Document Type
Degree Name
Liberal Studies
John Goering
Subject Categories
Political Science | Public Policy | Women's Studies
domestic labor, labor history, race, immigration, eldercare, women
With a multidisciplinary approach, I analyze the socio-economic, political, and historical factors that led to the current state of home health care in the United States. The legacy of slavery and the devaluing of so-called "women's work" explain how the field of domestic work has been historically excluded from protection and regulation in the United States. Caring for children and keeping house have been women's work for centuries, regardless of whether women were paid to do it or it was outsourced to an employee. Domestic work is sometimes referred to as "the work that makes all other work possible," but this phrase silences the fact that the home has historically been the main site of work for women, and reinforces the idea that the private sphere and its labors are apolitical and not "real" work. The gendering of the male public sphere and the female private home has hampered efforts at regulation, because the home is not seen as a site of productive labor.
The story of domestic work in the twentieth century is a crystal lens through which to view the creation of whiteness and reification of Other. The low status of domestic work as an occupation is rooted in who has traditionally done domestic work for others: women, often Black or otherwise considered non-white. I examine the mutability of whiteness throughout the late 19th and 20th century, and describe the demographics of the current workforce – mostly immigrant women of color – as well as the aging population served by eldercare workers.
As the population ages and more Americans find themselves in the Sandwich Generation – caring for parents and children simultaneously – society will face a care crisis. This crisis bridges multiple issues that affect every level of civil society and government: children, parents, the elderly; independent contractors, for- and non-profit agencies, trade schools; and state-run licensing, regulations, and enforcement. We must figure out how to help families afford quality care, empower workers, and close the wage gap for women who, in the prime of their careers, are caring for their parents and children.
New York State is a good case study for regulations of domestic work. We can compare it with a successful reorganization of domestic work in Belgium. Yet the United States government's move towards austerity in the current moment does not bode well for regulations, protections, enforcements, and supports for workers and employers, all of which would require the state to step in as a key player.
I propose an idea for a public-private partnership to support the eldercare community. Such a partnership, between the city, the state, and home care agencies, would facilitate high quality care and care jobs. Domestic workers would form a cooperative agency, meaning workers would do different tasks to keep the organization running. Structured as a co-op, the workers can rotate between direct care and management, including website design and development, customer service, fundraising, accounting, and human resources. A liaison would work with the department for the aging, workforce development organizations, and advocacy groups to streamline the process of finding and hiring a qualified domestic worker – and for the workers to find safe and respectful employment. Such a program would provide some redress to the workers who are grappling with the racist and sexist legacies of the field, as well as current prejudices.
Recommended Citation
Gruberg, Julia R., ""Pay, Protection, and Professionalism": The History of Domestic Worker Organizing and the Future of Home Health Care in the United States" (2017). CUNY Academic Works.


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TORONTO — It took all of 14 minutes 18 seconds for Auston Matthews to set his first record this season.
On a mid-October night in Ottawa, Matthews became the first player picked first overall at the NHL draft to score two goals in his first period. He finished the evening as the only player in the league's 100-year history to score four in a debut.
Before the 19-year-old plays his first playoff game for the Toronto Maple Leafs in Washington later this week, it's worth pausing to consider how historic Matthews' rookie season was, not just in the context of the Leafs franchise, but in the league itself.
Matthews truly had a season for the ages.
"You knew he had the talent," Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews observed recently. "But sometimes it's just a matter of time before it translates to the NHL and obviously he's wasted no time. So you kind of wonder, if that's how he comes out of the gate what's he going to be like in a couple years from now?"
Matthews set franchise rookie records in scoring 40 goals and collecting 69 points, eclipsing marks by Wendel Clark and Peter Ihnacak which had stood for decades.
He's the first rookie since Alex Ovechkin to score 40, one of only 19 in league history and one of only six teenagers. He's only the fourth to hit the mark before his 20th birthday, also now the highest-scoring American rookie in league history.
Only Sidney Crosby scored more goals in the NHL (44) this season.
It goes deeper.
Matthews topped even Crosby, and all players for that matter, with 32 even-strength goals. That tied him for the sixth-highest total ever for a rookie, matching Eric Lindros, Mario Lemieux and one-time Leaf Mike Gartner. He's one of nine rookies to ever score that many and the first since 1993.
Already six foot three and 216 pounds, Matthews did it with power, speed and electric skill.
"He scores goals different ways and I think that's probably a big reason why he's been so consistent is he's got a great shot, but he can also score from in close and goes to the net hard too," Crosby said.
The league's best player, who managed 39 goals as a rookie for the Penguins, observed how lethal Matthews was with the wrist shot, different from Ovechkin or Steven Stamkos, both of whom rely on heavy one-time blasts.
Matthews finished with 19 wrist shot goals, 10 snap-shot markers, six via tip and another five on the backhand.
The shots, more generally, are another matter for the history books.
Matthews set a new Leafs rookie record in firing 279 shots. The only rookies in NHL history with more? Teemu Selanne with 387, Ovechkin with 425, Wayne Gretzky with 284 and Dale Hawerchuk with 339.
Matthews led the NHL in scoring 14 game-opening goals, also equalling Dave Andreychuk's franchise record.
Born in California, but raised in the shadows of the struggling Coyotes franchise, Matthews' background is like almost no other. He learned the game not on the pond, but in chilly rinks across the desert where ice time and proper competition wasn't always easy to find.
There was no junior hockey league domination like Crosby or Connor McDavid, but tenure with the United States national team program along with a year in Switzerland.
Toews, who hails from Manitoba, noted how differently Matthews learned his skills and skating from "say a guy like myself who was just on the backyard rink all those years growing up."
What was so impressive to Crosby was how mature Matthews seemed already. There were nights of futility certainly, including against Crosby and Henrik Zetterberg, and he got hammered in the faceoff circle (46.8 per cent), but generally Matthews held his own while leading all Leaf forwards in garnering almost 18 minutes per night.
"I think that the biggest thing that stands out is probably just how complete he is," Crosby said.
It should earn him the Leafs first Calder trophy in 51 years, making him Toronto's first rookie of the year since Brit Selby in 1966. Scan the home crowds at Air Canada Centre and his No. 34 jersey is almost ubiquitous, this despite efforts by the organization to shield him and the rest of the rookies from the spotlight by limiting TV interviews, promotion and marketing.
"Obviously (Matthews) is a special talent," Leafs head coach Mike Babcock said. "More importantly, Matthews is a special person. That's going to allow him to be a good leader because he does it right every day. In the end, that'll allow him to drive a franchise and it'll allow him to win. I think he's a real good player and a real good man and has a chance to be a special player."
Jonas Siegel, The Canadian Press


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United are too good for Burnley
Manchester United yet again came to Turf Moor and took all three points and it is difficult to argue against yesterday's result as they took command almost from first whistle to last.
They took the game to us right from the off and we struggled to get any sort of foothold in the game. They went in front just before the half hour, added a second right on half time and I do think we had to be thankful that the defeat was no more than 2-0.
It was probably the game we didn't want right now. We are still searching for a first Premier League win of the season and a wounded Manchester United were probably not the ideal opponents. This is a team who usually do well at the Turf. Robbie Blake's goal back in 2009 seems almost a lifetime ago and, incredibly, that's the only goal they've conceded at Burnley since Geoff Nulty scored our goal in a 1-1 draw in November 1969.
As the first 21,000 plus crowd arrived for the game we received news that Sean Dyche had made his first changes of the season in the Premier League. He preferred Phil Bardsley and Charlie Taylor to Matt Lowton and Stephen Ward at full back whilst youngster Dwight McNeil took the place of the injured Jόhann Berg Guðmundsson.
What a day for McNeil who had been with United for nine years before moving to Burnley. I've been watching him play in the youth andunder-23 teams for the last two to three years and been impressed with him. I thought he was terrific last Thursday against Olympiacos but this was always going to be a big test for him. It was one that, in my view, on a difficult day for us, he passed with flying colours.
I wrote in my preview that he'd be the first player to have played in the youth team and gone on to start a first team league game since Jay Rodriguez and the first to do so in the top flight since Joe Jakub in April 1976 who debuted in our last First Division game of that season against Coventry.
Ahead of the game there was just one name on the minds of Burnley supporters and that was Jimmy McIlroy. I'm still finding it hard to take in that he's no longer with us and yesterday was the day we held a minute's silence to remember this brilliant footballer and lovely man. With members of Jimmy's family on the touchline, it was impeccably observed by everyone inside the ground, both home and away supporters.
Jimmy turned in some brilliant performances against United. My first game was this fixture in 1960 and he scored our last goal in a 5-3 First Division win, but this was to be no repeat unfortunately. Right from the first whistle we struggled to contain them and we were probably fortunate that the score remained at 0-0 for as long as it did.
It was inevitable that they would score and they duly did on 27 minutes when Romelu Lukaku headed home an Alexis Sánchez cross. I thought Joe Hart might have done better but if he was at fault, he certainly made up for it in the remainder of the game.
Even before their second, he saved well from Lukaku but there was nothing he could do just before the break when a ball ricocheted off Taylor right into Lukaku's path. Who knows? Just a one goal deficit at half time might have given us a chance but it was surely game over at 2-0.
It did improve after the break but not enough to get us back into the game. We did at least force David de Gea into some saves but it was always more likely that United would increase their lead and they should have done that when Aaron Lennon gave away a penalty.
If you are going to be a clown running up to take a penalty you have to score. When you don't you look a complete idiot. Stand up Paul Pogba. With his ridiculous stuttering run up, he saw Hart save to his right. Just minutes earlier the United fans had been singing 'City reject' at him; the Burnley fans responded with that chant.
Marcus Rashford was the player fouled for the penalty. He'd come on as a substitute and his stay wasn't too much longer than an Ade Akinbiyi debut. He reacted to getting a kick from Bardsley by putting his head in. Referee Jon Moss had no alternative. After showing Bardsley a yellow, out came the red card for Rashford.
The United player knew what was coming, he was on his way before the red card came out and subsequently apologised to his team mates.
Losing a player didn't appear to make much of a difference and, in truth, it was probably something of a relief when the final whistle blew and we'd only been beaten 2-0.
We have constantly been told that playing in the Europa League makes it very difficult for a team. Has that been the case? While United have played just four games, that was game number ten for us. If it is the case, we do now have a two week break to recharge the batteries and judging on the last two league games they are batteries very much in need of a charge. We might even have some of the injured players available by then although the news isn't as yet too positive on that.
The teams were;
Burnley: Joe Hart, Phil Bardsley, James Tarkowski, Ben Mee, Charlie Taylor, Aaron Lennon, Ashley Westwood, Jack Cork, Dwight McNeil (Matěj Vydra 84), Jeff Hendrick (Sam Vokes 58), Chris Wood (Ashley Barnes 80). Subs not used: Tom Heaton, Matt Lowton, Kevin Long, Stephen Ward.
Yellow Cards: Dwight McNeil, Phil Bardsley.
Manchester United: David de Gea, Antonio Valencia, Chris Smalling, Victor Lindelöf, Luke Shaw, Marouane Fellaini, Nemanja Matic, Paul Pogba (Eric Bailly 90+2), Jesse Lingard (Ander Herrera 76), Romelu Lukaku, Alexis Sánchez (Marcus Rashford 61). Subs not used: Lee Grant, Ashley Young, Fred, Anthony Martial.
Yellow Cards: Alexis Sánchez, Luke Shaw, Romelu Lukaku.
Red Card: Marcus Rashford.
Referee: Jon Moss (Horsforth).
Attendance: 21,525.
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Today I evaluate whether or not students attempted "their best work." It's part of their participation grade. Did they do their best? Did they work with excellence? How does one evaluate this, anyway?
As I think carefully about each student, I realize that my rubric differs from some teachers. It's not just that students arrived on time and prepared. It's not just that they produced papers that fulfilled the assignment. That's a given. This is average, expected, and baseline.
I'm looking for something else.
I'm looking for curiosity, complexity, a challenge, character, community, and courage.
I ask:
Did you approach each lesson with curiosity and wonder?
Did you push your thinking to higher levels of complexity?
Did you challenge yourself with each assignment to improve and try new techniques?
Did you display good character during this course?
Did you build community or thwart it?
Did you show courage in approaching hard topics and writing with an authentic written voice?
I apply this to my own sense of excellence today–for myself and my own children.
Might I move into this day with curiosity, complexity, a challenge to myself, character, community building, and courage?
I think this could make each day my best work.


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Saya adalah salah satu perempuan yang nggak bohong atau nggak malu untuk mengakui umur yang sebenarnya. Yes, tanggal 5 Juli kemarin saya resmi berumur 41. Sebelum saya menulis artikel ini, saya baca lagi tulisan saya tahun lalu waktu saya masuk ke Season 40 dan juga tulisan tentang My 10 Happy Rules. Itu adalah contoh hal-hal yang saya pikirkan untuk bisa menjadi the best version of myself (jadi nggak cuma smartphone aja yang di-update OS-nya, manusianya juga dong).
So, what have I learned this past year? (maaf ya pakai bahasa Inggris, nggak nemu gimana nulis kata-kata curahan yang pas dengan bahasa Indonesia, hehehe)
1. Life only comes around once, so do whatever makes you happy and be with whoever makes you smile.
Don't forget that you have the power, you can choose. No one can force you. You are fully in charge of your own life. But taking charge also means taking the responsibility and the consequences.
2. You can't please everyone, so don't take it personally. Maybe they just don't understand or have the same level with you.
No need to be angry or offended because it just creates wrinkle on your face and botox is not cheap (seriously). That's why having 'inner circle' as your support system is so important. You can be who you are without afraid of being judged.
3. There are some people in life that make you laugh a little louder, smile a little bigger and live just a little bit better.
These people are the treasure in life. Make time to meet, talk and create memories with them. "Pernah kenal, Kenal, Teman, Sahabat" – make the list so you know which ones matter to you and of course your family.
4. Be good and be kind to one another
I love this Ellen DeGeneres' quote. Why do we have to fight or argue about religion? Who's right, who's wrong? Why can't we just be a good person? Faith is something very personal, so everyone has different kinds of spiritual journey. Do you know that we are not alone? There are 195 countries and 7.5 billion people on earth.
The more important question is what is you contributed to society? Have you done something good in your life? Have you fulfilled your life purpose?
5. Middle-aged does not exist; it's just a number with additional experiences in life.
So use the technology (I mean make up, beauty treatment, exercise, healthy food, healthy lifestyle, etc) to match what you feel inside and how you look outside. We are not determined by age, grey hair or ehemmm weight, but by how we carry ourselves and still feel awesome. If Madonna can be awesome at 58, so can we! Hahaha.
Buat pembaca ReeSays yang umurnya masih jauh dibawah saya, ingat: tua itu pasti datang dengan sendirinya. Jadi nggak usah ditua-tuain. Sebaliknya, youth nggak bisa dibalikin (walaupun dengan beauty treatment yang paling mahal sekalipun). So enjoy your life, make it count, don't sweat small things, be happy and find your inner peace.
Dear God, thank you for another year in my life. I'm forever grateful.


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I recently bought the book "On the Brink: Grace for Burned-Out Pastors" by Clay Werner. I probably came acrossed the title on a blog and it intrigued me so I placed the order. And it's been a wonderfully encouraging read not only from the stand point of a local church pastor but, I think, for any local church member. I'd commend it to any believer, especially to my colleagues. Byron Borger at Hearts and Minds Bookstore has graciously offered a discount to anyone who wants to order books that I review on this site, so let me encourage you to click here and ask about ordering this book from them!
Having recently returned from Mexico where I met with some pastor friends who have been so discouraged lately in the ministry, and realizing that discouragement within the local church is a constant reality, I thought I'd record some of the most poignant lessons that I've been learning as I've been reading. It's my hope that you will be encouraged to keep on keeping on in faithfulness to the call of God within your local church:
- Ministry is a place for nourishing, caring for, and equipping God's people, not pursuing the establishment and extenion of my kingdom.
- Beware that the church that you want doesn't become the enemy of the church you have (inspired by a quote from Eugene Peterson).
- Demanding perfection or nothing in our relationships will always result in nothing (again inspired by a quote from Petereson).
- Seeing deficiency in people instead of evidences of grace will leave you bitter and joyless.
- "The community you are in is broken far worse than you could ever imagine, but God is in the process, even though it is slow, of making all things new" (direct quote from Werner, p. 61).
- Don't hope for promises that God never made.
- We are called to "keep the eyes of [our] heart firmly placed on the author and perfecter of [our] faith–the always perfect, never grumbling always interceding , forgiving patient, compassionate leader…Jesus Christ" (Werner, p. 20).
- "At the root of all church conflict is either a dilution of the gospel or a subtle drifitng away from understanding it and living of its implications" (Werner, p. 32).
- "Patience is not about waiting for the doctor or for the cars to move in the drive-through…Patience is perseverance under provocation" (Werner, p. 58)
- "Love covers a multitude of sins" (1 Peter 4:8).
Maybe you're on the cusp of abandoning the ship of the local church. Perhaps you're a pastor or local church leader, maybe you're a local church member and you've been "stepped on" enough that you're ready to call it quits. Before you do, consider these lessons and make sure that you're not jumping off alone into a cold and stormy sea.