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How to Write a Product Thesis to Communicate Customer Needs to Design and Engineering Teams
Ever been handed a 10 page product spec that no one wants to read? Ever write one yourself? Tired of struggling to communicate what needs built next to your designers and engineers so they really understand the who, what, when, where, why of the next feature you need?
I've been using customer development, analytics, and information from my team to learn to build the right thing for years, but I always struggled communicating all the information locked in my head to the rest of the team. They needed to know why we were building it and all the necessary information to build the right thing without endless meetings or a massive spec they won't read.
Fortunately, when I joined KISSmetrics, Hiten and I got to learn a better way from Josh Elman, who worked on product teams at Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin. Josh taught me about the Thesis, which is a lightweight way to communicate all the essential details your product team needs.
Now that I've used the Thesis on dozens of projects and tweaked it based on what I found worked best, I'm going to teach you how to write your own thesis for the next feature or product you build.
The Product Spec Alternative: How to Write a Product Thesis
> Know when to write a Product Thesis
The biggest crime product managers can commit against their team and their profession is to make up answers to critical decisions. Don't be that guy/gal.
If you don't know the answer to one of the sections in the Thesis, go find out. Dive into your analytics, talk to customers, run a survey, talk to your sales/account management/support teams that interact with customers regularly. You will gain the full respect of your designers and engineers if they know you always have a customer story and/or data to back up everything they may ask you about in the Thesis.
The following are all sections of the Thesis. I literally use these as headings to break up the parts and try to keep each section to 5-10 bullet points or a few concise paragraphs.
1) Why are we working on this next?
Every company, and especially startups, are resource constrained. What you choose to build affects your company's bottom line, their standing in the market, and what your team thinks of your judgment. Use this area to concisely present your case for why this is the most important thing to work on right now.
I try to have a mix of qualitative and quantitative data here. If a mandate came from the leadership team to focus on this area, or sales needed it for a big customer, I make sure to include that. The more your designers and engineers can understand why this matters, the more interested they will be in working on it. In the end, you're a team and everyone on the product team wants to be sure they're building the right thing.
2) What are the use cases for this?
Most products end up having a variety of different users and ways that people use the product. To help your team better design a specific feature for the right part of your customer base, you need to detail who this new feature is for.
Be specific! A use case section that is just something like, "As a marketer, I want a mobile app so I can access my data away from a computer" is total weaksauce. Instead, provide the kind of context and detail that paints a picture of the situation:
On their way to work on the subway, content marketers like to check how their blog traffic is doing for items they published that morning or the day before. It helps them get into work and know how they're doing before they sit down. If a number is low, they may try promoting it extra to try to raise the number. If the number is high, they may share the win with others on the team.
Could you picture that situation in your mind? Can you see Jenn the marketer opening an app on her iPhone while sitting on a subway car? I bet you could. Your team can too and they can also then start thinking about what the perfect (not just good) solution would be for them.
Write out as many use cases as you feel are needed. I often have as many as 4 or 5 detailed cases for a big feature.
3) What Problems do we need to solve?
Features are really solutions to your customer's problems. It doesn't do any good to build a feature that doesn't actually solve the problem, so it's important to detail what problems you need to ensure the solution your team creates addresses them.
Problems should either be existing problems your product has (especially if you're iterating on an existing feature) or the problems related to the use cases you just described above. Some example problems may be:
Performance Problem: Customers are experiencing frequent crashes. This feature is critical for customers and they are constantly having to refresh and start over, losing their work in the process.
Design Problem: Customers are having issues with the current UI. They can't find key features that exist that they asked me for (Include a markup of the interface to show these.)
New Problem: Customers spend hours manually copying numbers to a spreadsheet and making their own visuals for their VP. If we automatically make those reports, we'll save them time and can then have the VP see our branded reports frequently.
I usually write out 5-7 problems that a feature addresses in bullet form. If it only applies to some of the use cases I described, I'll specify that as well.
I also try to rank the problems, so that the most important issues get the most attention. Top problems may be because it affects the most people or functionality issues like the feature crashing constantly. When it's time for tradeoffs when building the feature, having these detailed, ranked problems will help you make sure the right things avoid being descoped.
4) What are Future Considerations that must be accounted for?
Products are always evolving. Startups can be unpredictable, but you still know generally the direction you may be heading, especially if you're driving hard towards product-market fit. Help your team anticipate what's coming next whenever you can.
Depending on the feature, this could be very short or long section. If there are things you know are not going to make the first version of this feature but expect will be needed to be added later, be sure you tell your team! This section is all about avoiding hearing from engineering, "I wish you had told me that before we built [X]!"
Balancing the present and the future is a constant struggle for a product. The best thing you can do for your team is give them the key information you know so they can do their best to balance their work against the present and future as well.
5) What is our KPI for this Thesis?
You should ask yourself, "What would make this new feature a success?" A KPI (Key Performance Indicator) is the most common way to determine that success since ideally you will tie the success of the feature to one or more of your company's key metrics.
It's okay to have more than one KPI, but keep it simple or there will be too many things to measure. When I've had multiple KPIs for a feature they've been things like:
Support requests will drop by 90% for this feature after relaunch.
Usage of the app will grow by at least 50% after relaunch.
Because this feature affects the sign up flow, we expect a 5% lift in conversion after this relaunch.
You will fail sometimes, but by forcing yourself to quantify what you expect to happen, you will keep you and your team honest. By setting a number that you must hit you can also know when you should go back and iterate.
6) Further Reading:
Your main document shouldn't be longer than 2-3 pages, so Further Reading can act as an Appendix for you. In this section, I include links, screenshots, early mockups of ideas, markup of existing features for UX issues, and anything else that I believe would provide additional, helpful information and inspiration related to the project.
Remember: You want all the detail you can without the fluff and verbosity that makes engineers and designers skip reading it. Further reading is a great place for specific information that didn't fit in the above sections and may be relevant to specific team members.
How does your team document what features need built next?
Posted By: Jason Evanish	Category: Education, Entrepreneurship, Lean Startups, Product, Strategy	Tags: customer driven, jobs to be done, josh elman, LEAN, lean startup, LEAN Startups, product, product development, product spec alternatives, product specs, thesis
How to do a Jobs To Be Done Interview
Jobs To Be Done (#JTBD) is getting a lot of attention lately as a valuable, new method for product and marketing teams (if you're not familiar check out the podcast and the Milkshake video that started it all).
For the product team, they can better understand the motivations and needs of their users. As a marketer, you can understand the journey a future customer goes through to go from considering finding a solution to their problems to actually choosing your product. This is priceless for your marketing site and copywriting as well.
There's a lot of great posts coming out on why Jobs To Be Done matters, but I haven't seen much on how to actually do the interviews. Since I've done them a bunch myself, taught a number of my friends, and written previously about how to do customer development interviews, I wanted to share the process I've learned and evolved:
Getting in the right mindset
These interviews are very different than a traditional customer development interview, usability testing, and other common customer interview practices. It's a lot more free form than other processes that usually just want to uncover a few problems or learn some basic customer demographics.
For JTBD, you need to think of yourself like a detective interviewing a witness at a crime scene, or a documentary filmmaker trying to tell a story. Believe it or not, there's a significant process a user goes through to become a customer and it's often measured in weeks or months. Once you finish this process you'll be able to fill in a timeline that looks like this:
The key is to get users thinking about their purchasing process and filling in the gaps while they remember the various events along the way. Your users won't think of them with the words of that timeline, but you'll see where those things happen. Fortunately, the questions I'll show you will help your interviewee remember the various steps.
Here's a quick cheat sheet of the terms on the timeline with an example of a friend who bought a new car. Skip down if you already understand the timeline.
1) First Thought: What caused the first thought to think about making the purchase? When was it?
– My friend owned a Prius and it was a few years old. One night when he was driving home from work, he hit a neighbor's trash can that had rolled onto the road. He looked at the front of the car and saw it was kind of scuffed up, but not enough to take it to the shop. This made him think, "Maybe it's time I got a new car."
2) Passively Looking: What did they do while they were passively looking? For how long?
– My friend started thinking about what kind of car he would get next. He knew he wanted a fast car and was focused on luxury brands. He started browsing Audi, BMW and Lexus sites to look at their cars.
3) Event #1: What happened that switched them from passively to actively looking?
– My friend's wife would need some convincing to agree to a new car. As it turns out, about a month after the trash can incident, her brother mentioned he needed a car. My friend could give his car to his brother in law and kill two birds with one stone. With permission from his wife, he could now actively look for the car.
4) Actively Looking: What did they do while they were actively looking?
– My friend started looking up reviews of the various cars he was interested in and asked friends that owned the cars for their opinions. He has a long time mentor that he in particular appreciates their taste, and so he asked their opinion. My friend is an Apple fanboy, so craftsmanship is really important to him as well. Both his mentor and his own research pointed to Audi being the brand best committed to those ideals.
5) Event #2: What was the event that made him decide to make a purchase at a specific day/time?
– My friend had two events that combined to push him to finally make the purchase. He was scheduled to have surgery soon and he wouldn't be able to drive for awhile after surgery. Christmas was coming soon too. He wanted to get the car before his surgery so he could enjoy it a bit first and not put off the purchase that much longer and knew he could claim it as a Christmas present to justify the purchase then. (Now those luxury ads about buying cars as gifts make more sense, right?)
6) Deciding: What helped him make the purchase?
– Now that my friend was ready to buy, he went to the dealerships and test drove the cars that were finalists (a BMW and an Audi). He had a great time speeding down the highway in the Audi, so combined with his friends recommendations and his own research, he was finally ready to buy the car.
Unfortunately, the answers don't come out that cleanly. You will get bits and pieces of the various steps during the discussion, which is why these interviews have to be more exploratory. You should be able to assemble the timeline afterwards though and start to see how you can market to future customers like your interviewee and alter your product to better fit them (like helping them see the most important value sooner).
The Jobs To Be Done Interview Script
Ok. We're finally here to the script. Remember, the goal of the conversation is to help the person you're interviewing remember the steps and key moments in the process that led to the switch.
A few rules for the interviews:
Find people who recently purchased. Most people won't remember well anything more than 60 days ago. The more recently the event happened, the more likely they are to remember all the details you'll hope to capture in the interview.
Don't interrogate. You want your conversation to feel like they're just talking to a friend.
Pauses are ok. The interviewee is likely going to have to think hard to remember details. Give them time and they'll often remember things so don't be afraid of 10-20 seconds or more of silence.
Bounce around the topics. Being non-linear in your questions often leads to new discoveries. Circle back to different things you talked about throughout the interview.
The best stuff comes around 20-25 minutes in. Keep digging and listen carefully. You'll have a real *woah* moment right around then. For above timeline example, my friend didn't initially realize the trash cans started his car buying process.
Take notes & record the interviews. There's lots of gold in these interviews. You don't want to forget anything, and be able to review and share them with others later.
Work in teams. A pair often can do better at examining all areas of the moments you're trying to understand and help with taking good notes. While one person is writing a key point, the other can be asking a question.
Talk to more users until they all sound the same. It generally takes 7-10 interviews to get the patterns of everyone. I found out the root cause of churn for a company by interviewing a bunch of their recently canceled customers and it was very different than what people said it was in an exit survey.
Organize your findings with the Timeline and Four Forces. That's what they're there for. You can learn about the Four Forces here.
Don't lead the interviewee. Try very hard not to ask Yes/No questions. Instead leave room for explanation and listen. Ask lots of "why" and "tell me more" questions.
Timing Matters. Try to find out the day/week/month/hour something happened. There's often patterns to be found in that timing and it can also help them recall other details as they concentrate to remember.
Jobs To Be Done Questions to Ask:
Unlike other kinds of interviews, you don't need to always ask every question in the exact same order. These are all just ways to explore the process of their purchase and help them remember their story.
When did you first start thinking about your purchase?
Was it in the morning or evening? What time was it?
Where were you when you made that decision?
Was anyone else involved in the purchasing decision?
Visualize the environment you were in when you made the decision to purchase…where were you? What was around you?
Tell me more about that…(When you hear something interesting/intriguing)
Did you consider any competitors? Which ones? Why?
Why didn't you choose them?
How did you decide between what you bought and the other options?
Why specifically did you buy that day versus any other? Why then? What was unique about that day?
What else were you doing that day?
Did anyone contribute to sparking the decision that day? Why?
What were you using before you had X?
Why did you use that? What did you like about it?
When did you start using that?
What were its shortcomings?
What does the new product do that your old solution couldn't?
How do you normally approach choosing a new product?
What was your process for this product?
Why was it the same/different this time?
How do you use the product you've purchased?
Are there features you use all the time? How?
Are there features you never use? Why not?
If in doubt, ask them to tell you more about whatever tangential thing they bring up in the discussion.
You'll notice as you do the interview, certain moments on the timeline will fit what they're describing. I wouldn't try to fill in the timeline perfectly until after the interview, but while you're interviewing you can mark in your notes when it seems like it fits with some part. If a certain area isn't seeming to be filled in, probe more around that part in their process.
But will this work in my situation? It's special/hard/unique.
If you can get the interviewee on the phone or to meet in person, then this will work in your situation. I have seen this work for all of the following cases:
Buying a scanner
Buying steaks online
Upgrading to Evernote Premium
Buying analytics for their business
Getting a gym membership for the first time in their life
Understanding why customers churned a SaaS product
Buying a 2nd iPad for a family with children
Buying a milkshake from a fast food chain
Even if multiple people are involved in the decision making process, any one person in the process is likely able to recall most of the key moments.
What have you used Jobs To Be Done for? What are your favorite JTBD interview questions?
Posted By: Jason Evanish	Category: Design, Entrepreneurship, Product, Resources, Strategy	Tags: churn, customer development, customers, funnel, jobs to be done, LEAN Startups, marketing, onboarding, product, product development, product management, saas
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Q: Как реализовать MVVMi в Android на java Подскажите пожалуйста с чего начинать строить приложение по архитектуре mvvmi. Как работать с сущностью если в ней несколько ключей. По материалу прочитал уже несколько статей и просмотрел несколько докладов. разбирался по руководству на коделаб https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/android-room-with-a-view/#3
сущность User
public class User {

    @PrimaryKey
    @NonNull
    private String lastName;

    private String firstName;

    public User( @NonNull String lastName, String firstName){
        this.lastName=lastName;
        this.firstName=firstName;
    }

    @NonNull
    public String getLastName(){
        return lastName;
    }

    @NonNull
    public String getFirstName(){
        return firstName;
    }
}

интерфейс UserDao
public interface UserDao {
    @Insert
    void addUser(User person);

    @Delete
    void removeUser(User person);

    @Update
    void updateUser(User person);

    @Query("select * from User")
    LiveData<List<User>> getUser();
}

UserModel
public class UserModel extends AndroidViewModel {

    private UserRepository mRepository;
    private LiveData<List<User>> mAllUsers;

    public UserModel(@NonNull Application application) {
        super(application);

        mRepository = new UserRepository(application);
        mAllUsers = mRepository.getAllUser();
    }

    LiveData<List<User>> getAllUsers(){
        return mAllUsers;
    }

    void insert (User user){
        mRepository.insert(user);
    }
}

UserRepository
public class UserRepository {

    private UserDao mUserDao;
    private LiveData<List<User>> mAllUser;

    UserRepository(Application application){
        DatabaseUser db = DatabaseUser.getDatabase(application);
        mUserDao = db.getUserDao();
        mAllUser = mUserDao.getUser();
    }

    LiveData<List<User>> getAllUser(){
        return mAllUser;
    }

    void insert(User user){
        DatabaseUser.databaseWriteExecutor.execute(()->{
            mUserDao.addUser(user);
        });
    }
}

DatabaseUser

@Database(entities = {User.class},version = 1, exportSchema =false)
public abstract class DatabaseUser extends RoomDatabase {
    public abstract UserDao getUserDao();

    private static volatile DatabaseUser INSTANCE;
    private static final int NUMBER_OF_THREADS = 4;
    static final ExecutorService databaseWriteExecutor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(NUMBER_OF_THREADS);

    static DatabaseUser getDatabase(final Context context) {
        if (INSTANCE == null) {
            synchronized (DatabaseUser.class) {
                if (INSTANCE == null) {
                    INSTANCE = Room.databaseBuilder(context.getApplicationContext(), DatabaseUser.class, "User")
                            .addCallback(sRoomDatabaseCallback)
                            .build();
                }
            }
        }
        return INSTANCE;
    }

    private static RoomDatabase.Callback sRoomDatabaseCallback = new RoomDatabase.Callback(){
        @Override
        public void onOpen(@NonNull SupportSQLiteDatabase db ){
            super.onOpen(db);

            databaseWriteExecutor.execute(()->{
                UserDao dao = INSTANCE.getUserDao();

                User user = new User("Вася", "Петров");
                dao.addUser(user);

            });
        }

    };
}

активити MainActivity
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    private UserModel mWordViewModel;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        // Get a new or existing ViewModel from the ViewModelProvider.
        mWordViewModel = new ViewModelProvider(this).get(UserModel.class);

        // Add an observer on the LiveData returned by getAlphabetizedWords.
        // The onChanged() method fires when the observed data changes and the activity is
        // in the foreground.
        mWordViewModel.getAllUsers().observe(this, new Observer<List<User>>() {
            @Override
            public void onChanged(@Nullable final List<User> words) {
            }
        });

    }
}

A: Пробуйте так делать вывод:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
private UserModel mWordViewModel;

TextView textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.text);

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    // Get a new or existing ViewModel from the ViewModelProvider.
    mWordViewModel = new ViewModelProvider(this).get(UserModel.class);

    // Add an observer on the LiveData returned by getAlphabetizedWords.
    // The onChanged() method fires when the observed data changes and the activity is
    // in the foreground.
    mWordViewModel.getAllUsers().observe(this, new Observer<List<User>>() {
        @Override
        public void onChanged(@Nullable final List<User> words) {

            textView.setText(words.get(0).getLastName() + " " + words.get(0).getFirstName());

        }
    });
}

}

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Kempe ID Awarded Opportunity to Assist United States Olympic Committee
Kempe Innovative Designs was recently awarded the opportunity to assist the athletic programs of the United States Olympic Committee. The Kempe Center's Kasey Matz, MA and her team will be designing, developing and testing new training materials for sexual, physical and emotional abuse identification, investigation and prevention in amateur athletic programs.
This effort will be supported by funding through the SMART FY 2018 Keep Young Athletes Safe grant program developed under direction of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking (SMART). This program furthers the Department's mission of reducing sexual violence by supporting an entity to provide oversight of the United States Olympic Committee, each national governing body, and each Paralympic sports organization with regard to safeguarding amateur athletes against abuse, including sexual, physical and emotional abuse in sports.
In January 2018, a U.S. House of Representatives committee opened an investigation into sexual abuse in organized sports in response to the sentencing of Dr. Larry Nassar. His abuse of more than 150 women and girls, as well as reports of sexual misconduct allegations in the Taekwondo community and allegations of sexual abuse from former U.S. swimmers, led to the commitment for action. In its announcement, the committee noted the "abhorrent abuses" associated with Nassar's case, the U.S. Taekwondo athletes and U.S. swimmer allegations, and raised concerns about whether the United States Olympic Committee had sufficient oversight mechanisms to protect its athletes from abuse and mistreatment.
In February 2018, Congress passed the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017, designed to extend the mandatory reporting requirements of child abuse to the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Movements to ensure that reports are immediately made to local or federal law enforcement authorities. There are 47 U.S. Olympic organizations across the country that require oversight on these fronts provided by an outside organization with expertise in preventing and investigating all forms of abuse.
The award to Kempe will support developing necessary educational materials, investigatory tools, training programs and policies that can prevent abuse, and work to address abuse, once identified.

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New album by New Division – a blend of synthpop and progressive techno
Posted In News by Niklas Forsberg
American synthpop project The New Division will unleash their new album "Hidden Memories" on January 27.
A total of 16 tracks will be on the album, released digitally and on CD. There will also be a Collector's Edition – a double vinyl with two extra tracks.
The New Division make dreamy synthpop mixed with indie influences. Mastermind John Kunkel lists Tears for Fears, Oasis, Underworld, New Order and Depeche Mode as inspiration.
- I wanted "Hidden Memories" to be a blend of what I felt were the best parts of my early years as The New Division, a return to form of sorts. I picked up where I left off, back when I was listening to a lot of dance records ranging from progressive, trance, early new wave and synthpop. The blend of all those sounds is what I envisioned for "Hidden Memories" and I'm happy to say I think that was achieved, Kunkel says.
As usual, Progress Productions will handle the release for the European market.


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const Elixir = require('laravel-elixir');
const Task = Elixir.Task;
const rtlcss = require('gulp-rtlcss');
const rename = require('gulp-rename');

Elixir.extend('rtlCss', function() {
    new Task('rtlCss', function() {
        return gulp.src('./resources/assets/css/backend/app.css')
            .pipe(rtlcss())
            .pipe(rename({ basename: 'backend', suffix: '-rtl' }))
            .pipe(gulp.dest('./public/css/'));
    })
});

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Average Salary in Ukraine
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Looking to create a cross-functional team of developers, UI/UX designers, project managers, and DevOps to handle the entire breadth of your technical demands while you focus on building your business globally? It's critical to employ the correct tech expertise if you want to compete in a tech-heavy environment.
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The COVID-19 epidemic has altered the way we operate, and these changes are likely to last for many years. Fully remote, distributed engineering teams are the new normal, offering employees more freedom and achieving faster development. More and more firms are realizing the value of having remote teams. Employees, too, want to be able to add hours to their days and spend more time with their loved ones.
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Average Salaries in Ukraine
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Q: How will you unit test a function containing hash table data type? My project generates a few values (equal partitioning method) for each data type by getting the minimum and maximum values.  I am generating these values for functional testing, I am actually passing these values to nunit partner, max and min are applicable to int, float, double etc. These values are test data.
Initially I generated them for basic data types like int, float, double, string etc.
Now I need to support data types like DataSet, HashTable and other Collections.
public DataSet MySampleMethod(int param1, string param2, Hashtable ht)

For testing this function I can pass values for int and string, but how will I pass test data for ht or how is test data generated for a hash table?

A: You need to abstract the hash table implementation out of the code so that it can be mocked, injected or stubbed when unit testing.
Just create an interface called IHashTable and then create your concrete implementation by implementing the interface. Then make all your classes that use hashtables now use IHashTable. Then add a parameter to their constructors to which accepts an IHashTable.
Then when you're unit testing pass in a mock or stub of the IHashTable interface.
Mocking: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mock_object


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Posted By Ben Fox on Jul 25, 2018 | 0 comments
The future of the public toilets in West Devon is still unknown, following a meeting of a borough council committee to discuss ways to make a £50,000 saving from the public conveniences budget.
An original recommendation to West Devon Borough Council's hub committee was to consider four options – closing or devolving six facilities in rural locations to town or parish councils (Brentor, Bedford Bridge in Horrabridge, Chagford, Hatherleigh, Lydford and Yelverton), closing facilities in Tavistock and Okehampton where other options are available in the towns, the closure of low footfall facilities in rural locations coupled with pay on entry in high footfall areas or the closure of all public toilets.
The council currently spends £181,000 on maintaining 12 public toilets this does not include salaries. A mid-term report has said that if there is no change there could be a shortfall of £3.7 million by 2023/24. The report to the West Devon Hub committee says is forecasting a 0.7% budget gap in 2019/20.
However, at the meeting, a revised recommendation was put forward to approve and deliver savings of £50,000 or more in the next financial year (2019/20) by considering a combination of the provision of pay on entry systems, closure of toilet facilities where adequate provision may be found within reasonable proximity or where footfall is not such to justify continued provision and the transfer of toilet facilities to parishes or other partners where agreement can be reached to maintain service continuity.
This would be subject to seeking the authority of the council for any closures to be considered.
Councillor Robert Sampson, who made the revised recommendation, pointed out that contrary to the impression that may have been gained among the public, closure decisions were not being decided at the meeting but they were committing to saving from the budget and giving officers a 'recommendation on how to achieve that saving'.
Concern was raised among officers about the health and well-being responsibility of the council to provide public conveniences.
Officers discussed the possibility of devolving ownership of the toilets to town and parish councils with the possibility of contributing to running costs or the possibility of shared ownership/responsibility so as not to put too much of a financial burden on already struggling town and parish council budgets. It was felt that consultation with town and parish councils should be undertaken to gain their views.
West Devon Borough Cllr Robert Sampson said: " Over the next few weeks we shall be talking to various town and parish councils concerned about the various options." Talking about Chagford where Mr Sampson is also a parish councillor, went on: "The parish council might increase its contribution to running them, or a pay on entry could be introduced, as at Princetown. Closure is not, for Chagford, a realistic option. It was agreed last week that no closure would take place without the consent of the full council."
Author: Ben Fox
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Companies that have not already plunged into digitalization are in danger of becoming uncompetitive, or even obsolete, in the very near future. Fortunately, there's still time to chart a course toward survival and growth. And the first steps may be less intimidating than you might think. According to our panel of experts, many perceived obstacles are manageable—more cultural than financial.
• Parthas Srinivasa, SVP and Group CIO, Tokio Marine HCC, Inc.
We began by agreeing on a definition of "digital promise." Those who favor a wholesale migration to data-based activity contend that it means increased sales, improved efficiency, lower costs and more satisfied customers are just over the horizon. Insurers, they say, have no choice but to deploy analytics, dashboards, secure portals, mobile apps, predictive modeling, social media and other tools in order to head off encroachment by technology-driven, customer-oriented outsiders on the scale of Amazon or WalMart.
At stake, said Hugh Terry: nothing short of the hearts and minds of our customers—and the survival of thousands of businesses, large and small.
"The biggest obstacles that I see," he told me, "are human and organizational, especially in small- to medium-sized companies. What will it take to make the transition complete throughout the industry? I'd say stronger leadership from management; a change in mindset to more customer-centric models; more agility in business development; and, finally, a higher tolerance for risk, balanced by the patience it takes to try something new and stick with it until the results are clear.
So, aren't most insurers eager to get on board? Research shows that many are. According to the consulting firm Strategy Meets Action, Inc., 61 percent of North American insurers have a strategic initiative to become digital insurers, while 82 percent reported launching initiatives or making investments in enterprise data and analytics in 2016. And, in the same sample, 74 percent said they were investing in core system modernization or replacements, while 63 percent said they were devoting resources to innovation and R&D activities.
Still, from the perspective of a smaller business owner of a certain age, the prospect of systemic change is daunting. What suggestions, I asked our panel, would you offer a decision maker still teetering on the brink of the digital divide? The experts came back with seven big ideas.
2. Don't mistake digitalization for an IT problem.
4. Nail down the basics first.
5. Take time to develop a long-term strategy.
6. Take it one step at a time.
7. Look outside the industry.
"In a disruptive climate, preemptively disrupting your own business may be your best bet," said Mr. Terry. "To do that, you'll want to look at what other insurance companies are doing, watch what's going on in other industries, and even attract new people from outside the industry.
Of course, adding Millennials to your team can also facilitate your shift to a Millennial customer base, one from which more and more of today's decision makers are drawn, and one that makes up a solid 25 percent of the U.S. population, with 21 percent of its discretionary power. These digital citizens may not appreciate the modes and methods of traditional insurance, but they still buy property, and live lives and acquire possessions, all of which need to be insured. From now on, the trick is going to be putting your business out there, where these customers spend their energy, their time and their money.


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Hong Kong's First Scientist Awarded Runner-up for the
2014 Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology
CUHK Medical Student Dedicated to Unraveling Mystery of Neuronal Circuits
With research on synaptic connections in the neocortex, Dr. Owen Ko, a year 5 medical student of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is selected as one of the runners-up in this year's Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. Being the Hong Kong's first scientist to snatch this honour, Owen's winning entry concluding his research achievement has been published in the prestigious scientific journal Science. Owen will be presented the award in Washington, D.C. on 16 November 2014.
Despite the rapid advancement of modern technology, knowledge on how the brain functions is still very limited. Owen's research provides experimental ground for scientists to comprehend further. "To understand how a computer functions, you have to know the functionality of each component in it and how they are connected at the first step. This applies to our brain as well. We have to know the functionality of each neuron in our brain and their connectivity. Only with this information, we can start to understand how the brain normally function, and tell which part of the component goes wrong when there is malfunction, so as to find ways to fix it," said Owen.
Owen was admitted to the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery programme (MBChB) of CUHK Faculty of Medicine in 2005. After completing the second year of studies, he pursued a one-year intercalated Bachelor of Medical Sciences in 2007. In 2008, he was recommended to a three-year PhD programme in neuroscience under the guidance of Professor Thomas Mrsic-Flogel, an internationally renowned neuroscientist, at University College London (UCL), and a year of post-doctoral research in the UK.
During his study in the UK, Owen made a number of research breakthroughs including uncovering how connectivity in the cortex is organized with respects to the functionality of neurons and that this specific connectivity emerges after the onset of visual experience, and that visual experience is partially required for the complete maturation of functionally specific connectivity in the primary visual cortex.
Since 2011, research articles with Owen being the lead author had been published in several prestigious scientific journals, including Nature, and Nature Neuroscience and The Journal of Neuroscience. At the same time, Owen has also been working closely with Professor Wing-Ho Yung, Assistant Dean (Student Affairs) of the Faculty of Medicine and Professor of the School of Biomedical Sciences of CUHK, and co-authored a number of articles in international journals such as Neuron and Cerebral Cortex.
After receiving his PhD, Owen was back to Hong Kong in 2012 to continue the MBChB programme in CUHK and simultaneously conduct research work. He is supported and funded by the Lui Che Woo Institute of Innovative Medicine and the Chow Yuk Ho Technology Center for Innovative Medicine, and working with a team of professors and postgraduates from both the Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Engineering in CUHK on new research projects on the neuronal networks for sensory perception and motor control. Owen is aspired to continue research in neuroscience after his graduation and is determined to contribute to the industry at large by laying the foundation for further development of effective medical treatment to those suffering from neuronal disease such as Parkinson's disease and dementia.
CUHK Global Physician-Leadership Stream to Nurture Physicians Leaders
"We are all very happy for the prize given to Owen, it highlights the importance of, and how students can benefit from, early research training," Professor Justin Wu, Associate Dean (Development) of the Faculty of Medicine and GPS Programme Director highlighted. "Seeing the significance of scientific research to the sustainable development of medicine and therapeutics, we are determined to provide full support to students who are interested in medical research."
Since 2013, the Faculty of Medicine has been running the Global Physician-Leadership Stream (GPS) with a personal mentorship scheme where students will be matched with renowned professors in their different research areas or clinical professions. This arrangement enables students to learn more about their perspective professions in earlier university life. Outstanding students will also have chance to further their studies at top overseas institutions including the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge and the Yale University.
Valuing the incubation of global perspectives and leadership competencies among students, CUHK aims to nurture a new breed of physician leaders by providing them with diverse paths of graduate studies and leadership training courses in addition to medical training. Graduates are expected to play pivotal leadership roles in the medical community to meet the future challenges of the healthcare system, medical education and research, benefitting the community at large.
About the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology
Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology, established in 2002, is a global prize awarded annually to young scientists below age 35 for the most outstanding neurobiological research based on methods of molecular and cell biology. The judging panel is composed of prominent international researchers in the field of neurobiology who will select the grand prize winner and up to three finalists. Winners and finalists in the previous years include Liqun Luo, Professor of Biology in Stanford University, Bernardo Sabatini and Rachel Wilson, Professors of Neurobiology at Harvard University, Karel Svoboda, group leader from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, as well as Ed Boyden, Assistant Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Dr. Owen Ko, a year 5 medical student at CUHK is selected as one of the top three finalists in the competition for the Eppendorf & Science Prize for Neurobiology. He is the first Hong Kong scientist snatching this honour.
With the neurons being the components of our brains, Owen's research uncovered how connectivity in the cortex is organized, which enables further understanding of how our brains function.
CUHK Medical Student Unraveled Mystery of Neuronal Circuits Development
Findings recently published in prestigious scientific journal Nature
Prof. Joseph Sung's speech at the Inauguration Ceremony for Undergraduates 2016


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Northern Lights, the Beautiful Pillar of Light in the North
Agu 24, 2021 Europe, Northern Lights, Norway, Phenomenon
KETIKS.COM – For some people, this natural phenomenon is still foreign and there are many people who do not know it. Between late September and late March, countries located in the north become tourist destinations for those who want to see the northern lights. But what exactly are the northern lights? And how this natural phenomenon can be formed? (Shinehire)
If the colors of the rainbow alone can amaze us, this celestial phenomenon will surely astonished us. Northern lights is a natural phenomenon in the form of pillars of beautiful colorful light. This phenomenon is formed when atoms and molecules in Earth's outer atmosphere collide with high-energy electrons. This phenomenon occurs approximately 100 kilometers above the earth's surface.
Also read: 5 Best Places to Visit in Norway
Getty Images (Jonathan Nackstrand)
This phenomenon, also known as the aurora borealis, doesn't happen all the time. Like the weather, this phenomenon is quite unpredictable, and can appear and disappear suddenly. The appearance depends on the energy from the sun that produces atoms and molecules, while the location of its occurrence depends on the earth's magnetic field. But as the name implies, these northern lights only appear in the northern hemisphere.
Tourist Journey
The aurora borealis appears as a belt connecting central Alaska and Canada, the southern tip of Greenland and Iceland, and northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia. The aurora borealis is also most likely to form during cold and dry weather, and also occurs most frequently between late September and late March from 6 PM to 2 AM. Other than that, it's luck.
Also read: 5 Best Places to Visit in Switzerland
Alexander Kuznetsov
Patience and luck is the key to hunt the northern lights or aurora borealis. Because the aurora borealis will only appear if the time is right and often only lasts a short time. Currently, aurora is reported to have frequent appearances in Lofoten, Troms, and Lyngenfjord, all three of which are in Norway.
5 Best Places to Visit in Norway
Fjord, High Valley With it's Deep Waters
Polar Night, a 24 Hour Night Phenomenon


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Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small _trivial_ project, and you should never expect it to get large. If you do, you'll just overdesign and generally think it is more important than it likely is at that stage. Or worse, you might be scared away by the sheer size of the work you envision.
So start small, and think about the details. Don't think about some big picture and fancy design. If it doesn't solve some fairly immediate need, it's almost certainly over-designed. And don't expect people to jump in and help you. That's not how these things work. You need to get something half-way _useful_ first, and then others will say "hey, that _almost_ works for me", and they'll get involved in the project.
And if there is anything I've learnt from Linux, it's that projects have a life of their own, and you should _not_ try to enforce your "vision" too strongly on them. Most often you're wrong anyway, and if you're not flexible and willing to take input from others (and willing to change direction when it turned out your vision was flawed), you'll never get anything good done.
In other words, be willing to admit your mistakes, and don't expect to get anywhere big in any kind of short timeframe. I've been doing Linux for thirteen years, and I expect to do it for quite some time still. If I had _expected_ to do something that big, I'd never have started. It started out small and insignificant, and that's how I thought about it.


Such overwhelming public support for what may seem like a wonky regulatory debate reminds us that net neutrality is and always has been much more than a technocratic squabble over how Internet "pipes" are managed. It's about the role of media and information in a democratic society, and the role of government -- in this case the FCC -- to help ensure access to information because, as we all learn in school, democracy requires an informed populace. Put simply, this is about a social contract between information providers, society and government.
This contract must include a clear regulatory role for the FCC. Since the market won't automatically provide public goods like information, and since unregulated monopolies can threaten the health of our media system, government oversight is required. Without such authority, the FCC (which celebrated its 80th birthday this year) risks significant constraints and complications going forward. What will be the agency's purpose for the next 80 years, or even the next five? How will the FCC defend the public interest in the digital age -- an age of new digital monopolies? Weak net neutrality regulations risk not only irrelevance for the FCC, but also a loss of legitimacy in the eyes of the public in whose name it regulates.
We've been down this road before. In the 1930s and '40s, commercial radio was roughly the same age as today's commercial Internet. It was seen as a revolutionary force that would democratize society, give voice to the voiceless, and educate the masses. And there was a great debate in this country about how that medium should operate: whose interests it should serve, who should own and control it, whether it should remain predominantly commercial or be publicly subsidized with significant obligations to public affairs and educational content.
Once it became clear that a few corporations would dominate radio, the debate turned to specific regulatory questions: If we give broadcasters tremendous benefits -- like monopolistic use of the public airwaves -- what do they owe society in return? Are they obligated to share this scarce resource to include diverse voices? Is broadcast media primarily an instrument for democracy or for profit? As the medium became increasingly commercialized and ownership more concentrated, regulatory authority became tenuous. Despite admirable attempts to keep broadcasters beholden to the public interest, the FCC fell back on relatively weak regulatory guidelines, like the Fairness Doctrine, and ultimately lost the battle to salvage much of commercial radio and television's democratic potential.
Today we face a similar quandary with the Internet. We're again deciding what information providers are allowed to do with the content that flows through their conduits. Again, we are deciding the future of a key information infrastructure that has a profound impact on our daily lives. And it is, once again, an infrastructure dominated by monopolies. Will we repeat the mistakes of the past and let monopoly power over infrastructure shape the type of content available to the public? Or will we empower the public by safeguarding an open Internet?
Given the technological and economic changes in our communication systems, these questions are especially pressing, and decisions made now may set the Internet's course for decades to come. But without reclassifying the Internet as a telecommunications service, as the President argues, the FCC will not have the authority to maintain an open Internet. Word has leaked that the FCC is considering a "hybrid" plan that would still allow preferential treatment of content with Internet fast and slow lanes -- exactly what the President identified as detrimental to the Internet's democratic potential -- and would likely be overturned in court. Like we saw with broadcast media in the 1940s, a weak decision by the FCC today that allows internet service providers to become gatekeepers might lead us down a slippery slope of unaccountable information providers and ineffectual regulators.
Net neutrality cannot solve all of the problems facing the Internet -- especially lack of competition in the American Internet service marketplace, both from other commercial operators and from alternative models like municipal-owned broadband networks. But without strong protections that ensure all Internet content is treated equally, we may end up with a powerless FCC, few checks on Internet access monopolies who abuse their market power, and a public ill-served by its information system.
The Internet is no longer a luxury for those who can pay or a profitable plaything for a handful of corporations. It is a daily necessity; Americans rely on it not just for entertainment, but also for schoolwork, health and their livelihood. It is much too precious to be left to the mercies of Internet monopolies. It must be protected by an FCC that governs not only in the public's name but also with its consent.


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When Do We Feel Like an Adult? New Survey Shares 'Signs' of Adulting
By Allison Kade — Oct 6, 2021
At Fabric, we believe tackling your "adulting" to-do list should be simple.
But, when do we start to consider ourselves "adults"? According to a new survey conducted by OnePoll and Fabric, people think others should start feeling like an adult at age 25, although 30% didn't start feeling like an adult themselves until after that.
The survey worked to take the pulse on how adults nationwide are thinking about the future and aging. According to this original research, more than half of Americans (51%) feel like they're off track of where they should be in life, in general — with 39% feeling like they're being left in the dust by friends.
The survey polled 2,000 Americans about all the parts of life that make them feel old and found that the top sign they knew they were an adult was when they finally had to think about saving money (35%).
Other top "adulting" signs were doing their taxes (32%), signing up for life insurance (29%) and sticking to a budget (29%).
Although half of Americans say they have open conversations about their finances with their families, 46% say that their family wouldn't know where to find their important financial documents if something happened to them. (Here's how to have "the life insurance conversation" with your spouse.)
More than two in three Americans have life insurance that their loved ones can fall back on if something were to happen to them. Almost half of Americans (48%) are thinking about life insurance more than ever after the pandemic, though a similar amount (50%) are still not confident in their understanding of how life insurance costs are determined.
That said, getting a policy isn't always a walk in the park: Results showed that people would rather clean the toilet (32%), comfort a crying baby (30%), or watch paint dry (25%) than look into life insurance. Nearly two in five (38%) have given up on trying to get life insurance, usually after receiving two quotes, because of the confusing jargon and policy options.
We know improving one's health is a big part of growing up as well, so it's interesting to see that the study also found that on average, people think they will be the most concerned about their health around age 35.
The good news is that in today's digital world, it's simpler than you might think. Convenient and easy-to-understand digital solutions can make these often-cumbersome tasks a lot easier. At Fabric, we make it easy for you and your spouse to understand and apply for affordable term life insurance, as well as manage it conveniently from Fabric's mobile app or online.
Additional key results:
Nearly three in five people (58%) were afraid of taking on "adulting" tasks before living on their own, and a similar number of people wished they were better prepared to take on the responsibilities (56%).
People start getting excited about small adult life joys like buying a vacuum or organizing their cabinets at around 22 years old.
Still, half of Americans (51%) rely on elders in their life to help answer questions they have about "adulting," including paying taxes, taking out a mortgage or applying for life insurance.
Some of the biggest concerns that people have about becoming an adult revolve around not having enough money in their personal savings (41%), retirement accounts (35%) and covering health and medical expenses (30%).
These financial worries are compounded for respondents with kids; 35% of parents worry about not having enough money saved for their children.
Becoming a parent has made 43% more careful drivers, 31% more concerned about nutrition labels and 30% more interested in applying for life insurance.
This survey was conducted online within the United States by OnePoll on behalf of Fabric among 2,000 U.S. adults ages 18 and older. This online survey is not based on a probability sample and therefore no estimate of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. For complete survey methodology, including weighting variables and subgroup sample sizes, please contact fabricpr@dottedlinecomm.com.
Allison Kade
The New Parent's Financial Checklist: Life Insurance and More
When you have a baby, there's a lot to consider. Now's the time to focus on your financial priorities. Here's where to get started.
By Allison Kade
What You Should Know About Your Emergency Fund During COVID
The pandemic and economic challenges mean some families have exhausted their emergency cash. Here's how to prepare for (and deal with) the worst.
Your Winter Checklist: How to Prep Your Finances for the New Year
No time + needing to look after the ones you love = a quarterly checklist to help keep you on track, so you can get back to wiping boogers and giving snuggles.


10:00 AM Digital Smarts and Your Bike Shop - Presented by modern media maestro Bryon J. Ball, of Bentrider Online fame.
11:00 AM Electric-assist for recumbent bikes and trikes - Roundtable discussion/demonstrations will include Rakesh Dhawan of FALCO eMotors, and Christy Jensen, from Superpedestrian/Copenhagen Wheel.
12:00 PM Increased profits by Touring? - How can a tour operation help drive your recumbent sales via the intersection of tours and sales and how they can help drive your buisness. In addition to being a recumbent dealer, San Antonio Bike Tours' Steve Wood's years of experience guiding folks on recumbents give him plenty of insight to share.
1:00 PM Marketing to the Touring Trade - Touring gear and equipment your cross-country customers count on. Presented by author and bike touring authority Neal Hanson.
2:00 PM Adaptive Cycling & Meeting the Retail Challenges - Adaptive cycling encompasses a wide and diverse world of people seeking the joys of cycling. There are challenges, but the rewards are great. David Black has spent more than twenty years addressing the needs of the adaptive cycling community.
3:00 PM Lessons on running a Successful Recumbent Retail Store - Mickey O'Brien's Fair Oaks, California-based Laid Back Cycles is a shining example of a successful bike ship specializing in Recumbents. Learn valuable insights about starting a successful shop - and keeping it successful.
10:00 AM Spokes Fighting Strokes / Adaptive Cycling - After suffering a massive stroke 12 years ago, a neurologist in Arizona told presenter Dan Zimmerman, "wheelchair for life and no talking." He has since proved the doctor wrong, and will discuss the riding options and opportunities available to stroke survivors and others.
11:00 AM Trike Touring in Texas - San Antonio Bike Tours' Steve Wood's years of experience as a guide in historic and bicycle-friendly San Antonio, Texas provides insights on how his company's Recumbent Trike Tours have gained in popularity over the years.
12:00 PM Basics of Unsupported Touring - Tour further and faster by taking advantage of these tips from Neil N. Hanson, author of a number of books for cyclist and touring cyclist.
1:00 PM Adaptive Cycling-How Do You Fit In? - Adaptive cycling encompasses a wide and diverse world of people seeking the joys of cycling. There are challenges, but the rewards are great. David Black has spent more than twenty years addressing the needs of the adaptive cycling community.
2:00 PM How I Became A Trike Evangelist - And You Can Too! Joel Roberts, after a bad cycling accident, Joel rediscovered the joys of cycling on a recumbent trike, and has inspired many others to follow suit.
3:00 PM Electric-Assist Bikes, Trikes and You - An overview of electric-assist options available to retro-fit on your current recumbent bike or trike. Presented by Rakesh Dhawan of FALCO eMotors and Christie Jenson of Superpedestrian/Copenhagen.
4:00 PM Minimalist Touring - "Bike Packing" and carrying only the bare essentials is a fast growing trend for cycle tourists. Author Neil M. Hanson will help you decide how little you really need to carry for safe, fun bike packing adventures.
12:00 AM Recumbent Racing - The Older I Get, The Faster I Was - Thom Olinger, long-time recumbent racer & innovator shares some history.
2:00 PM Accessorizing your ride - Getting that new ride is only the first step. Installing the right accessories can help increase your riding performance and enjoyment. Pat Franz and his company, T-Cycle, provides innovative accessories and cycling solutions for riders around the world.
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