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I know. Its been a really long time. So here's the time lapse version of all of 2015 and most of 2016:
Anita's birthday, hanging out with the Davies in Salmiyia, old house in Adan is under construction, Godwins Hollow Post Office, Colin took off to the UK, Sydney tours Paris, The skies over Godwins Hollow were pretty busy, new dog – Zorro, finally setup the pool, Walmart.com started shipping to APO addresses, Sydney wins a JACAZ award, the girls visit the Okanes in Durham, painted some furniture, Sydney's room got a make-over, Sydney started Year 8 at TES, Sydney made the netball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, and swim teams, Godwins Hollow Space Center finally opened, The Coopers had another AWESOME Halloween party, I started farming, the girls hopped over to Dubai on a visa run, Sydney's birthday, Thanksgiving, I FINALLY got a residency visa.
After a ten year battle with cancer my dad was able to say goodbye and finally put down his shield.
Christmas in the States, Anita fell and broke her leg, Meg & Mark got me the LEGO Death Star!!!!, Christmas Day in Heathrow, surgery in Kuwait, ten screws and a four inch plate in Anita's ankle, New Year's Eve in the hospital, Anita's birthday, lots of recovery time on the couch, new folks at work, Sydney's last sports day at TES, Anita & Sydney finally got new residency visas and Civil IDs, my birthday, Sydney's fashion project was the talk of the TES Fashion Show, Sydney was awarded the TES Y8 Art award, Sydney graduated from TES, all THREE of us traveled to the States together, I got an AWESOME DJI Phantom 4 drone for my anniversary, Mom, Aunt Sissy, Uncle Mark, and the three of us got to spend 4th of July week at the beach in Florida, flew the drone as often as I could, Pokemon Go happened, the girls went to KC for a visit, I started moving the farm to the roof, finished decorating the bar, dining room, living room, upstairs living room, stairwell, bedroom, and few other places, the Inferno HQ started construction in Godwins Hollow, Sydney started Year 9 at KES, I traveled to NYC to drop off a proposal at the UN, stopped by Rockefeller Plaza, spent a week in Salalah, Oman getting a KGL project started, we had another yard sale, my longest Kuwait friend moved back to Florida to fix his wife's back problems, we had a great dinner for him with all the folks from the office, and I changed the site's layout – again.
Whew… so now that you're all caught up I will do my best to not let things lapse so long again.

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Incredible Footage Shows 'Loch Ness Monster' Swimming On Webcam Stream
The Loch Ness Monster (or Nessie, to her close and personal friends) is an ancient Scottish myth that divides opinion around the nation.
Is she or isn't she? The myth will have you believe that the loch is home to the water-dwelling creature that has eluded peoples' gaze for centuries. Which, let's be honest, if true would be pretty impressive.
But I guess we'll never know because there has never been definitive proof of good ol' Nessie as she's never reared her head long enough for us to get a glimpse.
At least, until today, because a woman claims to have seen the Loch Ness Monster swimming around the loch on live footage streamed by the water.
Caroline Barnett, 42, was watching the Loch Ness Webcam on Wednesday morning when she spotted something moving in the water.
The business consultant expressed her surprise and said the shock appearance was the perfect 'Christmas present' as she had never seen Nessie before.
As reported by the Daily Record, the 42-year-old, from Farmborough, near Bath, said:
It popped up and down – and kept doing it. It kept splashing about. It was quite a size – the size of a boat but it was hard to tell because it was the other side of the loch.
I have been to Loch Ness a few years ago but never saw Nessie then. I didn't know if I believed in her but this is certainly some Christmas present and quite a surprise. I took quite a few videos but my phone died. I don't know what it is – it really is unexplained.
And before you think this is just another person spotting a fish in the distance and seeing what they want to see, experts have apparently accepted the images.
Gary Campbell, recorder of the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Register, said:
Initially she thought it was a boat or similar but the object appeared animate and then disappeared into the water before reappearing. It was dark in colour and nearer the east shore of the loch.
Caroline's sighting isn't the first one this year; in June, footage emerged from a tourist's phone which appeared to show the creature, starting up the debate once more.
You can take a look at the footage below:
The person who filmed the unequivocal evidence said:
[I] went to the beach [at] Loch Ness for a day out as the weather was lovely so I thought I'd make the most of it. I lay back sunbathing with a friend on the beach, having lots of laughs. Then as the day went on, we looked at the water and saw something unusual. It looked about 20-feet long and kept going up and down, so I turned [on] my camera video.
We couldn't believe what we were seeing! It came right round as you can see in the video and then passed to the right of us in the water where I could no longer see it. It was actually amazing whatever it was, it was big! This was in June so the beach was quiet at the time and no boats were out. I just really couldn't believe my eyes.
Sunbathing? In Scotland? Surely not?!
Well, there you have it folks. You have to see it to believe it, I guess, 'cause I'm not sure I'm convinced.
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Man with cerebral palsy has wheelchair ramp stolen off porch
DEARBORN HEIGHTS, Mich.(WJBK) - Who would steal a disabled man's wheelchair ramp? Police are looking for the cruel criminal right now.
Tuesday marked the first day of school and the Click family is doing their best to make a smooth transition for their son.
"Andy is 21 with cerebral palsy and epilepsy," said his mother Jo Click. "He is nonverbal. he is developmental delayed."
Andy relies on his parents for nearly everything. That includes getting him and his wheelchair to and from the bus. The stress of a new school year is enough for any parent. But on Tuesday morning, Andy was stuck.
"When he got home from school, Andy and I had a very difficult time trying to get him in the house, which is why he is building something until the new ramp shows up," Click said.
Anew one is needed because the old wheelchair ramp was stolen- right off the porch.
"It was the middle of the afternoon on a Sunday on a holiday weekend," she said. "I don't understand. We've never had any problems here."
One of the more puzzling aspects is where the crime took place. The Click's home is at the end of a dead end street in Dearborn Heights. So anyone driving down there would likely have a reason to come down there, the question the family has, is why?
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The stolen ramp was given to them by surprise 10 years ago.
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About this Episode
Episode 81 of Voices in AI features host Byron Reese and Siraj Raval discussing how teaching AI to the world can help improve the quality of life for everyone, and what the footfalls along the way are.
Listen to this one-hour episode or read the full transcript at www.VoicesinAI.com
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Byron Reese: This is voices in AI brought to you by GigaOm, I'm Byron Reese. Today my guest is Siraj Raval. He is the director of the School of AI. He holds a degree in computer science from Columbia University. Welcome to the show, Siraj.
Siraj Raval: Thank you so much for having me, Byron.
I always like to start off with just definitions. What is artificial intelligence and specifically what's artificial about it?
That's a great question. So, AI, Artificial Intelligence is actually… I like to think of it as a giant circle. I'm a very visual person so just imagine a giant circle and we'll label that circle AI, okay? Inside of the circle, there is a smaller circle, and this would be the subfield of the eye. One of them would be heuristics. These are statistical techniques to try to play games a little better.
When Garry Kasparov was defeated by big blue — that was using heuristics. There's another bubble inside of this bigger AI bubble called machine learning and that's really the hottest area of AI right now and that's all about learning from data. So there's heuristics, there's learning from data — which is machine learning — and there is deep learning as well, which is a smaller bubble inside of machine learning. So AI is a very broad term. And people in computer science are always arguing about what is AI, what isn't AI? But for me, I like to keep it simple. I think of AI as any kind of machine that mimics human intelligence in some way.
Well hold on a minute though, you can't say artificial intelligence is a machine that mimics human intelligence because you're just defining the word with what we're trying to get at. So what's intelligence?
That's a great question. Intelligence is the ability to learn and apply knowledge. And we have a lot of it. Well, some of us anyway (just kidding)
That's interesting because of AlphaGo — the emphasis on it being able to learn is a pretty high bar. Something like my cat food dish that refills itself when the cat eats all the food, that isn't intelligent in your book, right? It's not learning anything new. Is that true?
Yeah. So it's not learning. So there has to be some kind of feedback, some kind of response to stimulus, so whether that's from data or whether that's a statistical technique based on the number of wins versus losses, did this work, did this not work? It's got to have this feedback loop of something outside of it being external to it is affecting it. In the way that we perceive the world, something external to our heads and that affects how we act in the world.
So [take] the smartest program in the world. Once it's instantiated as a single program, is no longer intelligent. Is that true? Because it stopped learning at that point. It can be as sophisticated as can be, but in your mind, if it's not learning something new it's not intelligent.
That's a good question. Well, I mean, the point at which it would not need to learn or there would be nothing for it to learn would be the point in which, to get 'out there,' it saturates the entire universe.
Well, no. I mean like, let's take AlphaGo. Let's say they decide, let's put out an iPhone version of Go and let's just take the latest and greatest version of this. Let's make a great program that plays Go. At that point it is no longer AI, if we rigidly follow your definition because it stopped learning, it's now frozen in capability. Yeah, I can play it a thousand times in a game 1001 it's not doing any better.
Sure. Okay, but to stick to my rigid definition, I've said that intelligence is the ability to learn and apply knowledge.
That we will be doing in the latter part.
Do you think that it's artificial in that it isn't really intelligence, it just looks like it? Is what a computer does actually intelligent or is it mimicking intelligence? Or is there a difference between those two things?
There are different kinds of intelligences in the world. I mean, think of it like a symphony of intelligences like, our intelligence is really good at doing a huge range of tasks, but a dog has a certain type of intelligence that keeps it more aware of things than we would be, right? Dogs have superhuman hearing capability. So in that way a dog is more intelligent than us for that specific task. So when we say 'artificial intelligence,' you know, talking about the AlphaGo example, that algorithm is better than any human on the planet for that specific task. It's a different kind of intelligence. 'Foreign,' 'alien,' 'artificial' — you know, all of those words would kind of describe its capability.
You're the Director of School of AI. What is that? Tell me the mission and what you're doing.
Sure. So I've been making educational videos about AI on YouTube for the past couple of years and I had the idea about nine months ago, to have this call to action for people who watch my videos. And I had this idea of saying, 'Let's start an initiative where I'm not the only one teaching but there are other people, and we'll call ourselves The School of AI and we have one mission which is to teach people how to use AI technology for the betterment of humanity for free.'
And so we're a non-profit initiative. And since then, we have, what are called 'deans.' It's 800 of them spread out across the world, across 400 cities globally. And they're teaching people in their local communities from Harare, Zimbabwe to Zurich to parts of South America. It's a global community. They're building their local schools, Schools of AI, you know, School of AI Barcelona, what have you, and it's been an amazing, amazing couple of months. It feels like every day I wake up, I look in our side channel, I see a picture of a bunch of students in, say, Mexico City and our school there, our logo there and it's like, "Is this real?" But it is real. Yeah, it's been a lot of fun so far.
Put some flesh on those bones. What does it mean to learn… what are people learning to do?
Right. So the guideline that we're following — we're talking about the betterment of humanity — are the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations. One of them would be no poverty, no extreme poverty, sustainable action on the climate, things like that. Basically trying to fulfill the basic needs for humans both in developed and developing countries so that eventually we can all reach that stage of self-actualization and be able to contribute and create and discover, which is what I think we humans are best at. Not doing trivial laborious repetitive tasks. That's what machines are good for. So if we can teach our students, we call them 'wizards,' if we can teach our wizards how to use a technology to automate all of that away, then we can get to a world where all of us are contributing to the betterment and the progress of our species whether it's in science or art, etcetera.
But specifically, what are people learning to do like on a day to day basis?
One example would be classifying images, and that's a very generic example, but we can use that example to say, help farmers in parts of South Africa to detect plants that are diseased, or that are not diseased. Another example would be anomaly detection. So kind of finding the needle in the haystack. What here doesn't fit in with the rest? And that can be applied to fraud detection, right? If you've got thousands and thousands of transactions, and one of them is a fraud, and AI can learn 'what fraud is' better than any human could because it's just so much data. That's just two, I can get some more. There's quite a lot but I think that…
No, but I mean, what's the clue… so it's the idea that there just aren't enough people that have the basic skills to "do AI" and you're trying to fill that gap?
That is what it is. And yeah, in that the concepts behind this technology, the mathematical concepts I don't believe are accessible yet to a wide enough audience. So we at School of AI are trying to broaden that audience and trying to make it accessible not just to developers but eventually to everybody. You know, moms, dads, grandmas, grandpas, people who — just they're not like the most technical people — we're trying to reach them and make this something that everybody does, because we sincerely believe that this is going to be a part of our lives and eventually everybody is going to be implementing AI in some way or another.
It doesn't necessarily have to be code. It can be through some application or some kind of 'drag and drop' interface, but it's definitely in the future of work. So yes, that's what it is. And also it's the fact that we are facing so many huge problems, daunting problems as a species — existential threats. And we think we might not be good enough alone to solve these problems. Climate change, for example: a lot of people think that it's too late to solve climate change, but we think that we have a huge amount of data available and we think that the answers to some of the hardest problems related to CO2 emission and how we can allocate resources for that goal lie hidden in that data, and using AI we can find them.
Listen to this one-hour episode or read the full transcript at www.VoicesinAI.com
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Byron explores issues around artificial intelligence and conscious computers in his new book The Fourth Age: Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity .Originally posted at: https://gigaom.com/2019/03/07/voices-in-ai-episode-81-a-conversation-with-siraj-raval/


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Glendale Community Excited to Learn About USC Shoah Foundation at Public Presentation
Over 85 members of the Glendale, Calif. community attended a presentation organized by the Glendale Public Library on Oct. 26 about the Visual History Archive's Armenian Genocide testimony collection and educational resources on IWitness.
After an introduction from Glendale Public Library's Armenian Outreach Coordinator Elizabeth Grigorian, the presentation was led by USC Shoah Foundation staff Manuk Avedikyan, Program Officer, and Sedda Antekelian, Education and Outreach Specialist. They spoke for two hours; the event was free and open to the public. It was the last in a series of talks at the library about Armenian archives around the world.
Around 80,000 people of Armenian descent call Glendale home, making it the largest Armenian community outside Armenia.
Avedikyan opened the presentation with the history of USC Shoah Foundation, the Visual History Archive, its partnership with the Armenian Film Foundation and its collection of over 300 audiovisual interviews of Armenian Genocide survivors, witnesses and scholars. He also spoke about the USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, which enables scholars from around the world to do extensive academic research into the Visual History Archive.
Antekelian explained how testimony is used as a primary source in the classroom and how it is used to tell the story of the Armenian Genocide on IWitness, USC Shoah Foundation's educational website. She provided an overview of IWitness and the IWitness Armenian Genocide Education program, which develops resources for teaching about the Armenian Genocide.
"The crowd asked insightful questions and shared that they believe in the power of education through testimony and that they are hopeful that more people will become aware of the Armenian Genocide and the history of the Armenian people, while also learning from its history and legacy," Antekelian said.
After the presentation, several audience members came up to talk to Avedikyan and Antekelian, praising their work and encouraging them to share it with more Armenian communities.


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Corn Plunges to 17-Month Low
By Owen Fletcher
Corn prices slid 4.1% to their lowest close in 17 months, pressured by unexpectedly weak export sales and favorable weather for the U.S. crop.
The decline erased the last of corn's gains reaped during a brief, sharp rally last week, which was fueled by surging wheat futures and dry weather. This week, as weather forecasts have improved, traders have refocused on the potential for a record U.S. harvest this year.
The drop to a new low highlights the strong seasonal volatility in corn prices. Futures often whip up and down heading into the summer, as analysts watch shifting weather forecasts for clues about how crops will develop.
Corn for July delivery fell 25 cents Thursday to close at $5.785 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade and is down 9% so far this week. The settlement price was the lowest for the front-month contract since December 2010, although prices dipped to similar levels in intraday trading five months ago. December corn futures, which reflect the outlook for the size of the fall harvest, fell 8 cents, or 1.5%, to $5.15 a bushel.
"This thing is trying to run off the train tracks," said Chad Henderson, president of Prime-Ag Consultants Inc., a commodity brokerage based in Brookfield, Wis. "I'm a little surprised."


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In the current digital age, social media has provided businesses with an outlet to interact with consumers in a way never before possible. Social media has helped to turn communications between organizations, communities, and individuals into interactive dialogues which bridge the communication gap that has long since existed between individuals and corporations. With the essentially free marketing provided by the social media forums, participation in the online realm has become a near necessity in today's business world.
By using social media, brands can easily advertise to the huge audiences across sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram while also receiving consumer input. The market research that can be conducting with the investment of essentially zero funds allows businesses to locate and appeal to target audiences and exponentially better their relationship with their customers. By reaching out to the millions of people who use social media sites on a regular basis, companies are able to provide a multi-dimensional form of customer interaction that would be otherwise impossible.
In the current business world, three generations of workers occupy both the real workspace and the online workspace. These generations consist of the older generation of the baby boomers who are aged 50 years and above, the middle aged generation X which is in their 30s and 40s, and the young generation, generation Y, which is in their 20s and younger. Although social media use is prominent amongst the younger generations, the baby boomers have been known to have the most difficulty comprehending and making use of the social media outlets.
Avoiding embarrassing situations that could be incurred from inappropriate social media postings has demanded for a new level of etiquette with businesses communicating on social media. It is a well-known fact that the internet never forgets, and when a slip-up occurs on a twitter handle, a company or individual can irreversibly damage their reputation in 140 characters or less. One prominent example of the harm that can come from improper social media etiquette lies in the case of Justine Sacco, a former Public Relations executive at media company IAC, tweeted right before her plane trip; "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!" (1).
Whereas before the flight Justine had her job and around 150 followers on Twitter, after landing her tweet had trended into the number 1 tweet in the world, she had gained thousands of followers, and she was fired from her job the following day. Even after apologizing for the tweet, there was no cure for the damage 64 characters had caused to Sacco's personal and professional life. The old adage, "think before you speak" in an updated sense would urge others to "think before you post".
Another example of the power in social media is shown through the stock market. When Netflix CEO, Reed Hastings, posted on his company Facebook page that Netflix monthly viewing had exceeded 1 billion hours for the first time ever, company stock rose over 20% within a day going from $67 a share to over $81 (2).This sudden rise of stock value prompted notices and a following investigation from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Although hoping to fine Hastings for a violation of public disclosure rules, the SEC ultimately discovered they did not have enough backings to indict Hastings for his Facebook post.
In the study of how some companies successfully use social media, I turned to the social media giant Starbucks. Boasting over 36 million Facebook fans, the Starbucks social team has little more to do than post a simple picture of their signature coffee to gather hundreds of thousands of likes and comments. After multiple posts on their walls and comments on their pictures, I wasn't able to receive any interaction from the Starbucks page(3). This was expected though, out of the thousands of comments


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Washington – Today, Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-05)—Chairman of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force—released the following statement on National Gun Violence Awareness Day:
"Every day, another family mourns the loss of a child, a sibling, a parent, or a friend because of gun violence. As a country, we've grieved for those lost in the tragedies of Newtown, Aurora, Tucson, Orlando, and too many other communities. And through it all, Congress has turned a blind eye.
"Not anymore. Today, I am proud to join thousands of activists across the nation in wearing orange and demanding to be seen. We need real solutions to put a stop to the carnage. As Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, I have worked hard on proposals to close loopholes in our background check system and form a select committee to study the causes of gun violence. Enough is enough. It is time for Congress to see the problem plaguing our country and do something to stop it."
As a Vietnam veteran, sportsman, and hunter, Thompson is a proud supporter of the Second Amendment. He works hard on solutions to curb gun violence without infringing on Americans' constitutional rights. He has proposed several measures to address gun violence, including:
- Forming a Select Committee to investigate gun violence and develop comprehensive solutions
- Closing loopholes in our background check system that allow some firearm purchasers—such as those at gun shows or on the internet—to buy a gun without a check
- Cracking down on straw-purchases and illegal gun trafficking
- Strengthening the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) by ensuring records are up to date


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Honda has doubled its safety offerings by adding Honda Sensing to every trim line. The 2019 Honda Pilot has been awarded the Top Safety Pick+ by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) for earning the highest overall safety rating.
All versions of the Honda Pilot now include all features of the Honda Sensing Suite with forward-collision warnings and automatic emergency braking provided by the Collision Mitigation Braking System; Other features include:
• lane-departure warnings using the Road Departure Mitigation System
• active lane control with Lane Keeping Assist System
• adaptive cruise control and LED headlights.
These features were earlier available only in the top variants of the Pilot. The new Honda Pilot also has an Intelligent Traction Management system to improve vehicle handling on different terrain and during different seasons. In addition to these, there are a number of other drivers assist features in the 2019 Honda Pilot. These include automatic high beams and a multi-angle rearview camera which are standard on all trims now.
The 2019 Honda Pilot upper trim levels offer even more driver assistance features. A blind spot information system and a Rear Cross Traffic Monitor have now been made standard on EX trims and above. The body and frame design of the 2019 Honda Pilot has also been modified to provide better strength and minimize damage to the interior of the vehicle's cabin in case of an accident. This design has been called the Advanced Compatibility Engineering Body Structure and is standard on all variants of the Honda Pilot now.
Honda has also offered the 3-point seat belt design for all seating positions and multiple airbags to keep everyone inside safe and secure. With so many added safety features, it's no wonder that the 2019 Honda Pilot has won accolades as the safest car in its category. If you are willing to know more, we can help you with additional insights on the 2019 Honda Pilot in Goldsboro. Visit us soon.
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As much as I love the symmetry of a beautiful Georgian style house, I also find myself myself drawn to interesting and often asymmetrical Tudor and English style houses. Given the diversity in architectural styles in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, there are quite a few examples to illustrate my fascination with this style!
When I think of Tudor style, I immediately think of decorative half timbering - strips of wood framing which form patterns on the masonry. This lovely example of a Tudor style home in Buckhead was taken down to the studs over the past few years, and lovingly put back together. I heard that there was a lot more damage and rot behind the walls than anticipated, so even though it was a renovation, virtually every bit of the house had to be replaced. Harrison Design Associates was architectural firm on the project. I love the part in front with the castellation and the Gothic motif in the stonework. The round decorative pot on the chimney is also a feature that is characteristic of Tudor style homes.
This Tudor style home is around the corner from the previous home, and was the winner of the 2009 Shutze award for small addition/renovation. The architects on the project were also Harrison Design Associates. The steep pitched roof is another characteristic feature of Tudor style homes. I think the brick pattern surrounding the door and downstairs window is so interesting.
This beautiful Tudor style home is on a gorgeous lot just shy of one acre. The house has been meticulously renovated, and is on the market; the kitchen in particular struck me as spectacular (see below).
The kitchen from the Tudor home renovation; there are no overhead cabinets, so the pantry on the right serves as the main storage area. I love the vaulted ceiling with beams to emphasize the shape of the vault. The window overlooks a beautiful backyard with a pool.
An unusally light Tudor style home in Buckhead, perhaps because there is no brick with the half-timbering.
This Tudor style home has a very steep pitch to the front gable, and a characteristic small arched front door.
Another light Tudor style home - the wood work in the half timbering has been painted a taupe color, which strikes me as unusual for this style home. I like the effect, though, as I tend to gravitate to light trim.
This Tudor style home has a detailed limestone door surround, and although there is some half timbering, the intricate pattern in the brick is what catches my eye. I love how this home is sited on the lot - at the top of a gentle slope.
Although I appreciate the characteristic Tudor style homes that I see around Buckhead, the homes that really capture my eye have some Tudor influence in shape and form, but are probably characterized more as English Revival (according to my fellow blogger Architect Design, my (much appreciated) resource when I have questions about architectural style). I had always thought of homes like these as Tudor, but apparently the term 'Tudor style' is overused and has become very broad and encompassing. This home was on the market last year, and I did a post on it; I occasionally look back to that post for interior design inspiration. Although Tudor and English Revival style homes are often quite dark inside because of use of dark wood panelling and small windows, this home is light and airy. It sold very quickly due to the beauty of the home, the interior design, and the desirable location in Buckhead (plus, it was before the financial markets crashed!).
This home is about 10 years old, and although the lot is quite deep, it is 100 feet wide, which is considered on the narrow side in this area of Buckhead (it's all relative, I know - in most places 100 feet wide would be a double lot!). These English Revival with Tudor influenced homes seem to work well on lots like this because part of their charm and beauty lies in the slight assymetry of their fascade. I went into this home on a tour of homes a few years ago, and one of the most charming parts was the piano room, which is the section on the left that sticks out a bit. Brian Bethea Smith was the architect for this home.
The English Revival/Tudor influenced home seems to have been a popular choice for new homes in Atlanta over the past 10 years. This home was built a few years ago, on one of Buckhead's premiere streets. Although it is large, it is also on a very large lot, and it is quite beautiful and impressive to see it in person. Look at that lawn - it looks like a golf course! I don't know who was the architect on this home; if anyone knows, please share.
This home is currently on the market, and was built on the same foundation as the ranch house that it replaced a few years ago. It was modeled on some of the many gracious English style homes found around Buckhead, but on a smaller scale. I love how the home has such a large sweeping front lawn.
I have driven or walked by this home countless times over the years, and was thrilled to be able to see the inside on a tour of historical homes in Buckhead. Built in 1923, it is one of the older homes in Buckhead. As is characteristic of homes of this style, some of the rooms were quite dark because of the wood panelling, but many of the rooms along the back had a nice light feel.
And finally, last but certainly not least. This house is one of my all time favorite houses in Altanta; I think it is so incredibly charming with its winding driveway and gas lantern, the two gables, the limestone surrounds on the doors and windows, the arched front entrance, the ivy that covers part of the fascade, the old slate roof. I have heard that the home is a bit dark inside, but the curb appeal is unbeatable.
I hope you enjoyed this tour of Tudor and English style homes in Buckhead. Do you have a personal favorite?


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Altered spring phenology of North American freshwater turtles and the importance of representative populations
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Globally, populations of diverse taxa have altered phenology in response to climate change. However, most research has focused on a single population of a given taxon, which may be unrepresentative for comparative analyses, and few long‐term studies of phenology in ectothermic amniotes have been published. We test for climate‐altered phenology using long‐term studies (10–36 years) of nesting behavior in 14 populations representing six genera of freshwater turtles (Chelydra, Chrysemys, Kinosternon,Malaclemys, Sternotherus, and Trachemys). Nesting season initiation occurs earlier in more recent years, with 11 of the populations advancing phenology. The onset of nesting for nearly all populations correlated well with temperatures during the month preceding nesting. Still, certain populations of some species have not advanced phenology as might be expected from global patterns of climate change. This collection of findings suggests a proximate link between local climate and reproduction that is potentially caused by variation in spring emergence from hibernation, ability to process food, and thermoregulatory opportunities prior to nesting. However, even though all species had populations with at least some evidence of phenological advancement, geographic variation in phenology within and among turtle species underscores the critical importance of representative data for accurate comprehensive assessments of the biotic impacts of climate change.
This article is published as Janzen, Fredric J., Luke A. Hoekstra, Ronald J. Brooks, David M. Carroll, J. Whitfield Gibbons, Judith L. Greene, John B. Iverson et al. "Altered spring phenology of North American freshwater turtles and the importance of representative populations." Ecology and Evolution 8, no. 11 (2018): 5815-5827. doi: 10.1002/ece3.4120.
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Launch of the UCL Unit for Stigma Research (UCLUS) Friday 16th February 2018 – Afternoon Session: Lived Experience and Stigma among Mental Health Professionals -Time for Greater Openness? | By Harriet Mills
By ucjulpo, on 7 March 2018
The session was chaired by Katrina Scior and Henry Clements, Director and Clinician Researcher with UCLUS respectively. In introducing the afternoon's theme Katrina noted that having researched disability stigma for a number of years, their group has felt increasing discomfort about stigma colleagues with lived experience of mental health problems face and a general reluctance within the mental health professions to talk about our own vulnerabilities. Katrina asked the room "Is there a need for greater openness among the mental health workforce?"
Patrick Corrigan, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, Illinois Institute of Technology and Lead Researcher with the US National Consortium on Stigma and Empowerment, joined us from the US via live feed as Keynote speaker. He called the stigma of mental health challenges fundamentally an issue of social injustice.
He spoke about his dual identity as a mental health professional and an individual with lived experience, and personal motivations to address stigma. The prominence of mental health related stigma visible in the media was highlighted, showing that it's very much "alive and painful". Stereotypes of being weak and dangerous continue to result in those affected by mental health challenges facing prejudice and discrimination. Randomised controlled trials show that direct contact with people experiencing mental health challenges is two to three times more effective in reducing stigma than education. He described the TLCs of addressing stigma: Targeted, Local, Credible, Continuous, Contact (Corrigan, 2011). He finished by calling on people to come out, and to feel proud about their lived experiences. Find out more at: www.hopprogram.org
Clare Gerada, Medical Director of the NHS Practitioner Health Programme, and Former Chair of the Council of the Royal College of GPs spoke about her work over the last decade, supporting doctors who experience mental health problems. She began by exploring the aetiology of personal and professional stigma within doctors with mental health problems, suggesting that the creation of the "medical self" dominates other self-identities and denies one's own needs over the needs of patients. Institutional stigma also contributes to barriers to help seeking, resulting in doctors mostly only presenting once they are at a point of crisis.
Dr Gerada called for more accessible services to enable medical professionals to seek confidential help. She warned that disclosing experiences of mental illness remains a lot more difficult for doctors than disclosing physical health problems.. This was followed by a group discussion, with a lively debate about disclosure and implications for medical professionals.
Find out about the upcoming The International Practitioner Health Summit 2018: The Wounded Healer which will be partly chaired by Dr Gerada here: https://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/practitioner-health-summit
Dr Ahmed Hankir, NIHR Acad. Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry and Sal Anderson, Reader at the University of the Arts London, screened their film, 'The Wounded Healer'. The film documents Dr Hankir's experiences as a medical professional with lived experience: "Personal experience can make you more empathic and more insightful".
"I see someone who is wounded, and he has little hope. He feels isolated. He wants to recover, but he doesn't know how. He wants to realise his potential, but he can't". The film seeks to debunk the myth that one cannot be a compassionate caregiver if one has lived experience. "My experiences have made me more determined"… "If I can recover, people out there experiencing mental illness can recover and realise their dreams". Find out more at: https://www.ahmedhankir.com/the-wounded-healer
Sue Baker OBE, Director of Time to Change, a partnership between Mind and Rethink Mental Illness, presented an overview of Time to Change's far reaching work in campaigning to end mental health discrimination. She began by acknowledging the need for safety around disclosure decisions and said we need to break down the "them and us" divide, with many more "wounded healers" speaking out. She noted a need for long term sustained changes in actual behaviour alongside changes in attitudes, so that people feel empowered to take action against stigma.
Time to Change have been conducting a national evaluation through the the National Attitudes Tracker, analysed and reported by IoPPN, and have found that levels of reported discrimination are reducing, and public attitudes and intended behaviour towards people with mental health problems have improved. She spoke about the growing impact of the TimeToTalkDay campaign. Moving forwards, they are looking to target wider audiences with a particular focus on men and lower socio-economic groups, via media campaigns such as Be in your mate's corner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l8LpDitZvY
Sue closed in saying "This is the generation for change!"
Dr Katrina Scior and Dr Henry Clements, UCL, spoke about Honest Open Proud for Mental Health Professionals (HOP-MHP), a project currently being conducted by UCLUS. A key philosophy of the Honest Open Proud is challenging the "us and them" divide, while empowering people and putting them in the driving seat to make their own disclosure decisions. The HOP-MHP project was informed by two national surveys conducted by UCL in 2015, where 63% of qualified clinical psychologists and 67% of trainee clinical psychologists surveyed reported having experienced significant mental health problems. 11% said they had not spoken to anyone about their experiences, in some cases because they were in the past and no longer seemed relevant, but in others due to fear of being judged negatively or it impacting negatively on their career.
Katrina emphasised that colleagues deserve our compassion and support regardless whether their mental health challenges arise from work stress or other causes, something that is at danger of getting lost in the current discourse about workplace mental wellbeing and stress faced by the NHS workforce.
Prof Jamie Hacker Hughes, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Former President of the British Psychological Society closed the afternoon session. He openly talked about his own lived experience as a driver of his decision to become a clinical psychologist and how he has mostly found disclosing helpful. Stigma he said, is still alive and well and remains a barrier to help seeking. He has been involved in a number of campaigns to tackle stigma including "Don't bottle it up", "Battle stigma" and "OnlyUs" . He closed the event with "There is no them, there is no us. Only us."
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Asian Tribune is published by E-LANKA MEDIA(PVT)Ltd. Vol. 20 No. 103
By Walter Jayawardhana - Reporting from Los Angeles
Using her authority provided under the Sri Lanka's Constitution, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga dissolved the 12th Parliament of Sri Lanka, paving way for General elections on 02 April 2004.
Bihar strongman Laloo Prasad Yadav has come up with a new reasoning why voters should reject Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee: because every single girl he wanted to marry also "rejected" him!
Six Asian nations will sign a free trade agreement abolishing tariffs by 2017, leaving Bangladesh the lone holdout after it withdrew from the deal at the last moment.
The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed yesterday that there had been no spread of avian influenza from poultry to pigs, and there had been no infection of avian flu between humans as well.
Thailand reported three more suspected cases of bird flu yesterday as Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra threatened to retaliate against trade partners who impose "unfair trade barriers" against Thai chicken.
Saudi authorities have urged the Afghan and Iraqi Haj missions to make rapid arrangements for the return flights of their pilgrims. "The Afghan Haj mission has not yet given us the schedule for the return journey of its pilgrims," Deputy Haj Minister Hatem Qadi said.
Front-runner John Kerry has rolled to decisive wins in Michigan and Washington state, extending his domination of the race to secure the US Democratic party's presidental nomination.
An Aussie woman sold Janet Jackson the costume that shocked more than 100 million Americans watching the Super Bowl last week.
But Sam Hill, the manager of famous New York sexual fetish store DeMask, which designs and makes its apparel, said Jackson's bustier must have been altered after it was bought to enable her boob to have been so easily exposed.
By Myint Thein - Senior Advisor to Burmese Resistance
During the past month I wrote thirteen articles in "Asian Tribune" to provide a better understanding of the real situation in Burma. (State Law and Order Restoration Council) SLORC/SPDC (State Peace and Development Council) is presently engaged in a desperate PR campaign to avoid an Independent UN Agency from conducting an investigation of the May 30th Massacre during which over one hundred democracy activists were killed.
At last the Parliament has been dissolved. But the dissolution of the Sri Lanka Parliament was long overdue. A right move in the right direction, which would end the pettifogging once and for all.
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Written on: 10/10/2017 by Rdiajudhai (1 review written)
I graduated 2 years ago but applied through GRB as I had been living abroad since then. I was also dealing with some other recruitment agencies at the same time and couldn't have been more impressed by GRB, they were easily the best. They actually listened to what I was looking for rather than trying to make me fit into roles they already had available, and they were on hand at every stage of the process. Plus every single person I spoke to there was super friendly and very helpful. I've… Read Full Review
Written on: 04/04/2017 by Traceb358 (1 review written)
I was contacted by GRB in my 4th year of university about a role in Programmatic Marketing. The interview had 3 stages and Programmatic marketing was an area I knew very little at the time. However GRB supported me a lot throughout the process. Not only did they provide tips for interviews both group and 1 on 1, they also guided my research about Programmatic Marketing. Thanks to their help and support I was offered a job at a top digital marketing company in London! I would highly recommend… Read Full Review
Written on: 10/10/2016 by erutter92 (1 review written)
The title speaks for itself. The team at GRB are incredible! Within a week of first speaking with the team, I was put forward for a great role which I immediately felt excited about, and they helped me feel prepared for every stage of the interview process. Joe, my recruitment consultant, contacted me at every point of the process to give me feedback and encouragement which really helped me to feel confident and ready to perform. I have now been offered the position and am delighted with… Read Full Review
Written on: 13/06/2016 by FranzLaRosee (1 review written)
I am a recent philosophy graduate, currently in the application process for graduate schemes in the financial advisory sector. Having worked with another graduate recruitment company, there were a couple points that made GRB stand out in particular: (1) GRB makes an effort to ensure that the interests of the recruit match the role, besides making sure that the recruit matches the interests of the particular company (2) During the screening process, recruiters at GRB always have an insightful… Read Full Review
Written on: 13/05/2016 by 291McCullough (1 review written)
GRB has been really helpful securing my graduate position. the person I dealt with is an excellent staff member who has been very supportive and helpful throughout the process. He goes an extra mile for his clients and ensues they are satisfied with the service. He always kept me up-to-date throughout every step, providing clear accurate instructions. A very friendly, polite and understanding team who is always eager to help. There is no doubt that I will be contacting the person I dealt with… Read Full Review
Written on: 08/12/2015
After a review of my CV, with recommended improvements, I attended interviews for a few interesting IT positions GRB found for me. Eventually I found a role that should suit me well. GRB regularly sent me job adverts for relevant positions. They also gave plenty of good advice. I would highly recommend them to a new graduate and also to mature graduates after completing a Masters for example… Read Full Review
Written on: 02/11/2015 by SzymonS (1 review written)
After graduation I have came across many recruitment companies but Graduate Recruitment Bureau was unmatched in support they provide during the whole application process and their professional approach. Every day I received a vacancy offer that would match my profile and expectations, all concerns and questions were answered in a very timely manner either via mail or phone. Moreover, before every stage of the application process I was provided with an advice on what to focus on and what to… Read Full Review
Written on: 17/09/2015 by DanTB (1 review written)
Having just come out of uni I was pretty clueless about the whole process of getting a job so applying, interviewing, testing etc... The staff at GRB were extremely enthusiastic and responsive (responding to my emails immediately) and guided me the whole way. I managed to get a job within a month of leaving uni and was very fortunate to have such great guidance. In particular the guys I dealt with played a huge roll in me getting essentially the perfect job for what I wanted. Thanks GRB!… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/07/2015 by AquaticView (1 review written)
I have initially signed up for the Graduate Recruitment Bureau (GRB) in search for graduate opportunities in finance and IT. A few weeks down the line I have received a personal e-mail detailing the offer that suited very well. After initially sending a CV to the recruiter, I was delighted to be contacted back with a very concrete advice and a template, which detailed how to make my CV really stand out. It contained both formatting advice as well as tailoring one. I had my CV previously… Read Full Review
Written on: 11/07/2015 by Grantfe54 (1 review written)
Helpful, clear advice on the structure and layout of my CV, thank-you… Read Full Review
Written on: 21/06/2015 by Hampton139 (1 review written)
This is a feedback for Corin Ryda. She prepared me well for the interviews and presentation which resulted in me getting a Graduate Product Consultant job. I was very pleased with how Consultant went through the whole recruitment process with me. It was easy to communicate and agree on details. Recruitment Consultant was very helpful in terms of all necessary preparations for interviews and presentation . She has been patient, well mannered and enthusiastic about getting a job for me. It was… Read Full Review
Written on: 19/06/2015 by emilyrk23 (1 review written)
I have spent two weeks working in the Marketing team of GRB and have thoroughly enjoyed the experience. The work has been highly varied, from producing content for the website and scheduling tweets to helping sign up potential candidates at a graduate Careers Fair. Alongside the relaxed and friendly atmosphere of the company, this has made my time with GRB a great experience. Working here has given me insight not only into the marketing strategies adopted by GRB, but also into the way that… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/06/2015 by Kalik315 (1 review written)
I called GRB in April to try to find work. After an initial round of questions (the answers to which seemed to be almost wilfully misunderstood) and a request for my CV, I heard absolutely nothing until June when I called about a listed vacacy. After a struggle to find my details which suggests I never actually made it onto the system, I was able to ask about the vacancy. This vacancy was posted 3 days earlier and the requirements could have been written for me, down to degree level and… Read Full Review
Written on: 08/06/2015
Hello. This is extremely unusual and I'd like to look into this further to establish what happened. Please contact me asap. Dan Hawes. GRB Co-Founder.
Written on: 26/05/2015 by Carney405 (1 review written)
GBR Recruitment und das ganze Team haben mich während des ganzen Recruitmentprozesses sehr gut beraten. Mir hat vor allem die Schnelligkeit imponiert. Schon nach einer Woche fürhte ich mein erstes Interview durch und kurz darauf hatte ich meinen Arbeitsvertrag in meiner Hand. Unternehmen vertrauen auf die Selektion von GBR und deshalb kann ich GBR Recruitment nur weiterempfehlen. Vielen Dank… Read Full Review
Written on: 23/05/2015
I was totally amazed at the way in which GRB (as they are often know) treats those seeking their first graduate job after university. They take an incredibly proactive approach to recruitment meaning they would come to you with one or two new rolls they'd like to put you forward for each week. It gives you a great confidence that they really want to get you a role and they never leave you in the lurch like some others I could name. They follow up quickly all the time, after each stage. They… Read Full Review
Written on: 02/05/2015 by JohannaWelsh85 (1 review written)
Excellent people and a great experience, found me multiple roles within days of signing up. They found me my current job and helped me through the process every step of the way. Would recommend to anyone looking for a job… Read Full Review
Written on: 22/04/2015
A great, hospitable company that really cares and helps its clients. Eases those who are new to the scatty, sometimes irrational, world of employment with good grace, humility, a sound knowledge… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/04/2015 by SheenaSodha (1 review written)
After months of a fruitless job search, I randomly got an email from GRB saying they would like to put my name forward for a job that was perfect for me and which I got eventually. Super grateful!!… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/04/2015 by Anna05 (1 review written)
My experience with GRB was great. My consultant was supportive all the way through my interview process and offered lots of tips and advice which was really personal and appropriate for the role. I would definitely recommend using GRB as after looking for a job for 6 months I got the first role they put me forward for. They also made sure that I was well suited to the role and the service was personal and attentive. Overall a very good experience… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/04/2015 by Laurachova (1 review written)
I worked at GRB for three months but have only positive things to say about the company. Everyone is welcoming, friendly and put a lot of effort into their jobs to provide for graduates and students. I was trained well and feel my personal and professional development have exceeded beyond my expectations. I have learnt a lot about the industry and the demands that come with it. If ever I felt I needed help, it was easy to ask. The office is sociable and supportive - it simply a lovely place to… Read Full Review
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H.E. Ms Nada Al Akl graduated from the American university of Beirut and joined the Lebanese Foreign Service in 1999. Since then she has served as First Secretary at the Embassy of Lebanon in Ottawa, Canada (2000-02), First Secretary at the Embassy of Lebanon in Amman, Jordan (2002-05), Deputy Permanent Representative of Lebanon to the UN Office & International Organisations in Geneva (2005-08), in the Department of International Organisations, Conferences and Cultural Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants in Beirut (2008-09), and as Consul General in Istanbul, Turkey (2009-10), tasked with the mission of being Head of the Observer Coordination Unit (OCU) at the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities, in relation to parliamentary elections and a secondment mission in June 2009.
From 2010 to 2011 she served in the Protocol Department at the Presidential Palace, then became Chief of the Cabinet of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Beirut (2011-12), before serving a five-year term (2012-17) as Deputy Chief of Mission in Nicosia, Cyprus. Ambassador Nada Al Akl speaks Arabic, French and English fluently, as well as a basic level of Spanish.


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A friend quoted a line from a book awhile back about being "responsible for your own feelings" and then I saw a quote elsewhere along the line of "nobody can make you feel anything." I have turned this over and over in my brain for weeks now.
On delving into it further, what I understood them to be saying is that nobody can hurt you, nobody can make you angry, nobody can make you sad, etc., that you alone are in control of your emotions and if you do feel hurt, sad, angry, you just do.
I disagree and here's why.


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The Priya Haji All Stars
Last summer, my friend Priya died suddenly. It's probably a stretch calling her my friend. We spent a lot of time together for about a year ten years ago and then met up at a conference or talked on the phone maybe once a year after that. We always had a great time catching up, but she probably had a thousand people in her life more important than me, so it feels a little presumptuous skipping ahead of those thousand people and pretending I "knew" her. All the same, she had an outsized impact on my life, and I think about her a lot, especially now that she's gone. You probably have someone in your life like this.
Priya was successful at a lot of things. She had a lot of the same qualities I see in other successful entrepreneurs. She was smart. She was an incredibly hard worker. She had a lot of confidence in her opinions. She was sometimes terrifyingly focused. But in more ways, she was completely unlike the standard Jobsian/Zuckerbergian archetype. She made other people feel like they were smart, often at her expense. She hugged people . . . a lot. She made fun of herself . . . a lot. She uptalked like a 17 year old valley girl. She talked about clothes and make-up more than someone who is trying to be taken seriously should probably talk. The last conversation I had with her, in a room full of relatively high powered investors, was about how hard it was for someone with her dark complexion to find base make up on vacation. If I remember correctly, there was also a rant about her "busted ass flip flops."
And here's the thing: it worked. The people I met who worked for her would walk through walls for her. They were inspired by her. They felt valued by her. They were also pretty clearly scared of disappointing her. People did their best work for Priya, and it was, as far as I can tell, because of, not despite, her leadership and communication style.
We all agree that entrepreneurship has a male asshole problem. We mostly agree that capitalism has a male asshole problem. People like Sheryl Sandberg have joined in the fight, and more power to them. Only, at the risk of slight oversimplification, it seems like their answer is that women should have the right to be assholes just like men. I don't disagree with this. If you have not met Mrs. Maloney, take it from me that she is not someone you would like to meet in a dark conference room. I guess the Maloney family benefits if Ms. Sandberg et al succeed in getting society to even better reward my wife's "I'm going to explain this to you once and if you don't understand why I am right just fucking get in line behind me because you and I both know I am right" school of leadership. The world needs more people like my wife in positions of authority. But I can't help but feel like we're skipping over the asshole part of the male asshole problem.
Investors are a pattern-matchy bunch. Pretty early they find one type of person who makes them a lot of money and after that they have a strong bias toward people who match that archetype. Paul Graham joked about this a few months back, but I think there is truth in the idea that we back what we have seen work. We have met a lot of successful assholes, so we expect that being an asshole is a critical element to being a success. (By the way, I'm not calling Mr. Zuckerberg an asshole. He's probably a lovely person. It's just there are a ton of assholes in the valley right now emulating him, so he is a convenient scape goat.)
I was lucky enough to meet Priya before I imprinted on assholes. I will owe her for the rest of my life for this gift she didn't even know she was giving me. Ever since, I've been drawn to people - women and men, but mostly women - who lead differently, who maybe don't immediately knock you over with their world-shattering awesomeness. But if you pay attention, you see people around them doing their best work. You see people who are 100% loyal to them, 100% bought in to what they're doing. (Side note: Another way to spot these people is that you see top level talent around them working for crappy, crappy salaries.)
To the extent that I have any part to play in this, I'd like it to be celebrating these people. I want more people to see what they do and how they do it. That there are a many different ways to lead, and part of solving the male asshole problem has to be celebrating people who don't fit the previously mentioned Jobsian archetype. My initial idea for this blog post was that I was going to call a few of these people out as my "Priya Haji All Stars", people I supported in the past ten years because they reminded me of her. I wrote a couple of profiles and realized that I would embarrass these people to death if I hit "Publish." I may do it anyway if I can get one or two of them to actually endorse the idea, but don't hold your breath.
So, instead, I'll do what I did last summer when I heard about Priya. I'll call them each up and tell them how much I appreciate them. I'll ask them what I can do to help them. I'll do it because I want to see more people like them in the world, and I want more people to see them succeed. Because that's the world I want to live in.
I invite you to identify your own Priya Haji All Stars and do the same. If they'll let you, write something about why they are awesome and send me a link. Let me know how I can help. I want to know more people like Priya.
Sofa Bed Thinking
I haven't written anything in over a month. I had a nice long Christmas break, and then we got a new puppy (pictured) who has been taking me on long walks during the down-time that I would have otherwise been blogging. I promise to all four of you to get back to writing something at least once a week. In honor of Arlo, the new dog, today I am writing about the single most important thing I ever learned at the dog park: the perils of sofa bed thinking.
18 years ago I was a young man in San Francisco just starting out in life. I had a new job, a new apartment and a 6 month old puppy I took to the park every day. One weekend morning, a dog park friend asked me what I was up to that day, and I said, "I'm going to go look at some sofa beds for my new apartment."
This dog park friend of mine was a little older than me, a little wiser and, if I remember correctly, an interior decorator. She said, "Don't get a sofa bed. It's not a good sofa. It's not a good bed. Do you need a sofa, or do you need a bed? Get that." And I instantly knew she was right. The scales fell from my eyes and I started to see sofa beds in all aspects of life, by which I mean, things which are supposed to solve two problems at once but in reality don't do a good job solving either.
There is a lot of sofa bed thinking in philanthropy. It's not entirely our fault. Most philanthropic decisions - by families, foundations or companies - are made by boards, not by individuals. Different board members care about different things. A smart program officer who has one board member who cares about underprivileged children and another board member who cares about water access can't believe his luck when he finds a group that is building play equipment that also pumps water. A group that has been working on job creation in inner cities for decades finds they can fundraise a lot easier if those jobs involve installing solar panels. Based on the way most philanthropic (and government) entities make decisions by board consensus, there is a natural bias toward projects and organizations that can present themselves as solving two (or three or four) different problems at once. Because we know we have a structural bias toward these sofa bed solutions, I think we should be extremely skeptical when we see them.
I'm not saying you don't come across projects that create benefits beyond one primary purpose, but if you ask anyone who has ever accomplished something really hard, they will almost always tell you it was because they had maniacal focus on one thing - one definition of success - and made all their decisions in service of maximizing their odds of achieving that goal. Put a different way for my nerd friends: trying to optimize an algorithm simultaneously for two uncorrelated outputs is a fool's errand.
If I look at some of the confusion and recent frustration around microfinance among US funders, I see people who see it as a tool for economic development, for women's empowerment, for dissemination of public health, for a million other things AND potentially as a way to make a return on their investment. I've met more than one program officer whose foundation is in microfinance not because it is the best way to accomplish any single goal, but because it allowed them to have a different positive story to tell each of their board members about what ever issue they are most interested in.
This is a terrible way to allocate capital, and I think it is important for all of us in philanthropy to be extra critical when we encounter these kinds of opportunities.
One other reason this is on my mind lately: I look across the impact investing landscape today, and I see a lot of sofa beds.
Patrick Maloney lives in Portland, OR where he helps nice people working on cool stuff. He tries to limit his blogging to things about which he knows something.
December 2015