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Ok, they are well-done. Technically and artistically, they are a good parody, and are brilliantly on target. However, I don't like them. I don't like Scientists hiting-off lady_gaga: should be lady_gaga mimicking the Scientists. I don't like the idea that graduate students would be better in doing viral videos than in doing western blots. I don't like the idea to be proud of it. I don't like my suspect that eppendorf tubes and other minor reagents have been exploited for 'projects' other than those from which they were funded. I don't like guys pretending to wear lab-coats in the lab: be intellectually honest, you don't use them. And finally, why striving for a Cell paper? You will never have 750,000 people reading your cell paper, but you got them with a viral video in just one week. You are succesfull in video production, give up with Science. In other words, it is not a bad project, but a wrong lab-project (in my humble opinion).

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GMATS Decision Decoded
This week, in an obscure posting that was selectively delivered to a limited audience, the U.S. Maritime Administration finally came clean on their thought process for closing the Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS) at Kings Point, NY. Actually, the release was delivered in what Marad characterized as a "blog" posting, but to those who are most impacted by the decision and still others who have been asking why for the better part of two months, it was news. But, let's not quibble.
The statement, attributed to U.S. Maritime Administrator David Matsuda, went like this:
Last month, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy made the decision to close the Global Maritime and Transportation School (GMATS), based on a recommendation from an internal task force. We want to share with the maritime community why this step was necessary.
In 2009, the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a report summarizing the findings of an investigation into the operations of the Academy and its Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentalities (NAFIs), such as GMATS. As a result of that report, the Maritime Administration established an internal task force to review the operations and continued viability of the Academy's NAFIs. And although it provides innovative education and training programs, this task force found that GMATS does not meet established criteria to continue operating as a NAFI. The GMATS Board of Directors, the USMMA, and the Maritime Administration all agreed on this fact, for several reasons:
NAFIs are supposed to benefit their agency's employees, which in this case, would be Academy midshipmen or personnel. However, we found that GMATS customers are primarily other government agencies and commercial entities outside the Academy. In fact, during FY 2008, FY 2009 and the first three quarters of FY 2010, the Navy Reserve and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) made up 95 percent of GMATS customers. Other maritime industry customers, including midshipmen – who are essentially GMATS' target customer – accounted for just five percent.
GMATS also contradicts basic NAFI principles by operating in direct competition with private service providers like maritime labor union schools, which have made substantial investments in training facilities and capabilities. Not only is this bad public policy, but it is bad for the maritime industry as a whole to have commercial business being diverted to an instrumentality of the federal government
Finally, a NAFI must be self-sustaining, yet it is uncertain that GMATS' business model can be sustainable without federal assistance.
We explored several options to keep GMATS open. However, GMATS cannot maintain its NAFI status, the USMMA lacks appropriated funding for this activity, and Congressional authorization would be required to transition it to some other entity. As a result, we had to make the decision to discontinue GMATS.
We value and appreciate the service of GMATS employees and are committed to working with them during their transition.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is absolutely committed to supporting programs that enhance maritime education, but we must do so in a manner that is consistent with federal financial management practices. The role of continuing maritime education at the Academy will be considered as part of the Academy's strategic planning process, which launched earlier this month.
Translation and Analysis
Dissecting the statement (and right off the bat), I would argue that "sharing the message with the maritime community" involves actually delivering the news to EVERYONE and secondly – perhaps most importantly – in a timely manner. Did we really need to wait 55 days for the reasons why a respected industry asset was being dismantled or did it take that long for Marad to get their story straight? We'll never know.
Matsuda's reasoning grinds through the usual, tired old arguments that have been bandied about intermittently for the past decade. That it took two months to publicly announce it is – and there is just no other word for this – weak. That said; I take exception to at least two of Matsuda's arguments.
First, the assertion that this "NAFI" did not benefit its host – the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy – is simply not true. And, I don't think you'll find that many would dispute this outside of Marad (no one at Marad gets to talk anymore unless it is first blessed by Secretary LaHood in any event). GMATS added value in every sense; through good will, international outreach and under the Radar (no pun intended) improvements in local curriculum. Mr. Matsuda should have left well enough alone and stuck to the NAFI argument.
Regarding the NAFI discussion, I can't claim to be a legal expert on this concept so I won't try to argue that point. But, when he freely admits that 95 percent of GMATS' customers were U.S. Government employees, I fail to see where doing away with the school benefits anyone, much less the taxpayers. Operating at no theoretical cost to the Academy itself, GMATS was primarily providing cost-effective training to government personnel. And really, who was helping who? Was it the federal government helping GMATS or was GMATS providing economy of scale for the government itself? Let's see Marad run the numbers on that. The real question(s) that Mr. Matsuda should have answered in his "blog" post are (a.) who will provide this training now, and (b.) will it be done at an equivalent cost and in a competent manner elsewhere?
Matsuda chides the GMATS model for competing in the private market place and then tells us that just 5 percent of its revenues stem from that sector. I suppose that this is the same sort of logic that goes into pouring 99.5% of all ARRA funds into concrete and high speed rail, to the detriment of the domestic waterfront. Yes, it is clear that sufficient training assets – exceptionally competent entities – exist elsewhere in the private sector that will probably more than take up the slack for any commercial training billets lost by the demise of GMATS. But, does it really matter? Spread that 5 percent over the breadth of the training sector and it probably doesn't amount to but a very small percentage of the overall maritime training and credentialing output in this country.
The Marad Chief wraps it up nicely by saying, "We value and appreciate the service of GMATS employees and are committed to working with them during their transition." Let's hope this entails help and outreach that exceeds DOT's so far tepid commitment to this island nation's most important, environmentally efficient and cost effective transport mode (that's the waterfront, if you didn't know).
I'm a little irritated this week. You might have picked up on that thread. The full breadth of the U.S. maritime industry trade press has been asking Marad to clarify its decision since December 8th. This week, in belated response, we get a "blog." On the other hand, it isn't really "news" anymore, is it?
Navy Gets Hawaii Superferries from Marad for $35 Million
Separately and also this week (busy, busy at DOT) another obscure press posting from Marad announces that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration has transferred two high speed vessels, the Huakai and the Alakai, to the U.S. Navy. The Navy plans to use the vessels to transport troops and equipment to training areas from Okinawa and other locations. Fair enough and I'm glad that the vessels finally found a home.
According to Marad, "the Navy provided $35 million to the Maritime Administration for both vessels. The Maritime Administration took possession of the two ships after their original owners, Hawaii Superferry, Inc., defaulted on loans that the Maritime Administration had guaranteed. The vessels are currently docked at Lamberts Point in Norfolk, VA." This much we already knew. And, the $35 million fire sale price tag? That involves little more than a paper transaction between two government entities.
Built at a total cost that approached $140 million, Marad was apparently unable to secure bids from the private sector that exceeded what the Navy was willing to cough up. Hopefully, the Navy will get some real utility from the vessels. That said, I have also been told by better qualified readers that the costs of conversion will not be inexpensive, either. The announcement, nevertheless, closes a sad chapter for domestic shortsea shipping efforts. Along the way, the taxpayers took another bath because of it.
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Runners of all ages and abilities are being urged to do their bit in the fight against heart disease this Mother's Day.
Organisers of the British Heart Foundation's (BHF) Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (QEOP) Run are asking people to walk or run a 5k or 10k on Sunday, March 26.
More than 1,000 participants have already signed up. To celebrate Mother's Day, a small gift will be offered to all the mums who are taking part or spectating.
Leanne Postlethwaite, fundraising event manager at the BHF, said: "Challenging yourself to the QEOP is a fantastic way to support the nation's heart charity, save lives and improve your own heart health at the same time.
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Fintech in ASEAN: Unlock the Opportunity
ASEAN has the fastest growing middle class in the world and nascent financial infrastructure. What does that mean for fintech companies seeking opportunities in the region? We interviewed Simon Cant, co-founder and managing partner, Reinventure Group and Sopnendu Mohanty, chief fintech officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore for insights.


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4. Location: DongBaek, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do. (near Everland, or an amusement park, the greatest in South Korea) Within 1 minuteˇŻs walking distance from DongBaek Station (Everline).
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A plaque to commemorate the Huguenots of Spitalfields was unveiled by the Huguenot historian, Dr Robin Gwynn, at the closing event of Huguenot Summer in September 2015. Positioned outside Hanbury Hall, Hanbury Street in Spitalfields, the artwork of handmade ceramic Delft tiles was designed and made by artist, Paul Bommer to convey and celebrate the Huguenots rich and varied contribution to British society.
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Date posted: Wednesday 27 November 2019
We are recruiting for a number of roles in both our London and Winchester studios. We offer excellent remuneration with a competitive salary; a great benefits package and regular CPD and social activities. Please follow the links to find out more.
Date posted: Thursday 3 October 2019
Congratulations to Architectural Technologist April Rapley, who has recently qualified as a BREEAM Advisory Professional. As a BREEAM AP, April will provide expert support to our project teams working towards achieving their BREEAM target ratings and sustainability goals. She will also ensure that ArchitecturePLB and our clients are getting the maximum benefits from the BREEAM process by helping to set priorities and advise on the trade-offs required to achieve the target BREEAM rating.
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Date posted: Tuesday 17 September 2019
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Date posted: Wednesday 21 August 2019
ArchitecturePLB has recently made a number of significant promotions across the practice as well as welcomed new team members to both the London and Winchester Studios. Jo DeSyllas and Paul Phasey have been promoted to Associate Director level in recognition of their contribution to the practice.
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We are looking for a Senior Architect to join our London Studio. If you are a Senior Architect with a minimum of five years post qualification experience we can offer you new design opportunities working on exciting projects in a friendly and collaborative environment.
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We are recruiting in both our London and Winchester studios. If you are a recently qualified Architect or an experienced Part II Architectural Assistant we can offer you new design opportunities working on exciting projects in a friendly and collaborative environment. If you are interested in joining the team please see our job description.
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Date posted: Friday 16 November 2018
Associate Director Paul Conway and Associate Jo DeSyllas have accepted a place on Southampton City Council's Design Advisory Panel, a panel of experts drawn from a pool of local architects, landscape architects, urban designers and other design related professionals. Members meet monthly to offer advice and assist in raising the standards and quality of spaces and buildings across the city. The panel review publicly significant development proposals and their comments play a role in the decision-making process of local planning officers.
Date posted: Tuesday 17 July 2018
Director, Rupert Cook has been invited to join the Equilibrium Network, an inter-disciplinary collaboration of built environment professionals and those working in client organisations. The Network, which is led by a steering group of successful women, aims to address the attrition rates of women professionals in the industry and promote gender diversity around the board room tables of organisations working across the built environment.
Membership is extended to senior men and women who are creating the built environment and who are known to be influential across the professions and the industry at large. Members are asked to commit to being an accessible role model, promoting diversity both within their own organisations and through external networks. To advocate the business benefits of gender balance at senior level. And to mentor and support aspiring future female leaders to enable them to achieve their leadership potential.
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Date posted: Tuesday 10 July 2018
Each year ArchitecturePLB welcome work experience students from local schools. Last week Architect Darren Wilson and Architectural Assistant Kwan Vo mentored Lottie in our London Studio.
Date posted: Friday 25 May 2018
We are looking for Part I and Part II Architectural Assistants to join our London and Winchester Studios. We have some exciting projects on the horizon and can offer a wide range of experience within a supportive environment. If you are interested in joining the team please see our job descriptions; Part I Architectural Assistant and Part II Architectural Assistant.
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Date posted: Thursday 29 March 2018
Architects Tom Hayes, Anna Osbourne, Andy Joyce and Jo DeSyllas have recently enjoyed mentoring two students from the University of Portsmouth through the RIBA Student Mentorship programme. Tom Ellis and Marcus Cooper told us how they found the experience:
Date posted: Wednesday 28 March 2018
We were well fed by the Winchester team throughout the day, and there was a vast array of home made cake and dessert on offer!
As usual the day ended in a team building activity. This time we were tasked with building a boat propelled by a simple steam powered engine which could carry two eggs along a stretch of plastic guttering. Points were awarded for speed, creativity and egg-based puns.
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ArchitecturePLB is welcoming applications from Architects and Senior Architects with BIM and Revit experience to join our growing London studio.
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Date posted: Thursday 8 March 2018
ArchitecturePLB is supporting London Festival of Architecture's Elephant Campaign, which aims to stamp out discriminatory behavior in the built environment and encourage industry leaders to commit to positive change. Please visit their website for information, pledge to acknowledge 'the elephant in the room' and take steps to challenge outdated attitudes, ensuring that the property industry is safe and welcoming for everyone. To show support, practices, and other companies working in the industry are sharing creative elephants on Twitter and Instagram.
Date posted: Tuesday 12 December 2017
With new commissions and bid successes we are welcoming a number of new staff to the practice. The London studio has gained a new Senior Architect, Wyn Gilley. Wyn brings with him a depth of experience from a wide range of projects in both the residential and education sectors.
Two new Part I architectural assistants have also joined us in the second half of the year, George Knipe in our London Studio and Fern Roberts in Winchester. We are currently in the process of recruiting for both architectural assistants and architects, and we hope to welcome these new team members in the new year.
We are also celebrating the success of Andy Joyce and Anna Osbourne, who are the latest team member to attain fully qualified Architect status having completed their RIBA Part III this year.
Date posted: Tuesday 28 November 2017
ArchitecturePLB have an opportunity for an architect in our London office. If you have three years post qualification experience we can offer you new design opportunities working on exciting projects in a friendly and collaborative environment.
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Due to an expanding project portfolio we are looking to recruit talented and experienced RIBA Part II Architectural Assistants to join our London and Winchester teams to assist in the design and delivery of an exciting range of projects.
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Date posted: Wednesday 8 February 2017
ArchitecturePLB is pleased to announce the promotion of Paul Phasey from Senior Architect to Associate. Since joining ArchitecturePLB in 2004, Paul has developed an expertise in sustainable design and is an accredited Passivhaus Designer.
Date posted: Tuesday 13 December 2016
We are saddened to learn that John Browning, one of the founding partners of the practice, passed away recently. John led and was involved in a range of projects, many of which achieved national recognition including RIBA and Civic Trust awards, as well as accolades at local level through amenity groups such as the Winchester Trust.
Date posted: Friday 9 December 2016
Tom Hayes and Callum Lewis-Laverty are the latest members of the ArchitecturePLB team to successfully attain fully qualified architect status. Their achievement maintains our 100% track record for staff qualifying as architects, reflecting the practice's commitment to fully supporting staff in their professional development. Congratulations Callum and Tom!
Date posted: Friday 24 July 2015
This year our annual practice study day took place in East London. We began with a boat cruise from Westminster to Greenwich, an opportunity to observe the capital's diverse architectural styles from a unique vantage point. Unconventional views continued with a trip to the top of the Orbit tower in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Lunch was followed by an urban design tour of the new housing developments of East Village and Chobham Manor, as well as the more familiar sporting arenas. The day concluded with discussion of all we had seen over delicious pizzas and craft ales in the arts quarter of Hackney Wick.
Date posted: Wednesday 22 July 2015
Three new starters graduated on Friday from Portsmouth University. Paul Moss, Liam Whitfield and Anna Osborne. Paul completed his BA Hons. His project investigated how the power of good architecture can have a real social impact on the lives of people from vastly different social groups, creating a place of unity and giving through an interpretation of the Food bank.
Date posted: Thursday 25 June 2015
ArchitecturePLB has been named in the Architect's Journal list of the top 120 architectural practices in the country. ArchitecturePLB are delighted to be ranked amongst the top practices again this year, reflecting continued success across all sectors.
Date posted: Wednesday 10 June 2015
With new commissions and bid successes we are welcoming a number of new staff to the practice. A new Senior Architect will expand the skills and experience of our London team, while in Winchester we have appointed three Architectural Assistant and an Architect, and welcomed back Architectural Technician Chris Nash. We have also recognised staff development through two promotions; Stephen Belcher has been promoted to Senior Architect and we have acknowledged the growing management role of our Finance Manager Alison Taylor through promotion and expansion of her remit to Company Secretary.
Date posted: Tuesday 9 June 2015
Congratulations to ArchitecturePLB's touch rugby team that took part in this year's Southampton Commercial Property Mixed Rugby Tournament.
After a slow start, the team rallied with strong wins against Clarke Willmott LLP and AECOM and narrowly missed out on the semi-finals.
Date posted: Tuesday 17 February 2015
Our Housing team will be heading down to the south coast in early March for the annual CIH South East Conference & Exhibition at The Brighton Centre. ArchitecturePLB are sponsoring the 3 day event starting on Tuesday 3rd March. There will be a full programme of presentations, masterclasses and think tanks. One of the ArchitecturePLB team will be present throughout to digest and discuss recent innovations and best practice within the sector.
Visit the CIH website to view a list of confirmed speakers and the detailed programme of events.
Date posted: Friday 19 December 2014
Having completed his training course in October this year, Paul Phasey has now been officially designated as a Certified PassivHaus Designer by the Passivhaus Institute. Paul will soon be featured on the list of Certified PassivHaus Designers and Consultants found on the PHI's website www.passivehouse-designer.org
Date posted: Friday 28 November 2014
Congratulations to Architectural Assistant Tom Hayes in our Winchester office who was recently awarded an RIBA Student Award for his Part II project, 'Branching Out'.
His project seeks to explore the role of Botanic Gardens in society through developing abandoned housing sites in Estepona, Spain. The project aims to integrate the existing economies of agriculture and tourism in order to revitalise this area of the Andalusian coast.
You can read more about the project here.
Date posted: Wednesday 26 November 2014
Congratulations to Architectural Assistant Dan Trenholme in our London studio who has been awarded the prestigious RIBA London Student Award for his RIBA Part I work. His work focused on the redevelopment of the Heygate Estate in Southwark; relocating the adjacent shopping centre and combining with residential units and city farms to create an alternative, self-sufficient community. Dan presented his work to the office on Friday afternoon, followed by lively debate amongst all staff about the concept and admiration of the intricate hand drawn plans.
Date posted: Friday 24 October 2014
Autumn Practice Day took place in our Winchester studio again this year. A summary of the last 6 months, current business development activity and objectives for the future was provided from the directors. Project architects presented the status of the various projects within our current diverse sector spread, from Schools and Housing to Commercial and Colleges and Universities. A delicious spread of savoury and sweet supplements were provided by willing staff from both studios. There was time at the end of the day for a team photograph and a chance to share images which we found particularly inspiring.
Date posted: Monday 20 October 2014
Last week our London studio traveled to Moor Park to view site progress of the new Design and Technology building at Merchant Taylors' School. The new facility will provide classrooms, workshop and flexible 'breakout' spaces, whilst also improving pedestrian access across the site. The building incorporates cross laminated timber (CLT) panels within the structure allowing the building fabric to be used as a teaching tool for the school, as detailed in the original brief. The visit provided a valuable learning opportunity for some of our new recruits, introducing them to some of the modern construction methods.
Date posted: Thursday 11 September 2014
ArchitecturePLB have become one of the founding members of the Residential Construction Network. Already members of the Education Construction Network, the practice are keen to join the current debate on the housing crisis – the lack of provision, sustainability, the planning process, affordability, the use of the greenbelt and the ageing population. Alongside our other memberships and initiatives in this sector, we value this opportunity to explore the future of our industry and look forward to contributing with new research and innovative design solutions to address these issues.
Date posted: Wednesday 13 August 2014
Our Green Office Group are delighted that their hard work and achievements have been recognised in a glowing report from the auditor who undertook our ISO14001 Audit in July. Our ISO14001 certification was renewed and the following comments made in the auditors report: "Excellent management of the systems documents and records [….] All equipment to be purchased has energy saving attributes and there is good recycling being conducted. Top Management are proactive in their approach to environmental management. The way the system is managed makes it easy to follow and a pleasure to audit."
Date posted: Tuesday 29 July 2014
ArchitecturePLB Director Rachel Shaw has been invited to continue her membership of Southwark Design Review Panel. Rachel has been a member of the panel since its inception in 2006 when it was one of the first local authority design review panels in London. The past 8 years have seen major changes in the built environment in Southwark, giving the opportunity to be involved in the review of a range of interesting development proposals.
Date posted: Tuesday 22 July 2014
It is the time of year when we invest time and energy in the possible architects of the future. We have enjoyed having four Year 11 and year 12 students from various schools with us for work experience placements. As well as taking the students to meetings and site visits we set each student a mini design project which they undertake with guidance from a mentor. Director Rupert Cook took part in an careers event at his old school to give year 12 students an outline of Architecture as a career.
Date posted: Friday 11 July 2014
This years Practice summer study trip was held at Hayling Island Sailing Club; an appropriate destination as a result of the recent design competition win for Parkstone Yacht Club in Poole. As well as a visit around the club facilities, the day involved team building activities of windsurfing and dinghy sailing, including an introduction to racing. The two studios enjoyed a barbecue lunch together on the balcony, with the whole day providing a great opportunity to catch up and share project progress on a beautiful day on the south coast.
Date posted: Monday 16 June 2014
On Monday 16th June ArchitecturePLB directors, Nick Mirchandani and Rupert Cook delivered a model making workshop for two Hampshire primary schools on the theme of 'Workspaces'.
It was delivered in conjunction with as part of the Live Work Play initiative, alongside the exhibition currently being held at the Discovery Centre in Winchester. The exhibition is an RIBA initiative to showcase recent work by Hampshire based architects.
Date posted: Tuesday 10 June 2014
ArchitecturePLB, Director Rupert Cook will be delivering a presentation as part of the 'Learning Environments: Future-Proofing our Education Spaces' conference on Tuesday 1st July at the new Central St Martins facility in Granary Square.
Rupert will explore key themes of the conference using the Teaching and Resource Centre, Royal Veterinary College as a case study.
Follow this link for further details.
Date posted: Thursday 29 May 2014
This year's AJ100 rankings have been published, with ArchitecturePLB placed 94th in the top 100 architectural practices in the UK. For more detailed information visit the AJ website here
Date posted: Friday 2 May 2014
ArchitecturePLB's Green Sky Thinking Week event 'Skeleton Safari – Adding Value Through Passive Retrofit' at the Royal Veterinary College was well attended despite the tube strike. The event was held in the Social Learning Space designed by ArchitecturePLB. Along with other design team members and the client we presented how the project was developed to bring maximum value to the campus in the most sustainable way. Themes included lean materials and engineering, passive ventilation design and design to maximise natural daylight.
Date posted: Wednesday 16 April 2014
This year's AUDE conference took place at Roehampton University attended by a mixture of ArchitecturePLB directors and associates. Our custom designed stand was well received, attracting both fellow exhibitors and delegates. Our team met with a range of directors of estates, contractors and fellow consultants, engaging in conversations about the state of the Higher Education sector and potential development opportunities.
Date posted: Wednesday 2 April 2014
ArchitecturePLB's William Bond, was recently invited to give a presentation at the CIC South BIM Hub. William, who has a Masters in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution, focused on the contractual risks and responsibilities of BIM protocols, particularly the new CIC BIM Pro (2013).
Date posted: Thursday 20 March 2014
This year it was the turn of our London studio to host the whole ArchitecturePLB team for our Spring Practice Day. Directors and Associates gave a number of forward looking presentations including future business development strategies. Project progress was shared with everyone showing one image and saying a few words about their current project. London office staff provided a magnificent feast of home cooked food for lunch (hoping to reap the reward when they visit the Winchester office for our Autumn Practice Day in October!)
Date posted: Wednesday 27 November 2013
We have carried out a further session in-house to deliver Revit Fundamentals training to another group of six staff, meaning well over half have now been trained. We have worked closely with our partners; IMS CAD, who supported us to deliver a cloud based solution to access Revit, along with Ian Howard of Revit Store who delivered the bespoke training. This roll-out fits within our third phase of BIM implementation, supported by further investment where we are seeking a greater breadth of skills within the practice, along with in-house resources offering, better design information earlier, with greater efficiencies and the elimination of coordination problems.
Date posted: Thursday 24 October 2013
This year's Autumn Practice Day took place in our Winchester office. It was an opportunity for all staff to share practice news and project progress, reviewing successes and sharing experience. Afternoon presentations were interspersed with tasting and voting for our very own "Great APLB Bake Off". Associate Andrew Fifield took top place with his fantastic New York Cheesecake just beating strong competition.
Date posted: Thursday 25 July 2013
This years Practice summer outing was to the Savill Garden in Windsor Great Park. Both offices joined forces for a visit to the Stirling prize shortlisted Savill Building which houses the visitor centre. The partly buried building has an elegant and distinctive three domed, double-curved 'sinusoidal' roof with a larch interlocking timber lath structure. Winchester and London staff caught up over a relaxed lunch at the gardens. The afternoon was taken up with some fun team building activities including a highly competitive crazy golf championship.
Date posted: Saturday 13 July 2013
We are pleased to announce that we have been accredited with ISO14001 status at our new London office.
Date posted: Monday 20 May 2013
We have recently relocated from Great Suffolk Street to a newly refurbished top floor studio in Long Lane. Keeping loyal to the south side of the river, we remain close to London Bridge and Waterloo main line stations and within a few minutes' walk from Borough tube station. Full contact details can be found via the Contact area of our website. We look forward to welcoming you to our new premises.
Date posted: Thursday 19 July 2012
ArchitecturePLB has been appointed as one of four architects on University College London's 4-year Construction Consultants Framework, following a two stage OJEU selection process and interview. We are delighted to have been selected by UCL, who are consistently ranked within the top ten universities in the world, and endeavour to produce high quality, efficient and sustainable solutions that continue to reflect the ambitions and reputation of this internationally-renowned institution.
Date posted: Wednesday 25 April 2012
ArchitecturePLB has recently announced the appointments of Emily Rissom and Paul Conway from senior architects to associates, bringing the number of associates to four across ArchitecturePLB's studios in London and Winchester. Not only do these appointments increase the support to the board of directors but they also add strength and depth to the senior management team in terms of project experience, enabling the directors of ArchitecturePLB to lead the practice into its next phase and respond to current changing times.
Date posted: Wednesday 19 October 2011
Twice a year the whole practice gathers in one of our offices for an update on what everyone is doing, a chance to show off projects to colleagues, clock up some CPD points and socialise. This time, as well as presentations about our new branding, new projects were introduced and projects under construction presented. CPD included debate about drawing for different types of contracts and a seminar on the introduction of BIM across the practice. A glass of wine and a snappy "pecha kucha" style presentation from each office – with very different interpretations of the same 'design inspiration' theme – ended the day, although discussions carried on in the pub!
Date posted: Saturday 3 September 2011
We are running two projects using Revit and are pleased to be gaining from a number of the benefits of a BIM approach. We are currently tailoring our working methodologies to achieve more as well as rolling out the BIM approach to projects drawn with a 2D CAD approach. Looking ahead we are looking for the right projects and team to work collaboratively and adopt a 'social BIM' approach to gain the full benefits.
Date posted: Wednesday 3 August 2011
As part of our 40th anniversary celebrations, the hardy cyclists amongst us set ourselves a challenge… to ride the 78.5 miles between our London and Winchester offices to raise money for Enham, a charity whose aims we have learnt about whilst designing their new residential education facility, Coopers Chase. Heavy rain, slippery roads and a few good hills tested our pedal power. Ten cyclists started – one visited Guildford A&E and two had to retire – finally, seven arrived in Winchester in good spirits but with tired legs. We exceeded our £2500 sponsorship target by £305.
Date posted: Tuesday 26 July 2011
We have been upgrading our Vectorworks drawing software to the latest version, 2011, and amending the way we use it to bring our systems in line with the industry-recognised standards of BS 1192:2007 and the AEC (UK) CAD standard suite of documents. We have also adopted the Uniclass classification system; the recommended approach to ensure compliance with the BS. Updating to the latest software has enabled us to review and improve our CAD graphic output including details and presentation information. All recent projects and some of our legacy projects will benefit from the use of the new software.
Date posted: Friday 15 July 2011
The summer CPD outing for ArchitecturePLB this year involved tours by project teams around the new Academies of Shoreham and Sir Robert Woodard's (near Littlehampton), then a late lunch at Heatherwick Studio's East Beach Café. The Academies are being built by Balfour Beatty for West Sussex County Council for completion late 2011.
Date posted: Friday 8 July 2011
2011 is ArchitecturePLB's 40th year and to mark the occasion we have planned a whole programme of events and activities, including a review of our visual identity. We started the celebrations last night with a party in one of our most recently completed projects at the Royal Veterinary College in Camden. Clients, colleagues and friends of the practice joined us to celebrate 40 years of fine architecture.


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And the Android users can now start running and swinging on ropes – all the heads up to Temple Run 2! 😎 Temple Run 2 was made available for iOS from 17th January 2013 and within 4 days, it reached 20 million downloads on the i app store! 😯 The OG Temple Run, which has been a serious addiction to all the teens, was downloaded over 170 million times on Google Play + i App Store + Marketplace.
What New Has Struck Gold With The Sequel?
If you have enjoyed playing the original Temple Run, then you will fall in love with the Temple Run 2! 😛 The rule of the 2 is same like the original game; you need to save your life and keep collecting coins to shoot up your score board. But this time you don't need to just run, you need to escape from a giant ape, swing over the rope, duck under the low bridges, jump over huge gaps etc… You need to navigate perilous cliffs by swinging over the ropes or jumping over! 😯 In this fast n furious game, if you fail to react, you will break down by either crashing or falling. Even the ape is always behind you! 😉 Improved upon the graphics, the sequel places you in a jungle and strokes you with zillions of twists and turns.
In one of the press release, the co-founder of Imangi, Keith Shepherd said that; the response from fans has been overwhelming. We are thrilled players want more of the Temple Run universe, and we hope to grow and expand the game over the coming months. In another interview by Keith Shepherd, he said that, we have been having a lot of fun with the game — it's pretty hard to put down, frankly.
Temple Run 2 is a free app and now is available both on the App Store and Google Play.
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As the UK's national flag charity the Flag Institute is an enthusiastic publisher of original research and opinion on the subject of flags and flag use. Wherever possible the Flag Institute is keen to assist with the publication of reasoned opinion for the purposes of debate, and of original research for the purposes of peer review and debate. Where such research presents robust and reasoned conclusions which reflect the official view of the Flag Institute, the Board of Trustees may elect to brand any resulting publication as An Official Flag Institute Guide.
British Flags & Emblems
In 2004 the Institute published its first book, British Flags & Emblems by the Institute's Chief Vexillologist, Graham Bartram, and with a foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. You can read more about this book, and buy it online, by clicking here.
Flying Flags in the United Kingdom
In 2010, in association with the Flags & Heraldry Committee of the UK Parliament, published a new guide to British flag protocol, Flying Flags in the United Kingdom. The 16-page booklet is designed as an easy to use guide for anyone with a flagpole, from government departments to private individuals. The booklet has been sent to every council in the UK, and is available to read online or download from this website.
Flags for churches
The Flag Institute has also published a poster, Flags for churches. This is an area that the Institute receives lots of queries about so we thought it would be a good idea to produce a simple poster that tries to answer these questions. You can read more about the poster by clicking here.
Publications exclusively for Members
Since 1971, the Flag Institute has regularly published its journal, Flagmaster, and since 2006 this has been in full colour. Posted every quarter to members, you can find out more about the journal in its own section and exclusively to members online, the Flagmaster Archive containing previous editions in PDF format.
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are an occasional series of papers, covering areas of keen vexillogical interest. They are made available exclusively to members of the Institute in the Members' Area, or you can read a contents listing here.
The Colours of The Fleet
is an ambitious ongoing project, commenced in the mid 1990s, to list every flag and ensign bearing the Union Flag in the canton, past and present – over seven hundred in all. It has recently been published by the Flag Institute and is only available from the Members' Area in PDF format, numbering eighty-six pages.
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唯我独尊/Yuiga Dokuson (I am unique to be respected.)
It was the first exhibition for me in Melbourne and was with Master Shotei Ibata.
I went to there with my artworks by airplane. Melbourne was quite different from Sydney. It looked more European styles in city. I loved it very much. There were not only drink bars but also many nice cafes opened at night time. It was great!!!
Yuiga Dokuson : Scroll
Size: 180cm x 45
Others: Frame
Size:45cm x 45cm
Place: east & west gallery Melbourne
Year: 2004
Shotei Ibata and Ren


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Technology's let me down twice today.
First off the Jeep's battery was completely dead this morning, so I had to get a taxi to work. Car batteries here seem to last for about a year and a half and then die without any warning. Not Jeep's fault though.
Secondly, the joystick on my borrowed K750i has suddenly stopped working. Frequent blog readers of mine are entertained, I know, by my regular postings on the twin themes of electrical plugs and on Sony's shortcomings. This may be the last straw for Sony as far as I'm concerned. Time to return to the Nokia fold, or buy a Motorola to demonstrate my role as a standard bearer for standard cabling across multiple vendors.
I've never really liked Motorola phones – I don't like clamshells and their normal phones come across as a bit girly. A Nokia it will have to be, unless a Sony exec wants to give me a new joystick free phone to placate me. One that uses the same data cables I already have. And will use the Memory Stick Pro cards I already have. And the earphones I already have. And the chargers too.
Looks like I'll be getting a Nokia.
Archive for October, 2006
Technology lets me down31/10/2006
Technology's let me down twice today.
Sort your grammar out, Prince Charles31/10/2006
Prince Charles made a toe-curlingly awful error in a speech he made in Pakistan yesterday.
He introduced the talk saying that it was a pleasure 'for my wife and I' to be in Pakistan. He should have said 'for my wife and me'.
I blame Aussie soap Neighbours for introducing this common error into daily British conversation in the mid 80s. I'm sure people never used to say 'between you and I', 'give it to him and I' and suchlike before Todd, Codey, Madge and Lou started to.
Dubai from the Sky27/10/2006
Mrs Saul bought me a trial flying lesson for my birthday, so we spent an hour in the skies above Dubai yesterday.
It was great fun. Although cameras are not allowed into the airport area for security reasons, Mrs S managed to get some good pics with her camera phone. You can see them here.
I was amazed to see how quickly the Palm Jumeirah's coming on.
Roger Lima Echo 4. Captain Biggles Saul.
Good traffic news at last26/10/2006
There have been a couple of positive traffic related articles in the UAE press this past week. We've heard that police patrols will be increased by 25% and that drivers will be fined for not using their indicators when turning. A week or so ago Sheikh Mohammed's son, Sheikh Hamdan, stated that the city's fast development could not be used as an excuse for bad driving on Dubai's roads and gave his support for increased police efforts to combat the situtation.
All of this is pretty encouraging. The poor standards of driving here are one of the few things that prevent life in Dubai being truly world class. Whilst things here may well be better than many other countries, extra police patrols and steady implementation of the law will make life better for everyone. I wish the police all the best with the tough task of managing the different approaches to road safety harboured by their thousands of residents from across the world.
Bad driving is something that always bewilders me. Surely even the most selfish, ego-centric character realises that using your indicators and sticking to some basic rules is probably going to get you there faster than veering in and out and pushing and shoving everywhere? There's no need to think of using your indicators and giving way as some kind of act of kindness. Go on, be selfish about it! Do it so that the roads run more smoothly, there are fewer accidents and you get where you're going on time.
The ultimate symbol of a civilised society is a driver stopping for pedestrians waiting at a zebra crossing. At first that might seem like a trivial thing to measure a society by, but think about it – it signifies a respect for other people regardless of their wealth or status in society, a respect for the law, common courtesy and basic safety. These are all fairly good things to start with.
I look forward to crossing the road outside my apartment in total safety in the near future.
Sort your act out, Sony!23/10/2006
Mrs Saul gave me a bluetooth headset as an Eid present.
Being from Sony, I wasn't surprised to notice that it needs a different charger to the one I use with my current phone. It'll be going back to be replaced by something that doesn't force me to carry yet another set of cables with me when I'm travelling.
Sort your act out, Sony. Your customers are sick and tired of being ripped off and inconvenienced by your insistence on ignoring common sense when it comes to the chargers, memory sticks and multiple cables we're forced to buy and fill up our bags with.
The BBC's guide to hijab18/10/2006
The BBC has a brief guide to some of the forms of veil that are worn in different parts of the Muslim world.
This might be interesting to anyone who read this post of mine.
One of the trends I've noticed in Dubai over the last four years is the increasingly decorative nature of the abayas (a loose black clock like covering) that many Gulf women wear. I'm sure that no decoration was the norm when I arrived. Fashions change, regardless of location and religion.
One interesting note on the traditional men's wear here, the dish dasha, that I've noticed – when you see old photographs of the men from what is now the UAE, they are often wearing a Western style tweed jacket. I wonder when that became popular and when it fell out of fashion? The jacket still seems to be popular in Yemen, based on pictures I see in the press.
50 years ago a suit and tie was the norm for my grandfathers. These days I wear chinos and a shirt to work. What will my son wear? As long as it's not the tiedie t-shirt, pony tail, fat belly and socks-and-sandals combo you occasionally see at the Sun campus in Menlo Park, I'm not too bothered.
Answer your email!18/10/2006
Funnily enough the typical 'I'm too busy to answer my email' people often seem to be busy because they never answer their email – when you know someone who can't be bothered to check their inbox and respond, you have to call them, even if it's not a time-critical question. The result? They're on the phone every day, seven days a week, simply because they don't use email to deal with less time-critical matters. Which means they're too busy to answer their email.
Wadi Rhum16/10/2006
Now that Flickr's been unblocked, I've been browsing through some of the pics I posted last year. I came across this great shot of Wadi Rhum in Jordan.
This is one of those photos that I always think was taken by me, but generally turn out to be the work of Mrs Saul.
Earlier this year a British tourist was shot in Amman at the Roman amphitheatre that we also visited. During our visit in 2005 two hotels were bombed in the capital. We met so many decent hard working and friendly people during our week long stay whose lives are probably even harder thanks to the damage these pointless acts will have done to the country's tourist industry.
Culprit discovered?15/10/2006
In a recent post I mentioned that I'd been stopped and scanned at the final security check before leaving Dubai airport.
Robin Wilton commented that it could have been an RFID tag in my bag that was causing the security alarm to flash as I went through the exit, alerting the staff to my dangerous presence and forcing me to have my bags scanned a second time.
I'd searched my bag but couldn't find the culprit. I also continued to get stopped – each of my flights since Istanbul have seen my having to scan my bags. The reasons for this have been a bit odd. First I was told there was a 'sticker' on the bag, then a 'sensor' then that it was my laptop that was setting off my alarm, despite the fact that noone else appeared to have this problem. The best reason I was given was that my case 'was disorganised'. I refused to believe I was that much worse than anyone else going through.
A thorough re-examination of the depths of my laptop bag this evening revealed a sneaky RFID tag from a memory stick I'd bought before the summer, lurking beneath some recipts. It's now in the bin, so fingers crossed that my return flight from Mauritious won't see me stopped yet again.
Flying back from Karachi saw another odd security measure – my large bottle of shaving foam and deoderant had to be removed from my hand luggage. My small bottle of shaving foam and tub of moisturiser didn't. I wish these rules would be applied consistently – when they aren't they simply breed indifference and contempt.
Karachi trip15/10/2006
Very successful trip to Karachi last week – saw lots of customers, had some productive sessions with the partner I was visiting and was well looked after by them too.
The Karachi Sheraton is a little faded and could do with a refit and a decent wireless internet connection throughout the building, but the staff were friendly and helpful. Although the view from my room was of the hotel's air conditioning unit, I could see lots of eagles swooping around.
Karachi traffic has to be seen to be believed. It certainly helps me to understand why some drivers in Dubai behave the way they do. It also explains why a former colleague of mine was amazed when I was complaining about the tough time I'd had getting to work here in Dubai one day. He thought that driving here was a breeze compared to his daily commute in Pakistan. He was right.
The two videos below sum up the streets I saw pretty well. Our driver was excellent – possibly the most patient man in Karachi, as well as the only person who seemed to know how to use his indicators properly.
Check out the highly decorated buses. They're Mazdas apparently, with the bodywork being done locally. The taxis here are mostly Datsuns, Toyotas and old Mazdas that are still going despite dating from the late 70s. This is presumably a tribute to both Japanese and Pakistani engineering talents.
Although the traffic gave me a bit of a shock, this was a really enjoyable trip. Karachi, or at least what I saw of it, is a bustling active city. The customers I saw were very knowledgeable, keen to listen to what I had to say and keen to educate me on the issues they were facing – those meetings are always the best.
This week I'm off to Mauritius for our SEE region partner event, which should be a little more relaxing.


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Writers tend to used a lot of recycled adjectives when discussing the music of Alice in Chains: grungy, grimy, sludgy, dark, harmonic…etc. And it's safe to say that all these overused, yet appropriate words still apply to the band's newest material (and then some).
The Seattle legends have continued their post-90s "comeback" with a logical and bold next step in "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here."
If 2009's "Black Gives Way to Blue" was Alice in Chains' healing process for their tragic past, then consider "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" their first post-therapy breakthrough. The album is far from nostalgic, but still manages to pay homage to the band's roots. Fans will find moments to reminisce the days of "Dirt" and "Facelift."
New and old fans alike will mutually enjoy the pulsating palm mutes of "Hollow," the bellowing main riff of "Stone," and the chaotic arrangement of "Phantom Limb," among many others.
Content-wise, Jerry Cantrell and company- at times- venture into territory never explored in-depth on past albums. The best example of this is the album's title track, a tell-it-like-it-is evaluation of the overly-religious. Cantrell's songwriting also soars on the acoustic/electric balancing act of "Voices," a song seemingly about helplessness and confusion that plays like "No Excuses" with attitude.
In general, the album succeeds in building an overall sense of thought-provoking emotion and anxiety, all while maintaining a confident, triumphant tone. No song ever comes off as out-of-place or forced.
"The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here" is the quintessential modern Alice in Chains experience: rough, loud, beautiful, and more ambitious than ever.
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Standout Tracks: "Hollow," "Stone," "Voices," "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here," "Low Ceiling," "Scalpel," Phantom Limb"
Alice in Chains- "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here:" 5/5


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I'm a 50 year old male. I recently discovered that I have a slight rectal prolapse, meaning that part of what's supposed to be inside me is starting to emerge outside. Obviously I can't see it, but I can feel it, and it feels like a pair of puckered lips emerging from my rectum. The prolapse isn't causing any problems so far, but I want to do anything I can to keep it from worsening, and reverse it if possible.
I've done lots of internet research on this. The prolapse is caused by weakening of the muscles and ligaments that hold the colon and rectum in place. Virtually every source I found says that the only treatment for prolapse is surgery. I found two doctors who claim that they can correct prolapse with physical therapy, but neither of them is anywhere near where I live, and I presume they wouldn't just tell me their techniques over the phone, for free.
The surgery-only answer -- even though it's the majority opinion -- doesn't wash with me. Surgeons have a vested interest in that answer, and physical therapists may not have ever tried to work with prolapse. I think there have to be some physical-therapy options. So I'm trying something on my own: Kegel exercises. These are best known as the exercises that pregnant women do to strengthen their vaginal muscles both before and after delivery. The same muscles also control defecation and urination by contracting the rectum and urethra.
Men have the same muscles, and they serve the same purposes -- except, of course, contracting the vagina. So my thinking is, if I do these Kegel exercises, which are simply sets of contracting and releasing the rectal-urethral muscles, that that will strengthen my rectum and prevent the prolapse from worsening, and possibly even reverse it.
(By the way, these same muscles control sexual orgasm, for both men and women, so Kegel exercises are also recommended for strengthening orgasm, and for women to tighten their vaginas. I believe this is also the basis of the methods described in the Kama Sutra and modern books for enabling extended intercourse and multiple male orgasm. Something fun to know and tell. :D)
So my question is, has anyone else tried this, or other physical-therapy techniques, for stopping and reversing rectal prolapse? I only started the Kegels two weeks ago -- I do them on alternate days, and I'm slowly building up the number of reps and sets -- and so far I can't tell any difference. I'm willing to consult doctors, physical therapists, sports trainers, anatomy books, medical journals, etc. -- but I thought I'd ask here first.
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By: Frank Armstrong, CFP, AIF
Long ago and far away, before Windows, before the Internet, and before Morningstar on disk, an almost young man was trying to decide what to do with the rest of his life. Things had gotten interesting. He had for years both flown for an airline and sold securities for a major broker dealer. But, his airline died an agonizing death simultaneously impoverishing almost all of his friends and current clients.
He had reached the proverbial fork in the road. Opportunities to continue flying were not attractive. On the other hand, he despised the broker dealer environment where the only ethic was "sell more".
There is nothing like the threat of imminent starvation to focus one's attention. It was time to get creative, or move under Miami's Watson Island Bridge with the other "outdoorsmen".
Just in time a revolution occurred in the securities business led by a visionary with an almost white hat. Charles Schwab launched an entire new industry by providing "back office" and custody services for fee-only independent advisors. He enabled professionals to provide truly objective advice free from the broker-dealer's ever present conflicts of interest by breaking the link between advice and brokerage.
Schwab's business model provided an opportunity to do the investment business the right way, working exclusively in the interest of clients. As a Registered Investment Advisor I could provide investment advice, continuous oversight, and asset allocation using no-load mutual funds. Each fund would be guided by the industry's best managers. I would be a manager of mangers!
But, how could I identify these great managers? The easy answer was to simply take the top performing fund for the last five years in each asset class. But, there was a nagging problem. Suppose the manager had had one great year and four bad ones? The cumulative return might look good, but having one lucky year is not great management. A better approach seemed to be to take fund that had been in the top quarter of their asset class for each of the last five years. That would provide consistent top performance.
At first blush it seemed to be an easy task. Powerful personal computers and access to sophisticated databases had recently become available. We could download performance numbers from CDA/Weisenberger via a phone link at the amazing speed of 400 baud. In practice, that meant starting a download on Friday afternoon, and hoping that the system didn't crash sometime over the weekend. In addition to long distance charges, there were separate charges for each file, computer connect time, and total download in bytes. In just under a month of false starts I had the data!
That was just the beginning of a long sequence of steps before we had anything useful:
- Purchase a relational database program. Paradox was the program of choice then.
- Learn to program Paradox. Unfortunately, all the instructions started out with the assumption that the reader understood "Basic" programming.
- Buy a Basic program from Microsoft
- Learn to program Basic
- Convert the text files to the database language
- Write a Paradox program to identify top quartile managers in each time period.
No problem. With no flying schedule and virtually no solvent clients, I had plenty of time. I took a mountain of programming books, the various programs, my luggable computer, the data, my new wife, and my boat to the Bahamas.
Between sailing, fishing, and scuba diving I still spent a solid six hours a day in the books. No kidding! After about a month of studying, watching the computer crash, watching the program crash, error messages, de-bugging, and re-writing I finally got the program to run without crashing. But, it just stopped and blinked at me. Another ten days of trying to figure out where the error was and I was almost crazy! Where, oh where could the program be wrong? I have no idea how many times I re-wrote the program only to have it stop cold with no result.
Then one night about three AM while half asleep at a snug anchorage, it came to me: My Eureka Moment! I levitated out of bed, fired up the generator, booted up the computer and sprang into action. At that point, my wife surely must have thought I had lost it.
It was all so simple. The program was right, but there was no error. There was just no answer. No manager in any asset class had ever been in the top quartile against his peers for five years in a row!
I relaxed the requirements incrementally to 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 percentile. Finally at 55 percentile I got one hit in one asset class! It was even worse than I had thought. Not one manager had achieved even top half results against his peers for five years in a row in any of about 18 asset classes! Some asset classes were even worse! It was all BS (a highly technical pilot term)! Managers couldn't add value consistently. There were no good managers! Not one! Not even one!
I was crushed. If there were no good managers, how could I be a manager of managers? What kind of business would that be? I returned to Miami with my tail between my legs to mope around the office. In pilot terms, I was out of airspeed, altitude and ideas all at once! A more relaxed life style camping out under the Watson Island Bridge looked like a distinct possibility. I consoled myself that no one actually freezes to death in Miami.
But, the story has a happy ending. After just a few days of feeling terribly sorry for myself, by pure chance along came a representative of an index fund family. As he started to talk about how difficult it was for managers to beat simple benchmarks, and how much risk and cost were generated in the pursuit of the impossible, slowly a little light went on deep inside my head.
Most of what I had been so carefully taught by the broker-dealers had been dead wrong. No wonder the results had been so distinctly mediocre. It was time for me to take responsibility for my own education if I was ever going to be effective in assisting clients.
The rest is history. I immersed myself in modern financial theory, catching up on what economists had learned about how markets work, and how investors can put markets to work to meet their own unique needs. It's the market that generates the return. Traditional managers picking individual stocks and attempting to time markets just get in the way.
I built a business around the idea of using efficient markets to deliver effective portfolios that are low cost, low risk, and tax efficient. Informed investors can identify with those objectives. As I studied more I never encountered anything that shook my faith. I've never looked back.
Let me be frank, before my experience I would never have let an index fund representative in the office. Like most people I thought index funds were for losers, investors that were too lazy or incompetent to find one of the great managers. But, now I was ready to listen. I had had my Eureka Moment!


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some of us are brave
I once wrote an article calling Barack Obama a fraud for his treatment of Shirley Sherrod. I may or may not have cussed him out, actually.
That post got fewer angry emails, comments, tweets, and general responses than has my analysis of the white feminist response to The Onion's attack on Quvenzhané Willis. Seriously. Certainly, many reached out to discuss, debate or appreciate the post. Many more didn't just take to task a methodological choice or a conclusion but with the very idea that I would ask the question.
That is odd.
It is also exhausting. Believe it or not, arguing with people that racism and sexism exist is not my full-time job.
And, frankly, I'm surprised by the response. As I noted, this isn't one of my barn-burning posts. Trust me, I've written those. It's a fairly innocuous survey of posts by feminist media outlets. I never call anyone a racist. I make the fairly pedestrian observation that in the U.S. race may be salient to an event. There are few million books and articles drawing the exact same conclusion. I really didn't think that "race matters" was a controversial subject particularly among those who identify themselves as members of a marginalized group.
I'm also not sure those who are so angry actually read the analysis. I do not conclude that white feminists ignored what happened to Quvenzhané. I conclude that their response was muted and different than it was in historical cases (Sandra Fluke) or would have been had Quvenzhané been white. The latter is admittedly a counterfactual but I think that there isn't a comparable case is a null finding of sorts that ultimately supports rather than undermines the conclusion that race matters to gendered treatment.
Among the charges, it was suggested that I made my analytical choices to deliberately exclude the white male feminist article that was "arguably the most important" and that I am, for some super secret colored reason, designing projects to make white women appear racist. You give me far too much credit. Blogs run by friends and allies and colleagues were included in my analysis. I pulled no punches because I am an ethical researcher. And I don't have the wherewithal to spend time designing grand experiments to make white people look bad. I really don't. And if I did? I'd spend those resources in other ways.
I am a sociologist. I do not often engage women's studies departments. I am, however, slated to talk at the Southeastern Women's Studies conference this year about something fairly similar: organizations, gender, and race as it pertained to The Chronicle of Higher Education and Naomi Schaefer Riley. I am reconsidering if I contribute to such spaces. This may be an argument in favor of disciplinary boundaries. Perhaps there's some literature or history or ethos of the field of women's studies or gender or feminism that precludes me from making a cogent analysis across disciplines.
Regardless, I am learning that I have a limited amount of energy and resources. I probably already have more than my fair share of legal, political, and academic battles to fight right now. I may not be the right person to suggest to women academics that race happens. Not right now. Or in the near future.
However, I stand by what I wrote. I can only say that there is no evidence of me wanting to write a story for the sole purpose of constraining feminists to writing one type of article or to deny white feminists credit due for all their anti-racist work. I was as transparent in the choices I made in the analysis as I know how to be. I invite others to do the analysis they think I should have done but failed to do. Knowledge production is a cumulative process that often takes multiple projects to even begin to get near some objective or subjective observable social reality.
I will concede that I may not be the one to do this analysis but I stand firm in my strong belief that the question of how white feminist organizations devote their resources differently is a legitimate question. On that, I will not budge. Because the minute we start deciding which questions are legitimate or not, we're reproducing the very power structures in academe that produced women's studies to begin with.
As a white feminist I don't understand how other white feminist can't take criticism. We (white feminist) expect ppl we criticize to "take it".
Tressie, that your careful analysis was perceived as ideological threat by people who should know better is deeply disheartening. I hear your weariness and wariness and hope that these don't prevent you from continuing to do the deep work you do.
I've often wondered where white feminists were (are) when Serena and Venus Williams' are attacked.
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FWIW, I completely agree. White feminists need to own our amazingly crap track record dealing with the intersection of racism and feminism, and recognize that we haven't fixed (or stopped screwing up long enough to let other people fix) that shameful and glaring deficit. Privilege is a pernicious little demon. Thank you so much for talking about this.
And defensive digital dialogue continues (I'm talking about your respondents, not you). I'm disappointed, but not surprised, that the response was to attack the findings rather than write a post (or spend time) actually expressing outrage about Q. or at least discussing the ways intersectionalities drive public discourse (white female G'town student v. Black female 9 year old). And that give the history of women's studies, anyone would expect racial divides to somehow magically be bridged in 2013. Anyway, as a white feminist completely outside of women's studies, I just wanted to lend some written support (if I lived closer, you could have my vodka!) The onion's unacceptable remark on Q was under-protested overall, certainly by feminist orgs as well- and good for folks for saying so. To me, I think a step that's missing is for women to think "and if that was me/my daughter?" Hell NO.
You're right. If they are going to tell you what questions to ask, they're behaving as White supremacists, not feminists (though the intersection of these two are quite salient and duly noted before either of our existences). Now we are at the point where some White feminists are notably and measurably behaving differently towards Black women versus White, but now you and other Black women should be questioned or even attacked for noticing and speaking about this? We're clearly moving backwards, at least how feminism is organized and discussed in the digital sphere. This is problematic. This reeks of the the "the 'real' racism is talking about racism, not actual racist thoughts, words and actions!" type of derailment. I'm looking around and wondering where is feminism. Is feminism is gendered White supremacy? This sounds too large a question to ask but it's a question that needs an answer every day.


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In the Studio with Wknd Press
WkndPress is an Austin-based letter press studio run as a side-project by husband and wife team Shawn and Becca Bueche. They partner with the Frankie Jean Collection to make hand-pressed stationery and prints with our classic Texas catchphrases--Howdy, God Bless Texas, Oh My Darlin, and more.
Shawn's interest in printing was first inspired by a high school art teacher. As he learned more, he was drawn to the old-school printing press as a tool that would allow him to design, make, and sell a product without outsourcing the work.
"Seeing the press in action and eventually getting one myself is what inspired the product," -Shawn Bueche
The name for the company developed from having limited access to their press when they got started. When they first started printing, Shawn and Becca had to drive to Becca's parents house on the weekends to use the 1600-lb press. Now, the business is housed in their South-Austin garage, and a 2400-lb press has been added to the operation.
The first press, built circa 1910, must be hand-fed during the printing process. The second press, built in the 1930s, has more automatic functioning with suction cups that pull the paper up and move it over after it has been pressed, but it still must be watched carefully to ensure it is running smoothly.
They hand mix the ink in their garage studio, and work hard to make sure their customers are getting just what they ordered. But the nature of this form of printing means each print will have slight differences, ensuring a unique item every time.
With this kind of meticulous care spent printing, Wknd Press is able to focus on maintaining high-quality and thoughtful production for each product.
"We want our customers to have the best product possible to inspire the note-writing process," Shawn said.
Shawn and Becca are inspired by other makers who value the art and practice of letterpress printing. Because it is less efficient and popular than it used to be, it is encouraging to them to see other small shops that are dedicated to the work and who challenge them to try new things.
Shawn said working with Frankie Jean has impacted Wknd Press in growing their customer base in Austin and collaborating with other local businesses.
"The collaborative prints and cards we created have been wildly popular and we're thankful to be doing business with people who appreciate quality, handmade products," Shawn said.
At Frankie Jean, we celebrate makers who put great care into their craft. And now that you know a little more about our awesome partners at Wknd Press, you can hop on over to our stationery and pick out some of their prints!
Story and photos by Kelly Coles
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A Blog About
the Artists and events that make up Frankie Jean
February 2018


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To foster new economic thinking, we host convenings that gather together a diverse community of thinkers from different fields, countries, and schools of thought.
INET Events
LALICS-YSI INET Academy 2018
Our focus is on teaching and discussing theoretical and empirical methods related to the innovation processes in Latin America and the Caribbean and how these are linked to the economic development of the region. The Academy offers the opportunity to connect students to a research community integrated by high profile researchers.
YSI @ FMM Conference: 10 Years after the Crash
What did societies and politicians learn from the crash? What have been theoretical achievements in orthodox and heterodox economic thinking since then? Where do we go from here?
1st GLOBELICS pre-Conference for Young Scholars
Workshop Series on Financing of Innovation and Infrastructure for Development
The YSI Economics of Innovation, Economic Development and Africa Working Groups, in partnership with Global Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS), Globelics Alumni, are organizing the 1st GLOBELICS Pre-Conference for Young Scholars entitled 'Financing of Innovation and Infrastructure for Development'.
Economics and the Development of Africa
YSI Workshop @ 13th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network
The YSI Africa Working Group is convening in Bologna, Italy in conjunction with the 13th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network. Our meeting in Bologna follows what promises to be a successful convention in August 2018 at the YSI Africa Convening in Harare, Zimbabwe. The YSI Africa Working Group is committed to continuing important conversations about how economic history can contribute to the study of development of Africa. We are particularly interested in thinking about the types of new approaches to the study of economics and economic history.
Endogenous Preferences and the Consequences of Economic Incentives
Workshop by the YSI Behavior and Society Group
Young scholars in the fields of behavioral and experimental economics, philosophy, and related disciplines will be given the opportunity to present their work at a workshop in New York. Samuel Bowles (Santa Fe Institute), Shaun Hargreaves Heap (King's College London) and Mario Rizzo (New York University) will also present their work and give feedback to the young scholars.
Hello, Can You Hear Me? Added Value and Inequalities in a Global Market
The Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) is supporting the conference "Hello, Can You Hear Me? Added Value and Inequalities in a Global Market," that will be held at La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), on September 20th and 21st. The event is promoted by CEST and funded by the Young Scholars Initiative – INET and by the "Luigi Einaudi" Research Centre.
Political Economy of Capitalism
The Economics of Innovation Working group and the Economic History Working Group together with the Département d'histoire, économie et société at the University of Geneva, are launching the event Political Economy of Capitalism to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 27-28-29 August 2018.
YSI Africa Convening
YSIRegional Convening
Young Scholars based in Africa are invited to convene in Harare, Zimbabwe. The event serves to strengthen the African network of new economic thinkers pursuing a new economic paradigm. Attendees will be able to attend the annual conference of the Zimbabwe Historical Association in the same trip.
YSI Africa Convening
YSIRegional Convening
Young Scholars based in Africa are invited to convene in Harare, Zimbabwe. The event serves to strengthen the African network of new economic thinkers, in pursuit of a new economic paradigm. Attendees will be able to the annual conference of the Zimbabwe Historical Association in the same trip.
YSI Workshop: Innovation, Economic Complexity and Economic Geography
In collaboration with the Collective Learning Group at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The workshop aims to bring together experienced researchers with young scholars in the fields of Innovation, Economic Complexity and Economic Geography to understand knowledge accumulation and spillovers through products, people and places. Those interested in interdisciplinary research, especially bridging a gap between these topics are strongly encouraged to apply.


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Boca Raton Epoca to create jobs with expansion
Epoca International Inc., an international distributor of household goods, will create new jobs as it expands its Boca Raton headquarters. Epoca designs and distributes coffee ware, tea ware, beverage servers and cookware that are sold in over 20,000 locations in 18 countries. The company's products are sold at major retailers and online through Bed, Bath & Beyond. Macy's, Target, Walmart, Amazon, Home Shopping Network and QVC.
The company said it is hiring packaging designers, sales coordinators, inventory managers, brand marketers, web marketers and data managers.
"In the five years we have been located in Florida, we have found the business climate here very conducive to our continued growth," said Epoca CEO Steven Meizer in a statement. " ... We plan to continue our strong expansion with the help of many new team members from the local community."
Epoca International designs and distributes coffee ware, tea ware, beverage servers and cookware that are sold in more than 20,000 locations throughout 18 countries. The privately funded company was founded in 1991.
"This expansion project is an example of the strong relationship the BDB has with the state and the City of Boca Raton," said Kelly Smallridge, CEO of the Business Development Board of the Palm Beach County in a statement. "Epoca is one of many growing small businesses creating new opportunities across our state ... We are working each day to make it easier for businesses to grow in Florida, and I look forward to seeing small businesses like Epoca continue to succeed here."
Epoca International, Inc: The company designs and distributes consumer products with strong brands that have an impact on today's culture. With a strong tradition in cookware and beverage preparation products, the company is inspired by traveling the world, learning local customs, and then incorporating those customs into products that can be enjoyed by all.
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