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My name is Randy Patterson, and I’m currently looking for a job in youth services. I have 10 years of experience working with youth agencies. I have a bachelor’s degree in outdoor education. I raise money, train leaders, and organize units. I have raised over $100,000 each of the last six years. I consider myself a good public speaker, and I have a good sense of humor.

checking the facts in Kenya’s budget and public finances

July 24, 2016 384

A few years ago — 2009 — then Finance Minister, now President Uhuru Kenyatta, was caught with egg on his face when he ‘mis-stated’ some budget allocation numbers. He blamed the faux pas on a ‘typing error.’ That may have been so, but do...

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Finance – Chicago Public Schools in the Capital Markets

July 24, 2016 379

If someone were to ask me for the names of public finance professionals that I respect the most, Jim “Built By Bonds” Lebenthal would be high on my list. Folksy as this may seem, Lebenthal was one of those rare...

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Why Misunderstanding Startup Metrics Can Cost You Your Business

July 24, 2016 373

There has been a lot of public debate over the past several weeks about whether it’s a good thing to be “gross margin positive” or not and commentary always reminds me that some people at startups don’t quite understand financial...

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New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio’s proposal to control Uber’s growth this summer was met with fierce opposition from all angles. Tweets, Facebook posts, emails, and even a call to action from Ashton Kutcher (early Uber investor) poured in against...

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I’ve been a fan of professional wrestling for a long time. It helps that the first wrestling boom that leaked over into the mainstream culture came about right around my pre-teen years in the mid-1980s. That was the era of...

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An Open Letter to President Obama: This is About Math, Not Politics

July 24, 2016 384

Any compromises we make in the security of our systems are compromises that can and will be exploited by those who would seek to do us harm. This includes malicious hackers, identity thieves, authoritarian governments, and corporate rivals. Your own...

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How the greatest startup program in Brazil is being killed by politics

July 24, 2016 390

It took two years to build the best startup and innovation program Brazil has ever seen, and just a couple of months to kill it.   f you still haven’t heard about it, San Pedro Valley is a community of...

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An Open Letter on Identity Politics, to and from the Left

July 24, 2016 439

We, the undersigned, are in the uncomfortable position of reporting on a problem that we are told does not exist. We ask you to consider a few incidents. In 1968, the leftist Shulamith Firestone gives a speech at a conference....

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Donald Trump and the politics of nostalgia

July 24, 2016 290

Let me start with a grand statement because, you know, what the hell, it’s election season: it’s a fact that the defining spirit, the zeitgeist, of contemporary politics is a profound and deeply embedded narcissism which, it turns out, blossoms...

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Don’t Forget Your Trench Coat for Lovely Summer Rains

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If you’re like me, you’ve had at least one nightmare where your motorcycle gets stolen. The closest encounter I’ve had was when my neighbour got his CBR stolen, while mine was parked less than 10 meters (30 feet) away. MFW...

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