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This report, offered by epipeline, contains a brief analysis of the Federal government's procurement practices with regards to purchasing the services of Other Computer Related Services.
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What is NAICS 541519?
Who issues the contracts?
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This report takes an in-depth look at the 'Other Computer Related Services' industry, NAICS 541519. To understand the future, one must study the past. epipeline's Contract History Plus* provides you with a broad context and several perspectives that enables you to develop the best positioning and strategy for your company to more effectively compete for government contracts. The following graph illustrates one such perspective: the top Government departments buying these services over the last four fiscal year.
NAICS 541519 represents computer related services, including computer disaster recovery services or software installation services. However, this does not include the following aspects:
Custom programming,
Systems integration design, and
Facilities management services.
This NAICS was previously represented by a single Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code, 7379.
The size standard associated with NAICS 541519 is $25.0 Million (effective August 18, 2008), which means that a company, including its affiliates, would be considered a "small business" if their average annual gross receipts does not exceed $25.0 Million for the past three years. If a company has not been in business for three years, the average weekly revenue for the number of weeks the company has been in business is multiplied by 52 to determine the average annual receipts. There is one exception to this size standard, for "Information Technology Value Added Resellers." The size standard for NAICS 541519 as it applies to that function, is 150 employees.
Total reported spending under NAICS 541519 for the period of Fiscal Year 2004 (FY04) through the second quarter (Q2) of Fiscal Year 2003 (FY08 aka Q2FY08) was over $22 Billion. With two quarters reported, FY08 reported spending of $528 Million for services under NAICS 541519. The chart below illustrates the reported** spending by year for FY04 through Q2FY08.
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** Note: it is possible that some Defense spending for the more recent fiscal years (FY05 to present) is not as widely reported as earlier years. These numbers will likely increase as more departments and agencies report their contract spending.
The United States Navy was the largest buyer for these services for the last four fiscal years (FY04 through Q2FY08), with over $4.4 Billion in contract spending, comprising over 20% of the market share for NAICS 541519. The United States Army, the United States Air Force, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) all had reported spending over $2 Billion for this period, and GSA's Federal Technology Service (FTS) was just shy of that mark, with $1.99 Billion.
According to the Central Contractor Registry (CCR), there are 16,485 companies registered under NAICS 541519 (source: active registrants, www.ccr.gov as of 08/13/2008). Of this number, 13,927 qualify as small businesses, which includes the following breakout by socioeconomic categories (some companies may qualify under more than one category):
1,901 SBA Certified 8(a) contractors;
651 SBA Certified HUBZone contractors; and
1,762 Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Businesses (SDVOSB).
NOTE, the CCR website states, "As of the July 30, 2008 release (4.08.2), CCR-registered vendors may elect not to display their registration in the CCR/FedReg Public Search." This could mean that there are more active contractors registered with the CCR then the resulting totals above represent.
The two charts below identify the top 10 Companies, by market share, for the period of FY04 through Q2FY08. The first chart represents the top 10 companies that were awarded their contracts under ANY type of competition, whether it was full and open, small business set-aside, sole-sourced, etc. This list primarily consists of large businesses. The second chart, however, lists the top 10 companies that won their contracts under RESTRICTED competition. Specifically, epipeline limited this to those contracts awarded under the acquisition strategies listed below. The contract dollars represented on this second chart may not include all contract dollars for the individual contractor.
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8(a) Small Disadvantaged (SDB) set-aside
8(a) sole-source
SDB set-aside
SDB, 8(a) with HUBZone
Combination HUBZone and 8(a)
HUBZone set-aside
HUBZone sole-source
Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) set-aside
SDVOSB sole-source
Emerging Small Business set-aside
Very Small Business set-aside
Reserved for Small Businesses ($2501 to $100,000)
Total Small Business set-aside
Electronic Data Systems (EDS) holds the top spot on the unrestricted competition list, with $2.7 Billion in contract dollars for FY04-Q2FY08 and over 17% of the market share. Accenture LLP is a distant second, with 5.49% of the market share, which equates to over $893 Million. All firms in the top ten had reported spending above $250 Million and another 24 companies held contracts with reported spending over $100 Million for the FY04 to Q2FY08 period.
PLEASE NOTE: as this is a listing by Company name, rather than PARENT company, some companies may have more than one ranking, which may not reflected in the chart below.
The combined contract spending for contracts awarded under "restricted competition," as outlined above, totaled over $1.57 Billion for FY04 through Q2FY08. RS Information Systems Inc. (now Wyle Information Systems Group) had the highest reported spending with over $90 Million, or 5.77% of the market share. Indus Secure Network Solutions LLC, iGov Technologies Inc., and Interactive Technology Solutions LLC all reported contract spending above $50 Million for this period. All firms in the top ten were above $20 Million, along with another four companies outside the top ten.
Over 58% of the contract dollars spend during the FY04 through Q2FY08 timeframe were awarded using full and open competition. This represented over $12.6 Billion for NAICS 541519. Over 34% of contracts during this period did not report their acquisition strategy. These contracts could include those awarded using full and open competition, small business set-aside, or any manner of restriction. This accounted for over $7.4 Billion in contract dollars. Contracts sole sourced to 8(a) firms held 4% of the market share (over $892 Million). Competitive 8(a) contracts were valued at about $600 Million less, with approximately $292 Million in contract spending for this period.
All other acquisition strategies combined were only 0.42% of the market share. The strategy with the highest reported contract spending was "Buy Indian," with over $20 Million.
These contracts are being performed across the continental United States and abroad. The 50 states plus Washington, DC have reported spending of $21.1 Billion and contracts for locations outside the United States total over $841 Million. The map below illustrates the distribution of locations within the United States (only). For example, there are 11 states that are shaded bright yellow. This means that these states have reported contract spending between $260 Million and $8.68 Billion.
The state with the highest total of reported contract spending is Virginia, with $8.67 Billion. Virginia is part of the Washington, DC metropolitan, which also includes Washington, DC ($3.03B ranked 2nd) and Maryland ($2.40B ranked 3rd). Their combined contract values comprise 64% of the market share for NAICS 541519 during the period of FY04 through Q2FY08. This geographical area is home to many federal contractors, who are sometimes called "Beltway Bandits" due to their proximity to the headquarters of the Federal Government. Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia are the only three that were above the billion-dollar level.
California and Florida rounded out the top five, with $738 Million and $736 Million, respectively.
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The creators of the beloved "Toy Story" films re—open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz and our favorite gang of toy characters in TOY STORY 3. Woody and Buzz had accepted that their owner Andy would grow up someday, but what happens when that day arrives? In the third installment, Andy is preparing to depart for college, leaving his loyal toys troubled about their uncertain future. Lee Unkrich (co—director of "Toy Story 2" and "Finding Nemo") directs this highly anticipated film, and Michael Arndt, the Academy Award®—winning screenwriter of "Little Miss Sunshine," brings his unique talents and comedic sensibilities to the proceedings.


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Bristol Lab 2012
Playable City began in 2012, in Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio, with a Playable City Sprint that brought together creatives from East Asia and the UK. Produced in partnership with British Council, over five days, participants worked together to experiment and prototype new ideas for Bristol, that used creative technologies to playfully rethink public space.
Play is good for us, and we are never too old to play. Play is synonomous with fun, but it can also help us learn things and develop relationships. For an artist, play is a brilliant tool: it can be used to challenge how people perceive their environment, and also encourage audiences to get involved rather than simply observe. Play is central to this sprint, and participants from all over the world worked together to devise ways in which creative technology could be used to inject some fun and meaning into public space.
Drawn from across cultures and disciplines, participants from the UK were installation artist Tine Bech, designer Julian Sykes, sound artist Kathy Hinde, visual artist Mathew Trivett and product designer Vahakn Matossian. International guests included Australian theatre makers Leticia Cáceres and Angela Betzien of RealTV, Japanese product designer/sound artist Yuri Suzuki, also from Japan visual artist Megumi Matsubara, Korean duo Bang & Lee, and Malaysian composer Ng Chor Guan.
The five-day Sprint encouraged participants to investigate ideas through a process of discussion, sharing, making and testing; and enabled participants to make valuable connections that will last well beyond the end of the project.
You can see some of the pictures the British Council took here and an overview of the ideas in the project film below, which range from the world's smallest pirate radio station to a game that connects cycling commuters.
Angela Betzien
Angela Betzien is a multi award winning playwright and a founding member of independent theatre company RealTV.
https://angelabetzien.com.au/
Leticia Cáceres
Leticia Cáceres is the co-founder of independent theatre company RealTV with award winning playwright Angela Betzien.
https://leticiacaceres.com/
Kathy Hinde
Kathy's work grows from a partnership between nature and technology expressed through audio-visual installations and performances that combine sound, sculpture, image and light.
http://kathyhinde.co.uk/
Megumi Matsubara
Megumi Matsubara works individually as an artist and collectively as an architect through Assistant, an international & interdisciplinary design practice that she co-founded with Hiroi Ariyama in 2002
https://megumimatsubara.com
Mathew Trivett
Mathew Trivett is a design producer and software developer. He founded Near Now, Broadway's studio for arts, design and innovation.
https://twitter.com/mathewtrivett
https://mathewtrivett.co.uk/
Ng Chor Guan
Ng Chor Guan is a music composer and sound designer work across theatre, dance, film, concert music and new media projects
Vahakn Matossian
Vahakn creates interactive and real-world public projects. Based in London, the studio takes pride twisting reality to show the world in a different light. Play, discovery and imagination are the imperative.
Julian Sykes
Julian is Brands Director at Hoffi dealing with strategy for the company's customers.
https://twitter.com/julian_hoffi
http://www.hoffi.com
Yuri Suzuki
Yuri is a sound artist, designer and electronic musician who produces work that explores the realms of sound through exquisitely designed pieces.
Tine Bech
Tine is an artist, a facilitator of innovative thinking, merging art and design with digital technology to create spectacular projects.
https://twitter.com/t_bech
http://www.tinebech.com
Bang & Lee
Bang & Lee is an artist collective based in Seoul.
http://twoonionrings.tumblr.com
The UK's most playful place, where Watershed began Playable City in 2012.


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The Morning Watch: Making of 'Ad Astra' VFX, 'Jay and Silent Bob Reboot' Scene Breakdown & More
Posted on Monday, October 14th, 2019 by Ethan Anderton
In this edition, watch an extensive dive into the making of the visual effects for the moon sequences in the sci-fi thriller Ad Astra. Plus, listen as Kevin Smith enthusiastically and meticulously breaks down a scene from Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (in theaters this week), and find out what it takes to become part of those traveling Disney On Ice shows that families love so much.
First up, Wired sat down with Method Studios VFX supervisor Jedediah Smith to discuss the process of creating visual effects for the moon sequences in Ad Astra starring Brad Pitt. Using a combination of infrared cameras, regular digital footage, and rotoscoping (not to mention plenty of research of the environment on the moon), the company was able to create sequences that felt realistic and accurately portrayed what a scene like this would really be like on the moon.
Next up, this week brings the comedy sequel Jay and Silent Bob Reboot to select theaters for just a couple nights (see your local listings). But before you see the movie, you can check out Kevin Smith breaking down a sequence for Vanity Fair involving the gritty reboot of Bluntman and Chronic with Val Kilmer and Melissa Benoist as the stoned superheroes this time.
Finally, Insider went behind the scenes of a typical Disney On Ice show to find out just what it takes to be part of this ice spectacular program that brings Disney characters to life in an ice rink. They went behind the scenes of the touring "Road Trip Adventures" show currently making its way through North America to find out about all the training and more that goes into performing the aerial work and gymnastics required, and that's on top of ice skating.
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Q: How to join 2 dataframes and add a new column based on a filter pyspark I have 2 dataframes,
df1 - cust_id, addr_id,order_time (time at which the order was placed)
df2 - cust_id, addr_id,latest_order (time at which the last order was placed from a specific address per user)

I obtained df2 from df1 with the following command
import pyspark.sql.functions as f

df2 = df1.groupBy('cust_id','addr_id').agg(f.max("order_time").alias('latest_order'))

From these 2 dataframes, I would like a resultant dataframe that contains the number of orders placed for a specific (cust_id,addr_id) which range back from 30 days till the last order placed.
Sample Data
df1

cust_id     |addr_id        |       order_time  |
+-----------+---------------+-------------------+
|    100    |      1        |2021-01-27         |
|    200    |      2        |2021-01-27         |
|    300    |      3        |2021-01-27         |
|    400    |      4        |2021-01-27         |

df2

+-----------+---------------+-------------------+
|cust_id   |addr_id         |       latest_order|
+-----------+---------------+-------------------+
|   100     |       1       |2021-07-28         |
|   200     |       2       |2021-09-08         |
|   300     |       3       |2020-10-03         |
|   400     |       4       |2020-10-30         |

I tried using a UDF where I wanted to pass the second dataframe as an argument, but realized it's not possible to do so.
So, I tried to go ahead and do it with a join instead (not sure about the syntax) in the following way
df1.join(df2, ["cust_id","addr_id"], how="inner").select(df1.filter((df1.addr_id == df2.addr_id) & (df1.order_time >= date_sub(df2.latest_order, 30)) & (df1.order_time <= date_sub(df2.latest_order, 1))).count()).alias("order_counts").show()

I end up getting the following error
org.apache.spark.sql.AnalysisException: Resolved attribute(s) addr_id#433,latest_order#434 missing from cust_id#416,USER_ADDRESS_ID#417,order_time#418 in operator !Filter (((addr_id#417 = addr_id#433) && (order_time#418 >= cast(date_sub(cast(latest_order#434 as date), 30) as timestamp))) && (ORDERED_TIME#418 <= cast(date_sub(cast(latest_order#434 as date), 1) as timestamp))). Attribute(s) with the same name appear in the operation: addr_id. Please check if the right attribute(s) are used.;;

I am learning in PySpark, and would like to know the right way to solve this problem. Please let me know if you need any other information
Any help will be appreciated. Thanks!

A: Latest order time can calculated via Window function, and each record "order_time" can be compared to latest:
val df1 = Seq(
  (100, 1, "2021-01-27 13:37:49"),
  (200, 2, "2021-01-27 13:42:02"),
  (300, 3, "2021-01-27 22:20:23"),
  (400, 4, "2021-01-27 22:22:32")
).toDF("cust_id", "addr_id", "order_time")

val customerAddressWindow = Window.partitionBy("cust_id", "addr_id")
val df2 = df1
  .withColumn("order_time", to_timestamp($"order_time", "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"))
  .withColumn("latest_order", max("order_time").over(customerAddressWindow))
  .groupBy("cust_id", "addr_id", "latest_order")
  .agg(sum(
    when(datediff($"latest_order", $"order_time") < 30, 1).otherwise(0)
  ).alias("Orders"))

Output is:
+-----------+---------------+-------------------+------+
|cust_id    |addr_id        |latest_order       |Orders|
+-----------+---------------+-------------------+------+
|400        |4              |2021-01-27         |1     |
|300        |3              |2021-01-27         |1     |
|100        |1              |2021-01-27         |1     |
|200        |2              |2021-01-27         |1     |
+-----------+---------------+-------------------+------+

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Now that the G1 Climax is over and done with, time to return to the promotions that I cover as we return to All Japan Pro Wrestling.
I believe the last time I covered them was when Kento Miyahara retained the title against Dylan James and Zeus would become the next challenger for the Triple Crown Championship, and luckily for you that this is the show we'll be looking at today. I just realized that I still don't have a rating system yet and after talking to Andrew, figured out which one I could do that doesn't involve stars or those snowflakes. I am going to be ranking them by regular wrestling podcast people or whoever Conrad Thompson partnered with also, and each person will be a 'star', here is who will be who.
Anyway, why don't we just…dive right in?
Review: Our opening bout appears to be a regular old exhibition tag match with some people thrown together as we got Yoshitatsu and Ultimo Dragon in a team and we got Shoichi Uchida from DOVE making an appearance here tonight as well. I also loved how Carbell Ito was the only one that came out to music and it also appears that the wrestlers are giving out bags of snacks to the audience, that's nice of them actually.
Review: Up next, we got another eight-man tag match and this is involving people who are involved in the Junior Tag Battle of Glory tournament and we got some nice surprises here like Masaaki Mochizuki and Shun Skywalker from Dragon Gate being apart of this match to hype up the league due to them being apart of it. I've been very critical of the junior division in All Japan since it's the weakest division in the company right now and I'm hoping it could shed some light on potential contenders for Atsushi Aoki since he has no challengers right now for his title.
Oh, snap, Shun rocking some new gear and not wearing that full body suit anymore, good because that was pretty ugly on him and like this new look much better. I don't know what's going on with Black Tiger abusing Yohei Nakajima like this since that's his own partner, but I'm just gonna roll with it. Shun and Masaaki were the saving graces for this match just by how good they are and especially Shun from how far he's come and felt like they would fit right in if Dragon Gate didn't need them still. Still didn't expect Massaki to be considered junior since he was Dragon Gate's top champion a couple months ago and then again the majority of the Dragon Gate roster is pretty small like a junior heavyweight, so it makes sense. I wouldn't mind some of Dragon Gate going over to help out the junior division since a lot of them fit that weight class and are incredibly athletic as well, can definitely shed some new life to that division.
Anyway, the match was slightly average except for Masaaki and Shun along with Tiger abusing his own partner. Koji would apply the Katagatame on Atsushi to make the champion tap out as Koji won it for his team. After the match, Koji Iwamoto claimed that he was going to win the Junior Tag League and once he does, he wants a match against him for the Junior Championship.
Review: We got our first singles match for the night as former Triple Crown Champion, Joe Doering is set to take on Gianni Valletta who has been starting his tour here early on in July when TAJIRI brought him over to go for the Tag Team Championships which they also lost. I can't wait to see how he does against the former champ. Can Gianni get a big win over Doering or will Joe squash him like the rest of his opponents?
I really felt like Joe wasn't full trying in this match and it just came off incredibly slow and stale which threw the match off quite a bit in my opinion. Gianni is someone that is pretty average as well, but he did show some promise since he has a pretty good look and had signs of growth he could do since he's only been wrestling for a few years. I wouldn't say it was a complete squash match, but still had an average amount of time together in the ring with seven minutes as Gianni would try to use his heel tactics to grab his chain to try and hit Joe with it, but he was caught with a Diving Body Press and a Revolution Bomb to get another easy win for Joe Doering.
Rating: Tony Schiavone and a half.
Review: We got our current World Tag Team Champions, The Violent Giants teaming up with Billy Ken Kid as they take on former Tag Champion, Dylan James and his partners, Keiichi Sato and future star, Jake Lee. Dylan looking to get a victory over the Violent Giants so he could get a rematch for those titles and maybe with a new partnership with one of his fellow teammates if they do somehow win tonight.
Dylan looks to be slowly finding his stride after his match with Kento Miyahara a couple of months ago and it's a good thing to see this progression of his ability and if he keeps it up, he could be much better in the ring. This tag match was very solid with Violent Giants proving why they're one of the best tag teams in Japan right now and the growth of Jake Lee, who I still considered the future of AJPW next to Kento Miyahara. Plenty of high impact between both of these teams with Shuji showing why he's one of the best there, plus the interactions with him and Dylan weren't too shabby either while Jake was mostly focused on Suwama and it feels like it could be a big seller if done right since you have Suwama who was the former ace of the company and a guy on the rise, so it would be a neat passing of the torch if they wanted to go that route.
Near the ending of the match, Shuji and Dylan were in the ring as Shuji hits Dylan with the Dragon Suplex and then a Running Knee while Suwama held Jake down with a Sleeper Hold to prevent him from interfering as Shuji hits the Fire Thunder to win the match. After the match, Yoshitatsu would come out to make a challenge to both Shuji and Suwama for the titles and said his partner would be Kento Miyahara again. For those that don't know, Kento's goal was to be Triple Crown Champion and Tag Team Champion at the same time to make it so he would be the first to hold five titles since the tag team is considered two per belt but he would always hold onto one or the other, not fulfilling his goal and wants to accomplish it soon.
Review: We get an All Asia Heavyweight Championship match with Ryouji Sai defending the title against The Bodyguard. The All Asia Heavyweight Championship has been inactive since 1995 and it came back in January of this year where Ryouji would defeat Bodyguard in the finals to win the title. In the Champion Carnival, Bodyguard scored a victory over him to set up this title match here due to them having a win over each other and would be time to settle it here. Can Bodyguard win the title or will Ryouji retain it once again?
What could I say about this match? Well, let's start with the beginning and it started off really strong since it was mostly brute force with each other to try and beat each other down and it worked for Bodyguard when he kicked Ryouji to the outside and started mauling him down to the point where Ryouji looked like he was kinda knocked out for a bit there. This was where they started to tell more of their story with Ryouji being unable to get up most of the time, even when Bodyguard went for an Irish Whip and Sai just collapsed just from the beating he took.
After that the match starts falling apart, soon as Bodyguard would hit his first Spear the match would begin to get really slow and sloppy and it's a shame too because I was actually really enjoying it. The Bodyguard would start to hit his power moves over to try and get the victory like his Elbow Drop off the top rope but Ryouji would start kicking out of it all. The Bodyguard went up to the top rope again only for Ryouji to get back up quick enough to hit a superplex for a two count. The Bodyguard would start to hit a second sloppy Spear for another two count and goes for his Bounce move and he completely messed that up big time to win the All Asia Heavyweight Championship.
I would've rated this a little bit higher if it wasn't for the fact that the poorly paced and sloppy second half took away from the match. The Bodyguard is the new champion and got his revenge over Ryouji at the end of it all and I don't know where this run is going to go but should be at least interesting. The Bodyguard is like Joe Doering, he can go when they show it and are highly motivated but it's so far in between that there's hardly any consistency with their quality of matches and it just hurts them.
Review: We first had the All Asia Heavyweight Championship match and now we got the All Asia Tag Team Championships on the line with a rematch from the June 12th show where Jun Akiyama and Yuji Nagata defend the titles against Naoya Nomura and Yuma Aoyagi. The last time they both fought, they had a great tag team match and they would be able to retain the titles, but NEXTREAM said they would want a rematch for the belts soon and we're getting that tonight. Can they get that big win over these two legends or will they make lightning strike twice on them and still come out on top?
There is a small little story here between Yuma and Jun where Yuma was never able to pin him directly and would always come up short when they're in the same ring together, but he is looking to change that today during the match and from the looks of it, he's going to need a lot of luck. Jun and Yuji are just too tough for our two rookies here as they just have the power, the experience, and just better than them overall, but Naoya and Yuma have that determination to never give up and make sure they will win this time, and that story is what sells for this match since you know how important it is to them to prove themselves against some of Japan's best in this match. I loved the interactions between Uncle Jun and Yuma since I mentioned just a while ago about how Yuma never defeated him and you can see the intensity in their interactions together and it's mostly them in the match together to sell the story between the two much better. I loved their first bout together better since it showed great action and storytelling, but this was more focused on the story of the match and that part was told better here than the first match, but I would give the first match the better overall. Jun would go back and forth with Yuma with the knees and Jun catches him with an Exploding Suplex for Naoya to break it up before getting tossed out by Yuji, so Jun tries to do it again and he hits another Exploding Suplex but for him to kick out of it this time! Yuma is all fired up now and hits a knee on Jun to daze him as he hits the Rock Star Buster on him to go for the pin and we have new champions!
Yuma was finally able to get the direct win over Jun Akiyama in this match and just seeing them fight together gave me a little bit of doubt, but it was the right time for them to drop the belts to the younger generation. Congrats to NEXTREAM on winning the belts, they worked really hard and are only going to get better from here.
Review: It is now time for our main event with a highly anticipated match as we have Kento Miyahara defending his Triple Crown Championship against Zeus. Sometime in March before the Champion Carnival happened, Zeus would get the direct win over Kento and said he had plans on winning the Carnival and to take the championship, but Zeus would fail to win the tournament and had to wait a little bit to build himself back up until he was ready. In June after Kento retained against Dylan James, Zeus came back out to say he was now ready to fight him for the title since he still did have that clean win over him and wanted to get mentally prepared for this match. Can Zeus win the belt in his hometown of Osaka or will Kento knock him down once again?
Normally the crowd would mostly back up Kento but with the combination of being in Zeus' hometown and how over he's been with the fans lately, they were more supportive of him over Kento. The two start off a little bit explosive with some back and forth action with Zeus showing his strength and athletic ability while Kento just showed his intelligence in the ring to try and outmaneuver Zeus whenever he can. Zeus would hit a Diving Shoulder Tackle and then kips up and takes him outside to do a little bit more damage to him, but Kento would throw him over the guardrail and attempts a kick until Zeus caught his leg and slams it on the edge of the guardrail to hurt his leg a little bit.
Zeus then had him by the entrance ramp to go for a Lariat but gets caught with a kick to the midsection and hits a DDT onto the ramp to do some damage to his head and that doesn't stop there as he hits some Headbutts to knock him down nearly dazed, and tops it off with putting his head on the turnbuckle post to hold him there while he laughs in front of the camera until the referee pulled his hair to take him off. Zeus would start selling his head more and get dizzy for the majority of it while Kento finds an opening to try and take care of him and attempts a German Suplex onto the ring apron but Zeus fights him off to get some breathing room, but it doesn't last long as Kento ran up to him to hit a Brainbuster to the outside. Kento would hit another Blackout and does for just a regular German Suplex Hold as Zeus kicks out of that one and starts to get a small little comeback with some stiff Lariats to turn him nearly inside out, then hits a Chokeslam before going for the Jackhammer and he hits it but Kento kicks out of it!
Match has been incredible and loving the back and forth action and the crowd being behind it as well makes it all the more exciting since you can't tell who was gonna win the match and it could go either way. Kento would hit him with a few more Blackouts on his head to get him down as he goes for the Shutdown German Suplex Hold, but Zeus would break out of it once again by kicking out his bad leg, but gets caught with more Blackouts on his head. Kento would get all fired up to hit him with one more Blackout once Zeus got to his knees and Zeus would still kick out at two! Kento would charge at him one more time but Zeus catches him with not one but two Lariats and Kento would kick out at two, but Zeus quickly picked him up to hit the Jackhammer and we have a new Triple Crown Champion!
Zeus has finally done it, he has won the belt that has alluded him for years and it happened in his hometown of Osaka, Japan. Zeus has been with the company since 2014 and has been making a name for himself there in his eleven-year career. Zeus would get emotional after the match and rightfully so as he thanked everyone is Osaka for their endless support and he hopes to be a good champion. Zeus would end the show by having a kid in the ring and would carry him over his head to show that he was the champion of the people. Congrats to Zeus for finally winning the big belt, he's definitely earned it and I'm excited to see where his reign would go.
Overall: The undercard was rather weak, but the last two matches were the best part of the show despite an anti-climatic Asia Heavyweight title match also. We got an emotional main event with Zeus getting the big belt finally. We found out that Zeus's first title defense would be against Shuji Ishikawa and I can't wait to see how that one turns out.


You are cordially invited to the "Return of the Rapporteur" on Friday, October 26, 2012 , 1-3 pm, at the City University of New York. The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, Raquel Rolnik will return to New York City, the starting point of her official US Mission in October 2009. Not by accident during the month of the World Zero Evictions Days - for the Right to Housing.


Professionals experienced in the German and European property markets form the team of VERIANOS. Our management has worked with a large number of German and international clients and is directly involved in all client projects. We connect the financial and real estate markets with interdisciplinary teams contributing know how on assets, financing, construction, tax and law.
Professor Jochen Axer joined VERIANOS as member of the Supervisory Board in 2011. He is a founder and Senior Partner of the AXIS Advisory Group, a multi-disciplinary tax and law firm. From 1984 to 1996 he was a Partner at KPMG and served as Chairman of the KPMG International Insurance Tax Group.
He is also a Professor of Finance & Taxes at the Institute of Insurance of the Cologne University of Applied Sciences.
Dr. Beretti is the Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He currently also functions as member of the supervisory board of Banca Leonardo (Crédit Agricole Group). Before he served as CEO Italy at Dresdner Bank Group and as Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities Sim SpA. Dr. Beretti began his professional career at Interbanca SpA. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the German Italian Chamber of Commerce and Committee Member of the Italian Banking Association.
He holds an MBA from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.
Diego is Co-Founder and Partner of VERIANOS. He has over 25 years of professional experience in the real estate and the financial services industry.
Served as CEO of Sireo Real Estate Asset Management between 2001 and 2007.
He is a Member of the Board of the German Government Real Estate Holding BImA and of the Board of Trustees of the Schirn Exhibition Hall in Frankfurt.
Degree in Business Administration from the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, AMP Harvard Business School.
Professor Krüger is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
He is a former Independent Director of Deutsche Post DHL Group and Deutsche Postbank AG. He is also a former Professor of Accounting and Strategic Business Management at the Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences. From 1991 to 2000 Professor Krüger served as Senior Advisor at Lazard.
He began his professional career at Bank für Gemeinwirtschaft AG, where he served as a Member of the Managing Board from 1978 to 1990.
Juan Miguel is Joint Representative of VERIANOS for Spain and is responsible for the relationships with our clients in the country. He has more than 30 years of professional experience in the Corporate Finance and the M&A sectors.
Before joining VERIANOS he held various senior management positions in Germany and Spain at institutions such as Dresdner Bank AG, Banco Exterior de España and LBBW.
Jan has more than 10 years of professional experience in the consulting, finance and real estate sector.
As Senior Consultant at firms such as ICME Management Consultants he was involved in numerous real estate consulting projects. He began his career in the asset management division at Hudson Advisors Germany.
Jan holds business and legal degrees from the Universities of Cambridge and London, and a doctorate in Economics from Hamburg University.
Jost is a Co-founder and Partner of VERIANOS. He has almost 20 years of professional experience in the construction and real estate industry.
From 2007 to 2011 he served as Managing Director at CorpusSireo Investment Management S.ár.l. in Luxembourg. He began his professional career at the German construction group Hochtief as Project Manager.
Jost holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences in Karlsruhe, Germany and an M.Sc. in Project Management from Nottingham Trent University, England.
José Ángel is Joint Representative of VERIANOS for Spain and is responsible for our real estate advisory activities in the country. He has nearly 30 years of professional experience dedicated to the management of urban projects, start up and operation of industrial facilities, building contractors and renewable energy.
Extensive experience in the building process (design and construction). José Ángel holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, specializing in urban planning.
Bernd is responsible for the project development and construction activities of VERIANOS. He has more than 10 years of professional experience in the management of development projects for residential and commercial properties.
Bernd previously worked as technical manager at a regional investment firm and as team leader of the construction management at Swedish housing company Akelius.
He studied at University of applied Sciences in Cologne and is an architect as well as a degreed engineer.
Dirk is Head of Transaction Management at VERIANOS. He has more than 15 years of professional experience in the real estate industry with a strong track record in investment management.
He has occupied several positions in investment and asset management at Gebau AG, Thyssen Krupp Real Estate, Deka Immobilien, German Acorn and the CorpusSireo Group.
Dirk holds a degree in Real Estate Economics from (ebs) European Business School in Essen as well as a degree in Real Estate Economics from (EBZ) and a B.A. in Real Estate from (EBZ) Business School in Bochum. He is also Chartered Surveyor (MRICS) of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
As Managing Director Ingo is responsible for our Investment and Structured Products activities.
Before joining VERIANOS, Ingo worked as Executive Director for Alpina a Real Estate Group / Conren Land AG in Frankfurt and Luxembourg. He began his career in the Global Financial Services Division at Ernst & Young.
Ingo is a CFA Charterholder (Chartered Financial Analyst) and German tax advisor. He graduated in Business Administration (Dipl.-Kfm.) from University of Mannheim.
Kai-Erik Stütz has been Director Institutional Sales at VERIANOS since 2018. He has more than 20 years of professional experience in the real estate and financial services industry. Kai is responsible for investor support and collaboration with institutional clients at VERIANOS. He has an excellent network of institutional investors.
Prior to joining VERIANOS, Kai worked for Corpus Sireo, where he was responsible for establishing and managing the Institutional Clients department. Later he was also responsible for the sales strategy of Corpus Sireo for the real estate portfolio of Deutsche Telekom AG. Most recently, Kai was Director Institutional Sales at DIC Asset AG.
Alejandro Valero Nadal heads the international business of VERIANOS. He has more than 15 years of experience in the real estate industry with a particular focus on asset management issues as well as international portfolio and M & A transactions.
For EPM Assetis / Bilfinger Group and Hudson Advisors, he was responsible for managing various residential and commercial portfolios in Germany, Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
Alejandro is a real estate agent and studied business administration at the Westdeutsche Akademie in Cologne.
Stefan Wallner is the company's Head of Finance. He has more than 25 years of experience in tax advisory, tax structuring of investment vehicles and in Real Estate and Project Financing.
Before joining VERIANOS Stefan worked for various Real Estate Companies and Property Developers, at KPMG in the Real Estate Finance Division and as a Tax Consultant at the Axis Advisory Group.
He holds a degree in business administration from the Cologne University of Applied Sciences and he also is a Certified Tax Advisor.


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The Frosty Pop Corps posted an article
Local Indie Dev Featured In App Store
Local indie dev featured in App Store. see more
Today, The Frosty Pop Corps launched their new game Walls & Balls, a golf-pinball-pong hybrid with a Swiss design aesthetic, only on the Apple App Store.
The first game in founder Faisal Sethi's ball trilogy, Walls & Balls is currently featured in "New Games We Love" sections of the Apple App Store, and is featured in over 440 App Store lists accross the world.
This is The Frosty Pop Corps's 10th feature on the App Store, and the first from their new home in Victoria, British Columbia.
"It's exciting to be living in such a vibrant gaming community here in Victoria, " said Sethi. "Although I am new on the scene, at some point I hope to represent the Victoria gaming community on a global level with the same creative reputation as Kano Apps, Tiny Mob, Codename, and many, many others."
Walls & Balls can be downloaded at: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/walls-balls/id1083708143
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Tessa Bousfield posted an article
CBC hosts Victoria 2.0: is Vancouver Island the new tech hub?
Tech enthusiasts gathered at Fort Tectoria to hear from a panel of entrepreneurs in YYJ's tech hub see more
Source: CBC All Points West
Tech is a $3B industry in Victoria, with 900 companies responsible for 2,200 jobs
Tech enthusiasts gathered at Fort Tectoria Friday morning to hear from a panel of entrepreneurs in Victoria's burgeoning tech industry, hosted by CBC British Columbia as part of its Inspiration Series.
CBC Radio One's On The Island host Gregor Craigie and All Points West host Robyn Burns asked three panelists about startups and Victoria's future as a leader in the tech world.
"With 900 tech companies, 22,000 employees and over $3 billion in total revenue, it's hard to deny: the old stereotypes are dead," said Craigie.
The panel discussion, called Victoria 2.0, covered topics ranging from gender imbalance in tech companies to the impact of a low Canadian dollar on local businesses.
Why Victoria?
The three panelists had a range of experiences and came from a variety of backgrounds, but when it came to talking about why they chose Victoria as a place to live and work, they all agreed: Victoria is a close-knit community and that's good for startups.
"One of the great things about Victoria is it is a smaller community, you're able to really make those deep connections," said Nicole Smith, founder of Flytographer.
Best of all, the city is affordable, she said.
"And you're actually able to afford a house."
Smith worked in Vancouver and Seattle before moving back to her hometown on the island seven years ago.
Charles Lavigne moved to Victoria three years ago from the Lower Mainland.
"It really came down to the community. It was just so inviting and so supportive," said the co-founder and CEO of LlamaZOO.
"I think Vancouver is a lot bigger, so it's more dispersed."
Entrepreneur Brad Van Vugt said choosing between the Silicon Valley and Victoria was easy. The small B.C. city offers something other places don't, he said.
"You have this incredibly tight community, incredibly dedicated, smallish group of founders, but they're trying to do big things," said Van Vugt, co-founder and CEO of Sendwithus.
"If you go to a larger city you're going to get a lot more noise."
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High-tech booster VIATEC turns 25, its outlook bright
VIATEC turns 25 see more
Source: Times Colonist
Author: Andrew Duffy
The organization charged with promoting and advocating on behalf of the Victoria high-tech sector turns 25 today.
And age seems to suit the Victoria Innovation, Advanced Technology and Entrepreneurship Council, the oldest tech association in the province, which may look more vibrant now than when it was first formed in 1989.
These days the organization boasts more than 400 members and speaks on behalf of a sector that has seen incredible growth -- when last measured in 2014 it had an economic impact on Victoria of more than $4 billion.
According to current chief executive officer Dan Gunn, who has been with VIATEC for 15 years, in the early days the Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Centre, as it was then known, worked more closely with government delivering programs to the industry.
"It did have memberships and there was a mandate to be an industry association but a lot of the budget came from program funding from the province and that shaped priorities for the organization," he said.
That has evolved over time into the current model, which prides itself on both getting the word out about what is now Victoria's largest and fastest growing private industry -- helping it attract new companies, investment, and potential employees to the city -- while establishing programs to help small and medium-sized companies grow.
Those new incubator programs were built on some of the early mentorship programs VIATEC established in the 1990s under Bob Skene, Bill Cook and Colin Lennox.
Eric Jordan, currently the chief executive officer at video game developer Codename Entertainment, agreed, noting VIATEC's work with young companies over the entire 25 years has been a huge boon to the industry.
He recalls plenty of support from both Lennox and Cook when he was starting software firm PureEdge Solutions in 1993.
"Now they are building on it, now they do so much more for the whole spectrum of companies," he said.
VIATEC evolved again when government funding for programs all but dried up around the same time of the dot-com bubble around 2000-01.
Gunn said the organization took some time to find its feet and determine what it was going to look like In 2005 it decided to dedicate itself to the industry, making the priorities and interests of the tech sector its sole purpose.
"We spent five years re-establishing our connection with industry, and then in 2010 we got more ambitious and I think came into our own," he said.
In the last five years, on top of its programming and advocacy work, VIATEC has significantly expanded its footprint with its own physical downtown base at Fort Tectoria (777 Fort St.), has reached out into the arts and hospitality communities and other groups to partner in festivals, conferences and building the community.
All the while it has sung the praises of the companies growing in the city and beyond.
The result has meant there are few decision makers that don't realize tech is the region's largest industry -- 900 companies, employing 22,000 people with revenue of $3.2 billion and an economic impact of more than $4 billion.
"VIATEC has played an important role in the community by bringing together programs that facilitate and encourage technology, entrepreneurship and innovation," said Alex Mendelev, co-founder of design studio Tiny Mob Games. "With VIATEC, every technology venture in Victoria not only has access to resources, but an opportunity to engage and connect with a rich network of professionals."
Gunn said VIATEC's growth and that of the local tech sector is a product of timing as much as anything else.
"I'm confident in saying VIATEC has played a key role in raising awareness of the importance, impact and vibrancy of the sector and that has led to more investors looking at the region, more employers and potential employees looking at the region," he said.
The change is pretty incredible since the early days.
The Times Colonist in 1994 quoted Skene as saying there were 125 tech companies in the region, with as many as 300 on the Island. The Island tech industry's combined revenue at the time was estimated to be about $200 million.
"It's been such a transition," said Jordan, noting he grew up in Victoria and for years all anyone ever heard about was the impact of tourism on the region. "Now the unquestioned statement is that tech is our largest industry."
Jordan said that messaging is due in large part to VIATEC's work to promote the sector and unite the various groups within it.
Gunn believes the city has also played a big role.
"I feel in the last eight to 10 years Victoria itself has become more entrepreneurial, exciting and innovative," he said. "That's partly because of demographic shift and definitely due to industry shift, and that plays into the hands of a growing innovation sector."
Gunn said VIATEC's next strategic plan includes some new wrinkles, including more focus on established companies, helping to bring together investors and growing firms and perhaps establishing a foundation to connect tech companies with the local community's needs.
Elton Pereira, co-founder of ParetoLogic, said VIATEC has been a strong supporting partner that has "engaged the local and international communities promoting technology, innovation, job opportunities and diversity in the workplace.
"It has been a big year for VIATEC, in particular, they have had success as an incubator for young tech startups and ambitious entrepreneurs. They have some great momentum and I look forward to hearing more success stories coming out of their program."
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Dragon Den's Jim Treliving to speak in Oak Bay Oct. 14
Jim Treliving will be speaking in Victoria on Oct. 14 in the David Foster Foundation Theatre. see more
Author: Darron Kloster
Jim Treliving, one of Canada's top entrepreneurs known for his role on CBC's hit television show Dragon's Den, will be speaking in Victoria on Oct. 14 in the David Foster Foundation Theatre at the Oak Bay Beach Hotel.
Treliving will speak about his business career, values-based approach to decision-making and the importance of community involvement. The event is presented by Leadership Victoria Society and supported by Telus, The Oak Bay Beach Hotel, University of Victoria, the Times Colonist and Hothouse Marketing.
After the presentation, an exclusive VIP reception will give some attendees a chance to meet Jim and Sandi Treliving in a more informal setting.
Treliving reflects on how his early life lessons from his father shaped his approach to life. "Success is measured by taking in the big picture," he says. "You look at the health and happiness of your family and friends and what you're contributing to your community."
Treliving and George Melville created the Boston Pizza Charitable Foundation, which has raised and donated more than $20 million to charities across Canada and around the world.
Bringing Treliving to Victoria to speak is a big moment for Leadership Victoria. Executive director Susan Low views Treliving as a role model for community leaders. "Mr. Treliving's approach to business and philanthropy is an inspiring example. We believe Greater Victoria's spirit of community makes it a logical place for him to talk about how business and community leadership go hand-in-hand."
Leadership Victoria is a non-profit that develops and supports leaders who make Greater Victoria a vibrant, healthy community. Funds are being raised to support the operation of the Community Leadership Development Program and grassroots leadership workshops on topics ranging from collaboration to social innovation.
Telus Victoria Community Board chairman Mel Cooper was instrumental in making the event happen, said Low.
Thinklandia Festival Speaker Line Up 2015
Thinklandia Festival is 7 days of creative speakers, artists, CEOs, physicists and storytellers see more
Yates St. Parkade Rooftop • 575 Yates St.
NIghtly • Doors at 5:00pm • Event at 7:45pm • Free
Brought to you by Telus, Rifflandia, the City of Victoria, Atomique Productions, VIATEC, InterArts, Fort Properties, and Stream of Consciousness
Thinklandia Festival is 7 days of creative speakers, artists, CEOs, physicists and storytellers sharing their creative experiences and wisdom in an interactive venue created from converting a parkade rooftop in downtown Victoria. Events are bright, vibrant, open, and entirely free, with dozens of speakers sharing thoughts and conversations with thousands of engaged people.
Check out a huge new interactive environment by Scott Amos & David Parfitt (Money C), audio visual installations by Toni & Arya of EMP Productions, incredible speakers nightly, the launch of the inaugural Mayor's Medal, unveiling new arts installations and exhibitions, beer by Phillips, food, music, and a new kind of creative festival in Victoria.
Jill Doucette • Synergy Enterprises
Rande Cook • Visual Artist
Lisa Helps • Mayor of Victoria
hosted by Iain Russell
Plus we will present the inaugural Mayor's Medal Awards (nominations open now at www.thinklandia.ca/mayorsmedal)
"Edge of Knowledge"
Edge of Knowledge is an exploration spanning through of years and billions of miles, from ancient wisdom known and taught for generations, to emerging notions of reality and the nature of existence, to aspects of reality that elude us still.
Derek Muller • Veritasium, Australia
Dr. Heather Berlin • Neuroscientist, NYC
Baba Brinkman • Rapper, NYC
hosted by Joey MacDonald
"Illegal"
ILLEGAL explores the contingencies, eccentricities, and everyday actions that exist outside of the typical realm of law, as well as the motivations and barriers experienced by those actively operating outside of the system.
Stephen Reid • Author, bankrobber
Sarah Smith AKA Ginger Kittens • PEERS, Burlesque dancer
Hector Espinosa • Street artist, Mexico
hosted by Ken Gordon
"Stories We Tell"
A conversation among luminaries, mediums of history, crafters of culture, and interpreters of truth. This panel focuses on the power of storytelling, its role in history, the joys and dangers of fiction, and
how the past informs the future through stories.
Roy Henry Vickers • Visual artist, storyteller
Susan Musgrave • Author, poet
hosted by Missie Peters
Also featuring Story Slam - an open invitation to submit your 4-5 minute story, and tell it to everyone at Stories We Tell. Got a fantastic story? Send us a note at ideas@thinklandia.ca and tell it at Story Slam.
"Perspective"
PERSPECTIVE explores the ability to approach common problems from an independent frame of reference, and the incredible new ideas generated from the simple practice of seeing differently. Perspective aims to reframe emerging discussions around broader opportunities for communication.
Bif Naked • Musician, activist
Rae Spoon • Musician, activist
Jason Verners • Illusionist
hosted by Sarah Kramer
Jordan Bower • Digital Storyteller
Shaun Verreault • Wide Mouth Mason Lead Singer
TEDxVictoriaSalon • Tiffany Poirier, a Vice Principal in SD61 • Jeff Hopkins, Founder of the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry
hosted by Iain Russell
Concurrent events:
"Building A Creative City"
Thinklandia HQ • 1001 Blanshard St
Doors at 4:30pm • Event at 5:00pm • Free
Jessica Hopper • Senior Editor, Pitchfork Magazine
Kathryn Calder • Singer/Songwriter
Leeroy Stagger • Singer/Songwriter
This event is in partnership with Experience Tectoria
Peter Nowak • Award Winning Technology Journalist, Syndicated Blogger & Columnist
Lauren Friese • Founder, TalentEgg.ca
hosted by Ian Hoar
Joey MacDonald
Creative Programming Director, Thinklandia
programming@thinklandia.ca
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VIATEC posted an article
Startup Basics Program Accelerates Early Stage Entrepreneurs
Startup Basics Program supplies participants with the tools and resources to accelerate their idea. see more
Accelerate Okanagan has expanded its program offering to further support the BC Southern Interior tech community. Developed for early stage entrepreneurs and career-changers, the Startup Basics Program supplies participants with the tools and resources to accelerate their idea to the next stage in their entrepreneurial journey.
Startup Basics is comprised of weekly sessions and seminars occurring from September to December 2015. Sessions are presented by community organizations, as well as Accelerate Okanagan Executive in Residence mentors, partners, clients, and alumni. Each session is designed to educate the entrepreneur on the fundamentals essential to developing their startup.
"Delivering the building blocks of a solid business foundation, our Startup Basics program comes out of our Community Development team as a way of providing helpful resources to the BC Southern Interior startup community. With the addition of our webinar feature, we have made this program easily accessible and formatted to suit any stage of startup. Accelerate Okanagan is fortunate to have a broad spectrum of expertise in our Partners and EiRs; with their participation in this initiative we are able to help startups thrive with competence, connection, and community," says Pilar Portela, CEO of Accelerate Okanagan.
Sessions Include:
Entrepreneur Support Ecosystem
Startup Basics: Legal & Accounting
Value Proposition and Customer Discovery
Turn your Idea into Reality: Prototyping and Testing
Startup Basics: Project Management
Legal and Insurance: Protecting your Business
Product and Market Fit  Startup Basics: Metrics
Hiring Contractors and Creating Contracts
CEO vs. Co-Founder
Funding Mechanics for Startups
Perfecting Your Business Pitch
Introduction to the Business Model Generation
For only $25.00/session, get inspired and learn how to take the next step with your business idea. Please click here for session schedule and registration information. Space is limited, so please register early! Can't make it to Kelowna? Don't worry, we've got it covered. Register to watch a live webinar of each scheduled session.
Take over San Francisco with Team Victoria on September 28th-29th
Seeking interested companies and entrepreneurs to join "Team Victoria" and take over San Francisco! see more
Seeking interested companies and entrepreneurs to join forces and take over San Francisco!
VIATEC will be joining other community stakeholders as part of "Team Victoria" to engage with San Francisco-based entrepreneurs, investors and other key individuals on September 28th and 29th.
The objectives of Team Victoria's mission will include the following:
Showcase and connect Victoria companies to investors and investment firms based in the Bay Area
Target corporate meeting clients that align to the region's Corporate Meetings Strategy
Engage talent
Engage with and connect to any potential academic partnerships that will enhance Victoria's "education" brand or institutions.
Reasons to be interested:
The final agenda will be tailored to participant interests and needs
Ample time will be available for participants' own private meetings, and a few shared meetings will be available too
The trip will climax with a reception for all participants, to celebrate what makes Victoria such a unique and destined location to live and build a company
This evening will be highlighted by a conversation with some very special guests!
We're inviting any companies and entrepreneurs that are interested in joining us to contact Rob Bennett at rbennett@viatec.ca for more information.
TEAM VICTORIA - ASSEMBLE!
Silkstart Importer posted an article
Victoria packs a pint-sized punch as a small but flourishing tech hub
"This place has a very entrepreneurial attitude." see more
Source: Globe & Mail
Author: Sean Silcoff
Burgeoning tech companies are on the rise in Canada, attracting funding and IPO buzz in hubs across the country. The Globe & Mail's occasional series explores how each locale nurtures its entrepreneurs, the challenges they face and the rising stars we're watching.
Owen Matthews found the perfect way to convince his father, Ottawa tech pioneer Terry Matthews, to invest in a startup in his home base of Victoria: The company, Echosec Systems Ltd., can track social media postings by their geographic origin, so to demonstrate the power of the tool, the younger Mr. Matthews showed his father what had been posted to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram in the vicinity of his house. What showed up during the demonstration eight months ago shocked the billionaire: 15 pictures, including one of his grand-daughter, on his property. The first thing the elder Mr. Matthews did was track down the posters to get them to remove the pictures. The next thing he did was invest. "I like this tool, it clearly has a lot of value," he told his son, who noted that the technology is already used by military and law enforcement agencies.
While Terry Matthews is known as one of Ottawa's most prominent tech investors, he and his son have also poured money and time into Victoria, another government town with a surprisingly buoyant tech ecosystem. Victoria does not have any big tech companies, but it has enough small and medium-sized firms that the sector – not government or tourism – is the top employer in the metropolis of 344,000 people. The Victoria Advanced Technology Council says there are 900 technology companies employing 15,000 people in the area, generating $4-billion in economic impact. "Most people go to Vancouver and miss Victoria because it's a cute government town," Owen Matthews says. "But this place has a very entrepreneurial attitude."
Mayor Lisa Helps argues that Victoria's climate, abundance of restaurants, local beer and coffee, rental units and pleasant lifestyle options ("work here ends at kayak o'clock") make it a magnet for startups. "What works in our ecosystem that makes us unique is small companies that grow rapidly and punch away above their weight on the world market," she says.
It's certainly helped by the Matthews family: Owen Matthews, 43, came to University of Victoria to study computer science and psychology and never left, starting a telecommunications software company in 1998 and selling it to Vancouver's CounterPath Corp. in 2007 (the Matthews family owns close to 30 per cent of the stock).
He's since helped develop the local startup scene by convincing several government and industry bodies, along with his alma mater and father, to fund the creation of the non-profit Alacrity Foundation, dedicated to helping nascent entrepreneurs get on their feet.
Owen Matthews argues that the first six to 12 months of an entrepreneurial enterprise is too early for serious investors to commit financing. So the foundation offers training, space, mentorship, access to industry players and expense money to help get B.C.-based business and engineering graduates on their feet as entrepreneurs. The idea is that if they flourish at Alacrity, there may be investors ready to jump in after a year.
Sure enough, several companies that have graduated from the program have landed seed investments, from the Matthews family and others. They include telecommunications software startup Tutela, online marketing firm Pretio and Echosec.
Karl Swannie, a former partner of local geospatial technology firm CloverPoint who heads Echosec, argues that "you have to be good in Victoria to survive. Your software has to be good enough to make it off the island. Because if you don't do well, you die."
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No, a Wayfair 'Doswell' Wardrobe Doesn't Match the Name of a Missing Child
An online hoax in 2021 echoed a false rumor from the previous year.
Bethania Palma
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A Wayfair "Doswell Door Wardrobe" has the same name as a missing child.
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In mid-November 2021, social media users shared a meme that contained a variation of a false rumor originating in 2020 — a rumor that claimed furniture store Wayfair was trafficking children inside "overpriced" items like cabinets.
A post in the r/conspiracy forum on the platform Reddit, for example, contained text that read, "Way fair item matching missing child," and an image containing screenshots of an alleged wardrobe sold by Wayfair and a missing person bulletin from Baltimore police for a 15-year-old girl with the same surname as the wardrobe.
The gist of the conspiracy theory is that Wayfair items contain the names of missing children who are then purchased and shipped in Wayfair items carrying the same names. Although it's true that 15-year-old Imani Towana Doswell (her first name was initially misspelled as "Emani") went missing in January 2018, a spokesperson for the Baltimore Police Department told Snopes in an email that the girl's mother reported in February 2018 she had returned home safe.
Here is an image of the post on Reddit:
We were unable to locate an item on Wayfair's website called a "Doswell Door Wardrobe." We sent an email to Wayfair asking if it's a real product, and will update this story when we receive a response.
Nevertheless, the item in the meme doesn't match the name of a missing child, nor is there any evidence that Wayfair is or has been involved in child trafficking.
WJZ-TV. "Police Searching For Missing 15-Year-Old Girl." 25 Jan. 2018, https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/01/25/missing-15-year-old/.
Robinson, KiMi. "Why Is Wayfair Accused of Trafficking Children? 7 Things to Know about the Conspiracy Theory." Arizona Republic, 17 August 2020, https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/life/2020/08/17/wayfair-child-sex-trafficking-conspiracy-theory-reddit-qanon-facts-myths/3345421001/.
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