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Rev1 Ventures Launches $10MM Pre-Seed Fund with OSU & Ohio Third Frontier
Today, Rev1 Ventures, the startup studio that combines capital and strategic services to help startups scale and corporates innovate, is launching Future Value Fund I (FVF), a new $10MM for-profit investment fund focused on building the Central Ohio startup ecosystem. The Fund is the company's most significant pre-seed fund to date and the largest pre-seed stage fund in Columbus history. The Ohio State University joins Rev1 to invest in the Fund, with the Ohio Third Frontier Pre-Seed/Seed Plus Fund Capitalization Program providing a $5 million loan to bring the total fund capitalization to $10 million.
According to the National Venture Capital Association, startups in the U.S. raised nearly $157 billion in venture funding last year. However, pre-seed investment remains a gap, especially in the Midwest, where venture capital formation still lags coastal cities.
The Future Value Fund is designed to provide pre-seed-stage companies with the resources to bridge this gap. The Fund enables companies to effectively and efficiently validate their product with key customers and markets, identify and recruit early key talent, and provide critical insights for entrepreneurs in building and then scaling their businesses. The Fund will invest in up to 15 companies in digital health, healthcare IT, HR technology, fintech, insurtech, data analytics, and enterprise Software-as-a-Service. The Fund will also invest in spinouts from The Ohio State University in Advanced Materials, Alternative Energy, Sensors and Hardware, and Ag and Food Tech.
"We've proven the tremendous opportunity to build and scale high-tech, high-growth startups in Central Ohio; however, the capital gap for entrepreneurs is real. Quality entrepreneurs must be met with capital and services to build great companies," said Tom Walker, CEO of Rev1 Ventures. "Our region knows what it takes to support early-stage companies. By collaborating with Ohio Third Frontier and Ohio State, FVF will allow us to broaden our resources to even more entrepreneurs and fuel Ohio's economy."
The FVF will build upon Rev1's success in managing more than $100MM in capital, which has generated over $4B in capital creation since 2014. The FVF will leverage Rev1's industry-leading startup studio to efficiently source and nurture a growing volume of deal flow, thereby increasing the probability of success and optimizing the brightest startup companies' growth in the region.
"Our collaborations with Rev1 have helped commercialize research-based breakthroughs from Ohio State, and we recognize that capital and support early on is critical," said Cheryl Turnbull, senior director for the Keenan Center for Entrepreneurship at Ohio State. "We have committed capital to FVF because we recognize such funds are necessary to support the technologies and entrepreneurs that are propelling the startup ecosystem in Ohio."
"As an early-stage company, Rev1 has been vital in helping us better understand the landscape in Ohio while accelerating our time to market," said Samuel Baddoo, founder and CEO of Fleri. "Funding and expertise are more important now than ever before, so we are especially grateful that Rev1 is in our backyard."
Last year, Rev1 funded 25 companies, making it one of the most active investors nationally.


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Stepping up: What can we expect from Bill English?
By Matthew Hooton date Jan 11, 2017
Bill English's intelligence and thoughtfulness are exactly the qualities that might make him a poor prime minister.
John Key's idea was we would all get comfortable with our new prime minister over the summer.
Like everything else in his business and political career, the timing of the former prime minister's departure was impeccable. On the one hand, the economic and fiscal forecasts are the best they have been since he took office in the midst of the Cullen recession and the global financial crisis in 2008. Just as he promised back then, he can say he has balanced the government's books and turned around migration from an outflow of New Zealanders to an inflow. Wages, GDP, employment, productivity, prices and every other economic indicator are now expected to head in the right direction in election year and through to the end of the Treasury's five-year forecasting range.
On the other hand, Key knew that his political prospects now had only one way to go and that was sharply down. Whereas in his first two terms his poll ratings were higher than National's and dragged his party up, he personally sat below 40 percent for much of 2016, while National remained well above. His approval ratings, which were once as high as a US president immediately after a successful war, were by his third term a little below where Helen Clark was at the same time in her prime ministership and his disapproval ratings a little higher. Worse, the more detailed research indicated that where once Key had been overwhelmingly regarded as "charismatic," "honest" and "personable", by 2016 the concepts most commonly associated with him among swing voters were "arrogant," "smarmy" and "smug." Any trader could see it was time to close the position.
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The precise timing beautifully overshadowed National's disaster in the Mt Roskill by-election (remember that?) and ensured the government would dominate the news right up until Christmas. Key's plan was that as we tuck into the turkey, finish the last of the ham and sit around drinking in the sun, Aunt Mabel will ask "so, what about that Bill English then?"
The new prime minister takes office with low expectations. If the mythological Key could effortlessly create Adele-like scenes at LynnMall or Sylvia Park, English is assumed likely to drop the baby and be photobombed in every selfie. At least in public, Key could remain affable despite any provocation. English, at least until recently, has been known to display an explosive temper and an extensive Anglo-Saxon vocabulary. Asked, say, whether joblessness is going up or down, Key could be relied upon to declare more New Zealanders are in work than ever before. English might muse that it depends how you measure it.
In fact, English can be every bit as engaging in person as Key and ultimately more satisfying conversationally. He is by far the more intellectually curious. He is indeed the bumpkin Dipton farmer but also the St Patrick's College head boy and the young man who decided to study literature at Victoria University after finishing his commerce degree at Otago. English has read Derrida and Foucault and can say why he rejects both. If called upon to send young New Zealanders to war, English will reflect on Brooke and Sassoon. Key is more a John Grisham man.
The key to understanding English's political outlook is that he became involved in the National Party and stood for parliament in 1990 not because he was enthusiastic about Jim Bolger, Ruth Richardson and Bill Birch's economic programme but because he was opposed to the shock and awe of David Lange and Roger Douglas. The benefit cuts and the Mother of All Budgets – both of which he voted for – were deeply traumatic for the new MP. Had he not been so tribally National, personally conservative and deeply ambitious, he might have followed the likes of other new backbenchers such as Michael Laws into the political wilderness. Instead, he became the leader of the so-called "brat pack" that expressed their opposition more privately and with the occasional subtle public dig.
Nearly a quarter century later, English is completely intellectually reconciled to the power of free markets and open borders to most efficiently allocate resources and raise living standards but he continues to regard shock-and-awe approaches as both morally reprehensible and bad politics. For the new prime minister, acting slowly and carefully is not a cynical political calculation but a principled approach to implementing policy in a democracy. He does not believe in hurting people in the short term to deliver a longer term benefit. To the contrary, his much-heralded social investment approach to government spending is about helping people early to avoid problems down the track. It remains to be seen if it is in fact anything more than a technocratic attempt to build algorithms around the same "as the twig is bent, so grows the tree" principle that has always guided social policy ministers.
English adores his family, both his nuclear family and the wider whanau. His enemies, not without some cause, have portrayed his wife Mary as a Lady MacBeth. Both are staunch Catholics but, in Bill's case, more torturedly so. He has spoken about struggling with faith and his theology can perhaps be seen as more Pope Francis than Benedict XVI. He regards abortion as in a sense murder but understands the contemporary context. There will be no suggestion of reversing the status quo (or, of course, of reforming New Zealand's bizarre existing laws). Similarly, he was opposed to gay marriage but has no intention of going back. He is unwilling to argue against love.
Quoting Fitzgerald, English would be able to tell us that "the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function" and he undoubtedly can. The doubt about him is whether or not he has the temperament to choose one difficult idea over the other when that is necessary. The only decisions that ever reach the prime minister's desk are those where there is no clear answer and no further data will help. Do you settle the teachers' strike when they are making unreasonable demands (as half the cabinet wants) or tolerate another week of strikes (as the other half of cabinet insists)? Do you sack the District Health Board for financial mismanagement even though all its National-aligned members have just been re-elected and the health status of the region's population is improving faster than elsewhere? Do you send the SAS to Afghanistan even though it won't do much good, some of them will be killed but the deployment will help cement the alliance with Australia and the "very, very, very close friendship" with the United States? Do you cut the company tax rate to maintain in touch with Australia (as your business supporters demand), increase family tax credits (as the polls insist) or use the whole surplus to pay back debt (which you know is probably the best choice)?
English's problem is that what can be admired in a scholar as the ability to consider all sides of an argument can be derided in a leader as dithering, weakness and drift. It is what destroyed English 1.0 in 2002. The early signs of whether English 2.0 has been sufficiently upgraded are not encouraging. His uninspiring choice as Finance Minister, Steven Joyce, took it upon himself to go on TVNZ's Q&A even prior to English's ascension to announce a comprehensive policy review, surely the prerogative of the new prime minister. Key's Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, felt free to announce he was off to New York for a week the day English was sworn in. The subsequent rejig of the cabinet failed to put an English stamp fully on the new government. If he continues down this path, his government will soon be seen as temporary. His one hope for re-election will be that Andrew Little is worse.
This article first appeared in the January-February issue of Metro, on sale now.
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2016 Chocolate Palomino Pony of America mare
Type of Rescue: Animal Control Surrender
Intake Date: 1/5/21
Adoption Date: 7/24/21
ADOPTED!! by Jane and Eric
Breve and two other horses were seized by Animal Control after a 5th horse on the property died due to neglect. The survivors all suffered from overgrown hooves, lice, malnutrition, enormous worm loads, and lack of dental care, causing painful ulcerations in their mouths. Breve is a small pony (11.0hh). She's a lovely chocolate palomino with a pretty blaze and one white foot.
Today: Breve has been adopted along with Checkers by Jane and Eric. We think Checkers may have been Breve's mom since they came from the same herd. Now the two live on 21 acres, with people who love them and will never have to worry about food or medical care again.
Cold Weather is Coming!
by Skye Guidotti | Dec 20, 2021 | Artie, Breve, Checkers, Kat, Ruckus
Our Alumni's get the best treatment! With the cold temperatures going into winter, we've had some cute photos sent to us with horses all snug in their mid weight blankets. In their previous lives, many of these horses had to fend for themselves during harsh weather conditions. Now they have wonderful families who add a little coziness to their lives which not only keeps them warm, but warms our hearts.
Artie, with Ruckus
Breve and Checkers are Adopted!
by Skye Guidotti | Aug 25, 2021 | Breve, Checkers
Checkers and Breve might be mother and daughter, but the two ponies didn't arrive at SAFE at the same time. Their previous owner hid four more ponies on their property after Animal Control came to seize the initial group. A few weeks later, AC discovered there were more ponies and eventually the whole herd ended up at SAFE.
Breve arrived at SAFE first, along with Sundae and Razin. Checkers came later with her 6‑month-old baby, Minnie, plus two more pony stallions. The whole herd needed a lot of attention. None of them were used to being haltered or even handled by people. Their coats were matted, they were malnourished, and they were in bad need of a dental and a visit from the farrier, but first we had to get them used to people! Checkers seemed to be the most outgoing of the adult ponies and understandably a little protective of Minnie. Breve kept her distance and seemed to give comfort for the littlest pony, Razin, who followed her around. Eventually they all entered the horsemanship program and figured out that humans aren't so bad and just like that we had a plethora of cuteness at the farm.
Jane and Eric live on 21 acres and their daughter recently moved, taking her pony, Ruckus (a SAFE Alumni!) with her. They needed to fill their beautifully restored 4 stall barn so they came to meet Breve and Checkers. They visited a few times to get to know these two and were extremely excited to take them home. Last month, Breve and Checkers headed to their new home. Their barn doors even have an extra opening for pony sized necks to look out! Now Checkers and Breve will live happily ever after together and maybe one day have a few big horse buddies in the other two stalls next door.
A Whole New World for Breve
by Skye Guidotti | Apr 25, 2021 | Breve
Breve went to foster for a month of training with Julie, one of our amazing fosters. When Breve first arrived she met Julie's horse, Sophie, who chased her around like a kid going after an ice cream truck. However, Breve was so good and never pinned her ears and even let Julie easily catch her off the grass when it was time.
Here are some photos Julie shared about Breve's first outing into the big world on a 2.5 mile trail walk. First, Julie easily caught her, even with a really chatty toddler on her back. Then, they took a walk around the neighborhood. Breve started off looking and calling out for her new friends, but after the first mile she was hunting the trail with her neck swinging and walking out.
Julie said "Cars, landscape trailers, goats, garbage cans, dogs, kids, puddles, there were no miss-steps! I'd be pretty impressed for any youngster, as urban living leaves a lot to get used to… let alone one that was wild not that long ago!
We all are impressed this little mare takes everything in stride and is excited about new experiences. Breve is now back at SAFE and sharing a turnout with another pony, Billy.
The Three Little Horses
by Skye Guidotti | Feb 19, 2021 | Breve, Razin, Sundae
Razin, Sundae, and Breve have been doing wonderfully at SAFE. All three have progressed greatly and are learning what it is like to be loved and to have human friends. Their haltering skills are continuously improving, and they even did well for their first farrier appointment! Breve only got two of the four feet done, but it is a great start. We were impressed with how well Sundae and Razin did!
Razin has been an excellent patient for the vet recently. During a recent vet visit we had a blood sample taken to help determine if he was a gelding or not. Surprisingly, the results came back inconclusive! After a second vet visit and an ultrasound, it was determined Razin had NOT been gelded and his testes had not descended. This is a unique condition, making Razin a cryptorchid. This condition can be treated with surgery which is only slightly more invasive than a traditional gelding. Now that we know Razin is not a gelding, he has been separated from the mares. He has a nice little set up right next door to his friends.
Four new faces (or 16 new hooves) at SAFE
by Bonnie Hammond | Jan 14, 2021 | Breve, Razin, Sundae, Valentine
On January 5, 2021, we welcomed four new horses to SAFE. These three ponies and one full sized mare had been seized by Animal Control after a 5th horse on the property died due to neglect. The survivors all suffered from overgrown hooves, lice, malnutrition, and lack of dental care, causing painful ulcerations in their mouths. They also have enormous worm loads, which we are treating careful to rid them of while avoiding an overload of toxins to their systems. The four horses seized are:
Valentine, a 16 year old grade mare, who suffered a laceration over her right eye during transport. Our vet was able to stitch the wound cleanly, and Valentine won our hearts right there and then with her kind and calm demeanor during the process. She is a good-sized mare who seems quite gentle, but we can't tell for sure if she was a riding horses in the past or not. She's very cute, with a huge blaze and a bright chestnut coat. Getting to know her will be an enjoyable process!
Sundae is a brown and white pinto pony with two blue eyes. She is estimated to be 25 years old. She's reluctant to be touched, but she's curious, so it probably won't be too long before she comes around. Sundae will be offered as a companion. She's a small pony, standing 11.0hh.
Breve is also a small pony (11.0hh). She's a lovely chocolate palomino with a pretty blaze and one white foot. She's estimated to be 4.5 years old, so she may have a future ahead as a riding pony. She's also pretty shy, a little more so than Breve, but she's getting accustomed to being caught and handled.
Razin is the smallest of the group at 10hh and he looks very much like a baby, but his teeth show that he's at least 4 years old. He looks like he might be a cross between a pony and a mini horses. He's very dark bay with a bleached mane and tail, a star and snip, and two socks on his hinds. Razin is not down with being caught or touched, but he's already learning to be haltered and led. He's got a lot of energy. He may be suitable for carrying a small child at some point, but he might do better as a cart pony.
Our new charges are settling in well. We were informed by Animal Control that their old owner had 4 more ponies hidden on his property, including two pony stallions, a pony mare, and a 6 month old. He has surrendered these to Animal Control, so they are likely to be arriving at SAFE by the end of this month.


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can anyone confirm on other systems?
Yeah, same on Win x64. Ctrl-X doesn't delete the text or copy it to the clipboard and Ctrl-C doesn't copy it to the clipboard either.
daegored4 wrote: Whoa, where did I miss them removing microsummaries?! That's why those broke too then... damn, we **really** rely on them for our internal IT trackers. Anyone know if there are any extensions in the works to replace them?
Does anybody knows if autoupdate is disabled again?
alex-the-cat wrote: care to share your system spec.?
It was on my home pc.. Athlon X2 6000+ , 2GB ram, Nvidia 8800 gt. OS: Windows XP Professional.
On that machine I've noticed that behaviour.
On the pc at work (Intel I5 650, 4GB ram OS windows 7 64 bit) minefield seems to be fast as chrome 11..
about:memory should be prettier in the next build.
juanj78 wrote: Does anybody knows if autoupdate is disabled again?
Nope, not for me on either the Win 32 build or the Win x64 build. Both are updated to the most recent 5-03 build - automatically (well, I did click on the "Help" and then "Check for updates" button but that's how I've always done it).
KWierso wrote: about:memory should be prettier in the next build.
I don't know about prettier, but its definitely more verbose.
Odd, Xmarks stopped working in the latest Nightly build giving off an error that the Firefox service initialization failed. Will have to try a new profile.
Lord Venom wrote: Odd, Xmarks stopped working in the latest Nightly build giving off an error that the Firefox service initialization failed. Will have to try a new profile.
I just confirmed it's not working with a clean profile either. Perhaps it has something to do with the live bookmarks thing?


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'It's My Fucking Country': Chad the Cookout Killer Goes on Racist Rant When Neighbors Play Spanish Music on the 4th
Fueled by a hate for immigrants who refuse to listen to good, American, white-people music like the Beatles or the Rolling Stones, a California man knocked on his neighbors' door and flew into a fit of rage when they dared to play Spanish music during an Independence Day cookout.
Ivette Celedon, a third-generation American of Mexican descent, filmed the heated exchange as her family barbecued in their backyard waiting for the city-sponsored fireworks show, according to San Francisco's local CBS affiliate.
"So in a family backyard bbq we're not allowed to have Spanish music because it's disrespectful to the country?????" Celedon wrote in a Facebook post. "Land of the free, right? Celebrating independence!!! We are celebrating Independence Day just like everyone else! #neverhadaproblemuntil2018."
Although she gave no reason for sharing the video on Facebook, I assume she was hoping that Animal Planet would purchase her footage of the rare species, Racist Americanus, in its natural habitat—Petaluma, Calif.
"Do it man! It's my country on Fourth of July," Crosby, Stills or Nash says as the video begins. "You come in my country and do that on Fourth of July?"
Clad in the latest from Wypipowear's spring line of sleeveless T-shirts, the man, identified as Larry Lappin, continued: "This is Fourth of July. You wanna do that? Throw it in my face? Just wait, motherfucker!"
"Do that. Disrespect my fucking country," screamed Bob the Barbecue Killer, who is actually a distant relative of celebrity cookout hater, BBQ Becky. He screams at Celedon to "shut up" as he disrespects his country by sporting an American flag on his head, in violation of the U.S. Flag Code, which states: "The flag should never be used as wearing apparel, bedding, or drapery."
Lappin later apologized for his rant in the whitest, most racist way imaginable, but blaming it on his love for America. "I made a huge mistake," he said, whitely, to the news station. "I had been drinking too much and a little thing set me off and it really bugged me."
Then, he added, caucastically:
Sometimes I wish they would assimilate more. I hear them playing [Spanish language] music in the backyard all the time and it doesn't bother me. Because of the day and what July 4th means to me, I felt disrespected ...
I'm a very patriotic man. Unfortunately, that wasn't representative of a patriot. Just after a long day [the music] hit me the wrong way."
When asked for comment, Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Father most associated with the holiday, who actually wrote the Declaration of Independence and died on the 4th of July, responded to Lappin's apology by saying, "Fuck that guy."
Fuck that guy, indeed, former slave rapist ...
Fuck that guy, indeed.


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Hockey World Cup: 'Jangbas' drag-flicker Jang Jong-hyun is South Korea's Sohail Abbas
Hockey World Cup: 'Jangbas' drag-flicker Jang Jong-hyun is South Korea's Sohail Abbas
Jang Jong-hyun scored twice with drag flicks during South Korea's upset win over Argentina.
Written by Mihir Vasavda
Bhubaneswar | Updated: January 25, 2023 07:07 IST
On Monday, there was the first glimpse of the revival of a fallen giant; a team that has been in an Olympic final, won four Asian Games gold medals and clinched the most number of continental titles. And of course, it was 'Jangbas' who was responsible for it. (Credit: Hockey India)
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As far as nicknames go, 'Jangbas' is as unconventional a fusion as they come. It isn't the type that'll strike fear in the hearts of opponents. And certainly not the endearing kind.
But for Jang Jong-hyun, it is an ultimate honour. In South Korea's modest hockey circles, the drag-flicker has acquired a legendary status and earned direct comparisons with Pakistani great Sohail Abbas, giving rise to the name 'Jangbas'. To be sure, Jang's body of work isn't even a speck on Abbas. But for two decades, the 38-year-old has been holding together South Korean hockey, keeping it afloat while it teetered on the brink. All, with his sling-shot-like drag-flicks.
On Monday, there was the first glimpse of the revival of a fallen giant; a team that has been in an Olympic final, won four Asian Games gold medals and clinched the most number of continental titles. And of course, it was 'Jangbas' who was responsible for it.
DRAMA at the Kalinga as Korea comes back again and again to win against Argentina. Here are some moments from the game.
🇦🇷 ARG 5-5 KOR 🇰🇷(SO 2:3)#ARGvsKOR #HockeyIndia #IndiaKaGame #HockeyWorldCup2023 #HWC2023 @CMO_Odisha @sports_odisha @IndiaSports @Media_SAI pic.twitter.com/nQNGIzRv17
— Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) January 23, 2023
He scored twice with his drag-flicks and then deceived the Argentine defence with a beautifully-worked variation to set up his teammate as the 'Red Bumblebees' stung former Olympic champions Argentina in what will be remembered as a World Cup classic. South Korea came back from two goals down in the final quarter to make it 5-5 and then won the penalty shootout 3-2 to enter the quarterfinals upon their return to the big stage after eight years.
The wild celebrations that followed carried on until the lights went off inside the Kalinga Stadium. They are the only Asian team left in the tournament but coach Shin Seok-kyo wasn't gloating. "It's fantastic," Shin beamed. "There was a lot of pressure on my team. It was very sad that India, Asia's leader, lost. And then, Malaysia and Japan did also not make it. So, I am happy that an Asian team is in the quarterfinals."
For Shin, this may be an 'Asian win' but there is little doubt that the night belonged to South Korea. He is careful to not go as far as calling this a resurgence but Shin surely is starting to dream. And an affirmation that South Korea is on track to be counted among the hockey elite once again.
Shin, who amassed more than 200 international caps between 1989 and 2002, was at the centre of a golden period for South Korean hockey when they were the undisputed best in Asia – having won the Asian Games (1994 and 2002) and Asia Cup (1994 and 1999) twice each – and a force to reckon with globally, reaching the final of the Sydney Olympics where they lost to the Netherlands.
Nicknamed 'Commando' because of his physique, Shin was one of the finest drag-flickers of his era and a year after he retired in 2002, Jang took over the mantle of being South Korea's set-piece specialist. And although they never could replicate the highs of the 1990s, South Korea remained a continental giant until the wheels slowly started to come off with the team failing to qualify for the last two Olympics and the 2018 World Cup.
Jang (L) celebrates his goal with teammate. (Credit: Hockey India)
It wasn't a mystery as to why Korea fell from grace so spectacularly. "Korea is not interested in hockey," Shin said. "It is not a famous sport."
And so, the sport suffered. Unlike India who have unlimited resources, Malaysia who boast of Asia's strongest domestic structure and Japan who are still reaping the benefits of fund injection after hosting the Olympics, South Korea – once the gold standard of Asian hockey – fell behind on all markers. They didn't have the talent pool, domestic structure, or money.
"We have four clubs and five university teams, which put together provide between 150-200 players for national team selection," Shin says. It's been like that since his playing days.
To put that in perspective, while Shin has a player pool of 200 to choose from, his team's opponent in Wednesday's quarterfinal, the Netherlands, has close to 250,000 registered players. The challenges don't end there. Three clubs – Seongnam City Hall, Incheon City Sports Association and Gimhae City Hall – largely fund the national programme and nurture the little talent that remains after most of it falls through the cracks at multiple levels.
"They start at middle school and then proceed to high school. At both levels, there are 15 teams each. After that, you progress to University, which has five teams," Shin says. "After University, some players go to serve the Army for two years, and after they finish the Army service, some go to the clubs and some players retire. It is very difficult to keep the players together."
The save and then the celebrations!
Korea stunned the 2016 Rio Olympic Gold medallists Argentina in their crossover game at #HWC2023
This is also the @JSPLFoundation Moment of the day.#HockeyEquals #HockeyInvites @asia_hockey pic.twitter.com/1Vfrzf7Syd
— International Hockey Federation (@FIH_Hockey) January 24, 2023
Getting back on track
Shin, who besides being South Korea's coach since 2018 is involved with the country's biggest club Seongnam, says he is focused on sharpening the basic skills of his players. "Ball control, open receiving, how to get that kick while attacking, how to defend…" Lacking any depth to stick to one playing style or philosophy, Shin's team is known for its tactical flexibility, altering its style as per its opponent.
A stubborn team to break down, South Korea can defend deep against sides that are superior to them and aggressive, can play on the counterattack and are dangerous from penalty corners, with Jang – who has scored 109 goals in 313 international appearances during his 20-year stint with the national team – as the main drag-flicker.
It has worked as South Korea have been making all the right noises in the last 12 months. The team has reclaimed its lost continental glory by winning the Asian Champions Trophy in 2021 and then becoming the Asia Cup winners after a gap of nine years.
Half of the players in their World Cup squad are in the early-to-mid 20s, giving Shin the hope that their best is yet to come and also sounding out a warning for a wavering India with regards to this year's Asian Games, on which the South Korean coach has firmly set his sights.
Before that, on Wednesday, Shin's side can gatecrash the party and win back its seat amongst the elite. "Who is in the quarterfinal?" the coach teasingly asks. "Who is it, Holland? Ooh, such a strong team!"
Daunting it may be, but with 'Jangbas' – the World Cup's second-highest scorer from penalty corners – leading them from the back, South Korea will believe it's not impossible.
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The webinar equips fundraisers and their charities with the tools to be GDPR ready ahead of 25th May 2018.
The Institute of Fundraising (IoF) is today launching a new GDPR webinar for fundraisers.
Following the success of its practical learning seminars hosted in partnership with Birketts LLP, the IoF will continue to champion fundraising excellence by making the information and advice available online.


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A majority of all SAP performance problems stem from issues with the custom code. Most SAP customers will have had several hundred developers on their system for the past decade or two and the code is messy. With Gekkobrain DevOps for SAP, we analyse how your code performs in the productive environment, we find unhealthy dependencies and bad code and either fix it automatically or advice on how to fix it.
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Gekkobrain DevOps for SAP analyses and monitors all dependencies, so whenever there's a performance problem, DevOps will show you exactly which custom developed program is causing problems and all programs affected. The analysis drills all the way down to code line level, so the developers will know right from the start, what to fix.
How do one measure the quality of ABAP code your outsourcing vendor delivers? With Gekkobrain DevOps for SAP it is possible to define quality criteria and follow up. This is not only criteria pertaining to code conventions but about how the code is actually performing in the productive environment. Gekkobrain even tracks web applications, so it's possible to measure runtime for all affected users.
Gekkobrain DevOps for SAP acts as a basis for an agile development process, where developers have instant access to all relevant information about their programs already at time of development; which programs use mine, which programs do I use, how are they performing in production, are there any HANA or performance related issues?