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Q&A with Will Seidelman, Class of 2009
Majored in Psychology with a Philosophy minor
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EES Presents: Tim Elam
UK EES alumnus Tim Elam (M.S. Geology, '81) describes how his geological training at UK prepared him for a successful career in industry and for his current role as a seasonal interpretative park ranger at Grand Canyon National Park.
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A&S Hall of Fame 2017 - Charlie Grizzle
Charles L. Grizzle (Charlie), a native of Argillite, Kentucky, in Greenup County, earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1973. He spent nearly a decade in banking in Louisville, during which time he was involved in numerous political campaigns, including Deputy Chairman for the Reagan campaign in Kentucky in 1980. Following a brief stint as Executive Director of the Republican Party of Kentucky, Grizzle moved to Washington, D.C., to accept a position in the Reagan Administration at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In 1988, President Reagan nominated and the U.S. Senate confirmed him to be an Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
During Grizzle's time at the EPA, his outstanding leadership was recognized by organizations such as The Privatization Council, the International City Management Association, and the President's Council on Management Improvement. He also was selected to attend the Senior Managers in Government Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government.
In 1993, with Richard Cantor, Grizzle founded The Grizzle Company, a federal government relations consulting firm where he represents a number of Kentucky interests in the nation's capital as well as companies and associations on a variety of legislative and regulatory matters.
Grizzle is a past president of the Kentucky Society of Washington and of the University Club of Washington. In 1998, through the Kentucky Society, he established the Henry Clay Distinguished Kentuckian award along with the Henry Clay Internship in Public Policy. Currently, he serves on the board of the Henry Clay Center for Statesmanship.
In addition to being a lifetime member of the UK Alumni Association, Grizzle was the founding donor of the Arts and Sciences International Education Fund, and was recently named to the A&S Capital Campaign Committee.
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Joe Sutliff Sanders is a professor at Kansas State University specializing in children's literature. But according to Sanders, he found his way into children's literature – and eventually into a job at one of the field's leading programs – by accident.
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Curiously Inclined
"Last summer I was in Budapest briefly locked in a gypsy's apartment while she tried to extort more money from me, and had a great time…" said Joe Nickell, as if he were describing a weekend at the lake. He is a man with many interests – over 200 "personas" are listed on his personal website including folksinger, stage magician, and séance conductor.
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Negating the Negative
Patience is a virtue. Just ask Ginny Carney. An alum of the English Department, Carney is now President of Leech Lake Tribal College in Minnesota. But she didn't get there overnight.
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Kyle Longley
When Kyle Longley applied to doctoral programs in history, he narrowed the choice down to two schools: the University of Kentucky and one other. But a visit to Lexington and Billy's Bar-B-Q, where he had lunch with George Herring, the professor who would become his mentor, made UK the place to go.
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For philosophy alum Will Sanders, attending the University of Kentucky was always part of the plan. The Frankfort native's parents both attended the university and it was natural for him to follow in their steps. Choosing a major was the challenge.
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Cokesbury United Methodist Church: Clinton Road, Stedman. Holy Week services begin April 14 with a Palm Sunday service at 11 a.m., followed by a fellowship meal. Maundy Thursday Communion service is April 18 at 7 p.m., Good Friday service is April 19 at 7 p.m.
Holy Week Services: April 15, Oak Ridge MBC, Lumber Bridge; April 16, New Bethel MBC, Rex; April 17, Laurel Hill MBC, Lumber Bridge; April 18, New Vision Christian Church, Parkton; Cedar Grove MBC, St. Pauls. Services begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 910-858-3779 or visit fmbcparktonnc.org.
Friendship Missionary Baptist Church: 400 Campbell Avenue. Annual Easter program, "He is Risen," is April 21 at 9 a.m.
Lebanon Baptist Church: 3329 Beard Road, Eastover. Women's conference is May 4, 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Author Tami Sanders Blanton will speak. Register by April 29 online at lebanonbaptist.net or call 910-483-1988. Accepting donations of new stuffed animals, 7-12 inches.
Cokesbury United Methodist Church: Clinton Road, Stedman. April 21, 6:25 a.m., Fisher Cemetery, followed by Sunday School and worship.
Downtown Interfaith Service: April 21, 6:30 p.m., Cross Creek Park, 145 Ann St. Message delivered by Rev. Rob James of First Baptist Church, Anderson Street; music provided by Highland Brass and combined choirs. For inclement weather, the service will move to First Presbyterian Church chapel.
New Life Baptist Church: 6501 Camden Road. An Easter sunrise service is April 21 at 7 a.m.
JFK Memorial Chapel: Ardennes Street, Fort Bragg: The "Living Last Supper" featuring a full cast and the Heritage Restoration Chorale will be performed on April 17 and April 18, at 7:30 p.m. nightly. For information, call 910-432-2127.
Macedonia Baptist Church: 5064 Macedonia Church Road. A gospel sing featuring Tribute Quartet is April 27 at 6 p.m. A love offering will be received.
New Hope Church of God: 3109 Camden Road. A gospel sing, featuring Legacy of Pikeville, is April 28 at 6 p.m.
Trinity United Methodist Church: 6974 Raeford Road. The Wilmington Celebration Choir will perform April 28 at 6 p.m.
Fayetteville Area Habitat Team: April 18, 12:30 p.m., at Praise Fellowship Church of God, 514 Adam St. The Habitat team invites local clergy and the community to learn the many ways to engage through volunteerism, fundraising, and advocacy. Interested attendees may RSVP to anna@fayettevillenchabitat.org.
Raising of the Cross: The annual "Raising of the Cross" at Breece Gardens, 500 Ramsey St., is April 19 at 10 a.m.


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Start Up Notes
About NPHTA
The National Private Hire & Taxi Association was founded some 25 years ago by Bryan Roland. In addition to previous legal experience, Bryan had had wide experience in the trade over 26 years, in all possible roles from driver to operator to fleet owner. During that time it became clear to him that members of this industry were often treated badly and looked down upon by all and sundry as uninformed – either by their licensing authority or the operator for whom they drove – and ignorant of the law.
They had one common denominator: they perceived that there was no one source they could go to for information relevant to their particular problem. So Bryan set out to found a National Association, whose remit – to raise standards in the trade, both actual and as perceived by the public – would ultimately improve the safety of the travelling public, improve members' lives, and generally offer trade knowledge, experience and assistance to anyone who wanted it.
At the same time, with Donna Short, a journalist/writer, editor, trained proof reader and general wordsmith, Bryan found a publisher to establish a national newspaper to use as a sounding board to spread the word about any trade-related matter from Government consultations to court cases to general news for and about the trade.
Thus the National Private Hire & Taxi Association came into being as it still exists today; that national newspaper started out as Private Hire Monthly. It is now known as Private Hire and Taxi Monthly. As most people are aware, PHTM is a separate company; this Association provides the bulk of the editorial for the paper, which is subscribed to by individual drivers and distributed to over 10,000 taxi and private hire firms nationwide, plus local trade associations. A growing number of licensing authorities are provided with copies of PHTM for distribution as well.
It was written into the NPHTA Constitution that the only requirement for members is that they hold a licence. At first it started out as being solely for private hire operators, drivers and local associations. However, it soon became apparent that licence holders from all sides of the industry would benefit from the Association's undertakings; thus we started getting mixed fleet companies, individual drivers and local hackney carriage associations affiliating as well.
Sadly Bryan Roland passed away in March 2016; however this Association is very much carrying on in the manner we believe he would wish: to offer assistance and advice, and to communicate openly, with licence holders everywhere, and to eradicate the "them and us" barriers between the two sides of the trade, and indeed between licence holders and the licensing authorities that grant their licences.
We stress this often: the NPHTA is not a union; we do not impose policy on members – we convey members' views, opinions and goals at stakeholder meetings, Government meetings, local council meetings and at any other relevant opportunity.
The NPHTA is funded entirely from member subscriptions and renewals; those subs and renewals keep our doors open and our wheels oiled, as it were, and enable us to carry on doing what we do. Our administrator Karen Barlow maintains our membership database, and will remind members on a regular basis that once again their annual renewal support is very welcome and much appreciated!
* Listen: We take phone calls – from members and non-members alike – at any and all hours. Whilst it is reasonable to hope that folk would call during 'office hours', sometimes emergencies crop up that need discussing there and then. Also, we get emails from everywhere and endeavour to respond to them within hours, if not minutes. That attention to the caller or emailer has often turned non-members into members as they benefited from our assistance, or were merely grateful for being able to bend our ear and vent their frustrations.
* Communicate: As mentioned above, we endeavour to respond to emails quickly; sometimes licensing authorities are taken aback by the speed of our reaction/response to a licensing situation, which is often diffused by such swift intervention. We write letters and emails to licensing departments; attend local council meetings on members' behalf; assist members to lodge appeals in the Courts on trade matters.
* Gather information: The NPHTA is now well known for its surveys, mainly of industry statistics. It all started with the famous League Tables which Bryan Roland instigated in 1999 and published each month in PHTM; those Tables are still available on this website and the PHTM website and are updated regularly. In addition, we conduct regular surveys collating information on licensing fees, bus lanes, wheelchair accessible vehicles, vehicle colour livery, vehicle age restriction, allsorts.
* Inform and educate: When this Association first started, we found that whilst licence holders were expected to know the legislation that governs their livelihood, very few licence holders were actually provided with copies of that legislation. So we got into the habit of providing new members with copies of the primary legislation. Then if a problem crops up, they can phone or email us and we can talk them through the relevant sections of the relevant Acts, to try to lift the fog of legalese that so often is difficult to interpret. This now applies also to local policy and conditions of licence: most councils post this information freely on their website, so we can discuss aspects of the local regulations with members as well.
The NPHTA maintains a full file of legal documentation pertaining to virtually any case that is relevant to the industry; additionally we have a file of legislation with its own page, as there are over 68 pieces of legislation pertaining to the industry. See Case Law and Legislation .
* Find a man (or woman) who can: We have always maintained that this Association does not pretend to be all things to everybody. Therefore we keep a database of experts in other related fields, starting most significantly with legal representation. We can put members in touch with taxi-wise solicitors and barristers for Committee hearings, written Advice and Opinions, and representation in Court.
Further, if a member has other issues such as planning permission, contractual difficulties with provision of schools and Social Services transport, or any ancillary trade-related dilemma, we can call upon experts in those areas as well.
* Assist in setting up local associations: We very frequently get calls from licence holders who wish to gather together like-minded trade members in his/her area and form a local association. This is a sound concept, as it enables such groups to gain formal recognition from their licensing authority, of which individuals often miss out. We have all sorts of material to assist along those lines – see Forming a Local Association . Helpful hints about setting up the group, a Draft Constitution – it's all there for you.
So there you have it: your National Association at your fingertips. In case we haven't met you face-to-face, come and have a chat at the NPHTA stand at the annual Taxi and Private Hire Exhibition, PHTM Expo , in May every year. We'd very much like to meet you.
If we can be of any help at any time, just give us a shout – go to Contact Us for all the details. And if you wish to join the Association, check out Membership for the relevant forms and subscription fees. We appreciate your support – many thanks!
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It may be good news for landlords and investors, but with "nearly half of renter households spending more than the recommended" percentage of income on housing — rental shortages and prices have reached a crisis-level in Canada. Nor, is there relief in the suburbs, once the refuge of renters.
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Last month, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association released its 2018 Canadian Rental Housing Index, in which they discussed rising rent across Canada, which has reached crisis levels. Many have welcomed the new Index, hoping that it might provide valuable insight into current market trends and hope that it might soon balance out.
"Nearly half of Canadian renter households are spending more than the recommended 30 per cent of their income on housing," read the statement in part. If that were not bad enough, one in five are estimated to be spending over 50 per cent of their income on housing, leaving many struggling with massive debt and increasing the risk of homelessness across the country.
The Index tracks rental costs, compares those with average household income, and more in over 800 cities and regions across Canada. Statistics are gathered through data taken from an easy-to-access web portal, which is designed for governments, local planners, housing organizations, and the general public to view accurate information regarding the rental housing market in various communities.
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Q: How to add tiny charts in TableView I'm relatively new to android and want to know how they add very tiny line charts in table view controls. For example, as shown below:

I have tried this so far:
implementation 'com.github.PhilJay:MPAndroidChart:v3.1.0'
final LineChart chart=new LineChart(this);
LineData lineData;
chart.setLayoutParams(new TableRow.LayoutParams(100, 100, 1f));
List<Entry> entryList = new ArrayList<>();
entryList.add(new Entry(10,20));
entryList.add(new Entry(5,10));
entryList.add(new Entry(7,31));
entryList.add(new Entry(3,14));
LineDataSet lineDataSet = new LineDataSet(entryList,"country");
lineDataSet.setColors(ColorTemplate.JOYFUL_COLORS);
lineDataSet.setFillAlpha(110);
lineData = new LineData(lineDataSet);
chart.setData(lineData);
chart.setVisibleXRangeMaximum(10);
chart.invalidate();

But it does not show in LinearLayout
Layout without chart:

And result with when I add Chart into LinearLayout:
linearView.post(new Runnable() {
    @Override
    public void run() {
        linearView.addView(chart);
    }
});

A: SOF is getting useless in terms of getting any help. Good luck posting any question and getting an answer within a week. Unless the question is 'What is the name of the new president of USA?
About the answer:
After days of fishing, I ended up using ListView with an adapter (As I'm new with android, I didn't know about it.) and SparkView (https://github.com/robinhood/spark) which perfectly draws the Line Graph how I wanted.

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Home » Business » Guest Commentary: Yes, We Are Taxadelphia
Pew Responds
How the research org measured Philly taxes
Elinor Haider directs The Pew Charitable Trusts' Philadelphia research and policy initiative. She wrote a response to Marc Stier's column last week questioning Pew's data showing Philly is one of the most highly-taxed cities in America:
Marc Stier's April 21 guest commentary, "Is This Really Taxadelphia?" used data from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to make the case that Philadelphia's overall local tax burden is about average for the nation's 30 largest cities.
In doing so, he questioned the methodology in a 2019 report by The Pew Charitable Trusts, "The Cost of Local Government in Philadelphia: Why the Burden for the City's Taxpayers Is High," which found that Philadelphia had the fifth-highest level of local taxes among the 30 cities.
Our report measured taxes; Stier — by measuring "revenue from own sources," as the chart that accompanies his piece notes — claims that Philadelphia's tax burden is 13th among the nation's 30 largest cities.
The problem with equating "revenue from own sources" with taxes, as Stier does, is that they're not the same thing. "Revenue from own sources" includes user fees and money taken in by city-run hospitals and other enterprises that many cities don't have. In order to create an apples-to-apples comparison with peer cities, which is core to Pew's work in helping contextualize Philadelphia, we limited our analysis to taxes.
Perhaps an argument can be made for Stier's approach. And we welcome and applaud more data and analysis of Philadelphia's fiscal situation. But we chose our methodology specifically to compare all 30 cities using the same criteria, and we stand by our report and its findings.
Read the guest commentary that inspired this piece
Related from The Citizen
Taxes in Philadelphia aren't as high as everyone thinks
By Marc Stier
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Guest Commentary: Yes, We Are Taxadelphia
A column last week argued that Philly's reputation as one of the highest taxed big cities in the nation was unwarranted. Center City District's president responds.
BY Paul R. Levy and Stephen Camp-Landis
When public policy debates dive deep into data, most readers fall asleep. But when errors get made about taxes and poverty, it's time to wake up. In an effort to prove that Philadelphia is not one of the highest taxed cities in the country, Marc Stier in a Citizen column that ran last week confuses tax revenues with tax rates — a mistake easily illustrated by a simple scenario.
Imagine small town A with 100 residents, each making $100,000 and paying a 1 percent wage tax. Across the river is town B, also with 100 residents, where everyone makes $30,000 and pays a wage tax of 3 percent. Town A generates tax revenue per person of $1,000; town B generates tax revenue per person of $900. Does that mean Town A is more heavily taxed than Town B? Obviously not. What matters is the tax rate, the percent of earnings that go to taxes. Town B has a tax rate three times as high as Town A.
It's really that simple. In suggesting that Philadelphia is not a highly taxed city because other cities generate more revenues per capita, Stier confused the tax rate paid by city residents with tax revenue per capita. Why is San Francisco at the top of Stier's list of high tax revenue cities? Because its median housing value was six times that of Philadelphia in 2019 ($1.2 million versus $183,000) and its median household income was more than twice Philadelphia's ($124,000 versus $47,000), making San Francisco one of the most prosperous and Philadelphia one of the poorest of America's 30 largest cities.
We have the highest poverty rate because we have the slowest job growth, the lowest density of businesses and the least opportunity compared to our peer cities and our suburbs. The pandemic has opened our eyes to how our tax structure is a self-inflicted wound. This crisis provides the opportunity to get things right.
Of course, the quality of services and schools each town provides matters. And Stier is right, if Town B is also its own county and pays for certain services that Town A receives from a larger surrounding region, that might explain why Town B may need to have a higher tax rate. But it doesn't change the fundamentals: if you make $50,000 per year and can choose between living in Town A, paying $500 in taxes, or dwelling in Town B and paying $1,500, which would you choose?
Tax rates matter; not only in comparison to other cities, but to nearby suburbs as alternative places to live and work.
Stier makes a second error, perhaps of interest only to policy geeks. The data source he cites tabulates own source revenue per person, rather than tax revenue per person. Own source revenue includes not only taxes, but also user charges, fines and other earnings. Imagine that Town A somehow was creative enough to secure a deal in which all the tolls on the bridge crossing the river in either direction between Town A and Town B are paid to Town A. If these tolls bring in $30,000 per year on top of $100,000 in tax revenue, Town A's total own source revenue will be $130,000, or $1,300 per person, $400 more per person than Town B's $900. But Town A will still have a lower tax rate.
How Jim Kenney turned Philadelphia into Taxadelphia
When you focus on tax rates, you quickly see that Philadelphia's resident wage tax is higher than any other city in the nation, except New York; and because NYC has a progressive local income tax, its higher rates apply only to higher-income households. High tax rates mean less earned income goes into the pockets of our residents, as demonstrated by studies published annually by the Office of the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia. Their most recent report found that Philadelphians with annual incomes of $25,000 face the second highest state and local tax burden among 51 large U.S. cities, while households with annual incomes between $50,000 to $100,000 have tax burdens ranking among the top ten.
So how does this play out in the real world?
Pre-pandemic, between 30 and 40 percent of the working residents from each City Council district reverse commuted to the suburbs each day. These 224,500 reverse-commuters still pay Philadelphia's 3.8 percent wage tax. But they work alongside suburban peers who pay a wage tax of just 1 percent or less to their local government, where a stronger property tax base provides more funding for schools. This creates some potent incentives to move to the suburbs: a shorter commute, a pay raise and better-funded schools. (see CCD's report A Small Down Payment on Growth). No surprise that more middle income households of all races have been moving out of the city than moving in.
What about the 284,500 suburban residents who, pre-pandemic, commuted into Philadelphia — making up 35 percent of the workforce in each Council district? If their employer directs them to work remotely, they remain exempt from the City's wage tax. In short: stay home, get a raise and let your employer save money on office costs, while all those janitors, building operations staff and adjacent retailers and restaurants employees, who can't work remotely, lose their jobs.
This is why a larger percentage of lost jobs in industries that require face-to-face interaction have not come back when compared to those that can rely on virtual meetings. We can encourage people to come back, but our tax rates urge them to remain remote.
Citizen event explores good-paying jobs as the fix for poverty in Philly
By The Citizen
How did we get in this fix? In 1970, Philadelphia's poverty rate was almost identical to that of Boston, New York and Washington. But in the next three decades, we lost 255,000 jobs and 430,000 working and middle-class residents. To try to compensate, we doubled the wage tax in the 1970s and raised it again in the 1980s. Starting in 1985, we became the only big city to tax both the gross receipts and net income of businesses. The actual number in poverty rose by 100,000 between 1970 and 2000, but we lost more than four times as many working and middle-class residents.
By comparison Boston, New York and Washington also lost between 85 to 90 percent of their 1970 manufacturing jobs, but they replaced them with a broad range of post-industrial jobs. In 2019, Boston had 27 percent more jobs than in 1970, New York had 17 percent more and Washington DC had 25 percent more. Philadelphia failed to grow as many new jobs and was 22 percent below its 1970 job levels in 2019 with a lower density of businesses in the city and a lower concentration of Black and brown businesses than all three other cities. (see CCD's Business Density and the Role of Black and Minority Owned Businesses.)
Even during the boom years from 2010 to 2019, Philadelphia was among the slowest growing large cities, adding a disproportionate share of low wage jobs, while our suburbs and peer cities grew far more family-sustaining jobs. Philadelphia residents are thus less likely to be employed full-time, have household incomes that are lower and housing affordability challenges that are greater. And look what happened to our poverty rate in the last 50 years, compared to our peers. Note too, that as we grew jobs in the last decade, our poverty rate came down.
Are taxes the only factor? Of course not. Investments in schools, services and infrastructure are essential and households and businesses consider public services when deciding where to locate. But it is how we fund local services that is most problematic.
Philadelphia remains overly dependent on wage and business taxes
That creates disincentives for firms and workers to locate or expand in the city. We rely less than other cities on the more stable property tax. Our tax mix deters job growth, lowers resident incomes, and increases poverty. As a result, far too much of the City's budget must be devoted to problems related to poverty, unemployment and crime and not enough is invested in economic development, parks, libraries and other public amenities.
A diminished real estate tax base that results from the absence of business and low household incomes has also meant that the City has had to support increased expenditures for K-12 education and early childhood programs from the General Fund and by levying new taxes. The reliance on wage taxes that dropped precipitously during the pandemic, also meant that Philadelphia used a far larger share of federal American Rescue Plan funds to close budget gaps than cities supported by the more stable real estate tax. This means less revenue to invest in economic development and in growing Black and brown businesses, initiatives that could spur faster recovery.
Philly will stay poverty-stricken if lags in jobs and housing remain
By Paul R. Levy
Throughout Philadelphia there is a renewed interest in the basics — clean and safe — as the pendulum returns to a common-sense middle ground about reformed, but enhanced, public safety in cities across the country. We need to find similar common ground when it comes to taxes. The best way for Philadelphia to achieve progressive goals is by enhancing prosperity and creating more jobs. Improving public schools is essential for the city's future, but a major reason for underinvestment in education is the city's weak real estate tax base.
We have the highest poverty rate because we have the slowest job growth, the lowest density of businesses and the least opportunity compared to our peer cities and our suburbs. And our high tax rates are a major contributing cause. The pandemic has opened our eyes to how our tax structure is a self-inflicted wound. This crisis provides the opportunity to get things right.
Paul R. Levy is president and CEO of the Center City District; Stephen Camp-Landis is vice president of research. The Citizen welcomes guest commentary from community members who stipulate to the best of their ability that it is fact-based and non-defamatory.
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Mumbai based VC fund Unicorn India Ventures has announced the launch of its second fund, a venture debt fund with a corpus of $92.3 Mn (INR 600 Cr), today. The fund will be making its first close in March 2018.
The sector-agnostic fund will be used to back later-stage startups that have a certain amount of cash flow. It will primarily look at international SaaS companies as well as those in the electronic system design and manufacturing (ESDM) area.
As stated by Unicorn India Ventures Managing Partner, Bhaskar Majumdar, the average ticket size of investment is $3 Mn (INR 20 Cr) for a period of up to eight years. The SEBI registered fund will invest in about 10 startups in a year. As far as return on investment is concerned, the firm claims to be aiming for blended ROI somewhere in the range of 20%.
Unicorn India Ventures is a SEBI registered VC fund with Anil Joshi and Bhaskar Majumdar as founding Managing Partners. The first fund was raised in 2015. It had made its first close at $6 Mn out of its $15 Mn (INR 40 Cr of its INR 100 Cr) fund in January 2016. The VC firm was looking to achieve the final close of the fund this year. This fund has invested solely or partially in startups with innovative business ideas, which can solve real-life problems with deal sizes varying from $250K to $2 Mn. From the first fund, Unicorn has invested in Boxx.ai, GrabonRent, Inc42, NeuroEquilibrium, Pharmarack, Sequretek, SmartCoin, VanityCube, among others.
"In the Indian startup ecosystem, there is a requirement of at least $500 Mn in venture debt and more headroom for growth," added Sudip Bandyopadhyay, who recently joined the firm as a Managing Partner.
Venture debt is fast emerging as a viable alternative to equity financing in the Indian startup ecosystem. It gives startups a chance to arrange for cash without equity dilution. Major players such as OYO, Yatra.com, BigBasket, and Swiggy have taken the venture debt route to raise funds in recent times.
Last month saw the launch of two more venture debt funds in the country. In the last week of October, Alteria Capital, a venture debt fund founded by former InnoVen Capital senior executives Ajay Hattangdi and Vinod Murali reportedly received the nod of market regulator SEBI to launch a $154.4 Mn (INR 1,000 Cr) venture debt fund for startups.
Similarly, in the second week of October, Mumbai-based IvyCap Ventures announced plans to launch a $76.5 Mn (INR 500 Cr) venture debt fund within the coming three months. This would be the VC firm's third fund.
Apart from IvyCap Ventures, there other venture debt players such as Trifecta Capital. With a proposed corpus of $78.5 Mn (INR 500 Cr), Trifecta Capital has backed BigBasket, Rivigo, Urban Ladder, Urban Clap, and IdeaForge among others.
In last month alone, Bengaluru-based logistics firm BlackBuck and online grocer BigBasket went the venture debt way by raising venture debt from InnoVen Capital and Trifecta venture debt fund respectively. Thus with its SEBI approved venture debt fund, Unicorn India Ventures will aim to leverage the growing need for venture debt in the Indian startup ecosystem.


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Q: Display Random Post in Author Page By default when we open any author's page, WordPress displays latest posts from that author first.
What I want: If anyone opens any author's page, it will display random posts from that author.
I have searched everywhere but I couldn't find any solution.

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Where Lots and Lots of People Have Gone Before
I'm going to begin with a disclaimer: I've been writing this review for weeks. It rambles and meanders, probably even more than most of my posts. It's also a large part of the reason for the low content mode of the last several weeks. I'll be glad to finally have it posted.
It's been a very long time since I've considered myself a Trekkie or Trekker of any sort. I liked TNG and DS9, though the former had its share of terrible episodes seasons and I never saw the first few seasons of the latter because there was no UPN in my area. I remember being underwhelmed by "First Contact," though thinking back it seems the majority of my complaints were driven by nitpicky continuity geek stuff, so I should probably give it another shot. "Insurrection" was the last Trek movie I saw in theaters, and it was nothing more than a particularly pedestrian episode of Voyager stretched out over two boring hours. "Nemesis" was targ-dung, and I'm glad I didn't pay to see it on the big screen. I never really cared for Voyager, especially after it became "The Seven of Nine Show starring Reset Button;" I gave up on "Enterprise" after the first episode with its ridged Klingon forehead and its awful, awful theme song. Eventually, I started watching the series again (because my roommate talked me into it) and laughed and cried through the vast majority of season 3. The show whittled away at any remaining passion I had for Trek, until blue alien Nazis made me give up on the show, and Star Trek, for good.
And that included the most recent film. When I heard that Star Trek was going back to the prequel well again, even after the dismal failure of Enterprise*, I scoffed and cursed Berman and Braga, who had seemed to be doing their level best to run the series into and beneath the ground since the start of Voyager. I remember hearing vague rumors over the last couple of years about them doing Kirk and Spock at the Academy, which sounded pretty silly--but throw in Uhura and a talking Sehlat and have them form a band and travel around in their shuttlecraft solving space-mysteries, and I'm in for it.
Anyway, nothing made me even remotely interested in the new film until the trailers started coming out. I've generally liked J.J. Abrams, and while the trailers were cool, I was comfortable waiting for the DVD. Until the reviews started trickling in, and started suggesting that this would actually be a good Trek movie, which this universe has not seen in quite some time. I went to see it about as quickly as I could (a week or two after its opening), and again a week or so later. Needless to say, I liked it. I liked it quite a lot.
I think the thing I most liked about it was the way it focused around the characters, around building characterization for the main cast. The plot was peripheral, and I can see that as a complaint, but really, it's the same kind of space opera story that we've seen a thousand times: Big Bad with planet destroyer MacGuffin out for revenge against the protagonists. There are some wrinkles here and there, but the story was really just a vehicle for Kirk and Spock to become friends, given their similar-but-different pasts. It was a little too convenient that the characters would all end up together--and in command!--on their first mission aboard the Enterprise, and the Spock ex Machina planet was a little more convenient yet, and those are legitimate complaints--places where the plot actually felt like it was merely a vehicle to get the main characters where they needed to be. Even if it is (and most plots are, aren't they?) one goal of good writing should be to make the progression feel natural, and not like the audience is being led around by a ring through its collective nose.
I'm going to digress for a moment or two more on those complaints about the somewhat supplementary nature of the plot. They remind me of a tone-deaf review I read a few years back about the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Greatest Story Never Told." The conceit of the episode was that the big guns of the League were dealing with an attack by Mordru, leaving the less prominent members to deal with cleanup and crowd control. Booster Gold, our focal character, chafed under the apparent insignificance of the assignment. Ultimately, Booster gets the chance to be a real hero, even though his adventure goes unnoticed and unappreciated due to the larger battle going on around them. We only see and hear little bits of the fight with Mordru--Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman merged into a single entity, Elongated Man saving the day, and so forth. It's one of my favorite episodes, largely because it showcases the character work (and incredible writing, with some particularly good humor) that made the DCAU so wonderful, so beloved, and so enduring.
This reviewer disagreed, disliking Booster Gold for largely unstated reasons. He would much rather have seen the League's epic battle with Mordru, and seemed to think that the episode's title referred to that story. I have to wonder how anyone could miss the point so blatantly; we've seen the big guns of the League team up to battle apparently insurmountable odds and come out on top before. The first two seasons of Justice League are largely made up of episodes just like that, as are each of the season finales. Epic battles are a dime a dozen in superhero media; quirky stories that have a tight focus on character building for supporting cast members, not so much. Getting the battle in snippets and secondhand storytelling ultimately has the same effect as the old horror standby of never clearly showing the villain or monster. Just as the murder scene you fill in yourself is always more frightening than the one that's meticulously laid out on-screen, the battle you imagine that somehow leads to buildings coming to life and Elongated Man's stretchiness defeating Mordru is going to be far cooler than anything they could have reasonably depicted in 22 minutes. Such a battle, if it were the A-plot of the story, would have been a clichéd mishmash, pure eye candy, with no real room for characterization. It would have been the animated equivalent of a big crossover event, with all the depth and quality we usually associate with such stories.
Bringing that back to the point: we've seen plenty of flashy explosion-ridden epic battle space operas, even in the fairly recent past. In fact, I don't think it would be unfair to describe the last two or three Star Wars films as precisely that. Star Trek is clearly trying to set itself apart from that crowd by giving far more attention to the characters and their relationships than to the standard situations and technobabble that could be coming from any interchangeable cast of characters. I really liked that every main character got some time in the spotlight, and in particular got some character development. That's important, but often glossed over, with an ensemble cast, particularly one this large. As far as I'm concerned, Star Trek is at its best--in fact, it may be that it's only good--when it focuses on characters and relationships rather than technobabble and sci-fi space opera. That's one way in which it's also distancing itself from the last couple of Star Trek series and films, and even from the introductory installments of just about every Star Trek iteration. "Encounter at Farpoint" notwithstanding, it's worth mentioning that both Next Generation and the Star Trek film series began with stories written for previous series that just had the names changed. Abrams and Co. seem to be trying to get away from the sci-fi properties that are populated exclusively with two-dimensional archetypes.
Which isn't to say that it's completely unlike either the older series--or Star Wars for that matter. One of the major themes of the film is how tragedies change and affect people. The destruction of Romulus turns Nero from a common miner into a single-minded vengeance-driven terrorist**. Losing his father turns Kirk into a brash and rebellious hothead who has serious authority issues. Spock's loss of his mother and homeworld make him tense and desperate. Spock Prime's triple loss--his timeline, his homeworld, and his failure to save Romulus--inspires him to work toward rebuilding Vulcan and continuing his work as a peacemaker. This isn't quite as topical or as obvious as the themes the original series used to explore, but I think it's in the same vein, and I hope it continues.
I think the film also did a good job of conveying Roddenberry's optimistic, moderately utopian view of the future--particularly surprising, given the destruction of two worlds. I think that figured heavily into the film's visuals; the bright, pure whiteness of the Enterprise interior wasn't just a contrast with the dank, dark interior of the Romulan ship, but it also served as a kind of visual shorthand for a bright and positive future. I'll be honest, I didn't really notice the overuse of lens flares until the second time I saw the movie, but even then it reminded me of the same effect used in DC One Million for the future heroes' costumes--visual shorthand for futuristic and impressive. It's a nice way of demonstrating that, unlike so much modern sci-fi, this isn't going to be a crapsack world full of dilapidated technology. Quite literally, it's a future so bright, you'd have to wear shades.
Which I think, again, feeds into the contrast between the Enterprise and the Romulan ship. The dark, jagged, smoky green-lit interior of the Romulan craft reminded me of nothing so much as the enemy ships in Star Trek: Nemesis***. One of the more apparent meta-themes of the movie seems to be getting away from the dark and cynical future that has become increasingly apparent through the last several Star Trek films and shows (as represented by a visitor from that future). Even the decks of the Enterprise-E, Voyager, and the Defiant had a tendency to get excessively dark during red alert and battle situations, and the Enterprise never really felt like that in this film.
The filmmakers made some allusions and choices, though, that I think demonstrate what parts of Star Trek and sci-fi in general they'd like to emulate--referencing the "good parts," I suppose. I've mentioned Star Wars a couple of times now, and one of the things I think this Trek did very well was something that was omnipresent in the holy trilogy: background aliens. One of the reasons those shots in Mos Eisley and Jabba's palace were so damn cool was because they were full of weird-looking alien people who weren't given any significant parts or backstories or explanations, just hanging around doing normal things like normal extras. That attention to detail is part of what made the Star Wars universe feel so big and so diverse and so rich; it's something that the endless Expanded Universe texts, elaborating on every character who ever appeared for more than two frames in exquisite detail, have diluted quite a bit. Star Trek did much the same thing, with the big-eyed doctor who delivered Kirk Cameron's baby Kirk and the alien helmsman who appared briefly****. Those elements serve to flesh out the universe, enhancing that feeling of immersion and depth.
One allusion I particularly liked, besides the obligatory references to classic lines ("Are you out of your Vulcan mind?" and such), was the way Nero was essentially Spock's Khan. Both Khan and Nero have royal names, both vowed revenge on their respective targets for the deaths of their wives, both went after their targets' family members, both used mind-worms to wrest information from Starfleet officers, and so forth. It really underscores the point that this is Spock's movie*****.
Back to the details, I didn't (unlike some) mind "red matter." It was phlebotinum in pure, spherical form, clearly named after "dark matter," and implying some kind of strange, exotic, probably quite dense or unstable form of matter. I did have an issue with the idea that a supernova could destroy a galaxy; that was just sloppy (for more on the real astronomy, see what Phil Plait had to say). Overall, I think a lot of the film got a pass based on rule of cool--particularly Sulu's pocket katana. Silly? Sure. Awesome? Damn straight.
One final****** detail I'd like to mention is the way that the writers have apparently anticipated all the fan outrage and time travel fix fics that will be spawned by the reboot. This point sparked a lengthy and geeky conversation with my mother, who generally hates change. On the other hand, it gave me the second opportunity******* in recent memory to say "you're not thinking fourth-dimensionally" and to draw this diagram:
So I guess it was a wash. Point being, this reboot is doubly great, because it not only preserves the original Star Trek universe, but also makes it clear that they can't just go back and set right what once went wrong. The first point is potentially debatable--it could be argued that the new Trek reality supplants the old one--but Word of God and one of Trek's many established sets of time travel/alternate universe rules suggest that the new universe is an offshoot of the original, a divergent quantum reality, so that the original universe also continues to exist unabated.
The latter point, I suppose, requires some explanation (though I'm sure quite a lot of folks have reasoned it out the same way). We have the original Trek timeline, which proceeds as we know it up to the point where Spock Prime******** and Nero get pulled into the singularity. This spits Nero out in the past (or more likely, in the 2233 of a parallel-but-identical timeline), where he immediately destroys the U.s.S. Kelvin, killing George Kirk and causing this timeline to diverge from the original one*********. When Spock emerges twenty years later, it's into this already-altered timeline. This means that Spock Prime emerged into an already-altered timeline, changed by the events of twenty years prior. Spock Prime could go to the future and stop the supernova from obliterating Romulus, but it wouldn't change anything. The Nero who destroyed Vulcan wasn't the Nero of this timeline; like Spock Prime, he came from the original universe. The only way********** for Spock Prime to get back to the original universe would be for him to go back to the point of divergence and stop the event that spawned the alternate timeline. In other words, he has to arrive at the precise moment that the Narada exits the singularity and stop Nero from destroying the Kelvin.
Which shouldn't be a problem, right? I mean, how many ways are there to time travel in the Star Trek universe? The slingshot around the sun bit seems to be the most popular, but I'm sure Spock Prime also remembers where the Guardian of Forever is, and there's the Bajoran Orb of Time and several other options as well.
But once he's back in the past, waiting to meet and beat Nero, what then? The Narada is a hundred years more advanced than anything Starfleet has right now. We've already seen it effortlessly destroy six Federation starships in the span of a minute or two. What could Spock Prime possibly do to stop it? He'd have to go back with an entire fleet, and even then there's no guarantee he could win. First, he'd probably have to share some of his knowledge of advanced technology, and just because he knows about things like quantum torpedoes doesn't mean he knows how to construct one. And even if he does know how to construct one doesn't mean that Starfleet has the ability to build one yet. Frankly, I wouldn't feel comfortable trying to ambush the Narada (remember, they have to destroy--or at least disable--it before it can destroy the Kelvin, and probably before he can bring Capt. Robau onboard) with anything less than a Defiant or an Enterprise-E (even then, I'd want some serious backup), and those ships are pretty close to cutting edge in a hundred years' time.
Regardless, Spock Prime would need years to prepare an assault force with any hope of defeating Nero before the timeline could be altered. Doing so would require him to gain significant support from the Federation (even though he's a quantum anomaly, whose plan may, for all they know, result in the destruction of their universe), develop a ridiculously complicated plan (at least, as far as the time travel aspect goes; the "blow him up" portion of the plan is pretty straightforward) with a huge amount of advanced experimental Starfleet ships and resources, and all to an unclear end, because even if they succeed, it's not certain what will happen. Will they just spawn a third quantum reality? Will traveling back to the future bring Spock Prime back to where he needs to be (and if so, will he be able to stop the supernova in time to keep this from becoming a repeating cycle? Or would doing so just create new problems? What will happen to the fleet he takes? Will they be able to get back to their quantum reality, or will they become like Spock Prime is now, adrift in a universe not their own? I don't know about you, but if I were the President of the Federation, I wouldn't be wasting time and manpower on a plan with so many unknown risks.
And if I were Spock Prime, I'd be setting course for Farpoint Station at the earliest convenience.
So, to conclude, I really enjoyed the new Trek movie, and I hope it's the start of a long and excellent film series. The movie captured a lot of the traits and tropes that make for good Star Trek and good sci-fi in general. The new universe even offers some interesting new opportunities to revisit old stories and enemies, if it comes to that. While I'd like to continue seeing new stories with the familiar settings and mostly familiar characters, I'd be lying through my teeth if I said that there wasn't a part of me who would like to see Kirk and crew face the Borg ninety years ahead of schedule. But that's a plot for another film, hopefully at least five or six films hence. All I know is that I'm looking forward to the sequel, and that for the first time in a very long time, I'm excited about Star Trek.
One last thing: you may have noticed that my little fan background schpiel at the beginning really didn't touch on the original series much. That's because, well, I haven't ever watched much of it. Most of my knowledge of TOS has come from cultural osmosis and reading the Star Trek Encyclopedia. But the new movie has piqued my interest, and I've started watching more Trek--especially original Trek--than I have in years. What this all means is that I'm thinking about a new weekly event, Trek Tuesdays, where I'll be blogging about some Star Trek episode or idea on a weekly basis. If you've been reading this blog for any time at all, you know what problems I have with punctuality and commitment, and you know that this would be the first time I've ever had two regular features going at the same time. I can't guarantee when it'll start, but at the very least it'll give me an excuse to post more frequently, and on more than just SilverHawks. I've got something special planned for this week (astute Trekkies might be able to predict what), and then we'll see what happens.
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*Yes, I know, four seasons is hardly a dismal failure from a ratings and marketing standpoint. I suppose I'm talking in terms of fan reception and overall quality.
**Incidentally, this was (in my opinion) the main theme of "V for Vendetta"--desperate situations can drive people to do and become things they never would have imagined or condoned. Evey is driven by circumstances to prostitution, then eventually to terrorism; V is driven to terrorism through torture and experimentation; even Susan describes how the government was driven to fascism by nuclear war.
***The green lighting and steam and jagged features also evoked the "real world" of the Matrix films and the settings of the Alien movies. Star Trek seems to be trying for high contrast with the major themes of modern sci-fi.
****Based on the back of the Animated Series box, I assume he's based on a character from the cartoon.
*****There's also the fact that there's two of him.
******Mercifully.
*******The first was when I was teaching "A Sound of Thunder" and trying to explain why they couldn't just go back and stop themselves from going back in time in the first place.
********I know it's standard practice in sci-fi and comics, but naming the original entity/timeline/whatever "Prime" grates against that scientist/mathematician part of me. See, in science and math, the "prime" designation is attached to the copy. If I draw some figure A, then draw a copy of that figure reflected over some line, I label the second figure A', pronounced "a-prime." On the other hand, "prime" comes from the Latin primus for "first," which I guess means that it's the science/math usage which is erroneous. This concludes my most recent war of inner geeks.
*********By the way, if you're a time traveler looking to alter the future, "destroy the first thing you see when you get to the past" seems like a pretty good strategy.
**********Okay, not the only way. Presumably, he could be transported during an ion storm (a la "Mirror, Mirror") or he could pass through a quantum fissure (a la "Parallels"), or something, but there's no guarantee he'd end up in the right universe. I suppose they could analyze his quantum signature and somehow try to get him back, but again, that seems like a bit of a crap shoot.***********
***********You know, this asterisk stuff is for the birds. From now on, I'm using superscript numbers.
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Trying to go back to the Nerada's entry point to Universe B and restore the original timeline is probably a lost cause for the reasons you outline, but I'd think any Vulcan who knew about the Guardian of Forever, solar loop-de-loops, and other such means of time travel would at least be making plans to go back just before Vulcan's destruction and bring some more firepower to bear on either the Nerada itself or at least the mining probe.
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Regular readers will know I rate wine with a simple Cork rating and back in September 2018 after a long while searching for my first 9/10 corks I tried a Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand called the Elara by Waimea which I was blown away by and now it just happens that another Sauvignon Blanc this time from South Africa the De Grendel has equally impressed me enough to award the elusive 9/10 Corks again.
As in the Elara the De Grendel has something more about it than your run of the mill Sovee. Sorry, let me explain my use of the word Sovee, it's all my daughter's fault she has always referred to Sauvignon Blanc as 'Sovee Bee' and as much as I try not to use it, I find I kind of like it.
The De Grendel wine Estate in the Western Cape of South Africa blend wines from different regions and two vineyards in particular Tygerberg and Witzenberg and their cellar on the slopes of Tygerberg sits elevated with a view of Table mountain.
An elegant wine in an elegant bottle, very pale straw like colour with a citrus nose of apples, pear and lemon. Taste wise is where this comes into its own, more tropical fruits come to the fore with honeydew melon. There is some creaminess in the mouth and a rich texture from contact with Lees. Beautifully balanced this is ideal with or without food, we enjoyed it with Sea Bass and King Prawns and it was a joy, both wine and food.


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Home Entertainment News Wesley Snipes Open To Returning As 'Blade' For Marvel Cinematic Universe
Wesley Snipes Open To Returning As 'Blade' For Marvel Cinematic Universe
June 22, 2022 | Michael Perry
'Blade' became an unexpected cult classic among action movie fans after its release in 1998. Fans praised Wesley Snipes for his performance ad the infamous vampire hunter. After a couple of underwhelming sequels, the property seemed to disappear from the radar completely.
With the revival in popularity of comic movies thanks to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, some fans have wondered why the Day Walker hasn't got the big-screen reboot treatment. It isn't because of Wesley Snipes. He recently told ComicBook.com that he is more than willing to make a comeback under the right circumstances.
"Never say never. Long as I'm healthy and in shape, I can rock with them. Yeah, as far as my predictions on if something like that happened in future, I don't know. I don't know. It seems to me if it would've happened, it would've happened already.
But hey, never say never. No, [Marvel Studios has not approached me] as of yet. I'm still working on my acting skills. So when I come up as an actor, maybe they'll reach out and say, 'Let's have a conversation,' or maybe they don't feel I'm ensemble player."
Wesley Snipes doesn't think he would be cast, even if there was a Blade reboot. That doesn't mean he shouldn't keep the door open. If Tobey Maguire was in a Spider-Man movie in 2021, anything is possible.
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Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2009.
144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland / Sally M. Walker.
Include bibliographical references (p. 138-139) and index.
Human remains (Archaeology)--Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.)--Juvenile literature.
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Press Release on Latest Back App Research
March 19, 2013 - Mike Dilke
Back App chair use shown to 'significantly' reduce lower back pain
In difficult economic times, the last thing UKbusinesses need is staff off sick or underperforming
ACCORDING to NHS research, back pain is the most common reason for people to miss work and when at work, it can also affect concentration and productivity.
Most people will suffer from back pain at some point in their life. It is triggered by several factors, but one of the most common is sitting badly or awkwardly, or slouching in chairs.
Mike Dilke, owner of Back App UK Ltd, sole distributor of the Back App chair in the country, said:
"A study carried out by physiotherapists at Limerick University compared the use of the Back App with the widespread, 'standard' office chair with an adjustable back and arm rests.
"Twenty-one people did a one hour typing exercise with a laptop and mouse at a typical office desk and their experience was recorded. What scientists found was that using the Back App significantly reduced lower back pain but there was increased lower back pain on the standard chair.
Overall, the trend was for more general body discomfort on the standard chair and a lot less when using the Back App."
The Back App is a 'saddle' seated chair without a back rest, which moves around to various degrees via a ball at the base. The movement varies from slight ('green' zone) to dynamic ('red' zone.)
Unlike the standard chair, which is stable and sets your hips at a 90 degree angle, the Back App seat sets the hips at a larger angle. This means there is less muscle effort to hold the body upright, as the spine's position is similar to when you are standing. And this has the same, less stressful effect on the back muscles.
Scientists also recommend that movement helps with back pain and the saddle is constantly moving.
But Mike added that another advantage of using the Back App is that it can also increases alertness and productivity at work – something most of us could do with from time to time.
"Using the Back App is all about prevention as well as treatment. It can help reduce lower back pain in those already suffering from it, but it can also prevent its development over time, which is something many of us will have to deal with at some point in our lives," he said.
About Mike Dilke, Relaxback UK and Back App:
Mike came across the Back App Chair online when looking at running a business helping people with bad backs, owing to his long-term interest in Yoga.
The chair was invented by Norwegian, Freddy Johnsen, who had suffered severe back problems during his life. It is currently manufactured in Sweden. After Mike enquired anout the product, he was invited stay with Freddy and following this visit, they agreed to do business together. Mike is now the sole distributor in the UK.
The Back App is the combination of a chair with an adjustable balancing board. It sets your position, when sitting, in an open hip angle, not at 90 degrees as in a regular chair. This means it's less effort for the body to hold itself in a good posture and the spine is also resting in its most natural position, so the pressure between the vertebrae is less.
The adjustable ball makes the chair wobble and prevents stiffness from sitting 'too' still, as well as giving you a low level core workout at the same time.
For more information on the Back App, go to: www.relaxbackuk.com
Telephone Mike on: 01727 757221, mobile 07979 248286 or email: mike@relaxbackuk.com
Explanatory video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4-Z3MeMu1I&feature=player_embedded
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The first Hartley retained her former name; the second was named for Admiral Henry Hartley.
Henry Hartley was born in Bladensburg, Md., 8 May 1884. Enlisting in the Navy 1 February 1901, he came up through the ranks and was commissioned lieutenant 3 August 1920. A specialist in salvage work, Hartley was instrumental in salvaging the sunken submarines 8-51 and 8-4, for which he received the Navy Cross and the Distinguished Service Medal. After establishing the Deep Sea Diving School at Washington, D.C., in 1928 and serving as its commander, Hartley continued his pioneer research in techniques of salvage work. As technical aid to Rear Admiral Cyrus Cole, he helped supervise the dramatic rescue and salvage work on the sunken submarine Squalus in 1939. During World War II, Hartley served first in the Mediterranean, where his transport Susan B. Anthony participated in the invasion of Sicily, and then shifted to the Pacific. As commander of Chester, flagship of Service Squadron 10, Hartley participated in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, a major turning point of the war, and then engaged in bombardment and salvage work at Wake Island, Marcus Island, Iwo Jima, Haha Jima, and Okinawa. After commanding SerRon 10 for a year with the rank of Commodore, Hartley returned to Washington in March 1946 for special duty. After 46 years of service to his country, he retired with the rank of Rear Admiral 1 May 1947. Admiral Hartley died at Bethesda, Md., 6 March 1953.
Hartley was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J., 31 October 1955; launched 24 November 1956; sponsored by Mrs. Henry Hartley, widow of Admiral Hartley; and commissioned 26 June 1957 at Philadelphia, Pa., Lt. Comdr. C. N. Crandall, Jr., in command.
Hartley operated out of Newport along the New England coast and in the Caribbean until she sailed for Northern Europe late in May 1987. After cruising along the Scandinavian coast, she arrived Copenhagen 23 June. She next visited Holy Loch, Scotland, before getting underway 17 July for the Mediterranean, where she became an element of stability in that tense and explosive region so recently disturbed by the war between Israel and Arab States.


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While Finance come to mind as the main beneficiary, truth is breaking the data ownership paradigm to provide access to timely information means a better more efficient organization. Immediate feedback on marketing programs, product introductions, customer sentiment measurement results in optimization of advertising spend.
Downtime is the enemy of any Web enterprise. DataReady's predictive analytics applied to live machine data makes it possible to detect runtime failures on servers immediately and rectify them. Likewise any number of operational issues can be monitored in real time and either be reported and remedied immediately or a warning may be issued in advance.
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For three-quarters of a century, the Royal Military College has trained the Australian Army's officer corps. Three years after its establishment its graduates were to lead men in battle from the trenches of the Great War. At the end of World War II, its graduates provided the majority of the members of the Army's upper echelons. For 50 years, it has also made a unique contribution to the training of New Zealand's Army.
From 1986, with the creation of the Australian Defence Force Academy, Duntroon will undergo a major transformation. Here is the fascinating story of Duntroon's first 75 years, told from the official records supplemented with a wealth of other material gathered from a wide variety of sources—the recollections of former cadets and staff, the papers of distinguished graduates and the writings of those involved with the special problems of training the armed forces of Australia.
The result is a comprehensive and often lively account of the impact that a small, sometimes controversial, institution has had on our national life.


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Fanfare St. Joseph Pey is sinds 1910 een Nederlands fanfareorkest uit Pey (Limburg) in de gemeente Echt-Susteren dat diverse muzikale successen heeft geboekt.

Geschiedenis
De initiatiefnemers voor de oprichting van een fanfare in het kerkdorp Pey waren de heren L. van Neer, J.H. Collee, Jac Turlings, G.J.J. Otten, P. v.d. Brekel en K. Roubroeks. Voor het bestuur werd ook de kapelaan Stassen gekozen. Op 9 maart 1910 werd het door het bestuur ontworpen reglement vastgesteld. Voor de fanfare was het opluisteren van alle wereldlijke en kerkelijke gebeurtenissen in de gemeenschap een vanzelfsprekendheid. Ook werden er serenades gebracht bij belangrijke persoonlijke gebeurtenissen.

De fanfare werd ontving de Eremedaille van Verdiensten in opdracht koningin en de Eremedaille Groot Formaat van de toenmalige gemeente Echt.

Muzikaal behaalde in 1966 en 1973 het landskampioenschap in de afdeling van de Federatie van Katholieke Muziekbonden in Nederland (FKM). Daarnaast nam de fanfare deel in 1970 en 1978 aan het Wereld Muziek Concours in Kerkrade.

Tegenwoordig
De vereniging beschikt over een jeugdfanfare en het grote fanfareorkest. In 2009 telde de fanfare in totaliteit 109 leden, waaronder zowel musicerende leden als niet-musicerende leden. Dat jaar telde het jeugdorkest 35 leden, die repeteren onder leiding van dirigent Dennis Close. Organisatorisch beschikt de fanfare over een bestuur en een aantal commissies die zich richten op: organisatie Caeciliafeest (Caeciliacommissie), donateursactie (zogenaamde DAS-commissie), organisatie activiteiten (FPP-commissie), instrumentenbeheer, muzikale zaken, interne nieuwsbrief, opleiding, papier (organisatie papierinzameling), restauratie, (concert)reizen, uniformen, "vastelaovendj"/carnaval.

Door regelmatige compositieopdrachten zet zich dit orkest voor de vernieuwing van het fanfare-repertoire in. De laatste compositieopdracht was het werk Rubicon in 2006, dat gecomponeerd werd door de Belgische componist Bert Appermont. Tijdens de deelname aan het LBM Bondsconcours ondernam de fanfare een combi-optreden met de popband Reincarnatus.

Dirigenten
De eerste dirigent was Leo van Neer (medeoprichter van de fanfare), opgevolgd door Sniekers, De Pauw sr., De Pauw jr., Jean Cuypers, Mathijs Scheffer, Jos Stoffels, Sjef Ficker, Mark Prils en de huidige dirigent Frank Steeghs.

 1910-1928 Leo van Neer
 1928-1931 J.M. Sniekers
 1931-1943 Gustaaf de Pauw
 1945-1949 Désiré de Pauw
 1949-1961 Jean Cuypers
 1961-1986 Mathijs Scheffer
 1986-1996 Jos Stoffels
 1996-2000 Sjef Ficker
 2000-2011 Mark Prils
 2011-heden Frank Steeghs

Muzikale successen
De stabiliteit van St. Joseph komt tot uitdrukking in de vele muzikale hoogtepunten die in de voorbije honderd jaren werden behaald. Hierbij valt te denken aan overwinningen tijdens concoursen in Terwinselen Kerkrade (1921), Hoensbroek (1927), Rotterdam (1938) en na de oorlog het concours in het Noord-Hollandse Heiloo (1951). Onder leiding van dirigent Jean Cuypers, die uit de eigen gelederen naar voren kwam, won fanfare St. Joseph het concours van Heiloo en daarmee werd promotie een feit. St Joseph Pey musiceert bijna 60 jaar onafgebroken in de huidige eerste divisie. In die 60 jaar nam de Peyer fanfare 20 keer aan een concours deel. Drie landskampioenschappen, verschillende Limburgse titels, deelnames aan diverse edities van het WMC en winnaar van verschillende muziektoernooien, waaronder het 'Hoogoventoernooi' in Heemskerk, het 'KRO toernooi' en 'Fanfare 1990' in Rotterdam, heeft de Peyer fanfare op haar muzikaal curriculum staan. Ook de optredens voor radio en tv mogen niet onvermeld blijven. De vijftiger jaren waren voor de fanfare de moeilijkste periode. Notulen uit die tijd doen verslag van felle discussies over de toekomstvisie. Uiteindelijke nam de 'jongere garde' onder leiding van de nieuwe voorzitter Jac Turlings het roer in 1961 over, samen met het nieuwe bestuur. De eveneens nieuw aangetrokken dirigent Mathijs Scheffer leidde St. Joseph van het ene naar het andere muzikale hoogtepunt. De prestaties leidden ertoe dat fanfare in 1975 de erepenning van verdienste van de koningin kreeg toegekend. De fanfare is tevens in het bezit van de Zilveren Legpenning van de gemeente Echt.

Zie ook
 Lijst van Nederlandse fanfareorkesten
 Dirigent Frank Steeghs

Externe link
 Officiële internetpagina

Nederlands fanfareorkest
Cultuur in Echt-Susteren

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Yousheng Cement Co Ltd to build a cement plant in Douala
Tags:cameroonCementYousheng Cement
According to international news agency "businessincameroon",
Chinese company Yousheng Cement Co Ltd is currently fine-tuning the establishment of a new cement plant inside the port area in Douala. The information was disclosed by Nana Aboubakar Djalloh, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Environment, in a release inviting the population to the public sittings, on August 30-September 4, 2021, at the Joss II Government Primary School in Douala, in the framework of the project's environmental impact assessment.
This plant will be the seventh of its kind installed in Cameroon and it will make the country a cement-producing hub in the Central African sub-region. Indeed, according to credible sources, the construction works for the sixth plant will soon be launched at the Kribi deep seaport's industrial zone.
The new plants will boost competition in the local cement market currently animated by five operators: Cimencam (2.2 million tons production capacity), Dangote Cement (1.5 million tons), Eren Holding through Medcem Cameroun (600,000 tons), Cimaf (500,000 tons but currently being extended), and Mira Company (1 million tons).
Four of the operators entered the Cameroonian market in 2015, ending 48 years of monopolistic control exercised by CIMENCAM. Their entrance however did not have a significant impact on the price of cement. Despite the multiplication of the offers, the prices were only reduced from XAF5,000 to XAF4,500 and sometimes to XAF4,600. Those prices stayed at that level for a while but months ago, they rose to XAF5,000 allegedly because of rising transport costs and an increase in the international prices of clinker since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
During a meeting at the Ministry of Commerce in October 2015, producers were openly accused of price collusion. The accused rejected the accusations blaming the price hike on the unavailability of clinker in the country. At the time, internal sources revealed that to somehow address the issue of clinker unavailability, Dangote Cement decided to exploit the Mintom limestone deposit to produce clinker and substantially reduce cement retail prices in the local market.
However, this project was delayed because 70% of the said deposit, whose potential was estimated (by the IRGM) at 540 million metric cubes, was flooded by water from the Dja River.


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Clark Nexsen Receives 2020 Firm of the Year Award from AIA Charlotte
Clark Nexsen has been named 2020 Firm of the Year by the Charlotte Section of the American Institute of Architects. The Firm Award was presented during the AIA Charlotte annual awards ceremony, held virtually on October 28.
Clark Nexsen established a presence in Charlotte in 1994 with the acquisition of the award-winning firm Gunn Hardaway. Since then, their footprint and positive impact on architecture in Charlotte and the state have grown substantially. The firm has a broad portfolio spanning commercial office facilities, student housing, libraries, laboratories, and buildings for K-12 and higher education. In addition to the Charlotte office, Clark Nexsen also has North Carolina offices in Asheville and Raleigh.
"We are incredibly honored to be recognized with this prestigious award. Our firm has been extremely fortunate to work with great clients and partners who have given us tremendous opportunity," –Jason Jones
The Charlotte office is currently working on the design of a new main library Uptown, which will be their second library project teamed with Snøhetta. The bold new design for this library, opening in 2024, will expansively re-imagine the vital role of the library in the daily life of the Charlotte community.
"Our Charlotte team works hard every day to elevate the level of our designs and to be involved in the community. We're celebrating our 100th anniversary this year, so the timing of the award couldn't be better," notes Jason Jones, AIA, principal and director of Clark Nexsen's Charlotte office.
With expertise in student housing that has expanded their national architectural footprint, they have completed projects in New York, Florida, and Oklahoma, in addition to their work in the Southeast. Current housing projects include the New Housing Village at UNC Wilmington, the Bluford Street Residence Hall at North Carolina A&T State University, and Slusher Hall at Virginia Tech.
"Clark Nexsen has been a team partner on a number of significant buildings and renovations at UNC Charlotte, including Holshouser Hall and the new 130,000 square-foot science building with state-of-the-art STEM classrooms and laboratories, slated to open in 2021," comments Chris Jarrett, professor, School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte.
Clark Nexsen Charlotte volunteering during the"100 Ways of Giving" campaign to celebrate the firm's 100th anniversary. Helping out at the Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina and with TreesCharlotte.
While giving back to the community is central to Clark Nexsen's culture, the firm is celebrating the firm's 100-year anniversary in 2020 with a special "100 Ways of Giving" campaign. Staff members are committing at least eight hours of service to community organizations or activities such as individual fundraising for disease research, supporting environmental clean ups, or mentoring local students. The organizations the team in Charlotte has supported include the Humane Society of Charlotte, United Way, TreesCharlotte, Jamil Niner Student Pantry at UNC Charlotte, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, and Charlotte Rescue Mission.
Clark Nexsen's Charlotte office is highly engaged in education and encourage their design leaders and staff to be involved with the architectural programs at both Central Piedmont Community College and UNC Charlotte, and future designers from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and area private schools. The proximity of their office to the CPCC campus has allowed them to welcome many classes over to see their projects in design and learn how they work.
They are a longtime supporter UNC Charlotte's School of Architecture through mentorships, scholarships, teaching, and internships. They have also welcomed many UNC Charlotte grads into Clark Nexsen as employees and several have risen to senior positions within the firm.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg New Main Library (with Snøhetta)
Orchard Residence Hall at Penn State Brandywine
First Year Village at University of Miami
Cadet Hall at Virginia Tech
MINT Charlotte Urban Housing Winning Competition Entry
Belk Hall at UNC Charlotte
New Science Building to Nurture Talent Pipeline for Soaring STEM Needs at UNC Charlotte
Charlotte-Mecklenburg New Main Library
Clark Nexsen Charlotte Office Upfit
Clark Nexsen Launches 100 Ways of Giving Campaign to Celebrate Firm's 100th Anniversary


Competency-based medical education (CBME) was a major topic in presentations and during discussion at the recent International Conference on Residency Education (ICRE). Whether you participated in the research and faculty development programming, associated administrative meetings or informal networking opportunities, CBME was front and centre.
The Doctor of Medicine program is changing its curriculum and assessment structure to align with CBME principles and practices. Find out what's changed, what it means, and why this is so important.
From Technology Support to Curriculum and Assessment - we've got you covered. Learn more about how Joan and Sylvia's new roles will intersect with your work in CBME and how they will be supporting the process.
Dr. Shannon Venance, Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) Implementation, shares your top 10 tips for successful transition to CBME.
Dr. Chris Watling discussing how introducing the CBME curricula will strengthen residency and improve teaching.
Sayra Cristancho, PhD, is one of four researchers receiving a grant from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada to investigate different aspects of CBME.
Dr. Jennifer Vergel de Dios is preparing to launch CBME in Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine in a few weeks. In this Q&A, she's sharing her lessons learned during the process.
Drs. Sarah Jones and Tamara Hooren from Paediatrics and Dr. Arif Al-Areibi from Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine discuss the role of the Competence Committee.
No matter when your program will begin its transition to CBME, it's never too early to learn about the steps that will be required. You can read more by visiting the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada website.
Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the School will be able to fund three or four small, pilot projects reflecting a spirit of innovation regarding Competence by Design implementation. A call for proposals will be distributed to all programs and departments in the coming weeks.
Dr. Chris Watling discusses the soon-to-be-released new postgraduate accreditation standards and what these new approaches mean for the evolution of CBME.
What have your colleagues been up to?
Learn more about what your colleagues in Psychiatry, Neurosurgery, Radiology and Nuclear Medicine have been working on in CBME.
Drs. Brian Rotenberg and Horace Cheng share their experiences with CBME thus far in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery.
Drs. Christancho, Chahine, and Goldszmidt recently presented some of their research underway at the Centre for Education Research & Innovation.