Dann Read is a former management team member with the now defunct wrestling promotion, along with Alex Shane, Mark Kay and Greg Lambert. Kay and Lambert were both introduced to the wrestling business by Read after a chance meeting with Lambert at S.W.A.T Revival in 2002. Read originally trained as a wrestler, via NWA UK Hammerlock, has worked as a referee for a number of promotions and as ring announcer for FWA, also commentating on FWA TV as well as being the current commentator on RQW TV on . He also hosted his own Internet and local community wrestling radio show in Ipswich where he is a passionate advocate of the British wrestling scene.
Read promoted a very well-received show in Ipswich in July 2002, the FWA shows in Sudbury, Suffolk and co-promoted the FWA show in Colchester in April 2006 which featured Billy Kidman, stars of Pro-Wrestling NOAH and Bret Hart among many others. He also currently promotes and books X-Sports Wrestling and ChickFight events in the UK. Behind the scenes, he has worked backstage on shows for FWA, as well as International Showdown, Universal Uproar and the first RoH and TNA tours of the UK.
Shows promoted by Read
*New Era Wrestling, Saturday 13 July 2002 at the Ipswich Corn Exchange; Ipswich, Suffolk
*FWA British Breakout Tour, at Sudbury Sports Centre; Sudbury, Suffolk
*FWA New Frontiers, at Broxbourne Civic Hall; Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
*FWA “Who’s Foolin’ Who”, at Sudbury Sports Centre; Sudbury, Suffolk
*FWA “CRUNCH”, at Broxbourne Civic Hall; Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
*FWA NOAH Limits 2, at The Hippodrome; Colchester, Essex
*FWA Live, at Sudbury Sports Centre; Sudbury, Suffolk
*XSW Cursed, at Liquid Nightclub, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
*XSW/WXW Gorefest, at The Hippodrome, Colchester, Essex
*, at The Marina Centre; Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
*, at Liquid Nightclub, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
*XSW: To The Rescue, at Sudbury Sports Centre; Sudbury, Suffolk
*, at Orpington Halls; Orpington, Kent
* TV Taping, at The Suncastle; Skegness, Lincolnshire
*XSW: Murder On The Dancefloor, at Liquid Nightclub, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
* TV Taping, at The Caribbean Centre; Ipswich, Suffolk
* TV Taping, at The Caribbean Centre; Ipswich, Suffolk
Read promoted a very well-received show in Ipswich in July 2002, the FWA shows in Sudbury, Suffolk and co-promoted the FWA show in Colchester in April 2006 which featured Billy Kidman, stars of Pro-Wrestling NOAH and Bret Hart among many others. He also currently promotes and books X-Sports Wrestling and ChickFight events in the UK. Behind the scenes, he has worked backstage on shows for FWA, as well as International Showdown, Universal Uproar and the first RoH and TNA tours of the UK.
Shows promoted by Read
*New Era Wrestling, Saturday 13 July 2002 at the Ipswich Corn Exchange; Ipswich, Suffolk
*FWA British Breakout Tour, at Sudbury Sports Centre; Sudbury, Suffolk
*FWA New Frontiers, at Broxbourne Civic Hall; Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
*FWA “Who’s Foolin’ Who”, at Sudbury Sports Centre; Sudbury, Suffolk
*FWA “CRUNCH”, at Broxbourne Civic Hall; Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
*FWA NOAH Limits 2, at The Hippodrome; Colchester, Essex
*FWA Live, at Sudbury Sports Centre; Sudbury, Suffolk
*XSW Cursed, at Liquid Nightclub, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
*XSW/WXW Gorefest, at The Hippodrome, Colchester, Essex
*, at The Marina Centre; Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
*, at Liquid Nightclub, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
*XSW: To The Rescue, at Sudbury Sports Centre; Sudbury, Suffolk
*, at Orpington Halls; Orpington, Kent
* TV Taping, at The Suncastle; Skegness, Lincolnshire
*XSW: Murder On The Dancefloor, at Liquid Nightclub, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
* TV Taping, at The Caribbean Centre; Ipswich, Suffolk
* TV Taping, at The Caribbean Centre; Ipswich, Suffolk
The Common Grant Application is an online grant application and management system that non-profit grantseekers may use to apply for and seek funds from non-profit grantmakers.
History
The Common Grant application was founded in early 2007 and is based in Santa Monica, CA.
As of August 1, 2008, the Common Grant Application Web site lists over 3,500 grantseekers and grantmakers.
Background
There are over 72,000 non-profit grantmaking foundations and over 1.7 million non-profit grantseeking organizations in the United States. The grantmaking foundations (consisting of independent foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations and operating foundations) granted over $42 billion in 2007. Grantseeking organizations typically must submit a written letter of inquiry and/or grant application to grantmaking organizations to be considered for, and receive grants. The grant writing process undertaken by a grantseeker varies depending on the grantmaker. A recent project undertaken by a collaboration of national grantmaker organizations (Project Streamline) found that current grant application and reporting practices create significant burdens on
the time, energy and ultimate effectiveness of non-profit grantmaking and grantseeking organizations.
The Common Grant Application is designed to reduce this burden for non-profit organizations. An analogous model is the the Common Application for college bound students. The purpose of the Common Grant Application is to simplify the grant seeking and grant management process by providing a single proposal or application format that can be used by a grantseeker during the grant writing process to apply to one or more grantmakers. The simplest and oldest form of a grant application is a paper-based grant proposal or grant application from grantseekers to a grantmakers. The paper-based system is now being replaced in some instances, by online-based grant applications that allow grantseekers to apply to grantmakers.
Most common grant applications ask for a set of organizational and program / project information that is of interest to and will be accepted by all members of a grantmaker group or community. The typical organizational informational asked for in a grant application consists of: contact information, tax identification number, non-profit () status, year established, staff, budget, mission, history, names and titles of key staff. The typical program or project information asked for in a grant application consists of: name, amount and type of funding requested, description, goals and objectives, activities that will be performed, outcomes, staff, budget, and geographic location. Since grantmaker interests and grantmaking approaches can be very different, most common grant applications also offer the opportunity to provide additional or supplemental information that may be required by individual members of the grantmaker group or community.
Other common grant applications
Other common grant applications have been generally designed and created by groups or communities of grantmakers, either with common funding (e.g. arts, education) or geographic (e.g. Pacific Northwest, New England) interests. Grantmakers may be members of ad-hoc groups, or members of formal organizations such as a national associations of grantmakers (e.g. Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers ) or regional associations of grantmakers (e.g. Delaware Valley Grantmakers , San Diego Grantmakers ). Many other regional common grant applications are listed at the Foundation Center and the Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers .
Notes and references
Further Reading
"2007 Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report". Technology Affinity Group, Council on Foundations, 2007.
Bearman, Jessica. "Project Streamline: Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose." a collaborative initiative of the Grants Managers Network, 2008.
Brest, Paul. "Creating an Online Information Marketplace for Giving." The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 2006 Annual Report.
Menlo Park, California: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 2007.
Cohen, Rick. "A Call to Action: Organizing to Increase the Effectiveness and Impact of Foundation Grantmaking." Washington, D.C.:
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, 2007.
Eakin, Lynn. "We Can’t Afford to do Business This Way: A Study of the Administrative Burden Resulting from Funder Accountability and
Compliance Practices." Toronto: Wellesley Institute, 2007.
The Forbes Funds. "The Cost of Meeting Compliance: A Case Study of Challenges, Time Investments, and Dollars Spent."
Tropman Reports, Volume 4: Number 1. Pittsburgh, PA: The Forbes Funds, 2005.
Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz and Paul Steinberg. "The Cost of Meeting Funder Compliance: A Case Study of Challenges, Time Spent and
Dollars Invested." Santa Monica, CA: The Rand Corporation, 2006.
Ni, Perla. "Opinion Blog Entries: Common App, Please." April 11, 2007.
Schneiderman, Martin. "Potential of Creating a Centralized Repository of Information on Non-U.S. Based NGOs. Findings and Recommendations." Princeton, NJ:
Information Age Associates, 2006.
History
The Common Grant application was founded in early 2007 and is based in Santa Monica, CA.
As of August 1, 2008, the Common Grant Application Web site lists over 3,500 grantseekers and grantmakers.
Background
There are over 72,000 non-profit grantmaking foundations and over 1.7 million non-profit grantseeking organizations in the United States. The grantmaking foundations (consisting of independent foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations and operating foundations) granted over $42 billion in 2007. Grantseeking organizations typically must submit a written letter of inquiry and/or grant application to grantmaking organizations to be considered for, and receive grants. The grant writing process undertaken by a grantseeker varies depending on the grantmaker. A recent project undertaken by a collaboration of national grantmaker organizations (Project Streamline) found that current grant application and reporting practices create significant burdens on
the time, energy and ultimate effectiveness of non-profit grantmaking and grantseeking organizations.
The Common Grant Application is designed to reduce this burden for non-profit organizations. An analogous model is the the Common Application for college bound students. The purpose of the Common Grant Application is to simplify the grant seeking and grant management process by providing a single proposal or application format that can be used by a grantseeker during the grant writing process to apply to one or more grantmakers. The simplest and oldest form of a grant application is a paper-based grant proposal or grant application from grantseekers to a grantmakers. The paper-based system is now being replaced in some instances, by online-based grant applications that allow grantseekers to apply to grantmakers.
Most common grant applications ask for a set of organizational and program / project information that is of interest to and will be accepted by all members of a grantmaker group or community. The typical organizational informational asked for in a grant application consists of: contact information, tax identification number, non-profit () status, year established, staff, budget, mission, history, names and titles of key staff. The typical program or project information asked for in a grant application consists of: name, amount and type of funding requested, description, goals and objectives, activities that will be performed, outcomes, staff, budget, and geographic location. Since grantmaker interests and grantmaking approaches can be very different, most common grant applications also offer the opportunity to provide additional or supplemental information that may be required by individual members of the grantmaker group or community.
Other common grant applications
Other common grant applications have been generally designed and created by groups or communities of grantmakers, either with common funding (e.g. arts, education) or geographic (e.g. Pacific Northwest, New England) interests. Grantmakers may be members of ad-hoc groups, or members of formal organizations such as a national associations of grantmakers (e.g. Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers ) or regional associations of grantmakers (e.g. Delaware Valley Grantmakers , San Diego Grantmakers ). Many other regional common grant applications are listed at the Foundation Center and the Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers .
Notes and references
Further Reading
"2007 Grantmakers Information Technology Survey Report". Technology Affinity Group, Council on Foundations, 2007.
Bearman, Jessica. "Project Streamline: Drowning in Paperwork, Distracted from Purpose." a collaborative initiative of the Grants Managers Network, 2008.
Brest, Paul. "Creating an Online Information Marketplace for Giving." The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation 2006 Annual Report.
Menlo Park, California: The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 2007.
Cohen, Rick. "A Call to Action: Organizing to Increase the Effectiveness and Impact of Foundation Grantmaking." Washington, D.C.:
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, 2007.
Eakin, Lynn. "We Can’t Afford to do Business This Way: A Study of the Administrative Burden Resulting from Funder Accountability and
Compliance Practices." Toronto: Wellesley Institute, 2007.
The Forbes Funds. "The Cost of Meeting Compliance: A Case Study of Challenges, Time Investments, and Dollars Spent."
Tropman Reports, Volume 4: Number 1. Pittsburgh, PA: The Forbes Funds, 2005.
Lara-Cinisomo, Sandraluz and Paul Steinberg. "The Cost of Meeting Funder Compliance: A Case Study of Challenges, Time Spent and
Dollars Invested." Santa Monica, CA: The Rand Corporation, 2006.
Ni, Perla. "Opinion Blog Entries: Common App, Please." April 11, 2007.
Schneiderman, Martin. "Potential of Creating a Centralized Repository of Information on Non-U.S. Based NGOs. Findings and Recommendations." Princeton, NJ:
Information Age Associates, 2006.
Dr G V Vijayagovindan is Reader of Theoretical physics at the School of Pure and Applied Physics of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India.
Research
His current research interests include String theory, Brane cosmology and Dark Energy.
Selected Publications
1. Collapse of an inhomogenous protogalaxy with random motion-K.Indulekha,G.V Vijaya Govindan and S.Ramadurai,Advances in space Research 34,670 (2004)
2. Solutions to cosmological problems with energy conservation and varying C,G and L P.Gopakumar and G.V.Vijaya Govindan,Modern physics lettersA,16,957,(2001)
3. Reflection of light from a random amplifying media with disorder in the complex refractive index: Statistics of fluctuations, S.Anantha Krishna,E.Krishna Das and G.V.Vijaya Govindan,Physical Review B 62,256(2000)
4. Tunneling conductance of Luttinger liquids: Resonance, V.Aswin, G.V.Vijaya Govindan and N.Kumar,Physical Review B,53,R13239(1996)
5.Energy dispersive back scattering of electrons from surface resonance of a disordered medium and 1/ f noise, G.V.Vijaya Govindan and N.Kumar,Zeitzschrift fur physikB-Condensed matter,75,77,(1989)
6.Electric field dependent average resistance and the resistance fluctuation in one dimensional disordered systems G.V.Vijaya Govindan, A.M.Jayannawar and N.Kumar, Physical Review B,35,2029(1987)
Research
His current research interests include String theory, Brane cosmology and Dark Energy.
Selected Publications
1. Collapse of an inhomogenous protogalaxy with random motion-K.Indulekha,G.V Vijaya Govindan and S.Ramadurai,Advances in space Research 34,670 (2004)
2. Solutions to cosmological problems with energy conservation and varying C,G and L P.Gopakumar and G.V.Vijaya Govindan,Modern physics lettersA,16,957,(2001)
3. Reflection of light from a random amplifying media with disorder in the complex refractive index: Statistics of fluctuations, S.Anantha Krishna,E.Krishna Das and G.V.Vijaya Govindan,Physical Review B 62,256(2000)
4. Tunneling conductance of Luttinger liquids: Resonance, V.Aswin, G.V.Vijaya Govindan and N.Kumar,Physical Review B,53,R13239(1996)
5.Energy dispersive back scattering of electrons from surface resonance of a disordered medium and 1/ f noise, G.V.Vijaya Govindan and N.Kumar,Zeitzschrift fur physikB-Condensed matter,75,77,(1989)
6.Electric field dependent average resistance and the resistance fluctuation in one dimensional disordered systems G.V.Vijaya Govindan, A.M.Jayannawar and N.Kumar, Physical Review B,35,2029(1987)
One year MBA is catching up as a new trend in India. Many top B-schools of India are providing the course to meet the needs of experienced executives who want a full-time course, but are unwilling to stay away from the jobs for longer durations.
There are many different kinds of programmes generally targetted towards middle management roles for candidates wishing to grow withing their own domains. However, it is not entirely impossible to make a domain switch. The programmes are generally fast track.
Indian School of Business
The Indian School of Business, located in Hyderabad, offers a one year full time post graduate programme in management. The programme commenced from 2001 and has become a reputed programme as of today.
The admission requires GMAT scores and preferably a minimum 2 years experience.
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research
S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), located in Andheri, Mumbai, offers a one year full time post graduate programme in Management (PGPM). The programme commenced from 2004 and offers specializations in Information Management and Operations Management.
The admission requires any one of CAT, XAT or GMAT and a preferable experience of minimum 5 years.
Indian Institute of Management
The IIMs have gradually started to offer one year Post Graduate programmes in Management.
IIM Ahmedabad
IIM Ahmedabad provides one year Post Graduate Programme in management for eXecutives (PGPX). The programme commenced in 2006. The programme accepts GMAT scores.
IIM Calcutta
IIM Calcutta provides one year Post Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPEX) and Post Graduate Programme for Executives - Visionary Leader in Manufacturing (PGPEX-VLM) since 2007.
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai provides a one year full time Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) since 2004.
The program accepts CAT or GMAT scores and requires a minimum of 2 years experience.
There are many different kinds of programmes generally targetted towards middle management roles for candidates wishing to grow withing their own domains. However, it is not entirely impossible to make a domain switch. The programmes are generally fast track.
Indian School of Business
The Indian School of Business, located in Hyderabad, offers a one year full time post graduate programme in management. The programme commenced from 2001 and has become a reputed programme as of today.
The admission requires GMAT scores and preferably a minimum 2 years experience.
S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research
S.P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), located in Andheri, Mumbai, offers a one year full time post graduate programme in Management (PGPM). The programme commenced from 2004 and offers specializations in Information Management and Operations Management.
The admission requires any one of CAT, XAT or GMAT and a preferable experience of minimum 5 years.
Indian Institute of Management
The IIMs have gradually started to offer one year Post Graduate programmes in Management.
IIM Ahmedabad
IIM Ahmedabad provides one year Post Graduate Programme in management for eXecutives (PGPX). The programme commenced in 2006. The programme accepts GMAT scores.
IIM Calcutta
IIM Calcutta provides one year Post Graduate Programme for Executives (PGPEX) and Post Graduate Programme for Executives - Visionary Leader in Manufacturing (PGPEX-VLM) since 2007.
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai provides a one year full time Post Graduate Program in Management (PGPM) since 2004.
The program accepts CAT or GMAT scores and requires a minimum of 2 years experience.