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Only 10% Of Humanitarian Aid Reaches Tigray, Ethiopia
by How Africa News August 5, 2021, 12:51 pm
Only 10% of humanitarian aid is currently reaching Tigray, where famine threatens hundreds of thousands of civilians, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), Samantha Power, said Wednesday in Addis Ababa.
Tigray has been at the heart of a serious humanitarian crisis for several months, according to the United Nations, while international aid is struggling to reach this northern region due to numerous delays and administrative obstacles. "Between mid-July and August 2, according to the United Nations, what was needed was 1,500 trucks (of humanitarian aid) and the number of trucks that have driven and been able to pass is 153. That's 10% of what's needed," USAID head Samantha Power said Wednesday night at a press conference, stressing that access remained a deep concern.
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"The roads have to be safe. And so this is a call to all parties to allow unimpeded humanitarian access," Samantha Power added. "We're not seeing the changes we were hoping for." For his part, UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths told a news conference in the Ethiopian capital that to meet needs on the ground, 100 trucks would have to enter Tigray daily.
Amahara forces
Samantha Power called on the Tigrayan authorities to "immediately withdraw their forces" from the Amhara and Afar regions. "For aid to reach all those in need in #Tigray, then ALL parties must cease hostilities," she tweeted Tuesday night. "There is no military solution to this conflict."
She reiterated Washington's demand that Amhara forces withdraw from western Tigray, as well as Eritrean forces that have come to support the Ethiopian army. The United States sees Ethiopia as a key partner in the volatile Horn of Africa region, but the Biden administration has been an outspoken critic of the war in Tigray.
In March, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounced acts of ethnic cleansing in western Tigray. And in May, he announced visa restrictions for Ethiopian and Eritrean officials accused of fuelling the conflict. According to the Ethiopian Prime Minister, the June ceasefire was intended to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid, but NGOs say access is more difficult than ever. The situation worsened this week when Abiy Ahmed's government suspended two NGOs operating in Tigray, accusing them of "misinformation.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) "spread disinformation in social media and on other platforms, outside the mandate and objectives for which these organizations have been authorized to operate," the Ethiopian authorities said Wednesday. A decision condemned by Washington, with the U.S. ambassador to the UN calling the suspension unacceptable.
"I am familiar with the work of @MSF and @NRC_Norway, and they are respected internationally. Ethiopia should reconsider this decision," Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Twitter. Jan Egeland, secretary general of the NRC, has regularly issued stern warnings on Twitter about the crisis, as in February: "In 40 years (of) humanitarian work, I have rarely seen so many obstacles to the delivery of aid.
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Follow the Money: VanillaSoft Nets $4M, Riveron Gets Growth Funding, Mass Luminosity Acquires Fort Worth Firm
You'll also find news about Carl Sparks, RumbleOn, Sky Island Capital, Center Oak Partners, Fund Architects, Checkpoint ID, Revint Solutions, AccentCare Inc., and Top Image Systems in this roundup of investment, merger, and acquisition activity involving companies and investors in North Texas.
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Plano's VanillaSoft rakes in $4M in investment round
Plano-based VanillaSoft, a provider of sales engagement technology, has raised $4 million to grow its research and development and sales teams and continue expansion.
The funding included a repayable contribution of $1 million from the Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions and $3 million from the Fonds Régional de Solidarité Outaouais.
VanillaSoft provides a platform that allows sales development teams to engage over 15,000,000 contacts a month. Used as a standalone product, or combined with traditional CRM systems, VanillaSoft's system empowers sales reps to respond to new leads, interact with leads consistently across more channels, and generate qualified sales opportunities, according to FinSMEs.
Riveron receives growth investment from H.I.G. affiliate
Riveron, a Dallas-headquartered national business advisory firm, announced that an affiliate of the global investment firm H.I.G. Capital has agreed to make a growth investment in Riveron.
H.I.G. Capital is a global investment firm focused on partnering with middle market companies. The amount of the investment was not released.
Founded in 2006, Riveron provides a comprehensive suite of consulting solutions to its clients, including accounting advisory, accounting and finance operations, capital markets and divestitures, performance improvement, transaction services, and recovery and transformation services.
Signature Systems raises funding in private equity round
Signature Systems Group, a Flower Mound-based events services company, announced it raised an unreleased amount in a private equity round led by Center Rock Capital Partners, an Illinois-based private equity firm.
Signature Systems manufactures and distributes composite matting ground protection for industrial applications, stadium turf protection, and temporary event flooring, according to Crunchbase. Signature's leading global brands include MegaDeck, SignaRoad, DuraDeck, OmniDeck, ArmorDeck, and EventDeck.
Dallas investor helps lead Mint House's $15M Series A round
Dallas investor Carl Sparks is one of seven investors who led a $15 million Series A funding round for New York City-based Mint House, a technology-enabled hospitality company for business travelers.
Sparks is the former chief executive officer of Travelocity. Other investors in the round include Revolution Ventures, former Starwood Hotels CEO Thomas Mangas, former St. Regis Hotels President Kerry Hatch, and JBG Smith Executive Vice President Rob Stewart. NewView Capital, Nelstone Ventures, and Ingleside Investors also participated in the round.
Mint House said the funding round will help it continue developing its technology, open in new buildings across the country, and increase its staff for future growth.
RumbleOn closes $30M in convertible senior notes
Dallas-based RumbleOn Inc. announced the closing of its previously announced offering of $30 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75 percent convertible senior notes due 2024.
RumbleOn is an e-commerce company focused on how to simplify the way in which dealers and customers buy, sell, trade, or finance pre-owned vehicles through one online location.
JMP Securities LLC acted as sole book-running manager for the note offering, RumbleOn said. National Securities Corp. acted as financial advisers for the note offering. RumbleOn said the aggregate net proceeds from the offering were roughly $27.3 million, after deducting the initial purchaser's discounts and commissions, and estimated offering expenses.
RumbleOn said in a release that it intends to use approximately $11.1 million of the net proceeds from the offering to refinance certain outstanding restrictive indebtedness and the rest for other general corporate purposes, possibly including increased spending on marketing and advertising, and expenditures necessary to grow the business.
Sky Island Capital takes majority stake in Material Sciences Corp.
Dallas middle market private equity firm Sky Island Capital has bought majority control of Material Sciences Corp., a Canton, Michigan-based producer of advanced materials and specialty coated metals.
MSC's products are engineered to address light-weighting, noise, vibration, and harshness, corrosion, architectural, and aesthetic needs for a wide variety of end markets, including transportation, building products, packaging, and consumer goods.
"MSC has had spectacular historical performance, but we firmly believe that its best days are ahead given several organic and add-on acquisition growth opportunities," Sky Island Managing Partner Jack Waterstreet said in a statement.
Center Oak Partners takes majority interest in Service Champions
Dallas private equity firm CenterOak Partners LLC said it has completed a majority investment in Service Champions in combination with its existing investment, Moore Home Services, to create one of the biggest providers of home maintenance and repair services on the West Coast.
Service Champions Chief Executive Officer Leland Smith will maintain a significant ownership stake in the company and will lead the newly combined company, CenterOak said in a release. No terms of the deal were released.
The two companies have offerings in southern and northern California, including residential heating and air conditioning repair and replacement, plumbing, solar, and electrical services.
Fund Architects, a Kaufman-based independent SEC-registered investment adviser that provides discretionary, fee-based money management services, has been acquired by Cabana Holdings, an Arkansas financial services firm.
Earlier this year, Carrollton-based Checkpoint ID, a provider of ID verification and data collection SaaS for apartment managers, announced that it had received $1.5 million in Series A funding from RET Ventures, a Utah-based early-stage venture capital firm.
Mass Luminosity acquires Fort Worth marketing and PR firm
Dallas-based research, technology, and experiential company Mass Luminosity said it has acquired Fort Worth-based Wheelhouse Marketing and PR, becoming Mass Lumosity's internal marketing arm.
The acquisition values Wheelhouse at $2.5 million and Mass Luminosity at $50 million, and is subject to final approval by Mass Luminosity's shareholders and board of directors.
Mass Luminosity said in a release that Wheelhouse's core disciplines include developing connectivity between brands and unique entertainment properties by creating partnerships that initiate platforms delivered by public relations campaigns, marketing initiatives, and sales programs that are supported by inventive collaborations, printing, and design.
Revint Solutions acquires Payment Partners
Revint Solutions, a Plano-based provider of revenue integrity solutions for healthcare providers, announced that it acquired Payment Partners, a provider of worker's compensation claim reimbursement services.
No financial terms of the deal were released.
The company said the acquisition is part of its focus on extending its suite of revenue integrity services and solutions.
Revint Solutions offers more than 1,700 healthcare organizations in the U.S. solutions and helps recover over $475 million of underpaid or unidentified revenue for its clients annually.
Advent International acquires AccentCare Inc. of Dallas
Dallas-based AccentCare Inc. is being acquired by Advent International, one of the largest and most-experienced global private equity investors.
AccentCare, a nationwide provider in post-accute healthcare, is being sold by the New York City-based private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners, which has owned AccentCare since 2010. AccentCare is the sixth largest home health platform and third largest personal care platform in the nation.
No terms of the deal were released.
AccentCare's services range from personal, non-medical care to skilled nursing, rehabilitation, hospice care, and care management. It has more than 24,000 professionals working in more than 175 locations, collectively serving more than 123,000 people.
"AccentCare is a terrific platform that is setting the standard for high-quality home and community-based healthcare," Advent Managing Director Carmine Petrone said in a statement.
Acquisition of Top Image Systems Ltd. closes
Top Image Systems Ltd., an Israeli-based innovator in on-premise and cloud-based applications with a U.S. base in Plano, announced the close of its acquisition by Kofax, a leading supplier of intelligent automation software to automate and digitally transform end-to-end processes.
Kofax is a portfolio company of the Chicago private equity investment company Thoma Bravo.
Under the acquisition agreement, Top Image Systems' shareholders will receive merger consideration in the amount of 86 cents in cash for each share of Top Image Systems ordinary stock they hold.
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Business owners recognize the importance of online customer reviews and the way they influence other consumers. Customers enjoy sharing their experiences, and their posts on websites like Yelp and Angie's List impact the purchasing decisions of readers.
Customers' reviews currently exceed regular, business ads. A Zendesk survey found that positive online reviews influenced the decisions of 90% of participants. Negative reviews influenced 86% of participants.
Businesses often focus on the bad reviews, but the best strategy to overcome one or two bad opinions is to receive more good reviews. Since businesses and services are now defined by those who experience it, it is important to encourage customers to write about their positive experiences with your business.
1. Create profiles on review sites. Set profiles up on sites that are most relevant to your business. Some sites to consider are Yelp, Angie's List, LinkedIn, TripAdvisor, Google Local, and Yahoo Local.
2. Ask customers to leave reviews, and make it easy for them to do so. Your customers know the importance of reviews, and if you provided them with a great product or service, they'll be happy to write a review. Try to ask as soon as possible as most customers would rather write a review immediately than later. Also, the easier it is for them to leave review, the more likely they are to do so. Include links to your profiles on review sites on your website, in your newsletters, and in your follow-up emails to customers. Don't expect your customers to go and search for ways to leave a review.
3. Offer incentives for reviews. Writing a review takes time, and your customers will appreciate an incentive as recognition of their input. The incentive could be as simple as entering a monthly drawing for giveaways. Be sure to offer incentives for all reviews and not only for the good ones.
4. Thank your reviewers. When possible, thank each customer who leaves a review for your business. You can also send top reviewers freebies and coupon codes. This will encourage your customers to come back and to continue to talk about your products or services.
5. Make reviews a part of your work processes. Train your employees to solicit reviews from customers. You may even choose to offer incentives to employees for encouraging and obtaining reviews. Choose something that could be a great motivator for your employees, such as parking spaces or cash bonuses.


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Q: Applying toolbar in androidx All similar questions are on older versions.Hence i had no option but to ask this.
My imports:
import androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.Toolbar;

The class MainActivity extends AppCompactActivity, id for the toolbar is the same and toolbar is initialized.Also the action bar in style is set to NoActionBar already. The implementation is as below:
toolbar= findViewById(R.id.toolbar1);
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Error: getSupportActionBar() in AppCompactActivity cannot be applied to (androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity)
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    app:popupTheme="@style/ThemeOverlay.AppCompat.Dark.ActionBar">

    <ImageButton
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        android:background="@mipmap/home"
        android:contentDescription="@string/homebtn" />
    <TextView
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        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="Random text"
        android:textAlignment="center"
        android:padding="5dp"/>
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How can i make my toolbar work?

A: You're using getSupportActionBar. You should be using setSupportActionBar:
setSupportActionBar(toolbar);

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Q: Apple fsck.hfs borks on corrupted journal Got message, "Unrecognized disk" and a choice of eject, initialize, or ignore
I chose ignore, then used "repair disk"
Made no difference.
Can this be fixed without reinitializing?

A: This answer is incomplete.  The drive unrecognized has hit me several times after a power outage.  This time I was successful at restoring full functionality to the file system.
I will augment this answer in response to comments, or future experiences.
Using DMDE (free version) I found that the partition table had a bad entry.  I was unable to figure out how to fix this from DMDE, but was able to fix it from TestDisk.
Reran Repair Disk in Disk Utility. This was not successful.
Tried running it from diskutil (The commandline version of Disk Utility) was not successful.
Used hfs.util to remove the journal.
Two more passes with fsck_hfs cleared the fussing about corrupted journal.  Interesting note:  The last pass fsck started talking about corrupted journal, even though hfs.util had successfully removed journal, but when finished, reran itself without the notice.
So initially there was some remnant of journal data that triggered fsck thinking it was still journaled.
Once it was cleared, the drive mounted without a problem.  I re-enabled journalling, and it's been running flawlessly as my Time Machine backup ever since.
Links:
DMDE: https://dmde.com/
Note that the free version has full partion management capability. Even reading the manual I do not yet understand how to fix a partition entry other than by deleting and recreating.
TestDisk:  https://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk_Download
This is more general partition utility.  It is a terminal app, running in character mode and is a bit quirky in the way commands work.
It seemed to read the partition table fine, so I wrote it back.  At that point my "disk unrecognized" became a greyed out version of my disk name.  Progress.


The Sorghum Checkoff is actively engaged with many international markets, promoting the value of U.S. sorghum abroad. In fact, the U.S. is the top exporter of grain sorghum, accounting for nearly 75 percent of global trade. Active marketplaces such as Mexico, China, Japan, as well as new and emerging international customers, continue to remain a priority of the Sorghum Checkoff. As demand continues to increase internationally, the checkoff seeks to understand the dynamics at work while facilitating relationships and logistics that ultimately result in international purchases. Increasing international demand coupled with a strong domestic demand portfolio will undoubtedly strengthen producer opportunities.
The Sorghum Checkoff works in conjunction with the U.S. Grains Council to explore and develop overseas market for sorghum. Checkoff dollars support general activities of the Council as well as a full-time USGC employee whose primary responsibility is to expand sorghum markets. Approximately, 30 trade teams comprising of more than 200 visitors from Australia, China, Columbia, Egypt, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Taiwan have visited the U.S. to learn about sorghum. To help develop marketplaces internationally, 25 visits totaling more than 100 meetings have taken place in Australia, China, Columbia, Egypt, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Panama, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Spain and Taiwan. The Sorghum Checkoff and U.S. Grains Council will continue monitoring the international marketplace for opportunities to share sorghum's story abroad. Read the 2016/2017 Sorghum Harvest Quality Report by the U.S. Grains Council here.


Facebook has started rolling out the new "Live Ticker" feature to an increasing number of users, and would eventually be making it available to all users. While the new feature is positioned above the chat box on the right side of the page, many users are finding it annoying and disturbing.
The Ticker is designed to replace the "Most Recent" filter on the Facebook News Feed, providing users with real-time updates. The feature seems to be interesting, however many users find it worthless. Users on Facebook are creating threads and community pages asking Facebook to remove the "Live Ticker" feature, or at least provide an option to disable it.
There is one simple and a best way to get rid of the live ticker and the chat box. Clicking on the "hide sidebar" button on the bottom-right of the page will hide the sidebar entirely. However, there are browser extensions and add-ons to remove it.
If you're a Google Chrome user, there's an extension that is available, which will completely remove the live ticker from your Facebook page. Download the extension file and once the extension is installed, refresh or open Facebook in a new tab. You will now notice that the live ticker has been disabled.
Firefox or other browser users can try downloading "Better Facebook" extension. Once you have installed the add-on (extensions) for your browser, click on the "Better Facebook! Options" button.
From the option box, enable "Advanced Options Mode" and then click on CSS. Copy the following CSS code and paste it in the area provided. Save the settings and refresh your Facebook page, and you will see that the live ticker has disappeared.
I'm guessing that Facebook has introduced this feature to combat with its rival, Google Plus. What do you think of the new "Live Ticker". Do you find it annoying too? Let us know by adding your comments below.


I have been a practicing pencil artist for over 40 years. I have been keeping Koi fish for 22 years. I wanted to take my Koi out of the pond and bring them into the man made world through color pencils.
In Aug. 2011, I finally received signature status with the CPSA-Color Pencil Society Of America. It took me 11 years to achieve that goal.
When I enter my studio, there are no rules allowed. It's just me, some paper, boat loads of pencils, and music…..
Pencils are one of the few mediums that require such an attention to detail and precision. The width of a pencil, when sharpened, is but a very small point. I use that small point to cover the paper/canvas not once, or even twice. Each of my drawings contains a multitude of layers of colored pencil. I will generally push the color until it is just absolutely reaching saturation point and the surface can no longer accept any more pigment. Working in this fashion requires every square inch of my work to be premeditated. As a result, the color is rich and the detail is very fine.
Some of my compositions are about story telling through symbolism. I want the viewer to think about what they are seeing. In these surreal drawings, I get to explore what my mind is capable of, and really have fun with it. To me, this is the most rewarding art of all. I get to imply mood with color and place objects where they are not normally associated. Some of the pieces will just take on a life of their own and I am sometimes shocked by the finished product. I did not start out in that direction at all. I make these drawings familiar, yet unfamiliar. There are no rules, remember?
At times, I will spend months working out a composition, creating studies of light and shadow. I weave together different images to tell the story. The composition must be completely worked out before I lay pencil to paper for a final draft. The evolution of each piece is a personal journey and thoroughly enjoyable. I learn something new from every piece that I do. I call on experiences from past pieces to achieve new ones.
I still enjoy doing black and white drawings in graphite as well. Black and White can be very powerful and usually these pieces are portrait type commissions. These can be just as technically challenging as doing surreal type images but not nearly as much time spent on trying to figure out the composition.
I hope you enjoy my work and feel free to ask any questions that you may have.


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Rain Pryor is honest and hilarious about growing up black and Jewish.
Rain Pryor, who will perform in New York City on Wednesday, says her mixed background makes her proud of who she is.
She's biracial, Jewish and the daughter of comedy legend Richard Pryor, so Rain Pryor never runs out of material.
Pryor, who performs her "Fried Chicken and Latkes" act Wednesday at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, tells The Huffington Post her melange of cabaret and comedy keeps evolving as the country's race relations, well, don't.
"I kind of comment on the fact that things haven't changed that much, because now I'm telling my daughter what my parents told me: Do you see what's going on?" she said.
The 46-year-old performer said her daughter, 8-year-old Lotus, is learning more about her own racial identity and how it is perceived in today's society. "She is in the phase, 'I'm Jewish and I'm black. What does that mean?'"
Pryor says her performing style is very much like her father's in terms of cadence and storytelling.
The conversation inevitably turns to her father, who died of a heart attack in 2005. The elder Pryor's in-your-face standup humor and mainstream comedy films made him a showbiz icon.
Asked how they are different while performing, Pryor pulls no punches. "I'm not an addict. I don't need to party before I go on stage," she said. "Yet the similarities -- in terms of cadence, in terms of storytelling -- I'm very much like him." To prove her point, Pryor does a spot-on impression of her pop during the show.
"Fried Chicken and Latkes" reminisces about Pryor's youth and touches on her dad's drug use and battle with multiple sclerosis.
Pryor said that the legacy of her dad, along with the history of African and Jewish culture, makes her feel beautiful about her identity. "It's pretty strong, whether it's historical or traditional," she said. "It makes me proud to be who I am."
She got plenty of advice from her father -- on showbiz and life. His sage words to her onstage were to keep it honest because that's funny.
As for life, her dad offered this hilarious tip. "Never date a comic," said Pryor, laughing. "He's so right about that. ... I did twice and I'll never do it again. Comics are their own breed and I need someone who's happy."
Her mother, Shelley, a white Jewish woman who once worked as a go-go dancer on the 1960s variety show "Shindig!" is apparently a character as well. "She is a black woman trapped in a white woman," Pryor said. "At times I'm more white than she is."
Pryor describes her mom as "a black woman trapped in a white woman."
When Pryor was called the N-word for the first time at age 6 in a playground fight, her mother made quite the dramatic entrance. "My mom came to school in her blonde afro wig and wore a dashiki," Pryor said. "Otherwise she looked like Cher with blonde hair -- in Beverly Hills. Perfect, right?"
On the career front, Pryor isn't following in her father's standup footsteps. She's determined to forge a career as an actress and writer. She once appeared as a regular on the sitcom "Head of the Class," but parts eventually dried up. Casting directors told her she wasn't black enough or white enough.
"I don't have the skin color, which is why I create my own work," she said. "I get further that way."
She's currently developing a series called "Recipes To Die For," in which she works with a psychic to recreate meals of the deceased. She wrote a play about a drag queen whose estranged father visits him before a performance. And she's looking to step up "Fried Chicken and Latkes" to Broadway. The process might become easier once Pryor completes a move to New York, leaving a city that she calls "very segregated."
But audience members shouldn't expect a rant on race. However "Fried Chicken and Latkes" continues to evolve, it won't go there.
"I don't want to lecture somebody," Pryor said. "That's a whole different show."


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The Top 20 Most Selective Colleges
Posted by Chris Zhang
College Admissions Acceptance Rate College
Knowing a school's acceptance rate is important. It's a good tell on whether you have a chance to be admitted. If a school's acceptance rate is 20%, that means only 2 out of 10 students that apply get admitted. And those 10 people applying aren't just your average person, they're people who think they have a chance at actually getting in. Do you think you'll be that 2 out of 10?
This isn't to scare you, but it's important to be strategic and realistic with the colleges that you choose to apply to. Most students divy up the colleges they apply to into "safeties," "possibles," and "reaches," and generally, colleges with high acceptance fall into "safeties," colleges with low acceptance rates fall into "reaches," and everything in between falls into "possibles."
Note: Schools like the University of Michigan (23.5% acceptance rate) and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (21.9% acceptance rate) have "high" acceptance rates compared to some other schools but that acceptance rate isn't necessarily the acceptance rate for you. What I mean is a lot of state schools have "inflated" acceptance rates because they must accept a certain number of in-state residents. If you are from out of state, you will be in a different applicant pool so your acceptance rate will be considerably lower (UNC Chapel Hill has an in-state acceptance rate of 41% and an out-of-state acceptance rate of 13% while UMichigan has an in-state acceptance rate of 41.1% and an out-of-state rate of 19.4%).
Why Are Some College's Acceptance Rates So Low?
As mentioned above, a college's acceptance rate can be attributed to multiple factors, but generally, the main factors for a college's acceptance rate are their high academic standards and their popularity. At highly competitive schools, you'll see an average SAT score of around 1500 and an average ACT score of around 33. That means that the average admitted student scored in the 99th percentile or close to the 99th percentile on the SAT or ACT. Popularity means that schools like the Ivy League schools get large applicant pools every year, but they only have a certain number of students that they can admit so they reject the majority of applicants.
Note: Even if you meet all the academic standards of a certain college, that doesn't mean that you're guaranteed admission into that college. Since elite colleges have such high academic standards and such huge popularity, many other applicants will meet the academic standards too. You have to have a complete and well-rounded application. That means your application needs to show extra-curricular activities, a strong personal character, and an ability to contribute to your community among others. You can't just start developing these traits right before you send in your applications and expect colleges to believe that you're actually passionate about what you do. Colleges are interested in getting to know you, so as long as you demonstrate your passion, you'll be a strong applicant. These are some things that Harvard looks for when reviewing applicants.
Some colleges are popular for reasons outside of academics. Schools like West Point and the US Naval Academy have low acceptance rates because applicants must pass physical fitness tests and need a nomination from a US Representative, Senator, or the Vice President. Schools like Juilliard and the Curtis Institute of Music have low acceptance rates because they are looking for talented student musicians, and in Juilliard's case, you have to audition in front of a faculty member. And there are schools like the Curtis Institute of Music that promise full-tuition scholarship or to meet financial need. That's not to say that when applying to these schools you can have a low GPA or low standardized test scores, but these are examples of colleges with low acceptance rates out there that may consider other aspects of your application even more strongly than they consider academics.
If you're applying to a Military School and you can't do cardio for your life, you should probably reconsider. If you're applying to a music school and you haven't touched an instrument until your senior year, unless you're the next coming of Beethoven, you're probably not good enough to be admitted. Like non-specialized colleges, specialized colleges require you to have implicitly built your application from an early age, whether that be through academic excellence or pursuing your passions.
This is a list compiled by US News. I'm only going to list the top 20 most selective colleges since it just so happens that the top 20 have an acceptance rate of 10% or lower.
It's important to note that these colleges and any college with an acceptance rate below 15% are reaches for all students. Just because you are a strong applicant does not mean you are guaranteed admission to any of these schools.
# Accepted
# of Applicants
Minevra Schools at Keck Graduate Institute 306 16,000 1.9%
Curtis Institute of Music 18 428 4.2%
Harvard University 2,024 42,749 4.7%
Stanford University 2,114 43,997 4.8%
Columbia University 2,214 40,203 5.5%
Princeton University 1,941 35,370 5.5%
Julliard School 157 2,545 6.2%
Yale University 2,224 35,308 6.3%
California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) 542 8,208 6.6%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 1,427 21,312 6.7%
University of Chicago 2,348 32,283 7.3%
Pomona College 779 10,245 7.6%
Brown University 2,718 35,437 7.7%
Northwestern University 3,396 40,426 8.4%
University of Pennslyvania 3,740 44,491 8.4%
United State Naval Academy 1,373 16,086 8.5%
Dartmouth College 1,925 22,033 8.7%
Duke College 3,219 37,330 8.6%
Claremont McKenna College 584 6,272 9.3%
United States Military Academy (West Point) 1,210 12,294 9.8%
Note: Since Minevra Schools at KGI is a new school, there isn't a lot of information about them so I pulled information from their 2016 incoming freshman class. The rest of the information was pulled from either collegefactual.com or the respective college's most recent incoming freshman profile (students who applied in 2018-19 and will graduate in 2023).
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You don't actually have to accomplish these nearly impossible feats, but you do have to show dedication to your crafts and interests, especially when applying to specialized schools like Juilliard or the Curtis Institute of Music. If you're applying to non-specialized schools, you'll have to have a high GPA and strong standardized test scores. Even if you're getting recruited to play a sport, highly selective colleges still require certain GPA and standardized test scores (albeit lower than the average student). The college application process is a stressful time, but once you're finished and admitted into a list of colleges, you'll have some of the best 4 years of your life to look forward to!
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Dibujo arquitectónico / Maluga Leszek.
Edition: 1. ed.Material type: Book Publisher: México : Tilde, 1990Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 741 M262] (1).
Source: DomusMaterial type: Article; Type of continuing resource: periodical Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: Domus 723 1991] (1).
Paintings and sketches of Louis I. Kahn.
Material type: Book Publisher: New York : Rizzoli, 1991Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 741 K 12 H] (1).
Disegno di architettura nel Rinascimento italiano.
Haga usted mismo su diseño gráfico / por John Laing.
Material type: Book Publisher: Madrid : Blume, 1988Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 766.021 H141] (2).
Illustrationsvorlagen = picture sourcebook / Erhardt D. Stiebner und Urban Dieter.
by Stiebner, Erhardt D | Dieter, Urban.
Edition: 2a. ed.Material type: Book Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 741 St857i2] (1).
Conceptos fundamentales en la historia del arte / Enrique Wölfflin.
Edition: 4a. ed.Material type: Book Publisher: Madrid : Espasa-Calpe, 1961Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 7(091) W858c4] (1).
Composición áurea en las artes plásticas / Pablo Tosto.
Material type: Book Publisher: Buenos Aires : Hachette, 1958Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 743 T716] (2).
Renacimiento meridional : Italia 1460-1500 / André Chastel ; traducción de Arturo del Hoyo.
by Chastel, André | Hoyo, Arturo Del.
Material type: Book Publisher: Madrid : Aguilar, 1965Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 7.034(45) C489] (2).
Architectural graphics and communication problems.
Material type: Book Publisher: Dubuque : Kendall/Hunt, 1982Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 742 D912] (1).
Prácticas de dibujo arquitectónico / Fernando García-Ramos.
Material type: Book Publisher: México : G. Gili, 1978Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 742 G216 ] (1).
Experiencias en dibujo de proyectos / William Kirby Lockard.
Material type: Book Publisher: Mexico : Trillas, 1979Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 742 L 813] (1).
Vocabulario gráfico para la presentación arquitectónica / Edward T. White.
Edition: 1a. ed.Material type: Book Publisher: México : Trillas, 1982Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 742 W583] (4).
El dibujo de los niños / Antonio Mura.
Material type: Book Publisher: Buenos Aires : Eudeba, 1959Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 741 M972] (1).
Efectos y motivos gráficos en el dibujo.
Material type: Book Publisher: Buenos Aires : Viscontea, c1966Availability: Items available for loan: Biblioteca [Call number: 741.02 Ef27 1966] (6).


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Removing Dents in Sheet Metal
By John Albers
John Albers
Removing Dents in Sheet Metal (Image: http://www.enuii.org/vulcan_foundry/the_works/sheet_metal_working_light.jpg)
Heating Methods
Sheet metal isn't all that different from a car's bodywork, so most methods which will remove dents from a car work for sheet metal. One involves using a blow-dryer or a paint stripper which emits heat to warm the metal of the dent. On a molecular level, the increased heat causes the molecules of the sheet metal to become excited. They vibrate at a slightly greater rate, making the sheet metal more pliable. In this state a rubber mat is placed over the dent and a mallet is used to beat the dent flat. Because the metal has been made more pliable, the mallet less likely to leave marks behind.
Chilling Methods
Dents in sheet metal are the result of the metal being stretched by something impacting with it. Chilling the metal, such as with freon or dry ice, does the opposite of exciting the molecules of the metal. It causes them to slow down and pack closer together, making the metal contract. This contraction causes the dent to pull back into shape with the rest of the sheet. One simply applies Freon or dry ice to the very center of the dent for a few seconds at minute long intervals until the dent disappears.
Pulling Dents
Very large dents can be fixed by actually pulling the dent into line with the rest of the sheet metal. Specially designed suction devices are sold in car repair stores for this purpose. One drills a hole through the very center of the dent and inserts the hook at the end of the suction device, which typically looks like a plunger. The plunger is pressed up around the exterior of the dent and locked in place so there's no air inside, and then the user pulls very hard. Once the dent is removed, the hole is patched. A circle of steel is fitted inside the hole and welded into place. Any remaining metal is removed with an angle grinder so the sheet is smooth and unblemished.
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package io.ray.streaming.state.keystate.state.impl;

import io.ray.streaming.state.backend.KeyStateBackend;
import io.ray.streaming.state.keystate.desc.ValueStateDescriptor;
import io.ray.streaming.state.keystate.state.ValueState;

/** ValueState implementation. */
public class ValueStateImpl<T> implements ValueState<T> {

  private final StateHelper<T> helper;

  public ValueStateImpl(ValueStateDescriptor<T> descriptor, KeyStateBackend backend) {
    this.helper = new StateHelper<>(backend, descriptor);
  }

  @Override
  public void update(T value) {
    helper.put(value);
  }

  @Override
  public T get() {
    T value = helper.get();
    if (null == value) {
      return ((ValueStateDescriptor<T>) helper.getDescriptor()).getDefaultValue();
    } else {
      return value;
    }
  }

  /** set current key of the state */
  @Override
  public void setCurrentKey(Object currentKey) {
    helper.setCurrentKey(currentKey);
  }
}


Want to recycle your old pair of jeans? My newest class on Skillshare is up and it's about making a tote bag from an old pair of jeans.
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The class is a combination of creativity and recycling.
Nowadays recycling gets a lot of attention and buzz as it should. I am not an obsessed fanatic trying to live life with 0% footprint. But I am trying to be conscious about our environment, reuse materials when I can, and donate to a recycling plant when I cannot.
Recycling can take many forms. For many of us our experience with recycling is putting our plastic, glass and paper in a recycle bin and taking it out to the curb. In this class we will go beyond that passive recycling.
You will use your creativity to recycle a pair of your old jeans. Instead of taking them to the thrift store, you will give your jeans a new life. You are going turn an old pair of jeans into a little denim purse/tote bag for yourself. In fact, one pair of jeans can yield up to 4 little purses. One for you, and 3 for gift giving. Who doesn't like a handmade gift?
This class is suitable for the beginner sewer as well as more advanced. It's intended to spark your creativity by using materials you already have on hand.
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Conquering Asturias, and in particular Gijón, was not an easy task for the Roman Empire. The native population of this city made Augustus got angry, and after ten years of battles, he came himself with other extra seven legions. The whole submission would be done by the 19th year before Christ.
Octavious Agustus, first emperor of Roma, grabs our attention on the western limit on the beach of San Lorenzo. This sculpture shows the Supreme General of the Army speaking with his subjects and keeping a pose of command. In some sense, we could say that he is inviting us to know his historical legacy in this city such as the thermals of Campo Valdés, the roman village of Veranes or the rich archaeology of Campa Torres.
During the next centuries, Roma would leave its influence on architecture and way of life of this city. Today we know much more about this period thanks to the new discovering of old roman deposits that had been hidden over the last twenty centuries.
But what we know from the very beginning is the Roman Wall erected just in the middle of the urban centre of this city. This was built by the end of the III century and beginning of the IV. This wall used to enclose the old city, what today is the famous neighbourhood of Cimadevilla. It spreads from the beach (in the proximities of the church of San Peter) up to the fishing port by its western side. Its perimeter covers around one kilometre.
The old Roman Thermals of Campo Valdés
Inside these walls, under the raised area which is front of the Church of San Pedro, we can visit the old Roman Thermals of Campo Valdés. These were public baths where the native habitants of this city used to spend their spare time. These thermals are a construction of the end of I century and beginnings of the II. They are also considered the most important ruins found in the North of Spain. The current museum, located in this same place, shows the importance of these baths in the Roman culture and its construction techniques, focusing on the central heating systems (hypocaustum) and the wall paintings. In these rooms we can find numerous archaeological materials found in the original deposit. We can also observe some models and interactive monitors apart from an explanatory video. This itinerary is made through a catwalk that reproduces the original route.
This public building was occupied between the III and IV centuries but without keeping its original function. The going on occupation during the following centuries is reflected in a particular deposit of old materials dated between the V and VI centuries.
Finally, during the Middle Ages, this place was used as a necropolis. Nowadays in this place it is located the church of San Pedro, founded in the beginnings of the 15th century.
The Roman Village of Veranes
Another example of the Roman period is shown in the current museum of The Roman Village of Veranes, open to public recently, in March, 2007, with an hectare of extension. This village is located in the outskirts of the city of Gijón with lots of quiet and sunny places, wonderful landscapes and water abundance.
We can have access to it through a reception building from where we see the rests of this village. From here we go to the audiovisual and exhibitions rooms respectively. The visit to this museum is done through a down path that leads us to this monument. From here a new path starts that leads us to different rooms and interesting points in this museum. What we are doing in deed is just observing livestock exploitations from two thousand years ago; for instance, a Roman farm with a residential area or also called "pars urbana" and "pars rustica". In the first one the lord of the village used to live in, and the second one was dedicated to the exploitation of the "fundus".
The archaeological rests that we can visit today in the locality of Veranes belong to the "pars urbana" of a big establishment that was built in the Late Imperium (IV century after Christ) over a primitive ruins of a rustic early settlement of considerable relevance. A big stately house in deed, belonging to a noble owner that was most surely called Veranius.
The walk along these ruins allow us to know how was daily life by that time, what was the kind of food their inhabitants used to eat, how they get it, what kind of cattle they had, what kind o activities they had in their spare time, etc. Some of the rooms that we can visit here still keep part of their original road surface, highlighting a polychrome mosaic of five square metres and good kept, that is the jewel of this museum.
Although the village of Veranes dated from the I century after Christ, its most important moment took place in the IV century. By the VI century this area was converted into a church and necropolis. By the XIV century it was abandoned and its recovering did not start until the year 1997.
The Campa of Torres
The Campa of Torres is another important point as part of the Roman legacy in the municipality of Gijón. It was one of the first Asturian sites in showing its connection with the Imperium. It is a cape located on the west of the local bay and near the old neighbourhood of Cimadevilla. From here we can enjoy wonderful views of this city. This lookout is the current seat of The Natural Archaelogical Park of La Campa Torres, in which we can observe the "oppidum noega", an old Celtic settlement specialised in the metallurgy, as cited by Estrabón, Pomponio, Mela and Plinio. Also here, apart from enjoying the round primitive buildings of the Astures, we can realize the later Roman influence on them that changed the round shape for a rectangular one.
All about this is clearly explained in an annex building that shows permanently expositions and counts with another room for temporal expositions, workshops and assembly hall.
And finally to end our route by the Roman part of Gijón, we can visit the famous Clock Tower (Torre del Reloj) very close to the Roman thermals. It is a centre specialised in a permanent exposition about the history of this city.
The showing of historical and archaeological documentation is articulated in five floors, explaining us more than twelve excavations of this city and its council, as well as other testimonies of the urban development between the XVI and XIX centuries. This itinerary starts on the ground floor, where we can observe rests of the Roman wall and pre-roman materials found in this council.
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Pelicans and Dolphins and Cranes, Oh My. . .
For everyone who has emailed their concern about our proximity to Hurricane Michael, we're fine. In fact, except for some overcast skies, rain sprinkles, and brisk winds, we've seen no sign of Michael.
Of course the same can not be said for the people a couple of hundred miles to our west. Our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in the storm's path.
First to catch up on last night's visit to the Dixie Crossroad's restaurant in Titusville, a long-time favorite of our since the 80's. We had been disappointed to hear that since the place had changed hands a while back, the quality had gone down, even to the point of no longer service the free basket of corn fritters that came with the meal.
So we were very happy to see a basket of them on our table.
and the Fried Mullet with Garlic Butter Steamed Veggies.
One thing funny is that Dixie Crossroad's is known for their Mullet. And when I was growing up in south Alabama, mullet was the go-to fish for any fish fry. Though they won't normally bite a hook, they're pretty easy to catch a lot pretty quickly with a cast net.
But when we moved out to Texas in late 1978 and tried to order mullet, we found that they considered it a a trash fish, good only cutting up as bait. Different strokes, I guess.
But they're missing out on some good eatin'.
and the Shrimp & Oysters with Cheese Grits.
I made the mistake of giving Jan a taste of my chowder and almost didn't get my spoon back. She said that's what she's getting next time.
Everything was really good, so maybe they're back on track, but the prices were a good bit higher than we just paid for similar meals in Gulf Shores and Breaux Bridge.
About 11am Jan and I headed into Titusville and the WalMart there to try and get our South Dakota Driver License Renewal / Vision Statement / New Glasses problem straighten out once and for all.
We fell behind the power curve when our long-time mailbox service, My Dakota Address, shut down without notice around the end of July. After having started refusing everyone's mail a week or so earlier.
So with all their ex-customers scrambling to get a new South Dakota address, the remaining services were overwhelmed, which put us into the middle of September to get a new address.
Then I could start putting in the paperwork to renew my South Dakota Driver License. Part of the Renewal By Mail is to have your eyes checked by an Optometrist for the vision part of the renewal, who then fills out a SD DMV form that I submitted to SD with my renewal papers.
But apparently the optometrist checked off something that SD didn't like, so it all started back over again. Then my new glasses, promised to come in before we left for Florida, didn't . And neither did Jan's.
However, they did come in Wednesday after we left, and we got the call while we were sitting in Crazy Bout Crawfish in Breaux Bridge, LA having dinner after the first travel day of our trip.
Luckily I was able to have my client's office manager pick them up that afternoon and get them in the mail to us the next day. I had her send them to Nick's address here in Florida since we would be on the road.
So now, after calls between South Dakota, Webster, TX, and the Walmart here, we may have it straighten out. But I'm not holding my breath.
I guess I'll know more tomorrow when I talk to SD again.
Finally about 2pm we headed up to Edgewater to finally get to see Nick and Terry's house.
And father getting the full tour, I told Nick and Terry it was like Dr. Who's TARDIS. It's bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. It just seems to go on and on. In fact the garage alone is 1100 sqft.
and Dolphins riding the bow wave of a passing boat.
And if that wasn't enough, how about a quartet of Sandhill Cranes just strolling through the neighborhood?
Later, after a drive up to New Smyrna Beach and a drive back down out on said beach, we ended up at Dustin's BBQ in Edgewater.
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Jan had the Endless Salad Bar and a BBQ Grilled Chicken Breast, while I had the house special, Baby Back Ribs with Cajun Garlic Shrimp, Fried Okra, and Cheese Grits.
All really good, and hopefully we'll get to go back before we leave.
Dustin done did Sonny proud.
And tomorrow we'll do it all over again.
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La société MARR S.p.A. est une entreprise italienne, créée en 1988, dont l'activité est le commerce en gros de produits alimentaires frais et surgelés pour les restaurateurs.

La société est cotée à la bourse de Milan dans la catégorie Star.

Histoire de l'entreprise
La société a été fondée le  sous le nom « Grex S.r.l. ». Elle a changé sa dénomination sociale le , après le rachat de la société « Marr S.p.A. » après fusion des deux entités.

Pour trouver la véritable origine de la société, il faut remonter à l'année 1972 où un groupe de grossiste de Rimini décida de coordonner leurs activités commerciales qui étaient limitées aux hôtels et restaurants de la côte adriatique dite « Riviera Romagnola », avec la création d'une coopérative appelée « M.A.R.R. Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti Riminesi di Ceccarelli - Sberlati & C. S.n.c. » - Magasins Alimentaires Réunis de Rimini, qui sera ensuite transformée en société anonyme en 1975.

Cette société sera reprise en 1980 par la société « Distribuzioni Alimentari S.p.A. », qui changera de nom pour devenir « MARR Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti Riminesi S.p.A. », de laquelle il sera créé une holding en 1991, « Finmarr S.p.A. ».

C'est en 1995 que le groupe Cremonini SpA rachètera l'ensemble, en simplifiera la structure pour la rendre plus opérationnelle et reprendra le nom de sa marque commerciale « MARR S.p.A. ».

La dernière intégration dans le groupe Cremonini verra en 1999 la fusion entre les sociétés "Grex s.r.l." et "MARR S.p.A.".

La société connaîtra un développement très rapide ces dernières années grâce en particulier à :
 la création en 2001 d'une filiale en Espagne pour la distribution dans les îles Baléares ;
 le rachat en 2004 de la société turinoise « Sogema S.p.A. » ;
 la reprise en 2005 de la société « Sfera S.r.l. » de Riccione qui sera transformée en « Sfera S.p.A. ».

Les étapes de la société
 1972 : Création à Rimini de la société M.A.R.R., Magazzini Alimentari Riuniti Riminesi pour la distribution de produits alimentaires aux restaurants et hôtels de la côte adriatique,
 1979 : le groupe Cremonini entre au capital de MARR, avec une participation minoritaire,
 1983 : MARR se diversifie et assure la distribution de produits de la mer,
 1995 : rachat par le groupe Cremonini SpA,
 1998/1999 : rachats d'entreprise sélectionnées régionales : Adriafood, Copea, Discom, Venturi et Sanremomare.
 années 90 : MARR se développe sur le territoire italien, ouvre de nouvelles filiales en Sicile, Campanie, Lombardie, Lazium, Vénétie et Sardaigne,
 2003 : entrée au capital de MARR d'un groupe d'investisseurs institutionnels (Barclays Private Equity, Arca Impresa Gestioni SGR et Arca Merchant) qui souscrivent à une augmentation de capital pour en détenir 33,3 %,
 2004 : MARR rachète la société Sogema S.p.A., distributeur de produits alimentaires dans le Piémont et la Vallée d'Aoste,
 2005 : février, rachat de la société Sfera Srl. En mars, ouverture d'une filiale en Calabre pour assurer la distribution dans l'extrême sud de l'Italie. Le , les actions MARR sont coétes à la bourse italienne de Milan. En septembre, racahat de la société As.Ca., société de Bologne.
 2006 : en février, racaht de la branche distribution de la société Prohoga implantée dans la région Trentin Haut Adige, vers la frontière autrichienne,
 2007 : en janvier rachat de la siciété New Catering de Forlì qui permet à MARR d'accéder au secteur de la distribution aux bars et la restauration rapide. En juin, MARR se renforce dans le secteur de la distribution des produits de la mer avec la reprise de la société F.lli Baldini S.r.l., leader dans la distribution des mollusques frais. En septembre reprise de la société Cater. Avec ce rachat, MARR détient le second centre de distribution de Rome. En décembre reprise de la division distribution de Jolly Hotel, première chaîne hôtelière italienne, pour assurer la distribution de produits alimentaires aux hôtels du groupe NH en Italie.
 2008 : en février, reprise des activités de la société Minerva S.r.l., sur le lac de Garde. En juillet, rachat de la société Emi.Gel, société de Bologne.
 2009 : rachat des sociétés Baldini Adriatica Pesca, en janvier, et de Minerva en février.

Principaux actionnaires

 Cremonini SpA - 57,389 %
 Capital Research and Management Company - 2,862 %
 Gartmore Investment Management Plc. - 2,766 %
 Monte Paschi Asset Management S.p.A. - 2,179 %
 Deutscher Investment-Trust - 2,053 %

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Burgundy Books has been in existence since 2005. It is a work of art continually seeking new ideas for presenting literature to readers.
The owner attended Uconn, Upenn, Temple University and Yale. She also served as an associate manager at the Yale School of Management. In her youth, she competed in oratorical contests, was a member of the National Honor Society, and has had opinion pieces published in the New York Times. It is her insatiable desire for knowledge that fuels her passion for bookselling.
We dedicate our author Visits to the late Frank McCourt. He was our first book signing event author and his presentation was life changing. He performed two events back to back. During these events he sang and rapped. We miss him and the Irish twinkle in his eyes.


BLACK PR WIRE — International soccer star David Beckham dropped by Florida Memorial University (FMU) recently, giving students and faculty a surprise. Beckham was greeted by University President Roslyn Artis, followed by a brief private meeting.
The two discussed South Florida and Beckham's upcoming plans to bring MLS soccer to the community. Artis shared some of the University's history and discussed their upcoming development plans.
"FMU is among the leading higher education institutions in our community and I am so pleased that Mr. Beckham took the time to come on campus and see what our university is about," said Artis.
Following their meeting, Beckham and Artis surprised the FMU soccer team during an afternoon scrimmage. "I was thrilled to see him in person and here at FMU," said soccer player Francisco Allegro. "It is good for the university and I hope his goodwill efforts help both our university and community," shared Head Men's and Women's Soccer Coach, Fernando Valenzuela.
Florida Memorial University's Soccer Program is among the best in the Sun Conference. For a listing of the FMU soccer teams' upcoming games, visit the website at fmuniv.edu .


Professor Mulvey will inaugurate the 2016 SWIG conference on 6 May by introducing a specially selected film screening of Under the Skin of the City (dir. Rakshan Beni-Etemad, 2000). Further information and updates regarding the conference can be found on our website at http://www.dundee.ac.uk/humanities/events/afterlives2016/. Please send abstracts of no more than 250 words to SWIG2016@gmail.com by 13 March 2016.


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Roman Mikhaylovich Dmitriyev (), né le 7 mars 1949 au village de Bestyakh, dans le district de Zhigansk, en république socialiste soviétique autonome de Iakoutie et mort le 11 février 2010 à Moscou, est un lutteur, entraîneur et homme politique russe d'origine yakoute.

Roman Dmitriyev est formé à l'école de lutte de Dmitri Korkine, où il est interne. Nikolaï Volkov et  Sergueï Preobrajensky figurent parmi ses entraîneurs. Spécialiste de la lutte libre, qu'il pratique ensuite au CSKA Moscou, Dmitriyev concourt dans la catégorie la plus légère, celle des poids mouche (moins de 48 kg). Il participe aux Jeux olympiques de 1972 à Munich, où il remporte la médaille d'or en battant en finale le Bulgare Ognyan Nikolov, ainsi qu'à ceux de 1976 à Montréal, où il se classe second, battu par un autre Bulgare, Khasan Isaev. Entre 1969 et 1974, il décroche également quatre médailles aux championnats du monde, dont une d'or en 1973. Il est champion d'Europe en 1969 et six fois champion d'URSS, en 1969, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1979 et 1981.

Roman Dmitriyev est le frère cadet du double champion soviétique de lutte Gavriil Dmitriyev.

Parallèlement à sa carrière sportive, Dmitriyev étudie à l'Université d'État de l'éducation physique, à Moscou. Il obtient son diplôme en 1978. Il se retire des compétitions en 1981 et entraîne alors l'équipe de lutte de Iakoutie puis l'équipe espoirs de Russie. Il occupe également diverses fonctions au sein de la Fédération de lutte de Russie. En 2008, il est élu à la Douma de la République de Sakha. Il occupe un temps le poste de Premier vice-ministre de la jeunesse et des sports de la république de Iakoutie.

Mort à Moscou en 2010, il est enterré à Iakoutsk en présence de son vieil ami et rival, médaille de bronze à Munich, l'Iranien Ebrahim Javadipour.

Un tournoi panrusse de lutte à l'intention des juniors est créé à Iakoutsk à son nom, en 2011. Deux ans plus tard, un tournoi international portant son nom est créé, toujours pour les juniors.

Il est intronisé au Temple de la renommée de la Fédération internationale de lutte en 2018.

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Marvel's 'Luke Cage' Teaser Trailer Will Get You Pumped For The Next Superhero Coming To Netflix
If you thought Daredevil Season 2 was going to be the only Marvel franchise you'd be obsessing over this weekend, then you are sorely mistaken. Netflix has just released the very first Luke Cage trailer, found at the end of Daredevil, that's sure to send your superhero senses into overdrive and get you pumped for the series' Sept. 30 debut. The clip may only be 24 seconds long, but it still does a great job of giving viewers a sense of what they're going to be in for. "I guess you guys haven't heard about me," Cage says right before a swarm of men open fire on him — a lot of good that'll do — which prompts the indestructible vigilante to cleverly retort (after getting riddled with bullets), "I'm about sick of always having to buy new clothes."
Same, dude. Same. He may not be able to feel pain with that unbreakable skin of his, but I can totally sympathize (if not entirely relate) with his wardrobe woes. I guess this just means that he'll have to be shirtless all the time. (Please? I don't think any viewers, or Jessica Jones, would mind.) No specific storyline is indicated in the promo, but just seeing this character in action again is enough to satisfy my curiosity. Well, for now, at least. Hopefully, Marvel will reveal some trailer that are a little more telling between now and Sept. 30.
But for now, Luke Cage is back, my friends, and he's just as badass (and sassy) as ever before. Click here to view the trailer firsthand and prepare yourselves for what's sure to be an action-packed first season.


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Taken by Benedict Jacka
TAKEN is the third book in Benedict Jacka's amazing series about Alex Verus, a mage with a gift for divination and a willingness to kick a bad guy in the crotch to save a life. He may not be able to throw down with the biggest and baddest in terms of sheer strength but he's still the one I'd bet on in a fight since he's cunning, practical, and ruthless when necessary, even though he's a good guy through and through. How can you not love a hero like that?
In TAKEN, Alex is recruited to investigate missing Light apprentices. They've disappeared without a single clue and so Talisid calls on Alex to look into the matter, after his men have no luck finding the perpetrator(s). From the outset, you know it's going to be a doozy of a case; Jacka excels at writing mysteries and TAKEN is quite strong on this front. Alex has a complex and dangerous mission and the outcome is not something you can predict but makes complete sense. The journey to the answer is filled with twists, turns, and scary encounters with powerful bad guys and you'll love every minute of it. TAKEN is loaded with suspenseful moments and thrilling action sequences, including a fantastic car chase that's so well described I could picture every step in my mind.
There is also some nice development in terms of Luna's apprenticeship. She's not a typical apprentice since she's an adept -- basically a one-trick pony -- thanks to her curse. But Luna's curse is so weird that it makes sense on some levels. And I found it gratifying to watch her start to come into her own, her confidence growing and her control over her curse improving significantly. Luna is such a unique character and I'm quite curious to see what will become of her as the series progresses, especially since sucks seems to be steering clear of a romance between Alex and Luna, at least while they have this official relationship.
Alex Verus has often been compared with Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden, which was what initially caught my eye. And while there are some similarities, be assured that Alex Verus is his own man and he lives in a most interesting world. Jacka has done a marvellous job of creating a dangerously magical London, filled with politics, wonder, and death. If you're looking for a series with a reluctant hero surrounded by a great supporting cast, you should definitely be reading the Alex Verus books.
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Italy's Enel Green Power, part of Enel, has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) to develop and own clean energy projects in Africa.
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Earlier this week I asked for your wisdom in how we can be inclusive without being exclusive.
"Do things that are specifically aimed at being inclusive. In our area we have created an Ultimate frisbee league. Even in name its called "The Ultimate League For Non All Stars That Still Enjoy Ultimate." It worked, we have kids from all kinds of backgrounds, athletes, drama kids, band kids, nerdy kids. They all like it because of the very fact that its specifically inclusive. Then, by the time we meet new kids at Ultimate and then get them to club, they know people when they get there. It doesn't have to be ultimate, or even a sport, just as long as you're getting kids to hang out together. Once they do that, they realize they should have been friends with these folks all along. Not to mention about how contact work like that strengthens and opens the doors for new relationships."
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A few years ago we also started an Ultimate Frisbee Club Team at the high school where we led Young Life. It began with 10 guys and gals we knew from Young Life, but by the second practice, there were over fifty kids showing up, many of whom we had never met. It seemed it was easier for my friends involved with YL to invite their peers to Ultimate practice than YL club.
We only practiced on Mondays and Thursdays after school, so it was low commitment, and only played in a few tournaments throughout each semester. Most kids never even associated Ultimate and YL in their minds, even though the coaches were YL leaders. It was a booyah way to get to know more kids and to care for them even if they never came to a YL club. I love the idea above of calling it "The Ultimate Team For Non-All-Stars" or something that invites kids in who might otherwise feel like they are not talented enough to play.
What other out of the box contact work ideas have you done? Have any of you helped start or lead other types of clubs at the high school?


Pictured Above: Walter Royal Davis Library entrance, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Credit: Bbfd/Wikimedia Commons.
(JNS) Anti-Semitic posters that referred to "an evil Jewish plot" were discovered this week at the Davis Library at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, according to the school's Hillel and a campus-wide email sent by the interim chancellor, Kevin Guskiewicz.


In October 2013 I made a call to some women at facebook. I had written a poem about the objectification of women and intended to illustrate it through a video, with the participation of other women who had the same thought.
Hence arose the project that i finally conclude with the help and always accurate direction of Marcello Sahea.
I thank the women who dared to participate in the project by sending pictures of their personal files. I also thank those who, even from afar, share this our desire to contribute to the onset of effective awareness on this subject, still so controversial, and now finds its climax through various events worldwide.
The poem is a letter to [one who] has been captivated by violently irrational acts and thoughts set by politicians, intellectuals and influencing individuals or groups.
In the video, two proto-fascists walk around the city amidst everyone else without being noticed.
The voiceover is by Terêncio Lins. Be sure to click the CC icon to read the English translation (which is a little rough, but one can get the drift).
The videographic poem is the record of the birth of a word. Through the experience of emotions, associations, forms, memories, everything that contributes to the formation and understanding. It's the word behind the word.
One – Um – The ONE is the element one and at the same time the multiplicity in time. This back and forth movement means your birth as a word.
The poem is born as a graphic on paper. Then I wrote a project, a script to follow, to turn the poem into movement. And so Rafael is free to create solutions on top of what I present, and many times I have counted on his talent to improve the quality of the job. I'm the pen and he's the byte. We are a partnership to works in the same sense to create beauty and, I usually say, entertainment. In fact I see poetry as entertainment, image, cinema, more than anything else. I believe that with this poetry does not lose anything of its flavor.
The poems are numbered as an untitled movie, because they are born and nominated by themselves. They are the subject of reading and we are the observing object. The logical layout has changed and reinvented itself.
The sound was arranged by me following Fernando's guidelines.
All samples come from open source databases around the internet and then edited in Audacity software.
The fourth poem represents a deconstructed word 'um', which means 'one' in portuguese, as well as the number 1 itself.
An at-times quite literal but nevertheless thoroughly entertaining videopoem from bagadefente, "a brazilian self-taught multimedia artist, who creates works in several languages & media, specially video, writing & prints, using Chance and Chaos as its main creative tools." I liked the use of text-on-screen, and the soundtrack by Dael Vasques was another favorite element (I'm a sucker for banjo music), but mostly I just liked the quirky, improvisational feel. And I see I'm not alone: According to the Vimeo description, it was screened in most of the major poetry-film festivals last year.
During two months, some friends and interested people were invited to participate sending short clips of its naked bodies filmed by themselves with any types of cameras. Some of these images are part of the work that you will see.
Lenora de Barros is a genre-crosser, a concrete poet and visual artist also working in film and audio. I was impressed that someone with such a strong background in the visual aspect of poetry would become so seduced by sound.
I searched for an example of her work on YouTube and found Encorpa (Embodies), a video made for an exhibition called The Overexited Body — Art and Sports. Lenora de Barros is credited with the sound on this piece along with Cid Campos. Brazilian filmmaker Grima Grimaldi directs.


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'Out of the Woods' has been speculated by fans that it could be about her brief fling with Harry Styles from One Direction. Swift discussed the uneasy relationship this song was based on when she introduced a stripped-down version of it during a performance at the Grammy Museum, she said: "The number one feeling I felt in the whole relationship was anxiety, because it felt very fragile, it felt very tentative. And it always felt like, 'OK, what's the next road block? What's the next thing that's going to deter this? How long do we have before this turns into just an awful mess and we break up? Is it a month? Is it three days?' I think a lot of relationships can be very solid and that's kind of what you hope for, for it to be solid and healthy but that's not always what you get. And it doesn't mean that it's not special and extraordinary just to have a relationship that's fragile and somehow meaningful in that fragility."
When Harry Styles was asked by Rolling Stone if the song was about he replied: "Certain things don't work out. There are a lot of things that can be right, and it's still wrong. In writing songs about stuff like that, I like tipping a hat to the time together. You're celebrating the fact it was powerful and made you feel something, rather than 'this didn't work out, and that's bad.' And if you run into that person, maybe it's awkward, maybe you have to get drunk… but you shared something. Meeting someone new, sharing those experiences, it's the best shit ever. So thank you."
In another interview with Taylor said that this song is about the fragility and kind of breakable nature of some relationships, she said: "One of the goals I set out to accomplish when I wanted to make this album is I wanted to make sure that these songs sounded exactly the way that the emotions felt when I felt them. This song is about the fragility and kind of breakable nature of some relationships. This was a relationship where it was kind of living day-to-day, wondering where it was going, if it was gonna go anywhere, if it was gonna end the next day. It was a relationship where you never feel like you're standing on solid ground. And that kind of a feeling brings on excitement, but also extreme anxiety, and kind of a frantic feeling of wondering. Endless questions, and this song sounds exactly like that frantic feeling of anxiety and questioning, but it stresses that, even if a relationship is breakable and fragile and full of anxiety, it doesn't mean that it isn't worthwhile, exciting, beautiful and all the things that we look for."
Songwriter/s: Taylor Swift – Jack Antonoff
Label: Big Machine – Republic
Chart Rankings: In the US, the song peaked at number 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and at number 11 on the Adult Top 40. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified it Platinum for sales over 1 million copies. In the UK, the song didn't achieve success and wasn't ranked within the first 100. Around the world the song reached number 19 in Australia, number 8 in Canada, number 6 in New Zealand and peaked at number 48 in Scotland. It was certified Gold in Australia and Canada.
Artist's age on Release Date: Taylor Alison Swift was 27 years old when she released this song.
Cover Versions: Ryan Adams – Anthem Lights – Tiffany Alvord – Relic Hearts – Tyler Ward – Mackenzie Johnson – for King & Country – Rachel Potter – Megan Davies – Ali Brustofski – Savannah Outen & Jake Coco – other amateur artists covered this song on Youtube.