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Semi precious natural Onyx stone. Translucent. At times combined with some natural rustic elements within the rocks. Natures incredible works of art that truly come alive with lighting. Onyx is an amazing material that can vary so hugely from rock to rock in colors and movements. Once again as we often hear that nature is an amazing artist.


How to Transform Radiology Group Culture to Embrace Change - ONRAD, Inc.
DiagnosticImaging | Culture trumps strategy — each and every time.
In short, culture is the heart and mind of the organization. Regardless of the time, effort and energy put into developing a new strategy, without readying the culture to accept and embrace the new strategy, there will be no buy-in. So, how do we, in essence, change the culture to maximize desired performance behavior?
Awareness is defined as a comprehensive understanding of the needs and requirements of the organization. All members of the organization — all stakeholders, not just the leaders and managers — need to be "read in" to the issues. If revenues need to expand to remain viable as a business unit, this fact needs to be communicated to all members of the group, not just a select few. If costs have to be reduced, the same process applies. The culture of AICI requires collaboration and consensus, not command and control.
Involvement is defined as engagement in the issues, challenges, problems and/or opportunities that face or will face the new organization. This means involves empowering each member of the organization. If someone sees something happen that requires action, they take it upon themselves to generate that action, either individually or collectively, with the help of others to fix the problem, or recommend a solution.
As Brad Hewitt, President and CEO of Thrivent Financial stated, "Both individual and community (in this case company) responsibility is required in a civil society. This is not an 'either/or' proposition." In essence, everything is up to everyone at every level. There is no they; we are all collectively responsible for the outcomes either positive or negative.
Commitment indicates and requires each individual member of the new organization be on board and proactive with respect to their responsibilities and requirements within the organization. All successful organizations develop a must-win attitude amongst its individual members. It is a prerequisite for success not only for the merger and the cultural changes; it is an absolute requirement for the success of the new organization.
The order of the day is lead no matter what your level or position. Do not follow when leadership is required. Initiate rather than respond. Be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. This kind of commitment requires a proactive culture that emphasizes and reinforces performance over politics, and results over good intentions.
Incentives are a just reward when goals are reached. Whether we are seeking major change on a large scale, or alternatives at the margin, there need to be incentives — both tangible and intangible — at the end of the long, hard road. Without incentives, good actions and good intentions will falter and, in the end, fail. All members of the group must be made to understand not only their roles and obligations within the new organization but also that they will reap their just benefits from the changes they are helping to enact.
And they need to know what those benefits are. Specific roadmaps with attainable goals need to be established. Everyone needs to know where they are on the roadmap and when, without favoritism, incentives for reaching those goals can be expected. Properly aligned goals and incentives ensure each member can participate not only in the hard work of creating and running a successful business, but they will also share in the returns derived from their efforts.
Second, when an astronaut was asked what he would you do if he had only 10 seconds of oxygen left, the astronaut replied, "I'd think for nine seconds and then act." It is not the rapidity of our response that will determine our future, but the stability. When we have a lot of at risk, the surest way forward is most frequently found by slowing down, understanding the issues and problems and then laying the proper groundwork for success. If yours is the group that keeps its head amongst the turmoil surrounding health care, your group will likely survive and thrive in the new paradigm.


The UMi Plus stands at a bargain amongst other devices possessing the same features, as it can be purchased at the rate of $179.99. And features Helio P10 Octa-core SoC, RAM of 4GB, 4000mAh battery size with fast charge support, 13MP camera with PDAF and Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of the box, which comes with a twist, seeing that the upgraded 7.0 Nougat version will be out around Xmas.
Lest not forget, the Helio P10 processor looks compatible with the installed 4GB RAM which provides efficient and powerful performance for smooth multitasking. There are also other unrecognised features that combine to make the UMi Plus special.
As we know, SHARP are the provider of the display panel and have set the pace to be amongst the best when it comes to sunlight visibility and colour saturation for display screens. There are claims that there is 17% better overall colour saturation for a richer viewing experience and sunlight visibility.
The display of the UMi Plus will have 95% NTSC which gives rise to vivid colours. UMi is not the first user of the panel, as it has also been used in some Meizu and Xiaomi models.
The Plus features are programmable shortcut buttons for the fast launch of apps with Camera being set by default, but you can customise or change it as you like in order to have your choice of an app within a single click.
As not many devices feature both the virtual buttons and physical buttons, the UMi Plus has it and has given users the choice of choosing one over the other.
The camera department is one attractive feature that can convince a prospect buyer to purchase any smartphone, and the UMi Plus is no exception. The device uses Samsung® 13MP camera PDAF which is a 0.1s ultra- fast focusing technique commonly found in DSLR cameras.
There is a dual ISP processing for exceptional image quality and a camera app which provides "manual mode" enabling you to have total control of most of the camera functions. The "auto mode" on the other hand, is ideal for point-and-click users.
Embedded in the notification light are three glowing colours- red, blue, and green. The light blips at any notification alerts such as missed call, SMS, and many others.
The Fingerprint sensor adopted by UMi Plus is included into the home button, unlocking at a speed of 0.1s. It is reliable and faster compared to using passcodes or patterns, as the dedicated chip encrypts and stores your fingerprints in a safe mode denying access to unauthorised users.
If this article has made you interested in the UMi Plus, please let us know in the comments you can also participate in the giveaway promo for a chance to win the device for free.


The first snow storms of the 2018-2019 season have coursed across the Pacific Northwest, and a number of resorts are gearing up for November openings.
At 49 Degrees North, the lifts are scheduled to start turning Nov. 10 and go Friday-Tuesday until mid-December, when it opens seven days a week. Summer crews worked on upgrading the line under Chair 3 and the mechanicals for Chair 4, as well as ample brush-clearing all over the mountain. One Sunrise Basin yurt will have bar service, while the other will remain family-friendly.
With its acquisition by Vail Resorts this fall, Stevens Pass joined the Epic Pass consortium for this season. Off-season focused on integrating into the Vail system, with little changing on the hill for a mid-November opening.
Crystal Mountain joins the Ikon Pass family this season and has set Nov. 14 for opening. On the mountain, more snowmaking went in, giving Arwine's, the Burn, Lower Bull, and Lower Deer Fly a deeper base. A new winch will smooth the steeps, and more shuttles will run in the parking lots.
With its first expansion since 1979, Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park installed the new Chair 6 on the back side this summer, opening up 279 acres and seven new runs. And, night skiing hours on the front side have extended for Wednesday-Saturday, starting Nov. 16.
Also scheduled to open by mid-November are White Pass, Timberline Lodge and Mt. Baker.


Toyota HiLux SR5. Picture: Supplied.
THE first month of 2019 has car makers itching to make a solid sales start by clearing out their "old" 2018-plated stock.
Here are some of the best deals this month - but be warned, most of these prices expire on January 31. Holden is a special case, with a four-day sale ending on Saturday in some states, so it's the case of first in, best decorated.
Holden has hacked the price of its already cheap Astra to $20,990 on the road for the base Astra R manual, the auto adding $1000. That's a saving of more than $3000 and the Red Lion is adding free scheduled servicing until 2022. The mid-spec Astra RS is $25,990 on the road, or roughly $4000 off.
Hyundai's i30 Active is $22,990 for the manual and $24,990 for the auto with a $500 factory bonus, about $2000 off.
Mitsubishi's base Outlander ES is $29,990 with a $1000 bonus (about $5000 off) and comes with a seven-year/150,000km warranty.
Australia's most popular vehicle, the Toyota HiLux, can be had for a discount of almost $9000 for the SR5 at $52,990. At the top of the HiLux range, the Rugged is $61,990 out the door, or roughly $5000 less than the original on-road price.
Cross-shop it against a 2018 GLS (without the 2019 car's rear diff lock) is and the latter is $11,000 cheaper at $39,990 drive-away. If you're a fashionista the choice is obvious; bargain-hunters also know where to look.
Ford's 4WD Ranger XLS is great value at $42,990 on the road, almost $11,000 off the standard price. The XLT ups the ante to $52,990 but is still almost $8000 cheaper than the regular on-the-road price.
Mazda isn't missing out with 4WD 2018 BT-50s averaging about $7000 off the book price, plus free on-road costs.


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Q: Change my device minimum width from Android Studio I have an Android 7.1 device, and I need something to change my "minimum width". I change that through "Developer mode" options, there I can change that.
The point is that I want to create an app that does that without going every time to options menu, and I just press on a widget and it changed. I want to know if there is any API or function to access and change that option directly from Android Studio....
Thanks for helping!

A: I dont think that Android Studio is able to interact with device developer options.
But if you need is to test screen layouts with different device screen widths, Android Studio let you visualize screen layout rendering preview ("design" bottom tab of layout editor) and choose different device configurations (device combobox in top of editor) with different min-widths configuration. You can also create your custom configuration.

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There was indeed an alcove in the side of a tall rock formation, not big enough to be called a cave, but large enough for two people to stand comfortably and not get their feet wet. The overhanging rock above their head jutted out several feet, casting a shadow on an already grey day.
Ash caught her breath for a minute as they listened to the rain come down. Team's skin was still wet from the river and the rain, and the beads of water caught what little light there was and reflected it straight to her eyes.
She shook her head, although her hand had already risen to the right side of her neck. "It's okay, I know you didn't mean anything. This is from an accident when I was young. I don't talk about it much." She was looking out into the rain.
"I'm sorry," he repeated gently.
"It's okay," she said, and she meant it. She still had butterflies in her stomach, but with Team, a lot of things that should have felt embarrassing, somehow…didn't.
Team shook his head ruefully and chuckled. "My sister is nothing like my mother." His tone grew more thoughtful. "I remember she sang a lot, and she told me stories. She was always smiling. Just being around her felt…warm." He hugged his arms to his chest.
They listened to the rain for a minute until Team spoke again.
Now he just seemed baffled. "Um, well, she has long dark hair. In braids." He pantomimed, as if that would help.
"Well, how would you describe me?" she said.
He looked even more confused, if that was possible, when she started laughing.
This is a cute scene.


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In 2012, Meagan McEnery suffered a devastating knee injury.
What she didn't know in that fateful middle-school moment was how it would eventually lead to a full tuition and housing scholarship.
Growing up in San Mateo, Meagan focused her energy as a young girl on basketball and volleyball, playing competitively until her knee injury in 8th grade. Golf was not even on her radar until other sports were no longer an option.
Looking for a way to harness her competitive nature after her injury, Meagan tried golf. With the guidance of her father, Meagan played and practiced at Poplar Creek, where she enjoyed the challenge of the game and saw her skills continued to improve.
With some more encouragement from her dad, she decided to join her high school golf team as a freshman. It was her golf coach who then introduced her to Youth on Course.
"My coach mentioned something about Youth on Course and I didn't know much about it at first. My dad looked more online and realized it made golf affordable to play. It was great because golf is so expensive that it's hard to play every day with the price."
Once she joined Youth on Course, Meagan began to enjoy golf even more and grew better and stronger with each round. Soon, she and her dad were playing together every chance they could.
"[Golf] was great for me and my dad to start bonding over," Meagan recalled. "We'd go out everyday and hit some balls on the range, go play 9 holes over the weekend. It just became a thing that we would do constantly every weekend together."
Sometime during her junior year of high school, Meagan received an email from Youth on Course promoting the Caddie Academy, and again her father encouraged her to get involved. She was very hesitant at first.
"[Caddying] was a different aspect of the game and I thought I couldn't do it." Meagan said. "I tried golf and I liked it, but how could I be the person with advice, when I was always the one getting the advice?"
She decided to give the Caddie Academy orientation a chance, and it paid off tenfold.
Her confidence in her caddying abilities grew with the help of mentors at the course, and Meagan began challenging herself to learn more about golf and do even better during her loops. She worked hard to memorize the yardages and the subtleties of the course so that when a member would ask for advice she could answer, often leaving players in shock of her expertise.
After caddying for the entire summer at Cal Club (completing more than 50 loops – some on double-bags), Meagan felt like a different person. In the course of a summer, she had transformed from a shy and nervous person to an outgoing, go-getter.
"[Youth on Course] taught me how to be a leader and how to apply what I've learned in the real world," Meagan said. "[As a caddie] I had to talk to people and I had to learn communications skills. [Youth on Course] helped me so much with that and helped me grow as a person."
Prior to caddying, Meagan said she only pictured herself attending community college, but when she heard of the Chick Evans Scholarship, she changed her perspective and immediately set her goal to achieve it.
"It became my dream. I was so motivated to get there and to keep caddying and get my number of loops up."
The Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship is a full tuition and housing college scholarship available only for golf caddies, and is renewable for up to four years. Each year, more than 900 deserving caddies across the country attend college on a four-year scholarship from the Evans Scholars Foundation. Selected applicants must have a strong caddie record, excellent grades, outstanding character and demonstrated financial need.
Meagan applied for the scholarship in September, and interviewed with the committee in early February. When she first heard she received the award, she was speechless.
"What a huge weight lifted off not only my shoulders, but my dad's shoulders as well," Meagan said. "Financially, to be able to go to a great school and have it all paid for – I'm so grateful."
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And Amarillo-Sweetwater Superchargers I was unable to reach destinations even driving 10 mi below speed limits and using destination charger and/or KOA park outlets.
You must have had a headwind. Long but doable stretch. Did you range charge? That's the easy direction--drops 1550 feet.
Whatever conditions caused you to have such poor efficiency should have led you to charge in Childress.
I drove from Houston,TX to Saint George, UT last fall. I made it through without any issues other than one little road that was not there and the Tesla nav keep saying to take it.
I never charged only what the car suggested though, every time I charged about 10%+ more than what it required. IF it suggested to charge just to 80% I just sucked it up and went for 90% or even 100%.
I also spent the night in Santa Fe, NM meaning I charged there to 100% before heading out again.
For me that trip was a complete success.
Bighorn is correct there were wind gust from the west for awhile and the elevation changed coming to Trinidad CO.
I would have been short on range about 7 miles , if I did not stop at Ratón NM to get 40 miles of charge to Raton Pass (got some regen charge back at some point).
Overall I am not complaining just making people aware of many variables can change condition very rapidly.
Distances between Amarillo-Sweetwater Superchargers is also very tight. Had to get around 20 mi at Overton hotel at Lubbock TX.
There is a definite need for a supercharger in Lubbock and even a 4 stall someplace between Amarillo and Trinity would be nice. Until that happens traveling west on I40 then up might be less stressful although higher mileage for sure. I'll be making the trip from South Texas to/through Colorado Springs in a couple months and may have to do that for piece of mind. There are still big holes in Texas that need to be filled.
There's big holes in North Dakota that need to be filled too.
Follow the network - it is your friend.
I agree there is a need for an SC in Lubbock but it looks like that hasn't even been permitted yet so I wouldn't plan on it. As for route planning, I like https://abetterrouteplanner.com/ because it will allow you to account for head winds and temperature as well as the state of charge you want to be at when you reach your destination. I find the Tesla route planner is way too optimistic and aggressive for me. @walnotr - South Texas seems pretty well covered between the Three Rivers and Kingsville sites.
I drove the same path as the OP, from Trinidad to Amarillo, then Amarillo to Sweetwater.
To be fair, my trip was in August but I made it to Amarillo with 40 miles remaining on my charge. The Amarillo to Sweetwater trip left me with about 20 miles left. Yes, cutting it close and again, I wasn't dealing with cold weather.
As an aside, it's not always easy to pick good locations to install Superchargers but the SC in Trinidad is in a truly sketchy place. The Wendy's next door is the only real food option except for the truck stop a few feet down. The Mexican restaurant across I-25 is not near worth the risk of crossing the interstate on foot (just.. don't).
In Sweetwater, the SC is in a hotel parking lot. We walked to Schlotzsky's down the road for the best buns in Texas.
The tougher leg of my journey was Sweetwater to Austin. The 3 had the range but when you arrive in Austin, you'll find one SC site and it's perpetually jammed. Except a 30-45 minute wait even before hooking up.
Not sure where the OP was prior to Trinidad but if anyone ever wants to stretch your Model 3 over some beautiful roads and great scenery, the Breckenridge to Trinidad route is hard to beat.
Yeah, south Texas is pretty well covered unless you'd like to make a trip to Big Bend. The Three Rivers supercharger was one of the deciding factors in my purchase decision. I haven't visited the Kingville SC yet but have thoughts of going that way to Waco one of these days. The Austin SC leaves a lot to be desired and San Marcos was not terribly impressive either. I wish they would get their act together in San Antonio.
A Better Route Planner is my friend. We have used it for all our distance travel from coast to coast.
@walnotr, the Waco SC is great. It's in the Colin Street Bakery parking lot. Great breakfast options and if you tell them you're charging a Tesla, you get free coffee.
The Austin SC is situated where not only is there nowhere to go, you don't want to get out of your car to find out. The Sam Marcos SC is, as you know, in the back parking lot of the Premium Outlet Mall. Fine during the day but dark and very much isolated when the sun goes down.
I didn't have to wait when I charged in Austin and there were some cool restaurant options on Yelp within walking distance. Had a nice Peruvian meal in the time the car charged. Agree that Trinidad is sketchy and don't leave the doors or windows open because of the bugs from the nearby dumpsters. Had fruit flies for hours after there a couple times. .It's scariest when the Greyhound is laying over. Felt better having Macy when I walked by the guys with the prison face tats sitting nearby. We actually had a nice conversation, but I could see people being intimidated. There's also a dispensary right there if you're running low on gummies.
To be fair, my Austin visit was right after 3 days of car camping in Mexico, so my safety barometer may have been recalibrated.
The Trinidad SC is next to a dispensary. Pick up some bud on the way to the Wendys for a snack.
Wichita Falls is another missing piece of the roadmap. It's over 200 miles between Denton and Childress, can be risky at times. WF has been on the "coming soon" map for a couple of years I believe.
Adjacent, but related, for taking I-40 east, is the need for a Supercharger near Fort Smith, AK.
Alaska? They have zero supercharges.
Bighorn, I wandered into the dispensary at Trinidad, much to my wife's protestations. I shoved my purchase into the center console and off I went. Next day, while having lunch in Lampasas, (gotta love Texas), a sheriff pulled in next to my 3 and of course, of freaking course, he had a K9 with him. I went through a ton of Hail Mary's hoping the dog wasn't trained to sniff drugs. For the others, no, it's not let legal in Texas.
I made it home sans cavity search.
Mike, I'm lost in Texas due to being a moderate Republican in a not so moderately Republican state.
El Paso has had a supercharger for almost two years. Was there a few weeks ago.
The trip from San Antonio to El Paso is pretty easy now that the Fort Stockton supercharger is up and running. San Antonio really needs to get one or two superchargers running though. They have been in permit status for way too long.
Good to know. I might make the trip at the end of this year to see how it goes. Hopefully the San Antonio and Borne Chargers will be done by then.
They are building an SC in Northwest Austin where I live and in a place absolutely crawling with Teslas. I hope and expect that once that is up and running most of the Austin locals using the current SC will switch to that one and free up the current SC for its intended purpose. Since I charge at home I haven't actually visited the Austin SC but I often check it on the screen and it does seem perpetually full. The McAllen TX SC is my favorite one in TX so far. Lots of good food and 2 hotels with 3 destination chargers. No charging anxiety down there.
Agree the McAllen supercharger is at a good location with plenty of amenities close by. You can even get a free coffee at the Starbucks in the hotel. I'm not a regular visitor but was there last evening. Eight of eight open stalls. On one occasion when we were there, an "event" was going on and five of eight had been ICE'd. Not a common occurrence I suspect.
I've only used the Columbus supercharger so far on the way to Houston. It's a decent location with a short walk to a gas station for coffee.
Would love to see Tesla conviemece stores at the chargers. I thought I heard about them developing one.
Hoping they add one to Harlingen and Sparks near El Paso in the future.
I've been to most of the SC in TX. Only one I had to wait on was Austin.
pedestal and curb. Also 1 way in and 1 way out.
Arlington at Convention Center and Ozona are right up on my list as least favorite spots.
Least amount of power at 120kw charger Southlake.
through change. I hope more places to visit open up in the coming months.
I-10, I-20, I-35 and I-40.
Shamrock at a local museum I40 and US Route 66.
@nwfan - I agree about the Arlington SC. No food nearby (unless one wants to walk to the Sheraton hotel and eat overpriced hotel food) and during events at the convention center lots of traffic. I only stop at that one when I want to take 281 from DFW to Austin. The Plano Urban SC is also pretty nice and the slower charging rate will allow you to enjoy a meal while your car charges.
Ft Worth is the only one in Texas that I haven't used because it went down the week I was passing through. There was a fire that took out a transformer and now there's a lot of finger pointing over the installation and who's going to pay to fix it. It's beyond the scope of Tesla's roving SC engineer who keeps them in good order. Their electrical sub will ultimately get it back up, but they've known from the start it wasn't going to be quick.
Austin is a bit tight for wide open Texas, but not nearly as bad as some busy, tight urban parking garages elsewhere. I think I got the first space so maybe not as bad as slotting in.
@BH, Wow I've been to a SC you haven't. Ft Worth was working during my 8 visits.
You might as well plan your next swing through Ft Worth when the Clearfork location goes online.
in 6 to 8 months. Fingers crossed.
You can tell how tight the AustinSC by all the black marks on the curb opposite the stalls. The one and only time we have been there we used the first stall a semi well so didn't have a difficult time backing in either.
Totally agree about the Arlington SC but isn't a big deal for us as it's only about 2 miles from friends we stay with in the area.
Brownsville would be a good place for a SC with SpaceX just down the road. It's also sort of the end of the road when it comes to driving in Texas.


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Studio Visit / Interviews: Sandra Chevrier
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With Sandra Chevrier's schedule for 2015 fully packed with group shows everywhere from POW! WOW! in Hawaii to Castor Gallery in NYC, art fair showings, and finally a big solo show with Jonathan LeVine Gallery, we thought we would catch up with Montreal-based artist. We had a peek inside her studio, talked about her distinctive technique and its origin, meaning behind her work, her past, present and future, and learnt about how women are superheroes of everyday life. Arrested Motion (AM): What influences your work? Sandra Chevrier (SC): In general society, humans, and life itself are inspiring. Everything actually. It just needs a thought that becomes an idea then grows into a project. Creativity is the result of experimentation and evolution. It is easy to repeat something over and over because it was successful. By trying and making mistakes, one can evolve and create something new & powerful. That's what I am trying to do every day. Although I am a really hard worker, I'm not always happy with the results. There is always something good in what we do, even if we fail, because we learn from it. I think, write and sketch a lot. When I find an idea that I love, I want to play with it until I have no more fun. Also on another note, watching my son paint is truly inspiring. There is no limit for him when he creates something. No expectations, no consciousness. Sometimes, he paints with his two hands, truly fascinating!!! AM: When did you start painting and how did that happen? SC: I've always been drawn into art. When I was a child, in family parties, instead of playing cards with the rest of the family I would do crafts with my aunt. Then in high school, teachers were asking me to stop drawing on desks, when I was trying to tell them ''it wasn't me'' then they would tell me I was the only student who could draw as well! So it started with graphite, then I tried paint and different materials. To me art is not only a way of expression, it is a language in itself. At first, it was a liberation of something that I was holding inside. I used it as a release just like you can use a journal. When I first started to "be an artist," I used creativity to liberate my inner demons. At that time, I did a lot of self portraits. It is still a way to express myself, by showing the struggles that women like I go through everyday. There is a lot of me in everything that I do. AM: Do you have any formal education in art?! SC: I prefer to say that I am a self taught artist. I never had technique lessons. Bu,t I have a bachelor degree in Fine Art. It was great to have art history courses. AM: Does your work tell particular story? SC: The series Cages is about women trying to find freedom from society's twisted preconceptions of what a woman should or shouldn't be. These women encased in these cages of brash imposing paint or comic books that masks their very person symbolizes the struggle that women go through with having these false expectations of beauty and perfection as well as the limitations society places on women, corrupting what truly is beautiful by placing women in these prisons of identity. By doing so, society is asking them to become superheroes. AM: So this is where connection with superhero comics comes from? SC: There is also a certain melancholy in these different faces as if these women experienced a situation that they did not wish. As if they were "slaves." An offset of American comics, synonymous to entertainment and fun. This is exactly the goal of the series, a daily struggle for us all against that which is imposed by society and the very expectations we impose on ourselves. I keep myself busy in many ways; single mom, business woman, artist, the household, romance, errands. It puts a lot on one's shoulders. We overwork ourselves. We are all slaves to something, of something. And in comic books, despite all the playfulness of the thing itself and all the "POW BING BAM," superheroes are also fragile. Superman, when he loses his battle against Doomsday, the image of his red cape tattered planted in the ground as a fallen flag has an intense beauty and incredible power. This is just one example among many others. We are human, men and women, and we are entitled to the flaw, the error. AM: How does usually a process look from a thought/idea to a finished piece? SC: It is a bit about calculation and intuition. I choose my models selectively, I sketch, I predetermine my collage images, and I determine beforehand whether a piece is just a face, a full body, a work on paper or canvas etc. The rest just happens as it happens. I suppose you could say the work itself tells me in which direction it should move. AM: You're creating a lot of portraits, who are you basing these on? SC: I did a ''model wanted'' post on social media asking people to send me pictures of themselves. They are the ones that I "cage." I also have models with whom I've worked for years. Ginzilla is a great example - she is a "suicide girl" and she's been sending me amazing pictures. I love her eyes, her expressions and her charms. AM: So you have characters that keep coming back in your works? SC: Sometimes, I obscure different features of the same model that I use multiple times (i.e. the same model who once had their mouth obscured could later be used in a different piece and have only the eyes obscured). I suppose it depends on my mood or my own energy. One thing that is for certain is that people tend to care more about something when they know it has been obscured. AM: What are the mediums you are using and which ones do you prefer? SC: Acrylic, watercolor, graphite, china ink, pastels, collage. Might say I discovered watercolors lately and I love it. AM: Why do you find it so interesting? SC: The results are always a surprise. You can control it, but not totally. I love to watch the colors dance with the water. It is a very "expressive" material. AM: What is the connection with comics, how did that start and which ones do you prefer using? SC: Cages started when I was doing crafts with my (then) 2 year old son. I found an old sketch of a woman's portrait and passed over it with heavy textures of dollar store toll paints. I found the result very striking and thus the very humble beginning to a lengthy series. The transition to comic book collage happened upon embarking on a DIY home project. I had an old, small and cheap IKEA dresser that I had planned to cover in comic book collage, not long after planning this small home project, the dresser broke. So I was left with a broken piece of furniture and dozens of copies of comic books that I had picked up at a nearby flea market, so I put them to use, and thus the comic book cage series. AM: Do the collage parts also tell a story? SC: The death of Superman and the Batman graphic novel "A death in the family". They both portray a human side to the super-human characters, a weakness, rendering them as those whom the rest of us can relate to. Seeing Superman lay helpless in Lois Lane's arms or an image of Batman in tears while his protegee lays motionless has an incredible impact given the feats that these men accomplish in their respective stories. AM: How do you pick the parts you're using? SC: Instinct AM: Did you ever create any works in other mediums? SC: I use many different mediums, but I've always stayed with the 2D though. I really appreciate photography also. AM: Do you have a big dream project you would like to work on? SC: For the moment, I am working on my production for a show at Jonathan LeVine Gallery in June/July. I will admit this was a goal, a dream. I am very motivated and decided to create these new pieces all hand-painted. It was the purpose from the beginning - making the collage as studies to eventually do them all hand painted on canvas, but the series was an immediate success and time was becoming an issue. Also, people love mixed media. AM: What were your personal highlights in 2014? SC: So many, 2014 was a fabulous year. Life is good to me. I traveled a lot, got to meet some amazing artists and art passionate people that are now friends. I might say that Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys' interest in my work was surreal. They are very generous people and they helped me a lot. Looking forward to continue working with them. Also, my partner Jean-Pascal Fournier opened a gallery in Montreal so I can have my own place to show in my hometown. AM: What are your plans for 2015 and what kind of work will you be showing this year and where? SC: As mentioned before, I am presently working on the Jonathan LeVine show curated by Yasha Young, opening on June 27th. Also, I'm painting for Scope NY and many group shows. For example, the piece I did for Castor Gallery demands to be dissected beyond it's surface value, the black and white collages surrounding two wondering aesthetically beautiful eyes are quite literally torn between the fantastical heroics and iconography of comic books and the harsher underlying tragedy of oppressed female identity and the exposed superficial illusion therein. The subject denounces the role given to the female counterpart therein, refusing to play the part of seducer or victim.
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Wichita State survived a road battle at Furman Wednesday night, 76-70 to move on to the second round of the NIT Tournament. The Shockers are now 20-14 overall.
Senior Markis McDuffie led the Shockers with 20 points Wednesday night. Junior Jaime Echenique had a double-double, scoring 16 points and pulling down 10 rebounds.
Echenique and sophomore big man Asbjorn Mitgaard combined for 25 points and 20 rebounds in arguably the best game of the season for the Shocker front court.
Freshman guard Eric Stevenson joined McDuffie and Echenique in double figures with 12 points.
Senior Matt Raferty led Furman with 27 points, hitting 11 of 19 shot attempts.
A 10-4 spurt in the final game's final two minutes proved to be the difference in a back-and-forth contest that saw neither team trail by more than five until the final Shocker free throw with one second left.
The No. 6 seed Shockers stay on the road to face Clemson Sunday. Wednesday's win was the 500th career victory for Wichita State Head Coach Gregg Marshall.


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Virgin Atlantic takes tooling accountability to new heights
By swenham
With over 350 engineers working across three major UK airports, Virgin Atlantic Engineering wanted to take greater control over the accountability of tooling during maintenance operations. Sophisticated technology leased through Rushlift GSE provided the answer.
Historically, the management and control of tooling used in aircraft maintenance has been a manual process that was not always considered robust and with a view to satisfy recent guidelines by the EASA Virgin decided to automate the process as much as possible.
In a significant move to further heighten safe working practices and anticipate upcoming compliance measures, Virgin Atlantic Engineering recently took the decision to look for a technological solution for managing the issuing and return of tools used within its maintenance hangars and ramp areas. The airline, which operates in the UK at Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester airports, approached its long-time partner on ground service equipment, Rushlift GSE, to help implement a fail-safe system for checking-out and receiving-back tools.
The airline had every confidence in its supplier's ability to perform at the task. Rushlift GSE, part of Doosan Industrial Vehicles UK, has been working alongside Virgin Atlantic Engineering for the last six years, ensuring the smooth running of the airline's extensive fleet of ground service equipment through a highly successful leasing and maintenance agreement. As well trusted partners, and with the resources of the $21 billion global Doosan Group as a backup, Rushlift GSE was well placed to offer the airline a future-proofed solution for their tooling needs.
Their trust was rewarded. The result has been a radical shift in the ownership and control of the tooling and the levels of visibility and accountability available to the airline's engineering management.
"Over the years, the industry has put in place a lot of processes and paperwork in this area," says Andy Currey, Tooling & GSE Manager at Virgin Atlantic Engineering. "When an engineer signs out an aircraft under a Certificate for Serviceability they are taking full responsibility for ensuring that all tools used to maintain the aircraft are accounted for. That is a large responsibility for an engineer, especially when you consider that you could have twenty or thirty people working on an aircraft over anything from 24 hrs to several days, depending on the checks."
Virgin Atlantic Engineering wanted a system that would automatically record and monitor the issuing of tools, logging each tool or kit to an individual engineer and then registering its return at the end of a shift – the idea being to modernise the process by moving away from manual paper based systems with individual engineers owning and using their own tools.
After extensive market research and an in-depth tendering process, the solution selected was from Snap-on, leased and maintained under a contract through Rushlift GSE. Of the 172 tool kits supplied across the airline's three airport locations, 13 of them were Snap-on's Automatic Tool Control (ATC) toolboxes, assigned for use in the hangars. The rest were mobile tool kits for maintenance activities in the ramp areas and were dedicated to various trades and trade specific tasks, such a mechanical, avionics and in-cabin technology.
With over 1000 tools in each ATC box the technology used to monitor contents needed to be highly sophisticated. As Andy Currey explained: "In the hangars the staff have a security pass with a bar code and this must be scanned before an ATC tool box can be opened. Critically, the system knows every item that is taken out and who has taken it out by date and time.
Visibility and accountability has been dramatically improved. "I can see on screen exactly what is happening with every single box, not only in the Heathrow hangar but also in the hangar at Gatwick," says Andy Currey. "The system keeps me informed as to who has which spanner or pliers, when they took it, on which aircraft they are working and when it is returned".
An important point for Virgin Atlantic Engineering was to take full control of the tooling, issuing tools and tool kits to individual engineers rather than having engineers using their own tools. However, providing the necessary equipment for some 350+ engineers across every trade would require a substantial £1m capital investment. The preferred approach taken by Virgin Atlantic was to lease the tools instead, thereby off-setting the risk of technological advances leaving them behind. If technology took a leap ahead sometime in the future, they could simply upgrade.
"We didn't want to be caught out by changing technology, so leasing the equipment through Rushlift GSE, a partner we trusted and have been working with for over six years now, was clearly the best option," says Andy Currey. "We lease our ground service equipment from Rushlift under a full maintenance contract and therefore, it was a straightforward task of adding to the contract."
He concludes, "We've got a fantastic relationship with Rushlift GSE – and it works extremely well."
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Our Endeavor for Renewable Energy
Alexandria, Egypt, March 2022 — Being an industrial leader in Egypt, Oriental Weavers has always been committed to become a role model through achieving various milestones that reflect positively on both the industrial sector and the society as well. One of the visionary goals for the company has always been investing in different sources of renewable energy that aid us to improve our environmental impact. The vision continues through the full implementation of a new solar power station in Alexandria, Egypt.
On March 6th, 2022, the Chair of Oriental Weavers, Mrs. Yasmine Khamis, along with the governor of Alexandria, Mr. Mohamed El Sharif, have attended the opening ceremony of launching a new solar power station in the mega retail showroom of Oriental Weavers in the city of Alexandria. The new station is equipped with state-of-art solar panels that allow the station to produce electrical energy with an output of 259 KW, which will generate more than 500 MWH annually. The station will help to reduce the carbon footprint of the company with the amount of 250 tons of CO2 annually.
The new solar power station has been a valuable addition to the efforts made by the company in the past years to enhance its commitment to sustainable development. Such efforts allowed the company to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) with figures exceeding 20, 000 tons annually. There will be more similar projects related to clean and renewable energy to be implemented in the coming years to include more of the company's retail showrooms.


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Title: My Lady Faye
Series: Sir Arthur's Legacy #2
Author: Sarah Hegger
Publisher: Lyrical Press
Genre: Historical Romance (Medieval)
The fair Lady Faye has always played the role allotted her. Yet the marriage her family wanted only brought her years of abuse and heartache. Now, finally free of her tyrannical husband, she is able to live her own life for the first time. But someone from the past has returned. Someone she has never been able to forget.
After years of servitude as a warrior for King and Country, Gregory is now free to pursue his own path: to serve God by becoming a monk. The only thing stopping him is Faye. Gregory has loved Faye since the moment he saw her. But their love was not meant to be. How can he serve God when his heart longs for her? He can neither forsake God nor the woman he loves.
When Faye's son is kidnapped, Gregory answers her family's call for help, only to find that even in the most dangerous of circumstances, neither can fight their forbidden attraction. An attraction that now burns brighter than ever before. And it is only a matter of time until it consumes them both.
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The ache in Gregory's knees brought him closer to God. Hunger gnawed at his belly and reminded him of his connection with the Lord. For three days, he had fasted and prayed, waited for God to show him the way to enter into service.
God remained silent.
He must pray harder and keep at it until he had his answer. God's way was not always the way of man and His divine timing did not always answer the impetuous call of sinners.
Something clattered through the bars of his cell.
Gregory started, but kept his eyes closed. He could afford no distractions in his wait for God to deign to speak with him. Sweat broke out on his brow. He bowed his head. "Dear Father in Heaven..."
Another skittering across the floor and Gregory opened his eyes.
A pebble lay almost within reach at his knees, a pale trespasser against the dark stone floor of his bare cell. A thin pallet rested against one wall, stripped of linen except for a rough blanket. On the opposite wall a tiny barred window overlooked the fields were they worked each day. Above it, a stark wooden cross served as a reminder that all here was by Grace alone. Beneath the casement stood a plain wood table and a bench.
The Abbey bell tolled Terce over the undulating chant of the monks reciting the second of the Little Hours of the Divine Office. Father Abbott had understood his need for private meditation, but he would be expected at Lauds.
Not God at all, unless the Almighty had grown a set of large hands and gripped the bars of his cell so tightly His knuckles turned white.
A dark head popped over the lip, followed by dark eyebrows and the sharply drawn planes of a face many a lass considered handsome.
"Garrett?" Gregory's knees creaked as he rose. Sharp pain lanced through his long-frozen muscles. Three days, most of which spent on your knees, would turn any man's limbs into a grandfather's. "Is that you?"
"Aye?" Garrett blinked away a sweat droplet that snaked down his brow and into his eye. His face turned redder. "Only could you come down, I am not sure how much longer I can hang on."
"Did you climb the side?"
Teeth clenched, Garret said, "Aye and I am about to go tumbling on my ass, so get down here."
Garrett's head disappeared from view as he scrabbled down the side of the two-story dormitory.
If Garrett was here, something was amiss at Anglesea. Sir Arthur might have sent him with news. My Lady Faye. His blood thrummed in his ears. Fresh sweat prickled over his skin as he wrenched open his door and trotted down the empty corridor. He took the stairs three at a time. Unease spurred him into a run.
From the chapel the monk's voices called and responded in prayer as he entered the kitchen yard. Singing voices reminded him he had left his former life behind, but he needed to check all was well.
Garrett appeared out of the dark shadows around the dormitory.
The smell of incense hung heavy in the air.
"What is it?" Gregory closed the distance between them.
Garrett's expression was grim, his shoulders tense. "You must come."
"To Anglesea?"
"Aye." Garrett turned and motioned him to follow.
Gregory took a step and froze. He couldn't go with Garrett. Outside these walls was not his life anymore. His calling lay here at the Abbey. "I cannot."
Sharp strides driving divots into the soft, bare earth, Garrett strode back to him. "You must come. Sir Arthur sent me for you."
Sir Arthur would not have sent for him if it weren't urgent. Sir Arthur had sponsored him as a postulant to the Abbey and he owed the man for that. But he owed God his obedience and he had put his former life aside. "My place is here now."
"Your place is where you are needed." Movements sharp and jerky, Garrett gestured to outside the Abbey.
He didn't want to ask the question. It did not concern him. Yet, his stubborn gut demanded an answer. "What has happened?"
Garrett clasped his arm. "It is Faye."
"What?" His muscles bunched in response. The words rasped from his throat. Dear Father, please do not let her be...
What? Hurt, or worse, reconciled with Calder. He grabbed the other man's tunic, twisting his hand in the fabric.
Garrett shrugged him off. "I will explain as we ride."
He couldn't go. He couldn't not go. Again, the same tussle within him. Faye or the Abbey, his lady versus his God. It never ended.
Garrett stepped closer until his face was inches away. "Beatrice is worrying herself sick. She carries our first child and if I have to tie your saintly ass on a horse, you are coming with me. Faye needs you."
Faye needed him. The confusion cleared. It was all Garrett need say. Clean, crisp purpose flooded his being. "Do you have a horse for me?"
Garrett's grim face softened into a smile. "Come on, before one of your monks catches sight of me and tosses me in there."
Born British and raised in South Africa, Sarah Hegger suffers from an incurable case of wanderlust. Her match? A hot Canadian engineer, whose marriage proposal she accepted six short weeks after they first met. Together they've made homes in seven different cities across three different continents (and back again once or twice). If only it made her multilingual, but the best she can manage is idiosyncratic English, fluent Afrikaans, conversant Russian, pigeon Portuguese, even worse Zulu and enough French to get herself into trouble.
Mimicking her globe trotting adventures, Sarah's career path began as a gainfully employed actress, drifted into public relations, settled a moment in advertising, and eventually took root in the fertile soil of her first love, writing. She also moonlights as a wife and mother.
She currently lives in Littleton, Colorado, with her teenage daughters, two Golden Retrievers and aforementioned husband. Part footloose buccaneer, part quixotic observer of life, Sarah's restless heart is most content when reading or writing books.
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Title: Breaking Ryann
Series: Bad Boy Reformed #3
Author: Alyssa Rae Taylor
He promised to leave me alone, but that was a lie. I should have known he'd have this pull on me—seeping through my skin and into my bones, burning me from the outside in. It's just like when we were kids, and I can no longer avoid him. I've accepted it, but what will it take to convince him that I am no longer his? Is that really what I want?
I told her I'd leave her alone. But who was I kidding? I've never been one to back away from a challenge. He stole my girl—my future—from me. I'm coming back with a vengeance. I'm taking back what he took from me. After all the secrets and lies, can we come back from this? Even if it breaks me, I'll stop at nothing to protect what's always been mine.
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Title: August
Series: Calendar Girl #8
Author: Audrey Carlan
Publisher: Waterhouse Press
Pretending. I've always been good at pretending.
Being someone else is easy, and that ability has served me well these last seven months.
This time, I've been hired to be the long lost sister of oil tycoon, and down to earth cowboy, Maxwell Cunningham. Recently, Maxwell's father passed away and in his last Will and Testament he dropped a bomb no one saw coming.
One of the richest men in the world, left forty-nine percent of his company to a sister my client never knew he had. A woman named Mia Saunders.
Maxwell has a year to find this sister or he loses almost half of his empire to a greedy board of investors. Somehow, he found me and here I am.
Sharing in family dinners, pretending to be someone I'm not and fooling bigwigs left and right. Only I'm finding myself falling in love with a family I can never have. One that will hurt to leave.
Stetsons, soul-searching, and sisterly duty all come into a sharp tangle with twists and turns I never saw coming. ***
In the eighth book of the Calendar Girl serial, Mia is sent to Dallas, Texas. Still on her mission to save her father, she is hired to be the long lost sister of Maxwell Cunningham, one of the newly richest men in America.
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Title: Letting Go
Series: The Garage Series #1
Author: Holly Renee
When Kat was forced to leave the only home she had ever known due to her brother's secrets, she wasn't prepared for what was waiting for her in Tennessee or the choices it would force her to make.
Kat instantly knew she didn't like Blake Reagan. He was cocky, stubborn, and infuriating. What Kat didn't understand was why she couldn't stop thinking about him or the way he made her feel.
The last thing Blake expected was for Kat Archer to storm into his world and turn it upside down. He thought he had her pegged from the beginning, but she destroyed everything he thought he knew. Blake was willing to fight to push his way into Kat's heart, but she put up a wall at every turn as she clung to her past.
If she stayed, she'd risk the only family she had left. If she left, she'd lose Blake and every piece of her heart that he'd managed to steal.
Bookaholic, firm believer in grand gestures, and obsessed with happily ever afters.
Holly Renee is from the small town of Maryville, TN where she was born and raised. She currently lives with her husband and fur baby, Luna. (Yes. She was named after Luna Lovegood from Harry Potter.)
Holly Renee is the author of her debut novel Letting Go.
During the day, Holly spends her time as a nurse, but once her shift ends, she falls deep into her passion of reading and writing.
Title: Take a Chance
Series: Willow Creek #4
Author: Micalea Smeltzer
I had life all figured out.
Married with a baby on the way I stupidly believed that things were perfect.
But then the good guy I fell in love with turned out to not be as good as I thought.
I was left alone to pick up the pieces of my life and provide for my daughter.
And then I met him.
Hayes.
The bad boy that just might not be so bad.
Three years after her husband walked out on her Arden James is struggling to make ends meet as a single mom. Despite it all, she knows she's better off with her ex out of the picture, and so is her daughter.
Josh Hayes—player, jokester, and very naughty boy—is the guitar player for the band Willow Creek. He's used to living the fast life, but suddenly it doesn't appeal to him anymore, and he has his sights set on the fiery Arden.
Despite their undeniable chemistry, Arden isn't sure she wants to invite a man into her life that has never been in a committed relationship before. But Hayes is determined to prove to her that there's more to him than meets the eye. He just needs Arden to take a chance.
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North Tahoe's Max Kelly skis to a third-place finish at Heavenly last Wednesday.
The high school alpine season is racing toward an end with only a handful of events remaining before the state championships.
Skiers traveled to Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort last Friday for a round of giant slalom racing, kicking off the first of two events in the span of six days.
For the second straight event, Whittell's Gunnar Barnwell proved to be the fastest on the mountain, racing to the fastest combined time on the boys' side to take the win.
Barnwell's combined time of 1 minute, 15.26 seconds was more than a second faster than the next fast competitor, South Tahoe's Luke Allen.
Thomas Mercogliano led a trio of Lakers finishing in the top five with a combined time of 1:19.08. Trent Carter (1:21.12) was next, followed by Bodie Hudson (1:22.26) in fifth. The Lakers Murphy Scott (1:27.12) was 11th to give North Tahoe the team win with 206 points. South Tahoe was second with 190 points. Truckee was sixth with 108 points. Drew Dolan led the Wolverines with a time of 1:28.85 for 12th place.
In girls' giant slalom racing, it was all Truckee and North Tahoe as the teams combined for 10 of the 11 fastest times at Sierra-at-Tahoe.
North Tahoe's Maddie Roberts led a Lakers sweep of the podium, finishing with a combined time of 1:17.41. Jillian Ferre (1:18.15) was second, followed by teammate Paige McGarry (1:20.54).
From there, Truckee's Emma Spillman (1:22.45) and a trio of teammates posted the next four fastest times. Whitney Wingard (1:22.46) was fifth, followed by Monique Fellows (1:22.5), and Susie Greeno (1:23.06).
Incline's Brenna Ritchie (1:24.47) broke up the run of North Tahoe and Truckee finishes, taking eighth.
Truckee's Jacqui Roth (1:26.61), Annesly Akers (1:28.14), and Kelly Critz (1:30.36) were ninth through 11th, respectively. North Tahoe's Elan Lindsey (1:31.29) was 12th to give the Lakers the team win with 210 points. The Truckee girls were second with 206 points.
North Tahoe's Roberts picked up a second straight win as racing continued last Wednesday at Heavenly Mountain Resort with slalom.
Roberts led the Lady Lakers to the overall win, finishing with a combined time of 50.7 seconds.
Teammate Aliza Neu (51.60) was second, followed by Truckee's Greeno (54.84) in third.
The Lakers' Reilly Scott (56.46) was fourth, followed by teammate Ella Carr ( 57.32) in fifth to give the team 216 points. The Lakers also had Olivia Sproehnle (1:00.60) take seventh and Lindsey (1:04.40) finish in 10th.
Truckee also had Roth (1:02.00) crack the top 10, finishing in eighth.
On the boys' side, South Tahoe's Allen took first place with a combined time of 46.09. Whittell's Barnwell was second with a combined time of 46.19, followed by North Tahoe's Max Kelly in third with a combined time of 46.57.
From there, Lakers skiers took over, posting the next four fastest times. Guthrie Goss (46.71) was fourth, followed by Carter (47.66), Mercogliano (48.57), and Scott (50.10).
The North Tahoe boys took the overall win with 210 points, topping second place South Tahoe, who finished with 191 points. The Truckee boys had two skiers on the course. Nick Rae led the way for the Wolverines with a time of 1:05.30 for 23rd.
Racing will continue next Tuesday at Alpine Meadows with a round of giant slalom.


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La clasificación de Conmebol para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2010 contó con cuatro cupos directos y un cupo para la repesca contra el cuarto lugar de la clasificatoria de la Confederación de Fútbol de Norte y Centroamérica.

Por cuarta vez consecutiva la clasificatoria sudamericana fue disputada en un formato todos contra todos.

Las selecciones de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Argentina clasificaron directamente. Uruguay logró la clasificación tras vencer en la repesca internacional contra Costa Rica. También fue la peor campaña de Perú desde que comenzó el sistema todos contra todos, al quedar último con 13 puntos.

Equipos participantes
El proceso clasificatorio de Conmebol nuevamente contó con sus diez miembros.

Cambio de entrenadores

Formato de competición

El método de clasificación fue el siguiente:
 Los cuatro primeros lugares de la tabla clasificaron directamente al Mundial.
 El quinto lugar deberá batirse en partidos de ida y vuelta con el equipo que obtenga el cuarto lugar de la clasificatoria de Concacaf.

En caso de empate entre dos o más equipos con igualdad de puntos, habría sido ganador:
 Se habría recurrido a la diferencia de goles entre todos los partidos del proceso, luego al número de goles anotados en todo el proceso.
 El equipo que hubiese tenido mayor cantidad de puntos contando solo los juegos entre todos los equipos empatados.
 El equipo que hubiese tenido una mayor diferencia de goles en los partidos jugados entre ellos.
 El que hubiese anotado más goles en los partidos jugados entre los equipos empatados.
 En caso de empate, se habría realizado un partido definitorio en terreno neutral en reemplazo de un sorteo con la autorización de la FIFA.

Tabla de posiciones final

Evolución de posiciones

Partidos

Primera ronda

Segunda ronda

Goleadores
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Fuente: Goleadores de las Eliminatorias Sudamericanas .

 Anotaciones destacadas
Listado de tripletas o hat-tricks (3), póker de goles (4) y manos'' (5) anotados por un jugador en un mismo encuentro.

Efectividad

Repesca Intercontinental

La selección que finalizó en quinto lugar jugó una eliminación directa contra la que ocupó el cuarto lugar de las Eliminatorias de la Concacaf. El orden de los partidos -quién ejerció de local primero y de visitante segundo- se determinó por medio de un sorteo en el 59º Congreso de la FIFA, llevado a cabo en Bahamas, el 2 de junio de 2009. Dichos encuentros se jugaron los días 14 y 18 de noviembre del mismo año, el primero en algún país del área de Concacaf y el definitorio en alguno de Conmebol. Uruguay, quien resultó vencedor, obtuvo una plaza para la Copa del Mundo 2010.

Clasificados

Véase también
 Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2010
 Clasificación para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2010
 Clasificación de Conmebol para la Copa Mundial de Fútbol

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Eliminatorias sudamericanas en Conmebol
 Sitio oficial de la Copa Mundial de FIFA Sudáfrica 2010 - Sudamérica
 Sitio oficial de la Copa Mundial de FIFA Sudáfrica 2010 - Lista de partidos y reportes oficiales
 Sitio oficial de la Copa Mundial de FIFA Sudáfrica 2010 - Tabla estadística

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The book covers all the aspects of carpentry that those who possess little or intermediate knowledge will need to get their carpentry projects done. As with any serious project, the first step is the planning. The planning phase stage is the point where the DIYer will need to determine which tools are necessary and the demands of the project. The Complete Guide to Home Carpentry advises that the plan be carefully laid out and such aspects as materials and building permits be considered.
Early on in the book, the whole issue of safety during the project is covered with DIYers being advised to pay attention to their equipment and their environment to minimize the dangers. The book covers the basics of the home workshop and offers safety advice on that too, which includes the necessity of having fire extinguishers and smoke detectors along with tools.
The Complete Guide to Home Carpentry includes a section on choosing the right lumber for a project, which is a skill that not many beginning carpenters will have. Readers are taught how to assess the grades and categories of lumber used for different purposes. This part of the book comes with pictures and infographics to help provide greater clarity.
Overall, this book is perfect for those who would like to handle more of their carpentry projects but have no idea where to start. It provides a thorough and straightforward introduction to working with wood as it relates to constructing or remodeling a home.


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Q: slf4j/logback/jcl-over-slf4j - still routing to logback even if jcl-over-slf4j is not in dependencies? While experimenting with logging dependencies, I had the following situation:
<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>version99</id>
        <url>http://version99.qos.ch/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

<dependencyManagement>
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
            <version>99-empty</version>
        </dependency>
    </dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>

<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
        <version>1.7.25</version>
    </dependency>
    <!--<dependency>
        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
        <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
        <version>1.7.25</version>
    </dependency>-->
    <dependency>
        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
        <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.3</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
        <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
        <version>1.2.3</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

It is important to note that the dependency to jcl-over-slf4j is commented out. To my surprise, the logs from Spring were still processed by Logback. How is this possible? There is no bridge active between jcl and slf4j, so how can we end up in Logback?
I verified that:

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*Only commons-logging-99-empty.jar is in classpath.

*No jcl-over-slf4j is mentioned in mvn dependency:tree -Dverbose -Dincludes=org.slf4j
I am really confused. I expected NoClassDefFoundError's on classes from commons-logging.
Please note that I have no intentions to leave that dependency to jcl-over-slf4j in comments. I just want to understand what is going on. I thought I finally understood these logging dependencies, but apparently, in practice, it is behaving totally different that I expected.

A: Are you using Spring 5?
In Spring 5, there is another so-called bridge introduced: spring-jcl. See https://jira.spring.io/browse/SPR-14512 for development notes.
So in your case, while jcl-over-slf4j was no longer in the classpath, spring-jcl still is and it is doing exactly the same thing (and a bit more, as it also routes commons-logging to log4j or java.util.logging depending on what is on your classpath) as jcl-over-slf4j.
If you have both jcl-over-slf4j and spring-jcl, it is basically undefined who wins. That's okay, since they both do the same thing. However, you have overlapping classes, so this might bite you somewhere else.
This is logging terror at it's finest.


Hey Everyone, We just got back from a fabulous conference in Seattle where food tour operators from more than 15 countries came together to celebrate this emerging industry and to learn from one another. There were tour operators from Japan, France, Australia, Italy, all of which we REALLY want to try! It was a really cool opportunity to meet other entrepreneurs who are passionate about food and tourism in their cities. We were able to reconnect with our good friends from Indulge Boise (indulgeboise.com), Beach City Food Tours (www.beachcityfoodtours.com), and Reno Food Tours (renofoodwalks.com). Our biggest takeaway from our time in Seattle was that food tours provide a unique opportunity for people to do something new, meet new people, try new food and drinks and share the joy of those experience with others who share their love for good interesting foods.
We are so enthusiastic to bring what we have learned back to our community to create new food tour products that highlight the incredible, unique restaurants and artisans in Kingston. We have never been more confident that the collection of chefs, restauranteurs, bakers, farmers, bartenders are a really special group of people whose skills are on a world class level.
If you're a local Kingstonian or a visitor to our city we CAN NOT WAIT to introduce you to everything our beautiful little city has to offer.


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Centro de Ciências Agrárias (CCA)
Agroecologia e Desenvolvimento Rural (PPGADR-Ar)
Análise do Programa de Aquisição de Alimentos-PAA no município de Caxias-MA
CARNEIRO_Joabe_2019.pdf (3.877Mb)
Carneiro, Joabe Alves
The general objective of this dissertation is to analyze the configuration of the dynamics of the economic, social and environmental aspects of the Food Acquisition Program in Caxias, Maranhão state, showing the importance of family farming in local development. According to data from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, the municipality has a population of 155,129 inhabitants, 24% of which are in rural areas. The research tool used was qualitative and quantitative, through a case study. 45 Forms with open and closed questions were applied, which were completed by the researcher. The dissertation is organized in (chapter-article) format, structured with general introduction, three article-chapters and general considerations. The second chapter-article was titled "Coverage of the Food Acquisition Program (PAA) in BRAZIL: An Approach from the Analysis of Conab Executive Summaries (2003-2017)". In this second chapter, it was noticed that in Brazil there was growth and decrease of the financial resources destined to the PAA, besides the disparities in its distribution among the Brazilian regions. In the third chapter entitled "PAA Socioeconomic Profile, Functioning, Marketing and Income: A Case Study in the Municipality of Caxias-Maranhão", it was observed that among the beneficiaries surveyed 70% are female, 50% are aged between 36 and 49 years, 25% are aged 18-35 and people over 50 also represent 25%. Of the 44 farmers participating in the study, 43% self-described brown, 25% black and 28% self-described as "dark brown". It was observed that 61% of the sample beneficiaries do not have complete elementary school, those who receive social benefit are 54% and 75% are female. The average amount received per beneficiary was R $ 182.33, the minimum of R $ 77.00 and the maximum of R $ 436.00. The Fourth Chapter, entitled "Agricultural Production Diversification, Farmers' Organization and Environmental Aspects within the PAA in the Municipality of Caxias Maranhão" analyzed that before the PAA farmers produced 11 different types of productive crops and with the arrival of the program this amount went up. to 36. In environmental aspects, it was found that even in the farmers' properties that benefited from rivers, streams, marshes and ponds, some did not conserve them. It was also noticed that the system of consortium between agricultural activities is practiced by 61% of farmers. The use of pesticides in productive areas totaled 63.63%, while 68.18% of farmers use chemical fertilizers. Regarding the knowledge of agroecology, 45.45% of the survey respondents said they were completely unaware of the term and 54.55% knew the term. The holdings of farmers in associations, according to the survey, represent 56.81% and in cooperatives 15.9%. The advantages of participating in the program, according to farmers, were: increased income; self esteem; incentive to cultivate the land; exchange of experiences and others.
https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/11995


Adults and children will enjoy sharing these outrageously silly Halloween Jokes. These jokes are certain to keep you smiling and giggling while carving pumpkins, sipping apple cider, trick or treating or jumping in leaf piles. Add some laughter to your Fall festivities for some leaf rustling good fun.
What kind of dessert does a ghost like?
What does a witch use to keep her hair up?
Why couldn't the mummy answer the phone?
Why do ghosts make good cheerleaders?
What does a ghost call his mom and dad?
Why did the skeleton go to the grocery store?
What flies around the kindergarten room at night?
What do you call a pig dressed as Frankenstein?
What do ghosts like to eat for dessert?
What is the problem with having twin witches?
Why can't Dracula play baseball?
What does Frankenstein's wife wear on her face to keep it smooth?
What is a popular search engine for ghosts to use?
Why don't skeletons play music in church?
What do witches call for in a hotel room?
How do ghosts like to order their eggs at he diner?
What does a skeleton say before dinner?
What do you call two witches who share a broom?
A skeleton went to the doctor.
The doctor looked at the skeleton and said, "Aren't you a little late?"


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As part of the second round of its Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Fund, Gas Networks Ireland has awarded six transport companies €20,000 each towards the purchase of a Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV). The Fund supports the purchase of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered commercial vehicles including trucks, buses and vans. Grants to support the purchase of 33 vehicles have previously been awarded to 18 transport companies in Ireland as part of this scheme.
CNG is natural gas which has been compressed to fit into a NGV's tank and is particularly suitable for use in commercial vehicles. It is a proven alternative to diesel or petrol and reduces transport costs by up to a quarter and carbon emissions by 22%. These vehicles can achieve zero carbon transport when operating on renewable gas. There are an estimated 25 million NGVs in operation worldwide, and almost two million in Europe.
The Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Fund is supported by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) in Ireland and is co-financed by the European Union's TEN-T Programme under the Connecting Europe Facility as part of the Causeway Project.
Niall Lord, Managing Director of Food Surplus Management Ltd, said: "We have being operating two CNG vehicles for almost a year now thanks to the funding from Gas Networks Ireland. We know we can reduce emissions and fuel costs and at the same time reduce our carbon footprint. Our experience to date with Scania CNG vehicles has been a very positive one."
Ian O'Flynn, Head of Commercial and Corporate Affairs at Gas Networks Ireland, said: "Transport accounts for over 20% of carbon emissions and almost a third of Ireland's energy consumption. Only 3% of vehicles on Irish roads are HGVs, however they use 20% of Ireland's transport energy. As the operator of Ireland's gas network, we are leading the development of this new, cleaner transport network, to support Ireland in reducing its carbon emissions.
"It is very encouraging that the Government recognises the potential and opportunity for CNG in transport. The recently published Climate Action Plan calls for increased levels of CNG and outlines goals to deliver public CNG fuelling stations."
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Strike up the band! Fourth of July festivities abound
BRISTOL — Decorate your outhouse, fire up the grill, whip out your flag and get ready for this year's Fourth of July celebrations.
A full slate of activities has been prepared at venues around the region, including concerts, parades and a singular competition in Bristol known as the outhouse races. Oh, and of course, there will be fireworks.
The Georgia Brass Band gets the ball rolling Thursday evening with the annual Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History Pops Concert. The British-style brass band will perform on the grounds behind the Mahaney Center for the Arts at Middlebury College (rain site: Kenyon Arena) at 7:30 p.m. (the grounds will be open two hours earlier for picnicking). The fund-raiser concludes with fireworks.
FOURTH IN BRANDON
Brandon picks up the baton on Friday with its Food Fest and Street Dance at Central Park. Food vendors open 5 p.m. and a street dance runs 6-10 p.m.
Saturday is the big day with food and craft vendors and karaoke in the bandstand in Central Park beginning at 9 a.m. Other activities throughout the day are a silent auction, juggling and the Great Brandon Ball. A big parade steps off at 1 p.m. at the top of Park Street and ends at Route 73 West by the post office.
Stay for the Wildwood Bluegrass Band playing in Central Park from 2:15- 3:15 p.m. and fireworks at dusk.
Sunday, July 3, will be a busy day. The Independence Day concert in Lincoln at 4 p.m. outdoors at Burnham Hall will feature the Patrick Fitzsimmons Band, with Band Anna opening.
Want more dancing? The duo of Joe and Jackie will provide the music for a dance at the American Legion in Vergennes from 5-9 p.m.
If that's not your kind of music, the city band will play a concert at 7:30 p.m. on the athletic fields behind VUHS. Fireworks start at dusk. Bring chairs, blankets, picnics, etc. Food and other vendors will be on site.
Bristol will host its own live music with performances by the Bob Levinson Trio and Mark LaVoie at the ball field beginning at 6 p.m. There will be fireworks at dusk.
If you're up and about on the morning of Monday, July 4, head to Shoreham for a pancake breakfast, 7-11 a.m., at the Shoreham Congregational Church.
BRISTOL BASH
Independence Day festivities in Bristol will kick off bright and early at 7:30 a.m. Monday with a 5K road race in memory of Pam Paradee.
Next on the list at 9 a.m. is the zany zenith of July 4 competitions — the outhouse race. In its 33rd-annual running, four separate heats of four outhouses decked out in vibrant fashion will roll down Main Street. The four winning teams will then battle it out for the "World Championship" and this year's bragging rights. Will the Snap's team successfully defend their 2010 title?
A raffle will be held in conjunction with the race to raise funds for the celebration and dictionaries for Bristol Elementary third-graders. Raffle participants have a chance to win as much as $75 a round.
At 10:30 a.m. Bristol will hold its 141st-annual Independence Day parade. This year's theme is "A Century of Stories" in commemoration of the Lawrence Memorial Library's 100th anniversary. Bristol resident Bill James, who is set to turn 100 on July 5, will ride in a horse-drawn coach at the front of the parade as Bristol's Grand Marshal. He will be accompanied by the young winner of a recent library-reading contest.
The parade will begin on Pine Street, wind its way through the village eventually heading west on Main Street and ending at the recreation field at noon. During the parade a group of four Vermont National Guard F-16 Tomcat fighter jets are slated to fly over town at 11 a.m.
Afterwards festivities will move to the town green. The Vermont-based Starline Rhythm Boys band will crank out their country-bluegrass blues all through the afternoon. Lemonade, watermelon, rainbow ice and many other delicacies will be available. Bristol Friends of the Arts will put on a silent auction featuring hand-painted chairs and the Lawrence Memorial Library and Lincoln Library are scheduled to hold used book sales. A wide range of craft and jewelry makers will also highlight their designs across the green.
If those activities don't tickle your fancy, you might have better luck with the car raffle or the Federated Church pie sale.
A final annual tradition will end the day on a homey note. Salisbury will host is annual Ice Cream Social at the Congregational Church in the village from 2 to 5 p.m.
Reporter Andrew Stein is at andrews@addisonindependent.com.


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..... except that pecan pies are popular at social events. I took every opportunity during my travels to sample the real thing. This easy and reliable recipe makes a superior pecan pie with an authentic flavour of the deep South.
Beat eggs and add maple syrup, sugar, salt, butter, vanilla and chopped nuts. This step can be carried out conveniently by blending the ingredients together in a liquidizer. I usually start by grinding up the nuts and then add in the other ingredients. Pour into pie shell, decorate with whole pecan nuts, and bake at 160°C for 45 - 50 minutes.
Whole Pecan nuts on top can be arranged as a star for Christmas, a cross for Easter or to spell out a lady's name. Float the nuts in the viscous pie mix and carefully transfer the pie to the oven. The arrangement almost always survives.
One can substitute cheaper ingredients: margarine instead of butter, corn syrup instead of maple syrup, peanuts for some of the pecans, but the pie will not taste as nice.
* Note that "chopped nuts" is in the American sense, meaning ground or blended nuts, rather than chopped with a knife.
In Great Britain there is usually little choice, but try to get proper maple syrup and not "maple syrup flavoured" grades which are not the real thing.
However, I am told that maple syrup is graded by color. The "higher" grades, Fancy and A, are pale and have little flavor. Vermont Grade C has been cooked longer and is more caramelized, which gives it the darker color and perhaps it's also a bit more concentrated. Tastes like there's a tree somewhere in its ancestry, where the top grades taste mostly like sugar.


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Saudi Dissidents Sentenced
On May 15th, a court in Saudi Arabia found three dissidents guilty of sowing dissent, disobeying Saudi Arabia's rulers, and sedition. Ali al-Dimeeni was sentenced to nine years, Abdullah al-Hamed to seven years, and Matrouk al-Faleh to six years in prison.
The three men were among thirteen people arrested in several Saudi cities in 2004. They had circulated a petition calling for a constitutional monarchy with an elected parliament, and signaled their intention to form an independent human rights organization. The Saudi government released ten of the detainees after compelling them to sign an agreement that they would cease their public petitioning. According to Human Rights Watch, Ali al-Dimeeni, Abdullah al-Hamed, and Matrouk al-Faleh refused to sign the agreement and were kept in prison.
Human rights groups have condemned the sentences handed down against the three Saudi dissidents. Ibrahim al-Mugaiteeb heads an independent Saudi group, Human Rights First. He said the sentences were "too harsh" and "very unfortunate." "There is no logic behind them," he told the Associated Press news service. "This is a farce."
Leah Whitson is executive director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa Division. She called the sentences "brutal" and said the Saudi authorities "are trampling on the right to free speech." "For all its talk of democratic reforms," she said, "the Saudi government is imposing long prison terms on those who call for peaceful political change."
The U.S. State Department's latest human rights report says that Saudi Arabia's human rights record remains "poor overall with continuing serious problems, despite some progress." Saudi Arabia is a monarchy without elected representative institutions or political parties, and Saudi citizens do not have the right to change their government. A series of recent municipal elections in Saudi Arabia were the first elections in the kingdom in more than three decades. Yet despite this step forward, women were not permitted to participate and political parties remain outlawed in Saudi Arabia.
President George W. Bush has said that rights "are secured by free dissent and the participation of the governed." The United States, he said, will "encourage reform in other governments by making clear that success in our relations will require the decent treatment of their own people." "In the long run," Mr. Bush said, "there is no justice without freedom, and there can be no human rights without human liberty."