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Our first shot of the finale, mirrors that of the season opener. Linden is running. Running from guilt, from the noise in her head. She can't outrun those last brutal moments of Seward's life and her role in his conviction, and when she finds a solitary tree in a clearing, she clings to it. For the first time she takes a breath, and it doesn't feel like her lungs are full of broken glass.
When she arrives back home, Lt. Skinner is waiting for her. He tells he his marriage is over, because there are just some things about their world he can't share with anyone else. Linden gets that. She has been so lonely for so long, and while I never saw the chemistry between these two, perhaps it transcends that. The need to be understood pulls them together like magnets and they kiss. In the light of the morning, Linden is all smiles and tells Skinner that she thinks they can change, and be more like normal people, not haunted by the things they've seen.
Holder attends Bullet's funeral. The picture by Bullet's coffin is one she would have hated; all teenage awkwardness and toothy smiles.
Danette Leeds is also there, and she and Holder talk about how Bullet just wanted to protect her friends. Holder compares her to a pit-bull, but laments that she was just a kid. Danette tells Holder that when Kallie was little, Danette would close her eyes and count to five but when she's open them, Kallie would still be standing right there. Lyric, sits alone near the front of the church, tears in her eyes.
Holder manages to pull himself together, and finds his girlfriend Caroline to apologize for his behavior and keeping his addiction a secret. He tells her he's a huge step down for her, and that he only wanted her to see the good stuff. She smiles and tells him, "That is what I see." His phone rings and because she gets it, and gets him, she sends him off to save Seattle again.


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Something amazing happened this morning. Just as predicted, I woke to a late February dusting of snow on the rooftops, the tree branches and the road in front of our house. As the sun approached the horizon I could see the tiny flakes falling outside the window and clinging thickly to whatever they came in contact with. The blue-gray half-light of the dawn shown like silver falling on the frosted landscape. It was eerie and lovely.
The quiet hush of the snow fell so perfectly on my ears that I was thrilled when I looked up the closing list and found local schools were out for the day. There was no one to wake and no where we had to go. The quiet lingered throughout the morning as the snowflakes danced across my lawn.
A Special Gift
This day was a gift. A late season opportunity to find joy in winter even as we see signs of spring beneath the snowfall. The snow rests as a pristine backdrop to the tulips and daffodils that grace my kitchen table. It frosts the yellow fringe of witch hazel blossoms on the side of the house and my neighbor's freshly opened crocus blossoms.
While spring breaks open, winter offers its own generous window dressing and gives us a day or two to stop and marvel at its beauty. There is no better way to do that than with a hot cup of chocolate sipped beside a warm fire. This recipe is rich and delicious while still frothy and fun. Dress it with a spoon of marshmallow crème or whipped cream sprinkled with cinnamon or chili pepper. Better yet, stir it with a candy cane, if you can still find one, and do what my son suggested this afternoon; listen to Christmas carols. When I asked him why, he explained, "It didn't snow at Christmas." I thought that was perfect. Isn't catching up on the overlooked details and capturing the moment what snow days are all about?
Thanks, Scott and Amanda, for letting me borrow the mug!
Spiced Hot Chocolate
4 cups whole milk
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole cloves
1/2 vanilla bean (or a small splash of vanilla extract)
2-3 drops almond extract
4 ounces bittersweet chocolate chips
Whipped cream, marshmallow creme or marshmallows (if desired)
A sprinkle of cinnamon or ground chipotle chile pepper
In a small saucepan combine the milk, vanilla bean, cinnamon and cloves. Heat the spiced milk mixture until near boiling. Remove from heat.
Remove the cinnamon and cloves. Split the vanilla bean and scrape the seeds into the milk mixture. Discard the pod.
Whisk the chocolate chips into the milk mixture until melted and smooth. Add the almond extract and (vanilla extract if you didn't use the vanilla bean.)
Using a stick blender, blend the hot chocolate in the saucepan until frothy. Pour into mugs. Top with marshmallow creme or whipped cream and a pinch of spice, if desired.
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I just joined the site, and thought I would check and see if everyone is aware of Lake Hypatia. It's located near Talladega, AL, and is home of the Alabama Freethought Association, which is the local chapter of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. We hold meetings every third Sunday of the month, with a potluck lunch and speakers on various relevant topics. All atheists, agnostics, secular humanists, or whatever are welcome to come join us and meet fellow freethinkers. There is also an "Advance" (as opposed to retreat) on the fourth of July weekend, or closest equivalent. This year it's June 29 through July 1. There'll be camping, fishing, swimming, volleyball, a film festival, notable speakers, and tons of other fun stuff.
On a personal note, I grew up in the backwoods near Talladega, and I'm sure I don't need to describe to most of you the feeling of isolation that's inherent to non-Christians in Alabama. So imagine my surprise, after living here for almost 30 years, at finding a place like Lake Hypatia less than ten miles from where I was born and raised. That was only last August, and since then I've met more godless heathens from my very own neck of the woods than I ever thought possible. Even more eye-opening was the Reason Rally, where I found myself standing shoulder to shoulder with more than 20,000 fellow freethinkers. But the best part is that for every new face I see, I know that's one more person who knows they aren't alone.
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Is it a kid-friendly event?
Yes, the Advance and the monthly meetings are both family-friendly. There are a couple of kids at the meetings regularly, and we're looking into setting up some games for the kids this summer. I know there were some children last year, but I don't know how many or what they did, since this is my first year going.
Sorry, I don't live in Alabama, just wanted to comment on the name of the lake. Interesting, must have been some free thinkers there to give it that name.
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I always have these random bookish questions that I'm curious about so I ask our Traveling Sisters a weekly (sometimes more) book related question. We thought it would be fun and interesting to take some of those questions to our blog and see what you all think or do. I hope that you will also join in on the discussion with us.
Norma's random book question:
Do you belong to any book subscription boxes and which one is your favourite? Also, do you belong to any other subscription boxes? If so, what product or item makes you the most excited when you open that box?
If you don't belong to any subscription boxes I have another question for you to answer.
Where is your absolute favourite place to buy or look for books? And who is your favourite author and/or publisher?
Norma's Answer
So I have been a member of FABFITFUN for quite a few years now and always look forward to when my box arrives. I would say the items that I get most excited about is when I receive journals or planners in them. I also like any fitness related items as well even though I might not use them they make me a little excited to see them. Oh, also I like water bottles, mugs, candles.
So I am a recent member of BoTM thanks to Kris who has kindly offered to ship my boxes to me here in Canada since they don't ship outside of the United States. Let me tell you when I received my first box I was a little giddy and thought how fortunate I was to have the best book buddy ever! Thank you so much, Kris! You are the best!
I don't really have a favourite place to look at or buy books from. Amazon is the most convenient though and I do love perusing NetGalley & Edelweiss.
I have a couple of favourite authors; Jodi Picoult & Lisa Gardner. But, I think that might have changed some since Goodreads though as I have added quite a few more authors to my list of favourites. I don't really have a favourite publisher or offhand I can't think of who it would be. I'll come back and comment if I remember.
Brenda's Answer
I don't belong to any book subscription boxes. This may sound weird and let me know if it does. lol . I get a little anxious waiting for mail. The whole wondering when it will show up and waiting really stresses me out. So I don't often buy from Amazon. I do like Book Outlet because of the amazing prices and have been known to order a bit too much from there according to my husband. So I will try to work through the anxiety of waiting for that. Also when I want a book I want it right now and don't want to wait for it so my favorite place to shop for books is Indigo/Chapters. I do love the library too but there is that waiting for books again. lol
I do kind of wish the whole waiting for approval on NG would bother me a bit more than it does so I won't exercise my finger so much by requesting so many titles.
Lindsay's Answer
I would love to be a member of a monthly book mail subscription box, however, I really try to control my spending on books. I usually use my amazing local library along with NG/EW to get my books.
If I am purchasing a book, I usually buy online from The Book Outlet. I can have it delivered to the store which is super close to me for free which saves me paying shipping costs. Plus, their books are an AMAZING deal so it works out great!
Favourite author would be so hard to narrow down. I agree with you Norma – Jodi Picoult is a top favourite. Kate Morton. Kristin Hannah. Lisa Genova.
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I also don't belong to any subscription plans. I've thought about doing book of the month because it look so fun but I'm also super cheap LOL!
I really love my local library, but my favorite place to just browse books is Half Price Books. I also enjoy NetGalley / EW but I have a hard time browsing online versus in the store!
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A publicly traded limited partnership.
Master Limited Partnership
A limited partnership with ownership units that may be traded on an exchange. A limited partnership consists of a general partner, who manages the venture, and limited partners, who simply provide capital. A master limited partnership allows limited partners to buy and sell units of the venture as if they were shares in a publicly-traded company. Limited partners often receive cash distributions, which are similar to dividends, on a regular basis. This business form combines the tax advantages of a partnership, which does not pay tax on its profit, with the liquidity of a publicly-traded company. It is also called a publicly traded partnership.
master limited partnership (MLP)
A limited partnership that provides an investor with a direct interest in a group of assets (generally, oil and gas properties). Master limited partnership units trade publicly like stock and thus provide the investor significantly more liquidity than ordinary limited partnerships. See also roll-up.


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I always wait until the ball has stopped bouncing and usually rolling before I serve again. Usually I don't wear my shoes to the courts unless I am in a hurry, and I take them off before leaving the court, dunno why, maybe just because it's relaxing to tie them once I get there and get focused. That's about it, aside from 3 bounces that are all pretty much uniform, if it hits a crack I have to start over again. Always wear a hat unless I forget but that's usually once in a blue moon.
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The Crucifixion of Man ; A Narrative Poem: By George Barlow
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New Star Wars Custom Choppers hit the stores this month and Boba Fett will not be left out.
Already out in stores, this month Hasbro released its set of new "Star Wars Customs" line. The first wave includes Darth Vader in his Imperial Chopper, Luke Skywalker in his Rebel Chopper, and not to be outdone is Boba Fett in his custom Outlaw Chopper. These toys have what they're calling "Rev n' go" action. Just rev the chopper forward, then let them fly. No "merchandise" can escape from Boba Fett now. Maybe we'll even see Boba at the next Sturgis convention?


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Did you know that tonight is a special "double elimination night" for Dancing with the Stars? That means two "all star" couples are going home, no matter what. Mark and I don't want to be one of them!
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Phone lines open as soon as the show starts and stay open for 1 hour after the show. Fans should try to phone vote as soon as the show starts. After they dance and at end of the show are the hardest times to get through and we want every single vote. You can vote on as many phones as you have access to. For the first half of the season, voters will be allowed the same number votes as the contestants. For example, this week there will be eleven contestants, so each type of account gets 11 votes. Once they are down to 5 contestants or less, the fans still get 5 votes per account.
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At BaseballMonkey.com™, we carry great products to help you perform your best during the season. But what about the off-season and at practice? Don't worry, we haven't forgotten about your training sessions. We also carry the best equipment to help improve those skills on the field and at the plate. Our selection of fungo bats and training bats is extensive for helping your fielding and hitting skills.
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Nowadays, snowmaking technology is fundamental for winter tourism. Without snowmaking systems, ski resorts would no longer be able to meet today's increased demands. Studies indicate that snow reliability is the number one criterion when it comes to choosing a winter sports destination. They also show that just 20 % of visitors will accept extras or hotel services by way of compensation for insufficient snow. Especially when planning a skiing holiday well in advance, winter holidaymakers will choose the destination which has the facilities to offer guaranteed snow for the dates in question. Guaranteed snow is also a deciding factor for potential investors. Besides the direct added value for ski resorts by way of cable cars and ski schools, snowmaking also forms the basis for indirect added value for entire regions and has a knock-on effect for the hotel and catering industry in the surrounding area.
Like natural snow, technical snow consists of nothing more than water and air. Fan guns and snow lances are used to simulate snowfall and the crystallization of snowflakes. Snowmaking technology involves the use of nucleators which produce a mixture of water and compressed air which forms nuclides (= snow nuclei) in the ambient cold air. The nozzles on snow guns atomize the water into fine droplets which combine with the nuclides and freeze into small snow crystals on their way down to the ground. This fall is simulated differently by different snow guns. Fan guns are fitted with an air blower for this purpose while snow lances use the natural drop height of up to 10 meters.
As with natural snowfall, air temperature and air humidity need to fulfill certain requirements for technical production of snow. The term used in snowmaking technology is therefore the wet bulb temperature which expresses the ratio of temperature to relative air humidity. The water temperature always plays a key role and should ideally be slightly above freezing point.
The correct term for snow which has been produced with the aid of snow guns is "technical snow" or "man-made snow". Like natural snow, it consists only of water and air and so the only difference is that it is produced by a machine. The frequently used general term "artificial snow" is therefore incorrect. Artificial snow is in fact plastic or polystyrene snow made for theaters or films.
TechnoAlpin supplies three types of snow generators: fan guns, snow lances and the Snowfactory. Fan guns and snow lances basically produce snow in the same way but differ in the amount of snow produced, the cost and the application range. Selecting the most suitable snow gun will depend on the orientation and gradient of the hillside, temperature, slope width, amount of snow required, wind situation and air circulation. Both types of machine are available as fully automatic or manually adjustable models and can be used to produce a range of different snow qualities (from completely dry to wet).
In addition to these two established snow guns, TechnoAlpin introduced the Snowfactory in 2014, a snow gun for warm temperatures. This snow machine is not intended as a substitute for classic techniques but is more of an addition to the possible applications of snow-making technology.
Fan guns are often also called snow guns. For a long time, mobile fan guns were the only models which were used. As snowmaking technology developed, however, the stationary installations also became popular for surface coverage in order to avoid set-up times. Fan guns are characterized by a wide projection range, high snow output, low wind sensitivity and flexible use. Therefore they are mainly used on wide slopes, in areas with a high demand for snow, steep terrain or open areas exposed to wind.
Snow lances basically generate snow in the same way as fan guns. A greater height is required, however, to crystallize the snowflakes because they lack the propeller, or turbine, fitted in the fan guns. Snow lances therefore have a lower projection range and greater wind sensitivity but they are more accurate in terms of where the snow lands. The quantity of snow produced by a lance is similar to that of a small fan gun.
The Snowfactory is a snow generator which can also be used in warm temperatures. The Snowfactory is designed to add to the possible applications of snowmaking technology and is therefore mainly used on lower slope sections or at events in large towns. The Snowfactory produces snow by means of an innovative cooling technology without any chemical additives. No complicated building work or fittings are necessary to install it which is why it is also suitable for temporary applications.
ATASSplus is an intelligent software package which is used to operate and control snowmaking systems. The software continually collects data from snow guns and meteo stations and optimizes the production of snow, monitors the use of resources, and provides clear statistics and diagnostic graphs. ATASSplus is regularly updated and upgraded to include new features.
Snow guns have a very long service life. In many ski resorts, machines from different generations are now being operated side by side. The M90 fan gun has had a successful track record for over 20 years and continues to be operated alongside the latest models. The investment in new snow guns is more a question of technology and efficiency than a lack of functional efficiency.
All TechnoAlpin snow guns are made at the main base in Bolzano (South Tyrol/Italy). Over the past 25 years, more than 30,000 snow guns have been delivered to over 1,800 customers in almost 50 countries. More than 50 fan guns are produced in an average working week at TechnoAlpin.
The cost of producing one cubic meter of snow depends on the local conditions in any individual case, such as water supply, pumping capacity, reservoirs and snow-making conditions. Trade publications usually estimate a figure of 3.5 - 5 euro per m³ of snow.
The wet bulb temperature is the temperature most relevant to snow-making technology. It expresses the ratio of air temperature to relative air humidity and is always below the outside temperature. The damper the air, the less moisture it can absorb and the colder it must be to form snow crystals from the fine droplets of water. TechnoAlpin snow guns start producing snow from a wet bulb temperature of -2.5° Celsius. If the atmospheric humidity is very low, this level can be reached at temperatures slightly above zero but if the air humidity is high, sub-zero temperatures are required. Temperatures around freezing point are referred to as borderline temperatures or limit temperatures.


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From Sept. 20-23, this year's selection will feature 25 films selected by eight judges from competitive fields of over 100 submissions. Main categories include Documentary, Narrative, and Experimental films, with quite a selection for this year's event.
Judy Lieff's Deaf Jam, a critically acclaimed account of deaf teenager Aneta Brodski and her world of American Sign Language (ASL) slam poetry starts off the festival on Thursday, Sept. 20, followed by a question-and-answer session with the filmmaker, Aneta Brodski, and ASL interpreters.
Members of the Millennium Film Workshop, such as Bradley Eros, Stephanie Wertz, Mariana Ellenberg, and Grahame Weinbren, curate a series of programs titled the Millenium Nomadic, including a panel discussion on Friday, Sept. 21.
The festival continues on Saturday, Sept. 22, at noon, with various screenings. At the Greenpoint Garage, visitors can see selections from the Experimental/Art category, including Bestiaire by Denis Cote and Tom Jarmusch's mediation on his hometown of Cleveland, Sometimes City. That evening, Paul Dallas shows a mini-retrospective of the ground-breaking work of Bill Morrison, a New York-based filmmaker.
Other activities on Saturday include a special Environmental Program at the Newtown Creek Visitor's Center. It features environment-focused shorts and features, including David Leitner's Newtown Creek Digestor Eggs and Newtown by Sarah Choi.
These documentaries are followed by Jessica Yu's feature Last Call at the Oasis. Visitors will also have the opportunity to see the politically charged documentary The Domino Effect, which will also be shown at the Newtown Creek Visitor's Center.
Sunday, Sept. 23, concludes the festival with the chance to see the winners of the documentary shorts and features competitions, including Ian Kennedy's Lost in America, a poetic portrait of Greenpoint resident Philip Norris. Karen Goodman and Sean Gallagher will also present a special program focusing on social change.
To find out more about the festival, visit their website at greenpointfilmfestival.com or their Facebook page at facebook.com/GreenpointFilmFestival


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Picatinny Arsenal is the Joint Center of Excellence for Armaments and Munitions, providing products and services to all branches of the U.S. military. Nestled in northern New Jersey, Picatinny specializes in the research, development, acquisition and lifecycle management of advanced conventional weapon systems and advanced ammunition.
ARDEC is a specialized research, development, and engineering center within the U.S. Army Material Command.
Picatinny Arsenal needed a way to analyze and improve the strength of vehicle armor, especially when subjected to blast waves.
Accurately simulate the impact of a grenade falling to the ground in the event of one being dropped accidently.
The Coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian (CEL) capability within Abaqus finite element analysis (FEA) enabled Picatinny's engineers to simulate a fluid or gas interacting with the overhead cover add-on for the Objective Gunner Protection Kit.
U.S. Army engineers were able to use Abaqus/Explicit and XFEM technology to co-simulate fracture-failure in their grenade model to achieve their desired results.
CEL analysis provided more realistic results than previous analyses, proving itself valuable in the design phase of new armor systems. It also enabled the analysis of more complex geometries previously impossible to solve accurately with more simplified methods.
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The Commercial & Digital IT Specialist provides a key enabling function to the commercial organization.
Our commercial organization comprises of several commercial functions including Sales and Marketing, Patient Access, Medical Affairs and Clinical affairs.
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Our client is a leading biopharmaceutical company advancing innovative therapies in hematology, immunology, and oncology.
This position is responsible for implementing Commercial IT initiatives which demonstrate expert business knowledge, require minimal direction, give significant guidance to others, handle complex problems and provide digital subject matter expertise to our business partners.
Lead the implementation of the strategic Commercial IT roadmap in your local country/cluster that aligns with International and Global IT strategies.
• Align the local Commercial & Digital IT focus with the international & global business direction, tools and
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• Partner with the marketing organization during the marketing planning process to provide thought
leadership around digital integration into the marketing communication mix.
• Drive the awareness, education adoption and implementation of the international digital technology stack
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• Manages complex business critical commercial technology projects. Responsible for proposals, analysis,
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• Support the implementation and ongoing maintenance of the local customer relationship management
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• Design and implement business intelligence and analytics reporting systems, dashboards and reports in a
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• Provide thought leadership in Commercial Technologies to enable process improvements, drive revenue
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• Understand and provide clarity and transparency of local commercial needs. Apply global solutions where
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• Remain up to date on new and emerging technologies within area of technical expertise
A degree of Travel may be required.
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Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Digital Media or Digital Marketing or relevant work experience.
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Advanced experience of existing and emerging digital technologies such as:
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o Web Analytics tools (Eg: Google Analytics, Webtrends or Omniture)
o CRM Solution (Eg: SalesForce.com, Force.com and database management)
o Email Marketing (Eg: Silverpop, Exact Target, Campaign Monitor)
Advanced knowledge of website coding languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript.
Intermediate level with Microsoft Office, Visio and Project.
Experience in delivering sophisticated Business Intelligence Solutions
Familiar with SharePoint.
Knowledge of mobile and emerging technologies including iOS, Windows 8 and Android based


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Many employers and employees have shifted to telework. PEAT is here to help with the transition to ensure your digital communications and platforms are as accessible as possible for everyone, including people with disabilities.
Accessibility means that everyone can use the exact same technology as anyone else—regardless of whether they can manipulate a mouse, how much vision they have, how many colors they can see, how much they can hear, or how they process information. Accessible technology adds layers into computer operating systems, mobile phones, and more to allow people with disabilities to access the same information as everyone else.
Tips to help you ensure that your social media posts are accessible to everyone.
Any digital content your company distributes, either internally or externally, needs to be accessible. This article covers training resources for many popular workplace products.
AccessibilityOZ founder Gian Wild explores why PDFs can be tricky from an accessibility perspective, and best practices for using them.
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Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya finally has won the gold medal in the Olympic marathon, finishing with a time of 2 hours, 8 minutes and 44 seconds as he sprinted to the finish line with a smile on his face.
Feyisa Lilesa of Ethiopia finished second for the silver, while American Galen Rupp took bronze in his second marathon and first ever in the Olympics
Rupp, is the first American-born runner to medal in the Olympics in 40 years.
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"I knew if I could stick with [Kipchoge], he's not going to be one of those guys that he will have a bad race, Rupp explained his strategy. "If I was close to him, I knew I was going to medal."
Meb Keflezighi, an Eritrean-born American who lives in San Diego, won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He finished in 33rd place on Sunday.
Keflezighi said he stopped seven times during the race and had to vomit, but his goal was to reach the finish line.
"It was a difficult race but when you wear that red, white and blue, you want to get to that finish line, as soon as you can, preferably."
USA's Jared Ward came in 6th.
"It was a hard race...and when it got tough at the end, I was thinking of my wife at home, my kids at home. Just very happy to be here and represent America with incredible runners like Meb and Galen."
Ghirmay Ghebreslassie, the world champion who was trying to earn the second Olympic marathon medal in Eritrea's history, finished fourth.
A field of 155 runners started the marathon — the biggest field in Olympic history. This is the last event in the Olympic track and field program in Rio, and the Kenyans were expecting to wrap it up with gold. Kipchoge has been the dominant marathoner the last two years.
With the rain, only a small crowd of fans and supporters in ponchos and holding umbrellas were on hand to see the runners off on the course winding through the soggy streets of Rio de Janeiro. Larger crowds built up as the course took runners along the famous beaches of Rio.


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The first presentation addressed the hiddenness of God from the Christian perspective. Edward Shirley, Ph.D., professor of religion at St. Edward's University in Austin, TX, identified a common thread in the Christian mystical tradition, namely, that while the essence of what God is remains utterly unknowable to unaided reason, God emerges out of his infinite silence to make himself known in creation. In the thought of Dionysisus the Areopagite, this conveyance of God to humanity is understood as a progressive unfolding of God's own self in creaturely being, which is only dimly perceivable until God's concrete appearance in the Incarnation. For Dr. Shirley, this understanding of God's relation to the world and humanity, which extends from Dionysius the Areopagite to Francis of Assisi and Bonaventure, is a tacit celebration of the creation as the locus of man's encounter with God.
The second presentation addressed the hiddenness of God from the perspective of Vaishnava Hinduism. Dr. Graham Schweig, professor of religion at Christopher Newport University, began the conversation with the assertion that the Great Secret of the Hindu sacred text is the passionate love that God has for his creatures and the longing God has of receiving a return of this love. The entirety of the Bhagavad Gita is an attempt to explicate this unfolding love story, this Great Secret of God to humanity. However, God's relationship to the world—a relationship that is presented to the world in hiddenness—is the occasion of very real pain and sorrow. This concealment of God, which is similarly expressed in the Christian mystical tradition, produces in humans a yearning for ever greater disclosure and, ultimately, union.
One key point of intersection between the Christian mystical tradition and Vaishnava Hinduism identified by the group is precisely the shared belief that the mystery of God is hidden but, paradoxically, that hiddenness is perceivable in creation as a mysterious presence that instigates a yearning in the human knower, especially as one encounters, or rather is encountered by beauty in creation. For both Hindus and Christians, creation holds a great secret—the presence of a passionate God, a God who is the hidden love poured forth into creaturely being and that, by means of creation, reaches out as it were to man who is both gifted to perceive this "presence" and beckoned to return this love to God.
Another perceived convergence between the groups was the realization that such "presence" in creation is simultaneously joyful and painful—the latter being apparent in our inability to "seize" this delightful, elusive One. This last point raised the question of God's relationship to suffering—a topic brought into informal group session following the presentations.
The Vaishnava Hindu dialogue, which is attended annually by the Secretariat of Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is sponsored by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKON), whose communications director, Anuttama Dasa, serves as host.
The following attended the meeting: Kenneth Cracknell, Susan White, James Wiseman, James Reddington, Jon Pahl, Edward Shirley, Samuel Wagner, Ravindra Svarupa, Ravi Gupti, Rukmini Walker, Ananda Vrindavanesvari, Dvija mani Dasa, Anuttama Dasa, Graham Schweig, Sraddha Dasi, D.C. Rao.
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Rome wasn't built in a day.
Well, their lazy Roman asses obviously didn't have Sim City 4.
Oh wait. Come to think of it, we're the lazy ones, sitting on our butts
in front of our computers. The Romans were the ones who worked really hard building
all those aqueducts. Anyway, just think if they did have this game…
Ol' Julius would have been able to watch his city grow from on high, like
Jupiter himself. The Senate would have been on hand at the click of a button,
ready to dispense helpful information [Yeah, helpful. Just like our Senate.
~Ed]. With a few more mouse clicks, Brutus' home could have been obliterated,
leaving Caesar plenty of time to go build casinos.
Casinos, missile
silos, toxic waste dumps… yes, Sim City, the long running city creation
and simulation series, is back. When you get down to the nitty-gritty, there's
a host of updates: new region management, an easy to use interface and a huge
amount of new detail. There are also some problems, such as some bugs and an
unfinished multiplayer game. Finally, there are the additions of a God mode
and MySims mode that are more cursory than revolutionary. But at the heart of
it all, I'm still building myself a city.
When you play a game, intangible feelings can well up deep inside you. When
you play The Sims, you empathize with your Sims and relate
to them in human terms. When you play Black
and White, you feel that you have great God-like power at your fingertips.
Sim City 4 still elicits the same feelings that it always has: you feel
like a sort of mayor-god hybrid. Rudy Giuliani meets Jesus.
Now this feeling isn't a bad thing. After all, it's the proven formula
that has worked on the other Sim City games. But Sim City 4 ups
the ante, and actually makes three promises: "Play God. Play Mayor. Play
with your Sims."
As for the promise of playing god, the "God-mode" is really just
a precursor to the actual game and an easy way to let off steam when you feel
like rendering destruction, Old Testament style. As for the promise of playing
with your Sims, you can import them into the game, but they are non-interactive
and essentially just give you paraphrased information that you already get from
your advisors. God mode and MySims mode add touches to the mayoral experience,
but don't change it from what it has always been at its core: city building.
Building a city begins with your SimNation. The SimNation is a huge plot of
land set in a grid with multiple regions. You select one region to build one
city. Multiple cities within the SimNation can exchange resources. The game
even comes with some empty regions with terrain that resembles the shape of
such notables as San Francisco, New York and Berlin, but there are no scenarios
to play against this time around.
When you first stake out your region, you can switch into God mode to shape
the terrain to meet your whim. "Terraforming" your plot of land has
an artistic quality to it, as you brush in mountains and carve out some valleys.
Once you are finally ready to start your city, fireworks hit the night sky and
you take off.
Sim City 4 is a more difficult game than before and has no variable
difficulty levels. You just have to start smaller, adjusting to the different
needs of the city. As your city grows, the economic infrastructures feel like
they are constantly changing. Your approach to city management will have to
keep changing, too, if you want a booming metropolis.
As you highlight plots of land to set the down various zones, selecting between
commercial, industrial, and residential, the inner streets within the zones
will automatically be generated. While this expedites the city planning process,
the inner streets don't always connect perfectly when multiple zones are
set next to one another. The anal-retentive mayor will have to settle for slowly
zoning their land, bit by bit.
Your citizens will cry out for schools, hospitals and police enforcement. There
are a bevy of different meters to keep your eyes busy, from mayoral approval
ratings to demand for new city resources. There are six principle meters as
well: Environment, Education, Health, Land Value, Safety and Traffic.
Charts of every imaginable sort can be easily referenced, while numerous demographic
images can be superimposed over your city to judge your city's strengths
and risks. And then there's the bottom line – ensuring that your profits
outweigh your costs, thus making sure your city stays out of the red. Fall too
far behind in your finances and you'll find yourself forced to build toxic
waste dumps for profit.
The new feature
I found the most interesting is the ability to tax different income brackets.
You can tax from the rich and offer low rates to the poor, thus making your
city more inviting to low-income families. Of course, you can just as easily
play the tyrant and try to keep the pleebs out, offering tax cuts to the privileged.
The MySims feature, like I said, isn't as game changing as it sounds.
You can utilize your save file from The Sims or use some of the Sim characters
included, but the only thing that really matters is what kind of neighborhood
you place your Sim in. One realistic touch is that the lifespan of your city
will be far greater than any one Sim. Your Sims will eventually die, to be replaced
by their heirs, equally willing to give you the skinny on what's up with
your city.
Sim City 4 is entirely 3D, from the terrain and buildings to the humans
(who look like sprites but are actually little rendered people). There's
a stunning amount of detail here. Little tiny people walk about on their daily
business, while factories churn away. When areas of your city are in states
of degradation, they will noticeably erode. Cars busy their way along their
commutes, stopping at the toll booths. I did notice a car once ram its way through
a crowd crossing the street, like they weren't even there. Still, despite
small glitches like vehicular manslaughter, the detail is praiseworthy.
However, I wish there was a smooth zoom instead of four zoom levels. As you
switch from level to level, the game noticeably skips a few beats while it draws
the different images, disrupting the flow of the game.
And speaking of glitches, I ran into a bug while saving files. If I quit the
game and selected the "Yes, Iwant to save my city" option, I was never
able to open those files again, leaving my poor cities of St. Liu-y and
Freakmont to languish in the ghetto of file corruption. My solution was
to always save first then exit, ignoring the game's attempt to be helpful.
San Franfrisky was thus saved from the evil woes that now await a patch.
I don't know if these problems are an isolated incident, but I do know
that there have also been reports of spontaneous crashes to the desktop as well
as disappearing buildings and the game chugging when cities get too big. This
is both worrisome and just plain sloppy.
On top of that, a multiplayer game called SimCityscape was promised, but when
you select that option, you merely get the Sim City webpage
promising this option in the future. C'mon guys – is this game really
Sim City 4 attempts to stretch the design to both the macro and the
micro, with the upward scaling of a God mode, the region play, the personalized
MySims mode and the great intricacy of detail. In the end, the stretching averages
out and we have a game that sticks to its familiar, comfortable suburban streets.
SimCity 4, while not quite finished, is just as addictive as it ever
was. Once you start playing, it wont be long before you'll want the words "Mayor's
Office" painted on your door.


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Facebook's less than stellar public debut has some investors banding together to sue the Menlo Park-based company and its underwriters.
A class-action lawsuit was filed Wednesday against Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Securities, Morgan Stanley and several other Wall Street banks that underwrote the social-network's initial public offering last week.
The suit alleges that the underwriters misled shareholders about revenue projections.
Facebook said it plans to fight the suit.
"We believe the lawsuit is without merit and will defend ourselves vigorously," a Facebook spokesperson said Wednesday.
Facebook's stock opened at $38 last Friday but less than week later it was hovering around $32 a share.
The lawsuit alleges that Facebook and its underwriters failed to disclose that the company's revenue was not as strong as projected, in part because more users were using mobile apps to log in to the social network than on a traditional computer.
The filing also charges that Facebook to lead underwriters to reduce the company's 2012 estimates but that information was only shared with select investors.


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Launched in October 2008, the RETROSPECTIVE label is a partnership between Nimbus Records and veteran nostalgia specialist Ray Crick, who has the job of selecting the repertoire, compiling the programmes, sourcing the highest quality transfers, and supplying biographies and informative notes for the booklets. "I am delighted to be involved with RETROSPECTIVE because it enables me to create CD programmes that bring alive the finest recordings by those wonderful vintage entertainers of yesteryear, both popular and jazz, for people to enjoy today."
New releases are added every month, delivering the very best in musical nostalgia from music hall to rock 'n' roll – and everything in between! We hope you will relish these classic recordings from the past. Packaged with an iconic series design, and with booklets containing all the detailed information needed to enhance your pleasure, RETROSPECTIVE is a highly collectable range.
RETROSPECTIVE is available from all good record shops or can be purchased directly from this site. A full printed catalogue is also available.


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I'm new at Java and have never programmed before but recently a friend of mine inspired me so I'm really interested and willing to learn. I have been looking at java for 2 weeks or so now.
Anyways, my question is:
Do the mouse events have to be used with a JButton or something like a JLabel?
For example; could I just have a plain background and still handle events? i.e. if(event.getSource()==COORDINATES);
Can't really explain it to well myself lol but in simple terms, can I handle an event when the mouse enters/clicks/drags on a COORDINATION?
Thanks in advance


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James Bond at risk of early death from alcohol, study saysBy Elizabeth Landau, CNN
updated 9:03 PM EST, Thu December 12, 2013
James Bond may want to reconsider his drinking habits, a new study says.
Study looked at 14 James Bond novels
About 2.5 million deaths worldwide are attributable to alcohol use
Researchers project Bond could die at age 56 because of alcohol use
(CNN) -- Alcohol. Bond's alcohol.
The British spy James Bond may routinely get himself out of dangerous situations with skill and charm, but his body may be suffering all the while because of his drinking habits. British researchers predict he could die from alcohol-related causes, such as liver damage, by age 56.
Scientists wanted to examine just how much alcohol the famous fictional secret agent consumes, and what effect that could have on his health. They published a study, led by Graham Johnson of the emergency department of Royal Derby Hospital, in the British Medical Journal's Christmas edition, which features a variety of offbeat research papers.
Researchers found Bond's weekly alcohol consumption totaled 92 units a week, which is more than four times what doctors recommend. A real person would not be able to carry out such complicated tasks and function as well as Bond does while maintaining such habits, they conclude.
A unit of alcohol is defined as 10 milliliters or 8 grams of pure ethanol in the United Kingdom. For some perspective on that, a bottle of wine is nine units, and a pint of beer is three, according to this study.
The finding of 92 units a week could actually be the low end of the truth, as studies have shown that "people generally underestimate their alcohol consumption by about 30%," the study said, noting other research has demonstrated that health surveys don't account for about half of all alcohol sold.
In other words, Bond may be drinking much more than the large quantities portrayed in the books.
"We advise an immediate referral for further assessment and treatment," the study authors wrote, as well as "a reduction in alcohol to safe levels."
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Two study authors analyzed all 14 original James Bond books by Ian Fleming, focusing on the number of days on which alcohol-related events were described. But each of them only read half the books, representing a shortcoming of the study, which was conducted in "the study authors' homes, in a comfy chair."
They found that in "From Russia with Love," on the third day of the story, Bond drank about 50 units of alcohol -- the highest daily consumption in the collection of stories.
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It also appears that the spy's alcohol intake dropped around the middle of his career, but then picked back up gradually toward the end.
"This consistent but variable lifetime drinking pattern has been reported in patients with alcoholic liver disease," study authors wrote.
Note that researchers did not analyze the Bond films, only the books, so the precise level of alcoholism that Bond portrays on the big screen is an open question.
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About 2.5 million deaths worldwide are attributable to alcohol use, the study said. The cause of alcohol-related death is most often injury, liver cirrhosis, poisoning and malignancy.
A real person who drank as much as Bond, more than 60 grams of alcohol per day, would be in the highest risk group for malignancies, depression, hypertension and cirrhosis and could also suffer sexual dysfunction.
Early death would be likely for the spy as a result of such rampant alcohol consumption, researchers said.
Fleming, the author who created the Bond character, and frequently drank and smoked tobacco, died at age 56 of heart disease. "We suspect that Bond's life expectancy would be similar," the researchers wrote.
Alcoholism may even be responsible for Bond's famous catchphrase "vodka martini -- shaken, not stirred." This may have health-related implications, too.
Study authors posit that if Bond's alcohol consumption in the books is so chronic and excessive, he may be suffering from an alcohol-induced tremor. Chronic exposure to alcohol can damage a part of the brain called the cerebellum, which can lead to a tremor.
This suggests -- and of course, this is only speculation -- that perhaps Bond can't actually stir his drinks.
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Is Bond the man with the golden liver?
"In Casino Royale he drinks over 39 units before engaging in a high-speed car chase, losing control, and spending 14 days in hospital," study authors wrote. "We hope that this was a salutatory lesson."
And yet, Bond kept drinking in subsequent novels.
There's plenty of opportunity for another installment: "From Rehab With Love."