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For those of you who have never met my husband David, this is what he looks like. He's been gone for over an hour, without leaving a note, taking his phone, or telling anyone where he went. We had an argument prior to me going for a drive to cool off. He was gone when I got home, with little to no evidence of his leaving. PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU KNOW WHERE HE IS, I'M PANICKED. David is prone to depression and anxiety and I am afraid he might have done something rash.
David is roughly 6' 2" with dark brown hair cut short, a red-brown beard with two white spots on the chin, green eyes, and a tattoo of a tribal coyote on his forearm.
He was last seen wearing grey stonewashed jeans, a blue plaid long-sleeved shirt, and black and red sneakers. He may or may not be wearing his wire frame glasses. He wears a wide titanium wedding ring with five stones recessed in the front.
Please call me at (812) 243-8060. If he does not return within the next two hours, I will be filing a missing persons report.
AMBER ALERT: Police have issued an Amber Alert for Bryeon Hunter, a 1-year-old boy taken from 6th and Main in Maywood.
The child was apparently taken by three male Hispanics.
The African-American boy is two feet tall and 30 pounds. He was wearing a two-tone, blue stripe long-sleeved shirt, jeans, and brown Nike boots.
You see the girl on the left? She's my best friend from elementary school. The girl on the right? I've known her most of my life. They went missing yesterday and no one knows what happened. I don't care if it doesn't fit your blog type, I don't care if you don't even know where Bartlett is or if you even live my city.
Just please reblog this. Help us find them.
Update: They were supposedly last seen with a man. If they've been kidnapped or went somewhere with the man, they could be far out of my state by now. Please reblog this.
Please reblog.
My little brother is missing. His name is Keary Johnson. He's 14 years old. He was last seen getting off the bus in front of our house in Castleton, Vermont… 4 hours ago. He's autistic. Not severely, but it's important to note here. His stuff isn't at the house, meaning he never made it there. No one saw him go anywhere but walk up to our house.
Guys, I don't care where you live… please PLEASE fucking signal boost this. I live 1,200 miles away and I feel so utterly helpless but I DO have 4,000 followers and I want to know that my little brother is found ASAP. Please guys I'm fucking begging you PLEASE. Castleton is very close to the New York border and only an hour from Massachusetts and New Hampshire, god forbid he was abducted he could be in either of those directions. So please, please please reblog and spread the word.
I'm sorry I don't have a better picture of him.
today a red jetta was confirmed to be believed the car that "took" sierra lamar…
seriously makes my heart hurt 'cause this is so close to where i live :c
Pretty far from where I am, but kidnappers tend to take their victims far so it's harder to find them.
signal boost
Take a few minutes, write her a nice message. It doesn't have to be flashy or really long. Even a simple "you matter" will suffice.
Please help me out here.
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please please PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST
I am terrified.
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Last summer, St. Joseph County "quietly" became the first in Indiana to set up a group residence for paroled sex offenders.
The development came so quietly, that all three elected county commissioners have joined neighbors in expressing surprise.
Furthermore, the half way house was apparently set up "questionably," in violation of zoning rules, and will now have to go through a full public hearing and receive the endorsement of the South Bend City Council.
The first of a dozen paroled sex offenders moved into the home in the 700 block of Lincolnway East in August.
Now, some who live in the surrounding neighborhood are beginning to feel like prisoners. Melinda Singleton says, " basically our rights have been taken away. We don't have the right to let our kids run free anymore, because they're living right down the road."
Singleton used the sex offender registry to get the full story on those staying at the half way house.
"Most of them are child molestors," she says. "There are a couple of rapists, criminal confinement, one of them."
The surprise felt by the neighbors, is being shared by county commissioners. All three told Newscenter 16, that they did not know about the half-way house until last week.
According to Commissioner Steve Ross, "the fact of the matter is, we should have known. We should have been fully informed about a matter as important as this."
The half way house was set up by a county agency known as St. Joseph County Community Corrections. The agency recently found out that the house in question is not properly zoned to serve as a group residence.
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My Reality TV Obsession: The Amazing Race
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The category of, the Outstanding Reality, or Reality-Competition Host, has been announced for the Primetime 63rd Emmys, which of these hosts do you want to win, and is worthy for the win?
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Obviously, you're a high-fashion designer and work in sort of an elevated artistic space. Do you have any low-brow interests?
"I think it's really important that you get your inspiration from everywhere. Lee taught me that you should be inspired by everything that's going on around you. There's no snobbery in inspiration. It can be something on the telly or something you see in the street or in a book or a museum."
the runway directions backstage @michaelkors were awesome: "Brad and Angelina are jealous of you." a sense of humor in fashion… shockingly rare!
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In line with Maxwell's recent post AT on Getting Your House in Order, the Washington Post offers 20 tips to make your home better now while saving money in the long run.
The tips echo the habits of people in the '30s and '40s, but which most of us haven't been doing in our busy lives.
Habits include fixing things in your home now so you won't have to replace them later and entertaining friends at home. More below the jump...
We like the Post's "latest thing in kitchens," which is "less remodeling, more cooking." Surprisingly, the Post also recommends NOT paying off your loans early and saving your cash instead. The reason is that new loans are now difficult to obtain.
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I took my name off all the catalog lists. Yay! less junk mail this holiday season.
The problem with taking your name off catalog lists is that it does nothing to diminish the large pile I get each week that are addressed to the previous tenants. Although that does sort of lead into entertaining yourself at home. I've been amusing myself by putting together a personality profile of the previous tenants based on their junk mail. It's probably inaccurate--maybe they furnished the entire place from crate and barrel, or maybe they just bought some nice towels once--but it is entertaining!
Ha! Lurker, I totally do the same, I don't get mail from the previous owners of my house, but for people who lived there over 5 years ago. They still subscribe to the New Republic and get lots of mail from Korean Air.
Get a pest inspection. We just discovered termites! There are preventive tips online too.
About mail to previous tenants - I used to stuff mail in students' mailboxes when I worked at my dorm's front desk, and here's what we were supposed to do when the recipient no longer lived there:
- Put diagonal lines or X's through any bar codes... usually on the front of the envelope, but check for orange ones on the back too. This will prevent the mail from being redelivered.
- Using a big/brightly-colored marker, write "Return to sender: Attempted not known" on the front.
- Send that sucker off in the mailbox.
I still do this with my own mail and I THINK it's reduced the amount of junk mail I get.


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Did 20th-century pharmaceutical and technological advances shape modern sexual behaviors?
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New approaches to diagnosing bacterial infections may one day allow the identification of pathogens and their antibiotic susceptibility in a matter of hours or minutes.
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I apologize in advance for all of the close-up pictures of feet.
Also, if you are looking for manicure tips, you're going to be sadly disappointed. (Yes, I see the glam mums on Instagram with the coordinated nail polish and I have no idea either.)
So, duly warned, let's continue.
I know you are probably (certainly) underwhelmed, and if there is any sort of perking up at this photo it's likely because of the fab sandals (which, BTW, are made in Greece of the softest leather). Yes. I feel you. But here's the thing: I can't seem to squeeze in a real pedicure.
IknowIknowIknowIknow. Lecture all you want, stand atop the mountain and scream about Mama Me Time and how we're all Worth a Little Pampering and I won't argue. But it doesn't solve my pressing problem: Sandals on, pedi gone.
One would think, if pedicure time was such an issue (#firstworldproblems) that over the years I would actually have developed a steady hand. From all of that "practice". To those I say:
BWAH HA HA HA HA HA- no.
My pedicure skills are embarrassing. Like, Raines-once-gave-me-a-pedicure-that-was-better-than-my-own-pathetic-attempts-and-he-was-four-at-the-time bad.
I blame my mother. She's no better (in both the making-time and steady-hand departments), but she's developed a genius nailpolish technique to make up for both lack of prioritization and skill. It involves painting your toenails with wild abandon (seriously, paint everything – nail, skin, whatever. Just cover those toes good.) and then, once they're dry…take a shower. It turns out that nailpolish will slide right off your skin in the shower (with only a bit of scrubbing required). Seriously – try it. You'll be amazed.
So. My problem, however, is that Mom's technique requires a shower. And I only seem to remember my naked toenail problem as I'm stepping through the doorway – fully prepped and primped – and then CRAP. I look down. And there they are. My naked little piggies on their way to market.
So the other night as we were about to leave, in desperation I grabbed a random bottle of nailpolish from my basket of many (seriously why so many?). I was determined – DETERMINED – not to eff it up. I was going to paint the piggies with a steady, STEADY hand. I was slow breathing, I was giving myself a Jack Handy-esque pep talk, I unscrewed the cap, cleaned off the brush a bit – OK too much you need some polish on the brush, S!! And then carefully….caaarreefuuuulllyyy….applied it all over my big toe. GAH!
But here's the thing: It was glitter polish.
Do you have any glitter polish? Not metallic nail polish, but glitter. The clear polish with glitter floating around? Yes. That. And I do realize it is typically worn by 8 year old girls. BUT! BUTBUTBUT! The clear polish part makes it rather foolproof. So you can just kind of glop it all over and then scrape off the bits you don't need. Like, right there on the spot, no waiting for it to dry and then shower, and no nail polish remover required. (I mean it's better if you try to stay in the lines, but if you go over, no big deal.)
And because the glitter is so reflective, even if you only have time for a single coat, it's fine. It's not great (as evidenced in my photo above) but I'll give it the big 'ol GOOD ENOUGH. Especially if you are peering down at feet from up high. (Ahem. Let's skip the short jokes.)
I was so enamored with this speedy little glitter trick, that I dug through the nail polish basket and UNEARTHED – yup – MORE GLITTER.
This blue glitter nail polish was bought at Target that one day when both boys had been driving me crazy "Can we get legos? Can we get pokeman? Can we get soop-hero? MOM WHAT CAN WE GET?" that by the time we were making a beeline back to the checkout and passed the Essie display and even Raines was like, "Mom, if we can't get anything FUN can we at least get that sparkly blue nail polish???" I was all SMALL PRICE TO PAY FOR TWO MINUTES OF COOPERATION BOYS, FINE.
And then we got Starbucks and painted our nails and Pax fell asleep in the car.
And now? I have another glitter polish for last-minute pedicure emergencies. So there you go.
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Disco and dancefloor legends Donna Summer and Robin Gibb both passed away recently so we wanted to take time out to pay our respect and put together a post that highlights a whole bunch of contemporary dance music that is helping keep the tradition of disco alive.
First up is The Guardian's selection of the top 5 modern disco tracks followed by our very own Cool Accidents sampler of our fave nu disco jams and finally we have brand new business from one of the flag bearers of the modern day disco movement Ms Kylie Minogue.
The Top Five Modern Disco Tracks via The Guardian
For proof of disco music's continuing influence, check out these recent songs that owe a huge debt to the dancefloors of the late 70s
Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake (2003)
Initially intended for Michael Jackson, this slinky, Neptunes-produced single was, says co-creator Chad Hugo, born out of a desire to "make a song that would get people up like in a disco but not be a disco". Note the word "disco", not "club", the venue for most modern day R&B bangers.
Hercules & Love Affair feat Antony Hegarty – Blind (2008)
Taking the best elements of disco – spidery basslines, funk guitars, squelching sax – and adding a soul diva vocal turn from Antony Hegarty, Blind is the epitome of modern disco, all hands in the air euphoria tinged with unshakeable melancholia.
Music Go Music – Warm In The Shadows (2009)
For nine short minutes Warm In The Shadows, LA-based disco trio Music Go Music's best song, undulates and wriggles over a chugging bassline, rapid funk guitar and the sound of a million disco balls smashing together.
Lindstrøm & Christabelle – Lovesick (2010)
Norwegian producer Lindstrøm is often cited as the figurehead of "space disco", which, if this collaboration with singer Christabelle is anything to go by, basically means taking the disco template, slowing it all down and making it sound strangely sinister.
Little Boots – Every Night I Say A Prayer (2012)
Always professing a love of disco in interviews, Little Boots put her money where her mouth is on this one-off single released for Record Store Day. Minimal and spacious but with a massive pop chorus, the video also recalls the New York voguing scene, which melded disco and house.
Disco Ain't Dead!
Disco Ain't Dead by Coolaccidents on Mixcloud
and finally we have modern day disco diva extraordinaire Kylie Minogue!


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Saturday, October 25
- atTAcK addiction:
Passport to Awareness is Saturday, October 25 at Brandywine Springs School in Wilmington from 9am to 3pm. This event bring together a number of resources under one roof to help individuals, families and loved ones navigate the journey through addiction. You are not alone. For more information, call Dawn Hess-Fischer at 302-388-5809 or visit www.atTAcKaddiction.com
- Delaware Agricultural Museum:
Trick or Treat in the Village at the Delaware Agricultural Museum on Saturday, October 25 from 5pm to 6:30pm and participate in a costume contest! Cost is $1 per person. Costume judging will be from 5pm to 6pm, and the winners will be announced at 6:15pm. For more information, visit www.agriculturalmuseum.org
- Hayrides at Hagley:
On Saturdays in October, families can take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard at Hagley. Visitors also can create fall-themed crafts, see a gunpowder explosion, the roll mill in action, and working nineteenth-century machines. Included with admission and free for members. Use Hagley�s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware. For more information, visit www.hagley.org
- New Castle County Department of Community Services:
Bring your family out for free, safe, family fun at the Fall Sleep Under the Stars at Carousel Park on Saturday, October 25. There�ll be harvest crafts, hayrides, bonfires, games, dj, a family movie, and overnight camping. Decorate your tent and bring treats for tent-to-tent trick-or-treating. Wear your spookiest costume. Registration is free. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, visit nccde.org/845/Sleep-Under-The-Stars
- PAWS for People :
The 6th Annual Wag-n-Walk & 5K Run is Saturday, October 25 at Glasgow Park. Run or walk with your dog individually or as a team! Leashed dogs are welcome. Regisration begins at 8am. Cost is $20 until October 18; $25 the day of the event. For more information, call 302-351-5622 or visit www.pawsforpeople.org
- University of Delaware's Center for Disabilities Studies:
The University of Delaware�s Center for Disabilities Studies will hold its annual Artfest celebration and workshop on October 25 from 11am to 1pm at the New Castle County Absalom Jones Community Center, 310 Kiamensi Rd., in Newport. Artfest offers people with disabilities access to adaptive art tools and supportive volunteers who are eager to help them tap and develop their �inner artist.� For those interested in participating, visit www.udel.edu/cds/downloads/artfest-flier-participant.pdf
- Dumpster Cats Rescue:
Kittens in need of forever homes will be at the Good Shepherd Church on Porter Road in Bear from 2pm to 5pm for people to see and hopefully adopt. For more information, call Gail Agreen at 302-834-2859 or visit www.DumpsterCats.org
- JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes :
The JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes is Saturday, October 26 from 9am to 1pm at Rockford Park. The JDRF Walk is an impactful way to raise money for critically needed type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and show your support for the millions of people affected by this serious disease. With T1D ,there are no days off, and there is no cure. Thank you for your support of the JDRF Walk! Together, we will turn Type One into Type None. For more information, visit www.walk.jdrf.org
- Mental Health Association in Delaware:
E-Racing the Blues 10K run 5K run walk is on Sunday, October 26. 10K race begins at 8:30am and all 5K events start at 9:45am. Long sleeved t-shirts to first 750 participants and refreshments and prizes. Register prior to October 21 for discounted entry fees at www.eracingtheblues.org.
- Scott Mackler 5k:
On Sunday, October 26, Temple Beth El is hosting the 15th Annual Scott Mackler 5k run/walk for ALS. All proceeds and donations collected are donated to the Phila. Chapter ALS Association. This the 15th year of our event will be in memory of Dr. Scott Mackler, who waged a courageous battle with Lou Gehrig's disease for well over 16 years. Sadly the manifestations of ALS ended his brilliant research career in November 2013. The 5k run/walk starts at 12:30pm and features numerous awards, free t-shirts and a post race brunch buffet. For more information, call Joe Sontowski at 302-373-8743 or visit www.scottmackler5k.com
- The Newark Symphony Orchestra:
The Newark Symphony Orchestra presents �Fall in Italy� on Sunday, October 26 starting at 3pm in The Independence School on Paper Mill Road in Newark. Tickets are sold at the door for $20. Seniors are $15 and students are $10. Children under 12 are free. For more information, or to purchase tickets online, visit www.newarksymphony.org
- New Castle County:
Day of the Dead or D�a de Muertos is a Mexican holiday to celebrate deceased relatives. Join New Castle County for a discussion of the artistic traditions of the holiday with Art Studio instructor Jenny Davis-Reazor on Monday, October 27 from 7pm to 8pm at the Hockessin Library. Register through the library. This free program is for ages 12 and up. For more information, call Carol Dougherty at 302-995-7661 or visit www.nccde.org/artstudio
- The Cancer Support Community:
Blood Cancer Family Support Group! On the fourth Monday of each month from now until December, there will be a meeting for coping with Blood Cancers. It's for patients, families and friends who are seeking emotional support. The meeting is from 6pm to 7pm at 4810 Lancaster Pike in Wilmington. For more information, call 302-995-2850 or 302-661-7300
- Claymont Communtiy:
The Claymont Community Center is holding a Health Fair on Tuesday, October 28 from 3:30pm to 7pm. Health Fair guest will have the opportunity to speak with over 35 healthcare organizations. Flu shots, glucose readings, eye screenings, fitness demonstrations and much more. There will also be prize giveaways and healthy snacks. For more information, call Jeanne Corman at 302-792-7257 or visit claymontcommunitycenter.org
- Brandywine River Museum of Art:
The Brandywine River Museum of Art's Read-Aloud Tours are on Thursday mornings through November 13 at 10:30am. Young children and their grown-ups hear a story, interact with art in the Museum and make their own creative works in this popular program. Free for members and included in Museum admission. To register, please contact the Education office at 610-388-8382 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Delaware Futures:
On Saturday, November 1, Delaware Futures will host its 6th annual 5K. Register the morning of the race for $25. Registration begins at 8am; the race starts at 9am sharp at Joe�s Crab Shack on the Wilmington Riverfront. Delaware Futures is a college preparatory program that helps students develop the skills needed to excel in college. Every donation helps a student get one step closer to a college education. Delaware students deserve a chance at a successful future. You can make that possible. For more information about the 5K Race or Delaware Futures, contact Delaware Futures Program Manager Natalie Payne at 302-652-8619 ext. 6, or visit www.delawarefutures.org
- Hagley Museum and Library:
Dig into the garden that fed the du Pont family in the 1800s at the next Hagley walking tour: "What's for Dinner? A Tale of Two Gardens" on Saturday, November 1 at 11am and 2pm. This is the only tour that interprets the E. I. du Pont garden. Tour involves walking on uneven ground. Included in price of admission and free for members. Reservations requested; call 302-658-2400, ext. 261. For more information, visit hagley.org
- JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes:
JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes is Saturday, November 1 from 10am to 1pm at Silver Lake Park in Dover. With T1D there are no days off, and there is no cure. That's why JDRF holds more than 200 Walks across the country every year to raise money for JDRF � the only global organization with a strategic research plan to end T1D. For more information, call Catherine Pardo at 302-888-1117, or visit www.walk.jdrf.org
- New Castle County:
The New Castle County Paramedic Academy is hosting a 5k for the Stephanie Callaway Memorial on Saturday, November 1 at Rockwood Park in Wilmington. Registration begins at 10am. For more information, or to register online visit Races2Run.com. You can also call Richard Ross at 860-368-8895.
- Sts Peter & Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church:
The annual Holiday Bazaar is Saturday, November 1 from 10am to 3pm with delicious homemade Ukrainian food, desserts, gift items and basket raffle. For more information, call Father Stephen Hutnick at 302-798-4455 or visit www.sspeterandpauluoc.org
- Union United Methodist Church:
Union United Methodist Church in Bear holds a rummage sale and flea market on Saturday, November 1 from 8am to 3pm and Sunday November 2 from 10am to 2pm. Please call Deli Ross at 302-322-8562 for information. Proceeds will go towards the church's roof fund. For more information, visit www.unionmethodist.org
- Brandywine River Museum of Art:
Sunday, November 2 is Pirate Adventure Day! Enjoy free admission from 9:30am to 12pm. Set sail for a morning of amazing adventures for all ages as Pirate Day returns to the museum! Create pirate-themed crafts, participate in a rope-tying demonstration led by Pirates of the Northern Star, hunt for art treasures in the museum, and hear daring tales of journeys at sea presented by Hedgerow Theatre. For more information, call 610-388-2700 or visit www.brandywinemuseum.org.
Ongoing Events
- American Cancer Society:
Are you looking for a way to help out in your community? Become an American Cancer Society Road to Recovery volunteer and help transport cancer patients to and from their treatments! The American Cancer Society provides the training and works with volunteers on a flexible schedule! Learn more by calling 302-324-4227 or visit www.cancer.org.
- AYUSA Foreign Student Exchange Program:
Open your home to a highschool student from one of 60 different countries. There are over 450 students to choose from. The student will become a part of your family and participate in activities in your home and at school. Learn about a different culture and share what makes the USA so great! Students reside in your home for the semester or the academic year. This is a non-profit organization and part of a J-1 visa exchange program. There is no compensation for hosting a student. AYUSA is affiliated with the Department of State and is in good standing. For more information, call Dawn Longfellow at 302-690-3003 or visit www.ayusa.org
- Brandywine River Museum of Art:
The scenic backdrop of the Brandywine River inspires a newly commissioned work by Brooklyn-based artist Matthew Jensen at the Brandwine River Museum of Art. The installation derives from immersive walks taken by Jensen throughout the summer months in the landscapes along the Brandywine and its tributaries. The verdant slopes, quiet footpaths, native flora, historic towns and small discoveries are all subjects in Jensen�s photographic work. The artist is known for embracing new photographic technology as means to explore landscape and he will continue to push the medium with this new work.�It will be displayed now until November 16. For more information, call 610-388-2700 or visit www.brandywinemuseum.org.
- Brandywine River Museum of Art:
The "Imagine Brandywine" exhibition space displays creative art projects by area school students, inspired by the Museum's collection and landscape. Creative landscapes by fifth grade students from Garrettford Elementary School in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania will be on view in the lower level. The Brandywine River Museum of Art serves more than 6,000 students, from kindergarten through grade 12, through its field trip program.� Imagine Brandywine runs through January 4.
For more information, call 610-388-2700 or visit www.brandywinemuseum.org
- Brandywine Zoo:
Experience wildlife up close and personal at the Brandywine Zoo. Learn about your favorite animals from zoo staff! Free parking. Brandywine Zoo, 1001 North Park Drive, Wilmington, DE 19802. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and children 3 to 17 from May 1 through September 30. From October 1 through April 30, admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, and $3 for children 3 to 17. Children under 3 are free! For more info, visit www.brandywinezoo.org or call 302-571-7747. The Brandywine Zoo is managed as part of Wilmington State Parks by the Division of Parks and Recreation, with the support of the Delaware Zoological Society. The zoo is open every day, all year from 10 am to 4 pm.
- Delaware Breast Cancer Coaltion:
DBCC's Great Stuff is a unique upscale resale shop where all proceeds benefit the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, an organization dedicated to the fight against breast cancer in Delaware. They have great designer sweaters, coats, blazers, suits, holiday dresses, fantastic boots, handbags, scarves, jewelry and more! They also carry beautiful home furnishings and accent pieces. Great Stuff is in Wilmington on Concord Pike and Silverside Road in the Talleyville Center. For more information, visit www.greatstuffresale.com.
- Delaware Genealogical Society:
Come to the Historical Society Library the third Saturday of the month from September until May for free genealogical research assistance from Delaware Genealogy Society volunteers who have researched their own families and would love to help you find your roots. Do you have an ancestor from Old New Castle, a Revoluntionary War soldier in your tree, or relatives who could be listed in the Wilmington City Directory of 1845? Come to the library and find out! Volunteers will help you explore surname files, printed family genealogies, area maps, and other historical records to discover your ancestors. For more information, visit www.delgensoc.org
- Delaware SPCA:
Volunteer Orientation for the Delaware SPCA is 10am to 5pm Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 10am to 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and from 10am to 4pm on Saturdays at the Newark location, 455 Christiana Road. If you have a good atitude, you don't mind getting dirty, you are 18 or older and want to make a difference in an animals life, please volunteer! Contact Jeanne for an interview at 302-998-2281 ext 326. Not accepting community service.
- Faithful Friends:
Faithful Friends, Inc. animal welfare agency and no kill shelter has formed a partnership with the Food Bank of Delaware to help families keep their pets during the financial crisis many families are facing today. They are asking for donations of pet food and related supplies. The supplies needed include: dry dog and cat food for adults, kittens/puppies and senior pets; canned cat and dog food; cat litter; dog chews and raw hides. The shelter�s pet food bank is open 5 days a week: Wednesday � Friday 1-7pm and Saturday and Sunday 1-4pm. To find out more about Faithful Friends Inc. Community Pet Food Bank call 302-427-8514 ext. 0.
- Habitat for Humanity:
There are families in New Castle County who are living in substandard housing conditions, and simply need a hand-up, not a hand-out. Habitat for Humanity is providing that hand-up and you can help. Habitat�s Cars for Homes� program uses your donated car, truck, boat, or RV to help build decent, affordable housing for local low-income families. Call toll free, 1-877-277-4344, or visit www.habitatncc.org to see how your donated vehicle can help make a difference for a family in our community.
- Helen F. Graham Cancer Center:
Free ongoing smoking cessation classes are offered by the Community Outreach Team at Christiana Care�s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center on Tuesdays from 10:30am to 1:30pm. To register for the three-session class, call 1-800-693-CARE. Once registered, you will then be directed to call the Delaware Quitline at 1-866-409-1858 to have your class materials sent to you. For additional information on this free program, call 302-623-4661.
- Hillcrest-Bellefonte United Methodist Church:
"New to You" family clothing at Hillcrest-Bellefonte United Methodist Church, Hillcrest Ave. & Marsh Rd. Every Thursday, 9:30am to 12:30pm, and the first & third Saturdays, 9:30am to 12:30pm through December 15. Enter down ramp from parking lot, cross the back of Hillcrest Hall, up short steps to ground floor of stone building. Call 302-764-3145
- Kalmar Nyckel:
The Kalmar Nyckel offers a wide array of sailing opportunities � from April through October. Guests are invited to haul lines, set sails, and enjoy tales of the original Kalmar Nyckel � or become a "pirate" with the crew on special pirate sails. For more information, call 302-429-7447 or visit www.kalmarnyckel.org for the sail and tour schedule.
- Leukemia and Lymphoma Society:
The Delaware Chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society is currently recruiting Team in Training participants! If completing a marathon, triathlon, or 100-mile cycling race is on your to-do list, the Leukemia & Lymphoma's Team In Training program can help you get to the finish line! For more information, call your local society chapter at 302-661-7300, ext. 29 or visit www.teamintraining.org/de.
- Read Aloud Delaware:
Read Aloud Delaware is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to the promotion of reading in Delaware. We place volunteers of all ages in child care centers, clinics and shelters to read one-on-one to children for 1-2 hours once a week. Our focus is primarily with preschool age children who are in their critical early years of development. Those children who reach their older years with weak basic skills are more likely to be involved in risk related activities such as teen parenthood, dropping out of school, and unemployment. However, by starting early and instilling a love of reading, therefore reduces these negative behaviors and promotes literacy. If you are interested in being apart of Read Aloud Delaware please contact Judy Arthur at 302-656-5256 ex.12 or email email@example.com
- Wilmington University PA Chapter:
Wilmington University Alumni Association is forming a PA Chapter and we need you! If you are an alum living in PA and are interested in networking, reconnecting and organizing events join today! For more information, call Stacey Stickel at 302-295-1174.
- Woodlawn Library:
Come and learn to use the computer and basic programs including Word, Excel and the Internet at Woodlawn Library in Wilmington. Classes are on Mondays at either 11am or 7pm, and registration is required. Please call 302-571-7425.
- YMCA Diabetes Program:
Did you know 1/3 of the population has pre-diabetes? The YMCA now offers a 16-week program developed to reduce the risk of diabetes in individuals with pre-diabetes. The cost of the program is $50 for YMCA members and $100 for those who are not yet members. For more information, please contact Joanna
Zaremba, Director of Healthy Living, at
302-571-6998 or email@example.com
- Christiana High School Class of 1974
Date: September 27, 2014
Location: Newark Country Club
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Pascal for TodayPETER KREEFT
Pascal is the first postmedieval apologist.
It has sunk in to Pascal. He is three centuries ahead of his time. He addresses his apologetic to modern pagans, sophisticated skeptics, comfortable members of the new secular intelligentsia. He is the first to realize the new dechristianized, desacramentalized world and to address it. He belongs to us. This book is an attempt to reclaim him.
I thought of titling this book A Saint for All Skeptics but Pascal was no saint, and he wrote for nonskeptics as well as for skeptics. But I know no pre-twentieth-century book except the Bible that shoots Christian arrows farther into modern pagan hearts than the Pensées . I have taught "Great Books" classes for twenty years, and every year my students sit silent, even awed, at Pascal more than at any other of the forty great thinkers we cover throughout the history of Western philosophy and theology.
Why then is he not better known? Why was I taught every major philosopher except Pascal in studying the history of philosophy in four colleges and universities? "Late have I loved thee", Pascal; why did I have to discover you so late, as a maverick?
Because that's what Pascal is: a maverick philosopher in today's Establishment; a sage rather than a scholar; a human being rather than a "thinker"; not just smart but wise. That's what philosophy is supposed to be "the love of wisdom" but we've come a long way since Socrates, alas.
There are also religious reasons for ignoring Pascal. For one thing, he's too Protestant for Catholics and too Catholic for Protestants. Yet he's not somewhere in the muddled middle.
Protestants who read the whole of the Pensées cannot help noticing that Pascal was totally, uncompromisingly, unapologetically and enthusiastically Catholic. On everything that separates Protestants from Catholics (Church, saints, sacraments, Pope, and so forth) he took the Catholic side in unquestioning assent and obedience to the Church, even to the extent of submitting to the Church when, with doubtful fairness, she condemned his Jansenist friends' writings.
Catholics see that code word, "Jansenism", and see red. Isn't Jansenism a heresy, and wasn't Pascal a Jansenist? Yes, Jansenism is a heresy, but Pascal was not a Jansenist.
What are the facts? What was Jansenism, and what was Pascal?
Catholics who read this may suspect that Pascal was really a kind of Protestant evangelical spy. This is two-thirds true. He was an "evangelical", like Jesus, and he was a spy, like Kierkegaard, whose mission was "to smuggle Christianity back into Christendom". But he was not a Protestant.
Church-worshipers, Pope-worshipers, Mary-worshipers, saint-worshipers, superstition-worshipers, sacrament-worshipers, idol-worshipers, and works-worshipers. But Pascal builds bridges to evangelical Protestants by showing them how evangelical a Catholic mind can be, and how deeply Christocentric. (See point 28.) What Pascal does in the Pensées, without consciously trying, is the same thing C. S. Lewis did in Mere Christianity: to show us the infinite importance of the common core beneath the denominational differences.
Honest reunion between Catholics and Protestants which is clearly close to Christ's own heart: see John 17:21 and 1 Corinthians 1:10-13 can come about only in one way: without compromise; in strength, not in weakness. The fact that Pascal, like Augustine, seems both too Catholic and too Protestant points the way to this reunion. Its secret is simple: the Christian orchestra will play in harmony (not necessarily unison) if and only if all the instrumentalists have the "purity of heart" to "will one thing" (in Kierkegaard's perfect phrase), have one absolute will to follow the will of their common conductor, Christ. The absolute center of Catholicism is Christ. The absolute center of Protestantism is Christ. The Catholic and Protestant circles can join only from the center outward. The two wheels can be aligned only on a common hub.
Not only do we only know God through Jesus Christ, but we only know ourselves through Jesus Christ; we only know life and death through Jesus Christ. Apart from Jesus Christ we cannot know the meaning of our life or our death, of God, or of ourselves. (no. 417)The only other two Christian writers who may be more powerful ecumenical bridges than Pascal are Augustine and C. S. Lewis. And both of them shared the same simple secret of the centrality of Christ. Pascal always thought of himself as an Augustinian. When he became ill, he gave away all his books, a very large library for his day, and kept only two to be his sole nourishment until he died, two he could not part with: the Bible and the Confessions. "A wise choice", comments Muggeridge. A wise comment.
*Note on "sexist" language: Those who insist on changing the centuries-old convention by which "he" is shorthand for "he or she" are invited to pay their dues to the newly neutered grammar god and add a "she" to each "he" in the following sentence, then read it aloud. If he (Or she) does not have a tin ear for language, he (or she) will change his (or her) mind about his (or her) linguistic "improvement", I (or we) think.
Kreeft, Peter. Pascal for Today. from the Preface to Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensées. (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1993).
Reprinted by permission of Ignatius Press. All rights reserved. Christianity for Modern Pagans: Pascal's Pensées.
Peter Kreeft has written extensively (over 25 books) in the areas of Christian apologetics. Link to all of Peter Kreeft's books here.
Peter Kreeft teaches at Boston College in Boston Massachusetts. He is on the Advisory Board of the Catholic Education Resource Center.
Copyright © 1993 Ignatius Press
Not all articles published on CERC are the objects of official Church teaching, but these are supplied to provide supplementary information.


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McGraw Hill (MHP) appeared in a stock screening strategy I created (and described in an October 4, 2012 article) in connection with an effort to determine if it was worthwhile to pay attention to earnings season.
That work suggested it's not productive to trade on the basis of the earnings-season news flow, but that those who are bold enough to front-run earnings announcements by a few weeks could prosper from pre-release analyst-based data, which, presumably, reflects the most up-to-date guidance and sell-side sentiment.
My testing also indicated that such an approach seems most likely to work well with high-profile closely-followed stocks such as those that make up the S&P 500.
Actually, though, in this respect, MHP is borderline. It just barely eked above a screening rule requiring coverage by at least five analysts, and relative to other S&P 500 constituents, it ranks 459th in number of covering analysts. And just the other day, on October 3 to be exact, Morningstar's equity research group announced that it would cease providing analyst coverage of the company in order to "adjust our coverage as necessary based on client demand and investor interest."
On the one hand, I can sort-of understand why many might be averse to looking at this firm. The financial crisis is still fresh in our collective memory and so, too, is the controversial (to put it as politely as possible) performance of MHP's flagship-subsidiary Standard & Poor's in terms of the quality of the ratings it issued to the housing-related debt and derivative securities that proliferated back then and all too often, imploded.
Morningstar's last write-up on MHP gave considerable attention to this topic. Note, too, that Moody's (MCO) ranks worse, 479th, in terms of blue-chip analyst coverage and it, too, was dropped from Morningstar research coverage on October 3 with an apparently boilerplate announcement citing the same reason.
So it does seem that angst over the crisis-era ratings debacle is seen as a turn-off among many in the investment community. (Note that when I backdate the coverage sort to October 2006, before the ratings disasters, MHP and MCO fared noticeably better, each having merited attention from 13 analysts and causing them to rank near the middle of the S&P 500 hierarchy.
OK. We get it. It looks like MHP and its big-name peer, did bad, very, very, very, bad. We're shocked. We're repulsed. So perhaps we should follow the lead of Morningstar and the sell-side firms that dropped coverage and brush theses stock aside.
But before we do that, let's consider what Peter Lynch had to say about such a reaction. In a chapter in One Up On Wall Street entitled "The Perfect Stock, What a Deal!" he listed several positive attributes, one of which is that the company do something "that makes people shrug, retch, or turn away in disgust." He was specifically referring to things like industrial byproducts, but he wrote long before the financial crisis. Given what we have experienced and what we know now, I think me might well accept the debt and derivative ratings as having met this test with flying colors.
Especially interesting is another aspect of the Lynch list of potentially great stocks: "spinoffs of divisions or parts of companies into separate, freestanding entities." This is very relevant to MHP, the stock being discussed here (MCO did not make the screen). The company is in the process of splitting into two separate entities: McGraw-Hill Financial and McGraw-Hill Education. The company expects to complete the breakup by the end of 2012.
Many, besides Lynch like such developments. Among domestic equity ETFs (excluding short and leveraged offerings), the Guggenheim Spin-Off ETF (CSD), a somewhat obscure fund that specializes in this sort of thing, ranks 34th (out of 300) in terms of one-year price performance. And as a former conglomerate analyst, I couldn't even begin to count the number of times I've seen liberated one-time subsidiaries valued more highly in the market than the once-diversified firm of which they were part.
This unlocking of value occurs for a variety of supposed reasons, my favorite having been the fact that the more focused firms are easier to understand and analyze more thoughtfully: All else being equal, increased clarity leads to better analysis, more likely by industry experts, which boosts confidence and in turn leads to higher valuation metrics.
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But MHP is not just a breakup story. Lost in the hoopla over the bad ratings, and some ongoing here-and-now pressures elsewhere in the business is the fact that MHP is a fundamentally strong company. Despite some recent bouts of sluggishness, returns on equity were 43% for the trailing 12 months and 46.75% for the past five years (versus medians of 11.29% and 6.06% for the publishing industry and 14.60% and 14.28% for the S&P 500).
MHP's debt-to-equity ratios, about 0.48, are in line with industry and market medians. The stock's valuation metrics are a tad higher, but not so much as to raise eyebrows; e.g. the stock sells for 16.46 times estimated current-year EPS versus medians of 14.52 for the industry and 14.94 for the S&P 500.
When the split occurs, McGraw-Hill Education will likely be seen as the lesser of the two companies, mainly because of weakness at the elementary and high school divisions. State and local budgets are under extreme pressure right now and its showing in reduced purchases of textbooks and other education materials.
Operations are being restructured to enhance efficiency, but there's only so much of a buffer that can provide when sales are falling, as was the case in the second quarter, when overall Education sales fell 12%, paced by a 20% decline at the elementary and high school levels.
But education remains a powerful national priority (both candidates were definitive about this in the 10/3/12 presidential debate) and eventually, new materials will be needed. Moreover, with so much of this area migrating toward automation (i.e. computer assisted, cloud based, flexibility as opposed to the old one-size fits all model), MHP's scale as an industry giant may turn out to be a competitive plus. Shares of this soon-to-be-independent company seem likely to be a classic opportunity to buy low during bad times in order to, hopefully, sell higher later on, when times are better and everybody loves educational publishing.
Meanwhile, don't let the financial crisis blind you to the many strengths of McGraw-Hill Financial. For one thing, the ratings business, despite being flattish right now as risk aversion cuts into debt issuance in some areas, remains very much alive contributing a little more than half of operating profit.
Despite and including a horrifying 2008-09 experience, data from 1981 through 2011 shows that of all debt securities rated by S&P which defaulted, 6.5% came out with initial ratings of CCC/C; 53.9% were initially rated B; 24.8% were BB; 8.9% were BBB; 4.2% were A; 1.4% were AA, and 0.3% were AAA. Apparently, S&P is as a shy when it comes to initial C/CCC ratings as analysts are when it comes to saying "Sell."
But as a former junk-bond manager, I can tell you that if you see a B, you know you're dealing with heavy risk and S&P has a good track record in flashing these warning signals. And there is reason to feel comfortable with securities that debut with better ratings. This isn't meant to make light of the 2008-09 disaster. The reality if that S&P and Moody's aren't the only ones that did badly. Many others did too; see, e.g. virtually all equity portfolio managers and strategists. If one is to throw that baby out with the bathwater, we'd pretty much have to shut down the whole financial sector.
Finally, don't underestimate the parts of the financial segment that don't make headlines. The indexing business involves a lot more than just disseminating daily changes of the S&P 500. There's a lot of money being made by licensing to benchmarks and related analytics for use by money-mangers, and for funds. And with exotic indexes (different regions, different factors such as volatility, etc.) becoming increasingly sought, having the brand names and expertise associated with Standard & Poor's and Dow Jones can make big differences.
As to Capital IQ, I spent a lot of time lately digging into the quality of its data and found it to be first-rate, so much so that Portfolio123/StockScreen123 started switched vendors and now licenses data from Capital IQ's Compustat subsidiary. This is just one opinion, but Forbes readers know I'm not at all shy about calling out a company whose products leave me cold, as I did back in 2010 with Research In Motion (RIMM). Meanwhile, the Commodities & Commercial Group, with its collection of powerful publication brands such as Platts, J.D. Power and Dodge, is showing the most strength.
I hope I don't wind up with egg on my face when MHP reports the third quarter later this month. But I suppose this is a fear that attaches to every stock that comes up under this strategy, where we run just a few weeks ahead of earnings reports.
As we know, anything can happen in such situations. But the statistical probabilities associated with the screening model that pointed me to MHP, its fundamentals, and the special-situation breakup story, leave me comfortable with MHP.


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Droughts started out the night fast and heavier than the rest of the night, but there's nothing wrong with that. They had an interesting combination of lighter, reverberant instrumentation juxtaposed with more aggressive yelled vocals, which was tied together with the tom-heavy, and rather impressive drum work.
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Into It. Over It. (Evan Weiss) then faced an amped up crowd, with nothing but a couple of acoustic guitars, and his songwriting skills. This was my third time seeing IIOI this year alone, and it's clear that Evan really has his performance down to a 't'. Although many of the studio versions of his songs are full-band recordings, when played live, it's usually just Evan and his guitars. This is sometimes tough for a crowd to take in, and throughout the set you could hear numerous conversations. This is something Evan's certainly used to by now, and he even made light of the situation by jokingly dedicating a song to "that guy who won't stop carrying on". For those of us paying attention to the set, it was impossible to deny that Evan has found some very impressive ways to fill out a song with a combination of rhythm and lead guitar, with a single guitar. The setlist was a good mix of songs off his latest Proper, a handful of older songs from assorted splits and other releases, a cover, and a Stay Ahead of the Weather song (one of his other projects).
Joie de Virve marked this as a return to music since disbanding 4/6/11 (ironically one year ago to the day) but I think they had reconvened during that year at some point. I went into the show not knowing much at all about Joie, except that they're an emo rock band from Rockford, IL, and that according to some of the facebook feedback from The Please & Thank Yous, they were all there to have some fun for the night. They didn't disappoint at all. On top of guitars, drums, and bass, the band adds in some keys, and what really pulls it together, a trumpet. It's really a great sound, sort of like if The Get Up Kids played Neutral Milk Hotel songs (is that a fair comparison?). Their set was full of fans yelling along, and truly enjoying seeing Joie back on stage. A note on the venue security, however. You guys book rock shows, please treat us concertgoers like we're at a rock show. I get that there are liabilities attached with crowdsurfers, and mosh pits, but at a show like Friday night's, nobody is there to hurt each other. In fact, it seemed the people doing the crowd surfing in this case were all friends, and were enjoying every second of it. So, fine, no crowd surfing, it's not too much to ask. But can we be told that like adults? I saw most of the offenders ripped down from their friends hands, and in at least one case, saw the guard then push the kid up against the wall. This is too much. Small things aside, this was a great show. I'm excited to familiarize myself a bit with some of these locals' catalogs and be able to join in a bit more next time!


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In the five years since Cisco became a server vendor with the introduction of its Unified Computing System in March 2009, much has changed in the IT industry. Although initially received with skepticism by more traditionally server-centric vendors such as HP and IBM, the networking giant's move into the world of x86-based 'industry standard servers' was a harbinger of change in the transformation of IT toward the software-defined datacenter and a cloudy future.
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The Metropolitan Police Department has a new spokesperson, Kevin Palmer, who replaces Traci Hughes. The position handles Freedom of Information Act requests to the department, among other communications responsibilities. City Paper reporter Jason Cherkis apparently encountered some confusion in trying to confirm the news. Washington City Paper
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At a Monday hearing on the parks and recreation contracts that bypassed D.C. Council oversight, Council members pressed Deputy Mayor of Economic Development and Planning Valerie Santos on the whereabouts of two of her staffers that had failed to appear. The Council appeared ready to issue subpoenas to order the appearance of David Jannarone and Jacquelyne Glover. The move follows other instances of administration officials failing to appear before the Council. WTOP
The Office of the Attorney General has filed a motion for a protective order banning the release of government documents that have been produced in discovery in the Pershing Park case, in which the city was sued for illegally rounding up civilians during a 2002 demonstration. The District argues that the order would protect personal information from being made public. However, the language of the order seeks to bar any release of "sensitive information pertaining to law enforcement personnel and law enforcement strategies and methodologies."
D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty has been captured on video by WTOP investigative reporter Mark Segraves on many weekday training rides with his cycling team -- always accompanied by a D.C. Metropolitan Police Department motorcycle escort. Segraves reports that the police escort has facilitated various illegal moves by the cyclists (running red lights, riding through stop signs, riding on roads where bicycles are not permitted). Segraves used the D.C. and federal Freedom of Information Acts to uncover records that show in greater detail the cost in public resources for escorts and transportation related to the Mayor's training and competing. WTOP
The Washington Times offered a review of the recent history of the failure to share information between the executive and legislative branches of the District government. The article notes that the D.C. Council will convene another hearing today on the parks and recreation contracts that bypassed Council review by being funneled through the D.C. Housing Authority, and that the city's attorney general has been refusing to turn over economic development records to Auditor Deborah Nichols. Nichols has prevailed in court, receiving two orders requiring the records to be disclosed, but the city has appealed. Washington Times
The Metropolitan Police Department's youth investigations division has been leaving sensitive records in unsecured locations, according to a new report issued by the D.C. Inspector General. Recent inspections of the division's offices discovered dozens of boxes of confidential records, including many related to physical or sexual abuse, left lying in hallways and kept in unlocked and unstaffed rooms and closets. Washington Examiner
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The D.C. Council grilled District officials at an October 30 hearing about the millions of dollars worth of recreation facilities contracts that had were being overseen by the quasi-independent D.C. Housing Authority, and that had bypassed the required Council review of contracts for more than $1 million. Additional details about the contracts emerged, and some witnesses testified to the opacity of the bidding process for subcontracts. The Council has scheduled another hearing on the matter for November 5.
Now proceeding through D.C. Superior Court: Developer JBG's claim that D.C. signed a sweetheart deal with Marriot International to build a convention center hotel, in a process that was not open to competitive bids and that provides too much public financing and thus is ultimately a bad deal for taxpayers. Washington Business Journal
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|Write Speed:
|24x (CD) / 8x (DVD±R) / 4x (DVD±R DL) / 6x (BD-R) / 4x (BD-R DL)
|CD / DVD Rewrite Speed:
|24x (CD) / 6x (DVD-RW) / 8x (DVD+RW) / 5x (DVD-RAM) / 2x (BD-RE) / 2x (BD-RE DL)
|AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
|OS Required:
|Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP (32/64 bits) SP2, Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Edition, Microsoft Windows Vista (32/64 bits)
|Manufacturer Warranty:
|2 years warranty