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NORFOLK, Va. – Freshman Jesse Stinnett (Madison Heights, Va.) and 2014 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year, Montana Durapua, locked up in an exciting pitcher's duel on Wednesday, but a Hawk win was not in the cards, as UMES dropped a 4-0 decision to Bethune-Cookman in the MEAC First Round.
UMES (13-34) could muster just four hits on the day off of Durapau, who fanned 14 and walked just one in the eight innings. Durapau's effort was the most strikeouts by a pitcher in the MEAC Tournament since 2008. Stinnett was just as good, where he scattered 10 hits and did not allow a free pass in 7.2 innings. The freshman controlled the game through the first seven innings but would run out of gas in the eighth.
It was the second consecutive season that UMES squared off with the MEAC Pitcher of the Year in its opening round game of the MEAC Tournament.
Stinnett and Durapau were fantastic to open up the game as they combined to allow just one base runner through the first two innings.
After the Hawks went quiet in the third, Bethune-Cookman (23-31) opened the scoring with a single tally in the bottom half of the frame. Zach Olszewski singled with one away and came around to score on an RBI single up the middle by Bryant Munoz.
Durapau fanned nine and Stinnett scattered five hits through six as the pair set the stage for the low scoring affair. Durapau retired eight consecutive hitters from the fifth through seventh as the Wildcats clung to a 1-0 lead midway through the game.
The Hawks found themselves down by two in the seventh after Josh Johnson singled home Shaun McCarty, who earlier singled. Jordan Robinson gave BCU a 4-0 lead in the eighth after Jordan Robinson tripled home a pair to chase Stinnett. Senior Bernard Parker (Waldorf, Md.) replaced the freshman and induced a popup to end the threat.
UMES made some noise in the top of the ninth as the Hawks put runners on first and second with one out. BCU's Riley O'Brien walked Bull and senior Byron Campbell (Waldorf, MD.) singled, but the next two Hawk hitters would be retired in order to end the contest.
Bull reached base twice in the game, while sophomore Connor Breslin (Saylorsburg, Pa.), sophomore Mike Escanilla (Waldorf, Md.) and junior Joshua James (Milford, Del.) each had one hit. Bull's hit brings him to within five of the all-time single-season hits record at UMES as he now has 65 hits on the year.
The Hawks made just one error and combined to throw five scoreless innings on the day.
UMES remains winless against BCU over the past 10 seasons. The Wildcats have now defeated the Hawks five times since 2005 in the MEAC Tournament First Round, despite scoring less than five runs in each of the past five matchups.
With the decision, UMES will play tomorrow at 9 a.m. in an elimination game against MEAC South No. 3 seed, North Carolina Central. It will be the second consecutive season that the Hawks face the Eagles in the second round of the MEAC Tournament.
For complete recaps, results and news of Hawk athletics, please visit www.umeshawks.com


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We're Here to Help: New Faces at the Information Desk
Have you noticed new people staffing the information desk? In response to a request from Library Director Joe Lucia, a number of people signed up to help: David Burke, metadata librarian, Resource Management team; Darren Poley, programming and outreach librarian; Susan Markley, Resource Management team leader; Anne Ford, a member of the Academic Integration team, and Chris Barr, interface and design specialist. Joe joined the others, working at the desk on Thursday afternoons.
Donna Chadderton, Gerald Dierkes, Frances (Mimi) DiLenge, Sue Connor, Patricia (Trisha) Kemp, Joanne Quinn, Ann Stango, Phylis Wright, Regina (Gina) McFadden, Ward Barnes, Jeannine Ahern and Luisa Cywinski staff the information desk as well.
The information desk library staff members serve as the front line for users' requests, answering directional and quick reference questions. More in-depth patron queries are referred to the research consultation librarians.
Does this staffing model serve your information needs?

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Hemingway Family Archive
The Leicester Hemingway Family Archive, 1852-1961
Gift of Anne Hemingway Feuer & Hilary Hemingway Freundlich, 2007
The Hemingway Family Archive is perhaps the single most important acquisition for the Julian W. Abernethy Collection of American Literature since the purchase of Henry David Thoreau's personal copy of the first edition of Walden in 1940. The collection joins the ranks of other major Hemingway archives in more than 75 private and institutional collections, the most distinguished of which include those at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, in Boston, and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Tom Staley, Director of the Ransom Center, has deemed the collection "a particularly fine catch for Middlebury," one that "matches very well with the other collections."
The final product of a vast family archiving project undertaken by writer Leicester Hemingway (1915-1982), younger brother of the legendary Ernest (1899-1961), in the process of researching and writing his biography, My Brother Ernest Hemingway (1962), the collection contains more than 1600 items. Listed in the inventory are scanned color copies of 151 handwritten or typed letters by Ernest Hemingway, from childhood until shortly before his death. There are copies of Ernest's published articles in Esquire, as well as copies of drafts of a number of articles and book chapters. Of significant literary note is the 15-page carbon copy typescript of the original two opening chapters of The Sun Also Rises, excised before publication by the author at the recommendation of his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald. This draft varies slightly from the only other known copy, now at the John F. Kennedy Library.
Among the vast manuscript holdings, the bulk of which date from the mid-19th century until shortly before the author's death in 1961, are original letters, diaries, notes, original stories, architectural drawings, etc., of Ernest's family including his mother, father, grandparents, and siblings. Items of particular interest include diaries of grandfather Anson Hemingway dating from the 1850s; family Civil War letters; courtship letters of his parents, Clarence and Grace Hall Hemingway, prior to and after their marriage; and revealing letters to Grace from Ernest's four wives, (Elizabeth) Hadley Richardson (1921-1928), Pauline Pfeiffer (1928-1940), Martha Gellhorn (1940-1945), and Mary Welsh (1945-1961).
There are nearly 700 original family photographs, including photographic portraits of Hemingway ancestors and the wedding portrait of Clarence and Grace Hemingway. A telling representation of the rise in popularity of snapshot photography among the turn-of-the-century American middle class, the childhood of Ernest Hemingway and his siblings (sisters Marceline, Ursula, Madelaine, Carol, and brother Leicester) at home in Oak Park, IL, and at their summer retreat on Walloon Lake, in northern Michigan, is documented on an impressive scale and provide images that offer fascinating insights into the Hemingway family dynamic. Later original and exhibit photos record Hemingway's marriages, his three sons (Jack, Patrick, and Gregory), literary colleagues, his beloved residences in Key West and Cuba, as well as his well-known wartime, hunting, and fishing exploits that informed and inspired so much of his writing. Perhaps the most important aspect of this collection is the span of time—more than a century—represented by the materials. While a number of the original Ernest Hemingway items, represented by copies in this collection, are available in other repositories throughout the United States, this archive provides a broad familial context for the writer's personal life and published works in a single location.
Here at the College, the acquisition of the collection has generated broad and positive media coverage, stimulating a revived awareness and interest in the Abernethy Collection. Special Collections has received a number of smaller interesting gifts of Hemingway-related materials as a result. The superb replica of the Hemingway's legendary fishing boat, the Pilar, a gift to the College by Middlebury resident Jack Goodman following the acquisition of the Hemingway Collection in 2007.
The significance of the Hemingway Collection as a curricular resource had an immediate impact on faculty and students, who have made use of the materials in many classes and independent research projects. Beyond offering a rich context for understanding Ernest Hemingway's childhood and early development, the original family letters, photographs, and other documents, also promise to provide keen insights into family and domestic life in late 19th and early 20th century America. Until this extraordinary collection is completely processed and cataloged, its full research potential for students, faculty, and Hemingway scholars, is yet to be realized.
In 2008, an exhibit consisting of only a few dozen items out of thousands in the Hemingway collection, was mounted for the official opening of the Axinn Center at Starr Library. The Hemingway materials represent the development of a towering figure in 20th Century American literature whose work resonates throughout the study of academic disciplines represented by the departments in residence at the Axinn Center—English and American Literatures, American Studies, History, and Film & Media culture.


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Wyman Piano Company (North American distributor)
P.O. Box 506
Colusa, California 95932
In 1957, Nazzareno Orlandoni established Orla di Orlandoni & Company to manufacture parts for accordions and reed organs. In 1965, "Mimmo," as Orlandoni was known, was joined by Alfio Monaci, and the company renamed ORLA. Today, ORLA remains a family business, with Alfio Monaci's son Enrico at the helm.
In 2009 the ORLA product line encompasses digital pianos, home organs, church organs, portable keyboards, accordions, and accordion sound modules. In the North American market ORLA offers nine models of digital piano: four verticals, two grands, and three stage pianos.
Roland Corporation U.S.
5100 South Eastern Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90040
To simply say that Roland Corporation was established in 1972 would be to ignore one of the most compelling stories in the realm of digital pianos. Ikutaro Kakehashi started down the path to Roland Corporation at the age of 16, when he began repairing watches in postwar Japan. His enthusiasm for music soon evolved into repairing radios in addition to watches and clocks. At the age of 20, Kakehashi contracted tuberculosis. After three years in the hospital, he was selected for the trial of a new drug, streptomycin, and within a year he was out of the hospital.
In 1954, Kakehashi opened Kakehashi Musen (Kakehashi Radio). Once again his interest in music intervened, this time leading him to develop a prototype organ. In 1960, Kakehashi Radio evolved into Ace Electronic Industries. The FR1 Rhythm Ace became a standard offering of the Hammond Organ Company, and Ace Electronic Industries flourished. Guitar amplifiers, effects units, and more rhythm machines were developed, but as a result of various business-equity involvements, Ace was inadvertently acquired by a company with no interest in musical products, and Kakehashi left in March 1972. One month later, Kakehashi established Roland Corporation. The first Roland product, not surprisingly, was a rhythm box.
Fast-forward to 1986, when the introduction of the RD1000 stage piano was Roland's first entry in what would become the digital piano category. Today Roland offers 24 models of digital piano covering every facet of the category: slabs, verticals, grands (including moving-key player pianos), ensembles, and stage pianos. Some Roland digital pianos are even assembled in the U.S. at the Roland-owned Rodgers Organ factory, in Hillsboro, Oregon.
Of particular interest to those looking for educational features are the HPi models, which include a substantial suite of educational capabilities supported by a music-desk–mounted LCD screen. The newly introduced model LX10 adds a traditional-looking vertical piano to the line. Roland can also lay claim to the most extensive collection of model designations in the world of digital pianos. While this is hardly a drawback, it does present a challenge when sorting through the model lineup; the chart of "Digital Piano Specifications and Prices" will help to clarify things.
The V-Piano, introduced last year, is the first digital piano to rely entirely on physical modeling as its tonal source. Physical modeling breaks down a piano's sound into discrete elements that can be represented by mathematical equations, and creates the tone in real time based on a complex series of calculations. There are no acoustic piano samples. For more information about physical modeling, please see, elsewhere in this issue, "Digital Basics, Part 1: Imitating the Acoustic Piano" and "My Other Piano Is a Computer: An Introduction to Software Pianos."
The big news from Roland this year is the release of its new HP models. The HPs are the core of Roland's home digital piano offering, and the latest models share Roland's new SuperNATURAL® piano sound engine, differing from each other primarily in the specifications of their audio systems and actions.
Samick Music Corporation
1329 Gateway Drive
Gallatin, Tennessee 37066
Samick is in the process of expanding its presence in the digital piano market. Until this year, Samick's line of digital pianos consisted only of four grands and three verticals, marketed under the Kohler brand. This year, Samick has added one vertical and one grand under its new Symphonia label, and the first digital model, the Ebony 2, under the Samick label. The Ebony 2 is a very contemporary-looking instrument, with a decidedly piano-focused voice set and a particularly robust 180-watt audio system. Thanks to Infrasonic, Samick's pro-audio subsidiary, Samick's digital pianos feature some of the most potent audio systems available. Samick also tends to offer more finish options than many other brands. The KD165 grand is the only digital available with curved French Provincial–style legs. Samick uses Italian Fatar TP30 actions in most of its models.
SPRING 2010 -- page 282
Acoustic Pianos
Digital Pianos
Hybrid & Player Pianos
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A teacher's aide in Iowa lost her job after insisting that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should not be read by students because the book is racist.
Naiya Galloway first became upset when the Ku Klux Klan was mentioned during a history discussion. Later in the year, she proclaimed that Mark Twain's classic novel is racist and should not be read. The next day on the bus, she told students again that they should not read the book.
"So when I hear that 'Huck Finn' is racist, my immediate response — having studied literature and having studied that particular piece of literature and theory about it — is, 'Of course it's racist,'" said administrative law judge Jason Timberland. "Part of the idea was to point out, through that book, that it was racist. It's about racism."
Timberland, who has a master's degree in English, denied Galloway's request for unemployment benefits.
Allegedly, Galloway also interrupted a math class to inform students that she had been the victim of racism.
Galloway has denied her comments about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but the 31-year-old teacher's aide did admit to interrupting a discussion about the Ku Klux Klan because it triggered "flashbacks."


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As an adult, I have heard people affecting a stammer or a stutter.
This was the unhappy and astonishing birth of my stammer or at least my first gripping self-conscious awareness of it.
But I also had an index in the back of my diary that explained that famul meant stutter of stammer.
All she could stammer, however, was, "It would be an honor."
"Yes—yes; I—think so," said Margaret, beginning to stammer and get red as she invariably did when Hampstead was mentioned.
But the wish to laugh had returned, and made her stammer, interrupting her at each word.
It is to be hoped that he made a good defence there, and did not stammer in the presence of his Judge.
He backed, and began to stammer an apology; but she did not wait to hear a word of it.
And not only did she stammer, But she used the kind of grammarThat is called, for sake of euphony, askew.
Her "guess" was so close to the truth that I could only stammer and hesitate.
Old English stamerian, from West Germanic *stamrojan (cf. Old Norse stammr, Old High German stam, Gothic stamms "stammering," Middle Dutch stameren, German stammeln "to stammer," Old Frisian and German stumm "dumb"), from PIE root *stam-, *stum- "check, impede" (see stem (v.)).
stammer stam·mer (stām'ər)
A speech disorder characterized by hesitation and repetition of sounds, or by mispronunciation or transposition of certain consonants, especially l, r, and s. v. stam·mered, stam·mer·ing, stam·mers
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Bonanza: Season 12, Episode 12
The Impostors (29 Nov. 1970)
TV Episode | TV-PG | | Western
Ratings: 6.0/10 from 24 users
Reviews: write review
Joe and Hoss pose as stagecoach robbers in an effort to track down their stolen money. However, their plans are forced to change after the wife of one of the robbers shows up.
Director:Lewis Allen
Writers:David Dortort (created by), Robert Vincent Wright
Stars:Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon | See full cast and crew »


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Bruins' Krejci Shines in Playoffs Win Against Maple Leafs
There's something about the playoffs that seems to bring out the best in David Krejci.
The Bruins center scored a hat trick, including the game winner in overtime as the Boston team won their second-straight game on the road against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
"I'm just trying to do my best," said the soft-spoken Krejci, who now leads all NHL players with 10 points and a +7 plus-minus in the playoffs. "It's going in the net for me. I'm happy about that and I just got to keep going. The series isn't over."
The Bruins head back to Boston Friday for Game 5, taking a three games to one lead against the Leafs in the NHL Eastern Conference quarterfinals. Perhaps more importantly, the Bruins overcame a frenzied crowd here that hasn't seen playoff hockey in nine years.
The loss was a tough sight for the Leafs' long-suffering, hockey-crazed fans, who last saw their team win a playoff game at home in April 30, 2004, when they defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 in the conference semifinal.
"It's a tough loss to swallow but the only way for us to get back into this is to focus on the positives and try to take the right steps to move forward," said Leafs defenseman Cody Franson.
Still, it didn't take long for the Leafs to give the hometown crowd something to cheer about. Joffrey Lupul netted his third goal of the playoffs off a sharp pass from Phil Kessel after 2:35 in the first period. Franson gave the Leafs a 2-0 lead with 1:28 remaining in the first with a bullet from the blue line.
Leafs goalie James Reimer was masterful in the first period, turning away 15 shots and making several key stops, including two saves that later led to the first Toronto goal.
But the Bruins came out swinging early in the second period, with Patrice Bergeron collecting his own rebound after 32 seconds of play. Krejci scored a pair of power play goals to take the lead 3-2.
"Obviously his line has been good this whole series but David tonight has been the guy that's been shining," said Bruins head coach Claude Julien "He's one of those guys who thrives on playoff hockey."
The Leafs quickly answered back in the dying minutes of the second period, tying the game at three goals apiece thanks to a Clarke MacArthur slapshot. The score didn't budge in the third period, with both Reimer and Bruins netminder Tuukka Rask making enough convincing saves to ensure the game went into overtime.
The Leafs, who looked sluggish and outmatched in Game 3, seemed to turn things around Wednesday night. Toronto outshot the Bruins 48 to 45, and the team kept the pressure against the Boston defensive corps for much of the game, limiting captain Zdeno Chara, who was booed mercilessly every time he touched the puck.
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"Country setup" speedupThose who have tested alpha6 and earlier will know that on the first boot there is a message "Please wait..." and a significant delay before the "Country setup" dialog appears to ask you to choose a locale.
I think someone reported a 50 second wait on an old PC. I have improved this, but there is still a bit of a delay -- on my 400MHz Ntavo thinstation I am now getting 15 seconds. The reason that there is sill some delay is because the en_US and en_US.utf8 locale files are generated before the dialog window appears. On my 1.5GHz laptop, the delay is a second or two.
Note, I have removed the dialog that asks for mouse type. It isn't necessary. The only time that a manual choice is required is for a serial mouse, and the opportunity for doing that is when the Xorg Wizard is run.
Comments:Posted on 11 May 2009, 22:56 by floborg
mouse type dialog
Well, then ignore my request for a boot option to skip the mouse select dialog. It would still be nice, though, to have a boot option that skips past the Xorg/Xvesa dialog. The video equivalent of pkeys=xx. Also, an option to skip the locale selection for woof would help cut boot times down.


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Factoid: Job satisfaction for American workers...
Sep 3, 2004 Job satisfaction for American workers...
Weird Economic Indicators
Sep 3, 2004 What do hemlines and boxes say about the American economy? They're both indicators as to how we're doing. Most people know about the unemployment rate and the consumer price index, but what can these other lesser-known signs point to? We talk to Hugh Johnson, the First Albany Chief Economist.
"The Buzzword": Export Tariff
Sep 3, 2004 Life is hard enough without having to decipher everything. Each week, Sound Money will bring you a word or a phrase that has bubbled to the top of the news. For instance: "Export Tariff." You hear it, you see it, but do you really know it?
Investing in Commodities
Sep 22, 2011 Feeling a little uncertain with seesaw oil prices and a mercurial stock market? Well, we've got one word for you: Commodities. Kai speaks to Dan McNeela, a senior analyst at Morningstar, about what investing in raw goods can do for your portfolio.
Movin' Right Along
Lisa Napoli
Sep 22, 2011 Forty three million people are going to move this year -- that's a sixth of the entire American population. There's more to moving than the obvious cost of the truck and boxes. Sound Money reporter Lisa Napoli unpacks what you need to know.
"Straight Story": Economic doom
Aug 20, 2004 It's time once again for economics editor Chris Farrell is to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the Straight Story. Are we headed towards economic doom? Chris isn't panicking.
Letters for August 14, 2004
Sep 22, 2011 We open the Sound Money mail from the last few weeks. Don't miss the missives.
"Straight Story": Where the Jobs Are
Aug 13, 2004 It's time once again for economics editor Chris Farrell is to help you sort out what's smart, what's stupid and what's the Straight Story. The job report for July set off the wrong type of fireworks. Chris cleans up the debris.
The Oil Market
Sep 22, 2011 Oil prices have reached a record high. But gas prices have dipped. What does this mean for consumers? Kai asks Jim Burkhard, director of global oil at Cambridge Energy Research Associates, about the ins and outs of the oil market.
Factoid: The origin of the bear market
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ITT Educational Services, Inc.
Positive Review
Stock Review
For-profit education is a great business that has been broadly sold off over the past month or so. The reasons for this are cloudy, to be sure. Industry leader Apollo Group (APOL) announced an informal SEC inquiry, and widely read trade publications like Barron's and Bloomberg have run negative articles on the industry. 3 of the top publicly traded for-profits are all currently on the Magic Formula screen (ESI, APOL, and Corinthian Colleges - COCO). It seems like an irrational sell-off. All of these companies are growing sales, profits, and enrollments by 20% or more, as high unemployment has driven many thousands of people back to school to improve their education. In ITT's case, sales grew 34% and net profit 50% year-over-year in the just completed third quarter. For 2010, the company is expecting another 25% increase in sales and profits. This puts ITT's forward earnings yield at 16%, which is extremely cheap for the quality we are buying here.
This is a company that squarely meets the 3 points of investment: growth potential, competitive positioning, and financial strength. Growth will not be a problem over the near to mid-term. Over the next couple of years, higher enrollments due to high unemployment will boost margins. ITT continues to expand by opening new centers (6-8 a year), adding new programs (over 250 in 2009), and increasing tuition along with public schools (3-5% a year). The company has also shown a desire to growth through acquisition, such as the Daniel Webster purchase. Analysts forecast 17% annual profit growth over the next 5 years - quite healthy. I think it could do better than that.
From a competitive standpoint, all for-profit education providers enjoy great business advantages. These companies operate lean cost structures, but set tuition based on higher-cost traditional schools, which have to pay for services like dorms, food, sports, and so forth. Since government financial aid limits are set for these traditional schools, for-profits enjoy juicy operating margins over 25%. ITT is one of the best run, bringing in operating margins well over 30%. Also, barriers to entry are high, as government accreditation is a long and difficult process. Finally, the business model is highly scalable. Once the capital outlay for a campus is invested, that campus earns low-cost revenue with every student added, and each campus can be expanded with more programs as time goes on.
Financially, ITT is solid. Cash holdings are $275 million, debt just $150 million, and free cash flow is close to $200 million annually. Free cash margin is consistently in the high teen percentages. Returns on capital are out of this world, averaging 78% (traditional) and 148% (MFI) over the past 5 years. The company does not pay a dividend, but has been aggressive in repurchasing shares, reducing the share count by 4% annually since 2004.
So what are the risks? For-profits have sold off due to a few factors. First is the concern that the SEC inquiry towards Apollo could be industry-related, but I see little evidence to back this up. Secondly, some investors are worried about increased regulation of for-profit schools due to lower graduation rates. This again seems unlikely to me, as comparing these schools (which have largely working adult populations) to traditional schools (which are non-working young adults) is grossly unfair. It only makes logical sense that older adults, with full-time jobs and families, are less likely to complete a degree program than young people with few responsibilities.
One risk specific to ITT is the firm's higher-than-average reliance on private loans to its students. In 2008, difficult credit markets reduced the percentage of these loans from 27% in 2007 to just 18% in 2008, and ITT took on a risk-sharing component to help fund them. As a result, the company has had to provision for bad debt expenses, which have risen to above 5%. While the rebound in credit has eased most fears here, I would prefer to see ITT get out of the loan business altogether.
Overall, ITT offers investors outstanding and reliable growth at a bargain price, with what amounts to mild risk, in my opinion. As such, this is a candidate for the MagicDiligence Top Buys list and a strong choice for a new MFI position.
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G.I. JOE RETALIATION STORM SHADOW Ninja Mask
Where To Buy
Product Description:
Put on this STORM SHADOW Ninja Mask and feel just like your commando hero! Others will see the face of the ninja warrior who fights on the side of G.I. JOE as you imagine adventure after adventure. Put on the mask and imagine you've turned into the ultimate ninja commando!
Put on the STORM SHADOW Ninja Mask and feel like you're fighting as a ninja at the side of G.I. JOE! Adjust the straps for a comfortable fit.
Includes mask.
Mask adjusts to fit most head sizes for ages 5 through adult.
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Suggestions for DVD-RW & Blu-Ray combo
Suggestions for DVD-RW & Blu-Ray combo
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Hi all,
I'm new here. A friend of mine recommended I check out this forum. I apologize in advance because I'm sure people like me pass through here and ask the question I'm about to ask a million times. Well, here goes...
I think my internal DVD-RW drive (Plextor's PX-716A) is dying and I need a replacement. I can't say for sure that it's dying but I'm growing concerned about its ability to perform simply because it seems to rip DVDs more slowly than it once did, and I sure feel like I burn more CD-R and DVD-R coasters than I have in years past. Maybe I'm wrong. I know most computer components have clear signs that their lives are coming to an end, but I'm not sure how to discern an impending death with optical drives.
Anyway... I'd like for my next model to not only burn DVD-R's and CD-R's but also play Blu-Ray discs. I don't need to burn Blu-Ray discs. Are any of you using a combo model like what I'm looking for? Can you tell me if there are prominent models out there?
I swear it's getting harder to find reviews for computer components. (It also seems like Plextor isn't the big dog in the optical drive industry that it once was.) I'm guessing I'm in a small niche of consumers: those who want to use their computer to watch Blu-Rays as opposed to using their TV.
I'll be grateful for any advice or suggestions. And, again, I'm sorry if you guys are sick of questions like this. Please redirect me to a previous thread if one already exists (I didn't see anything that matches my request exactly).
Thank you!
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While the army of Beta testers prepares to fight along side with the Blues on Beta realms, I've been spending the little play-time I had lately leveling Zuludin, the recently level 88 Pally.
Thought the last nights discovery should help a few altoholics, who haven't explored every corner of every map. Today featuring the Abandoned Crate of Goods from Townlong Steppes.
As soon as you enter Townlong Steppes from Kun'Lai top gate, you turn right and go as close as you can along the wall – I know there are some mountains/rocks in your way straight away, but there is a way to get on top of those and literally hug the wall once you get to the little lake there at the top.
As the animated waypoints show you above, you get to a little Elite Mogu compound, where you'll find a little box for some good XP, comparable to the quest XP you'd get at that level range – as far as I can tell, it's been nerfed down from ridiculously awesome ~800k XP that it's allegedly supposed to award – it doesn't anymore. Still worth picking up though, most definitely.
The box is guarded by an Elite Mogu dude "The Blade", who is actually not very dangerous and pretty boring as far as his abilities are concerned. Just don't stand in his telegraphed AOE, and you'll be pretty much safe.
Most interestingly though, there was a rare spawn Mogu standing just a few steps away from the tent with The Blade guarding it – Kah'Tir.
He was also nothing too dangerous, really, but you need to be careful with his AOE attack and just be aware of the Quillen ad that he summons. No real issues for any class with some self-sustainability and DPS.
Most amazingly (and I LOOOVE discovering something like this, so late into MoP expansion) he dropped this purple bag of goodies:
That contained a couple of epic items of around ilevel 430 (so not really exciting, sadly). Still, a nice bonus to my quick leveling night in WoW, and I'll certainly spend 5 min when I log on again tonight to check if my rare-spawn friend is around yet again, to look for another bag of similar goodies.


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Master electrician Ray Corliss takes apart an old meter to upgrade a home under renovation in Pataskala to 200 amp service. Corliss owns Electrical Solutions of Newark. / Sara C. Tobias/The Advocate
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NEWARK — Ray Corliss philosophy is simple when it comes to his electrical business, no job is too small.
In the 10 years hes owned his own company, Electrical Solutions, Corliss has fixed lamps, installed generators and wired huge commercial buildings.
A master electrician, Corliss, 52, runs the business out of his Newark home with help from his wife Marla, who answers the phone and helps with the finances.
Working out of his garage and his SUV, Ray serves clients in Licking, Knox and Perry counties.
I get by, but Im not in the business to get rich, Im in it to provide a service, he said, And there is a huge need out there.
A Virginia native, Ray first was introduced to the electrical field in 1979 when he joined the U.S. Navy. He worked as a sonar technician, maintaining the electrical equipment for submarines.
When he left the Navy, he started a career as an electrician in California, working on businesses, homes, churches and various development projects.
Ray moved to Ohio in 1986 and moved to Newark after meeting Marla. He was working for Quality Electrics in Columbus in 2001 when he was laid off.
I decided Ill go back in and work for myself, he said.
They started Electrical Solutions in 2003. Relying mostly on word of mouth, they developed a strong customer base, he said.
Although the business struggled during the economic recession, things have improved in the last few years.
Its been looking back up, he said. This year and this summer have been good so far.
When helping customers, Ray said he tries to be as precise as possible.
One thing you have to have is patience when you are talking about electricity, he said. You have to be very careful and have patience to take your time and think things out.
Hes also focused on safety, both for himself and for his clients, Marla said.
He works with many of his elderly customers so they can get the repairs they need at a reasonable price, she said.
They still need the electrical aspect of their home taken care of, Ray said. If you dont, it can be a dangerous thing in your home.
Ray often gets calls from customers who need help fast, sometimes late at night. When severe storms hit last summer, he was busy for weeks helping clients get their power back on.
When hes not working or spending time with his 13 grandchildren, Ray has to keep himself up to date on changing technology and codes. His goal is to learn more about green technologies.
Thats the way of the future, he said.
Ray said he always tries to encourage young people to get interested in the electrical field.
Its a great field to be in and its only going to get better and more high tech as the future rolls on, he said.
Although he enjoys the technical aspects of his job, he also has liked getting to know his clients during the last 10 years.
I like dealing with people, he said. I like to talk to them
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Organize your Mary Kay® Business
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In 2009 sales of Mary Kay® products reached $2.5 billion in wholesale sales worldwide.(*according to www.marykay.com/company/companyquickfacts/default.aspx)
That is definitely impressive but what is even more impressive is that the sales did not take place in the corporate office. Every dollar of the sales took place from the home offices of the sales force of Mary Kay®.
So what does it take to succeed in a Mary Kay® office?
- A cool dry place to store your products: Your inventory will be made up of items as small as eyeshadows and vary in size up to a Miracle Set. You may choose to invest in shelves or pull out drawer storage containers. Portable is always great, so that you can take your products with you to sales appointment and skin care classes.
- You will need space to store your Mary Kay© showcase and sales aids such as bags and boxes that you deliver products in. Keeping your sales aids and products is a good idea.
- If you have a lot of your customers that are out of town and you mail a lot of product you may want to keep some shipping supplies on hand. Padded envelopes, address labels and a scale and make life a lot easier and cut down time, time that you could invest into building your business. Having a postage scale (for around $40.00) will pay for itself in saved gas from trips to the post office in no time!
- Last, but not least, a one stop office system to hold and track all of your office information like invoices, customer history and inventory levels. QT Office was designed exclusively for Mary Kay© consultants and directors to do just that and more. You will have a username and password so that you can log on from any computer or mobile device that you choose.
Remember, your office needs may grow as your business grows. You can change your office size to a larger room and bring in more office storage as needed for more products to service your growing customer base. The one thing you need now is a great customer and inventory system that grows with your Mary Kay® business. Your Mary Kay® business will always grow as you offer the product to more people and as friends and family refer you to someone who is in need of a consultant. Having a great system will allow you to have instant access to what products you have on your shelf. Not only that but you will also have a product history for each product so you can quickly see which customers have purchased the product in the past.
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ORANJESTAD- JULY 2011– Last week Okeanos Spa' Spa Cove received a special visit from German actress Eva Felicitas Habermann. Eva Felicitas Habermann is a well known artist for her roles in various movies and TV series. Many people know Eva from her role as Zev Bellringer in the TV series Lexx.
Eva Felicitas Habermann visited Aruba to record her show "Das ist mein Aruba", which airs on N-TV at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and 12 o'clock at mid night. The show reaches a potential audience of approximately 2.4 million viewers and will be aired 7 times during the year; 4 times during Christmas time and 3 times in the summer. The introduction of the program was recorded at the Renaissance Island and highlighted Okeanos Spa' Spa Cove as a perfect relaxation destination. Renaissance Island and Aruba as a spa destination has received great exposure on international television.
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Background: Utilization of medical care services has been used as a surrogate for outcome of patient compliance with treatment regimens. Antihypertensive treatment status and selection of drug agents may influence medical utilization. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between medically untreated hypertension and treated hypertension according to class of antihypertensive agent with the rate of hospitalization.
Methods: This is a retrospective, observational study on adult hypertensive patients based on claim data from a network-model HMO. The 12,548 patients were identified by ICD-9-CM hypertensive codes over a 3-year period. The hospital admission rate was the outcome measurement. The exploratory variables included antihypertensive treatment status and drug class. Patients' age, gender, and coexisting medical conditions were treated as confounding factors. Descriptive analyses and multivariate regression analyses were performed.
Results: Coexisting medical conditions were significant factors in hospital admission rates. Compared with diuretic treatment, there were no differences in hospital admission rates among hypertensive patients treated with an angiotensin II antagonist or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor. Untreated patients or those treated with beta-blockers or calcium channel blockers experienced higher hospitalization rates (95% CI, 1.25–1.90, 1.03–1.44, and 1.08–1.46, respectively).
Conclusions: Compared with the major antihypertensive agents or no therapy for hypertension, diuretic or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy may result in a reduced rate of hospital utilization.
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Posted: February 27, 2014|
TURNING a good idea into a business is one of the most positive acts an individual can perform for themselves and the community in which they live. However, setting up and running a business can be a daunting prospect and many business owners find that the agile nature of small businesses can be the difference between surviving and thriving.
Here, Brett Longmire shares his story of his small and flexible business.
Brett started Synergy Design, offering graphic design and printing, working part time from home in Long Eaton in December 2006. He took the plunge to go full time in December 2007, and became Synergy Design and Print Ltd in March 2008.
Brett opened up a high street shop in Arnold a few months later as he saw the potential for a copy shop offering a range of diverse range of personalised photo products, as well as the graphic design and printing services he was already offering.
Shortly after opening the shop, Asda started selling similar products and then not long after Tesco followed suit. For this reason, despite local advertising and being on the high street, this side of the business never took off, whereas the graphic design and printing side did.
Brett realised the importance of being diverse and the value of having an online website. His vision was to fill a gap in the market by creating affordable, template websites that looked bespoke without the cost.
Brett said: "Everything is online these days, who doesn't sit there on the sofa, at work, on the bus, in fact anywhere and everywhere, and surf the net for everything. If a small business wants to have that competitive edge, and a chance to showcase their best work to potential customers, then having an online presence is so important, especially one that is compatible with mobile devices.
"The need to diversify and change as the environment around you changes is vital. When you see potential opportunities you have to act. In the current economic climate you can't afford to stand still.
"As the big companies expand their product ranges, expand yours. Small businesses need to see the advantages of this new technological world and adapt."
Fast forward a few years and Brett hasn't looked back. Having decided to focus on the business to business side of the company, Brett closed his shop and relocated to The Old School Business Centre; this meant no business rates and being surrounded by like-minded entrepreneurs.
Through the Nottingham Jobs Fund he took on his first employee Chris Draycott, meaning he now had a team of three including Cat Hedges, company secretary.
The Nottingham Jobs Fund is delivered by Nottingham City Council and assisted with the employee selection process, based on Brett's specifications, and they also offered support in paying up to 50 per cent of Chris's wages for the first year.
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-- A team source confirmed Sunday that the Texas Rangers have inquired about a possible trade for closer Joel Hanrahan. However, the Pirates rejected the overture and are not actively shopping Hanrahan. The right-hander has converted all 13 of his save opportunities this season.
-- Reliever Evan Meek, who'd been out with right shoulder tendinitis, was activated off the disabled list last night. To open a roster spot, Daniel Moskos was sent back to Triple-A Indianapolis, leaving the Pirates one lefty in the bullpen. Meek will resume pitching in high-leverage, late-inning situations -- but not necessarily as the main setup guy. "He'll pitch toward the back of the game," manager Clint Hurdle said. "We'll probably get him involved in the seventh or if there's a quick (eighth) inning out there. We'll see how it goes."
-- The Pirates might discipline whomever -- whether it was a front-office employee or someone connected with Triple-A Indianapolis -- concocted the cover story that infielder Pedro Ciriaco was injured when Ciriaco in fact was being called up to Pittsburgh. "We're in the midst of looking into what happened, how it happened and why it happened," general manager Neal Huntington said. "Blatant dishonesty is not something we will tolerate. Our hope is it was an ill-fated attempt at humor ... but we are digging into it. If it was a blatant attempt at dishonesty, there will be some consequences."
-- Ciriaco's versatility will come into play while he's with the Pirates, but Hurdle said the outfield is probably no longer an option. "The outfield was an experiment (in spring training)," Hurdle said. "I heard the term 'adventurous' (used), and I think that was appropriate."
-- Huntington refuted a Yahoo! Sports report that high schooler Dylan Bundy warned the Pirates not to take him with the first overall draft pick. "We've not been told by any player in our four years here not to draft them," Huntington said.
-- It doesn't seem likely that right-hander Brad Lincoln (4-3, 4.27 at Indy) will supplant Jeff Karstens as the Pirates' No. 5 starter. "We just don't have a spot right now," Huntington said. "At some point he's going to have to force the door open. Until then, we want him to continue to do what he's doing." Karstens is 2-2 with a 3.82 ERA in seven starts while filling in for Ross Ohlendorf (right shoulder posterior strain), who is still at least a few days away from being able to begin a rehab assignment.
-- Right-handed reliever Mike Crotta (elbow posterior inflammation) has not yet thrown a pitch since going on the DL on May 11. "He's still in rest mode, trying to get the inflammation out," Huntington said. "Sooner than later, he'll being a throwing program."
-- Left-hander Donnie Veal, who's on the mend after Tommy John surgery, was assigned to High-A Bradenton.
-- Atlanta will start lefty Mike Minor (0-1, 10.38 ERA) against the Pirates on Wednesday in place of righty Tim Hudson, who is bothered by a sore back.
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Throwback Thursday! 15 TV Shows to Re-Watch This Summer
With hundreds of TV shows on the air, it's almost impossible to not become addicted to at least one.
Some series can be enjoyed once… but then there are those that you can watch over and over and over.
In honor of the summer season, we've complied shows to binge watch on those lazy days off. So throw your pajamas on, and visit some old friends from some of the best TV shows of our time.


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