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MANCHESTER — Bail was set at $50,000 cash/surety Thursday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division for a man charged with multiple charges of receiving stolen property, theft by deception, theft by unauthorized taking and one of burglary.
In all, Michael Dargie, 27, of 241 Laurel St., was arraigned on 11 felonies and four misdemeanors related to burglaries and disposal of stolen goods.
In requesting the high bail, police prosecutor Lt. Peter Favreau said Dargie was involved in several burglaries, including an August Spruce Street burglary cited in the felony burglary charge. Favreau said the charges are not just allegations. "There were admissions made," Favreau told Judge William Lyons.
Favreau said Dargie's record dates back to 2009 and he has had several convictions this year, including forgery, resisting arrest and receiving stolen property, with suspended sentences still hanging over him.
Dargie did not contest the proposed $50,000 cash/surety bail. No plea can be entered to a felony in Circuit Court, so a probable cause hearing was set for Sept. 26. Trial on the misdemeanors was set for Oct. 16.
Two violations alleged
Eric Dorobiala, 30, of 267 Stonebridge Drive, Nashua, pleaded innocent Thursday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division to two violations of a domestic violence protective order.
Dorobiala is accused of calling the woman who took out the DVP twice in July, speaking to her once and leaving a voice mail the second time.
Police prosecutor Carrissa Pelletier said Dorobiala has prior convictions for violation of a protective order as well as for stalking and assault. She said he has convictions in both Nashua and Manchester and the Manchester convictions involve the same victim.
Bail was set at $5,000 cash/surety and trial was set for Oct. 15.
Admits anger is a problem
Matthew Miller, 40, of 49 Manchester St., pleaded innocent Thursday in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division to charges of simple assault, criminal threatening, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
Miller is accused of bumping a man with whom he had a driving dispute last month and telling him: "I'll knock your head off." He's also accused of refusing to comply with a police officer Wednesday on River Road and using profanities.
Miller, who told Judge William Lyons: "I've never been in trouble in New Hampshire," said he knows he has an anger problem. He also said he's a student, living in a sober house and doesn't want to lose that opportunity. "I've been sober for 10 months," said Miller.
Bail was set at $2,500 cash/surety, with conditions that include no contact with the alleged victim in the August incident. Trial was set for Oct. 17.
Spotted peering into car
Police officers on patrol Wednesday morning noticed a man peering into a parked vehicle in the rear driveway of a Manchester Street address. When they approached, they reported the man appeared startled.
He suddenly turned toward the apartment house and approached a door, knocking on it. When no one answered, the officer stopped and engaged Jeffrey Bernardini in conversation.
While the officers were speaking with Bernardini, the resident of the apartment came outside and told officers he had no idea who Bernardini was or why he would be looking in his car or knocking on his door. The officers noted that there was a camera in plain sight on the seat of the car.
Further investigation revealed there was a warrant for Bernardini for felony theft.
In Circuit Court-Manchester District Division Thursday, Bernardini, 51, of 146 Pearl St., could enter no plea to the felony theft charge that alleges he took $129 in groceries from Stop & Shop on Lincoln Street July 20. The charge is a felony because he has twice been convicted of theft.
A police prosecutor said Bernardini's criminal record dates back to 1982 and most recently includes convictions for drugs, operating after suspension, felony shoplifting and driving while intoxicated.
Bail was set at $2,000 cash/surety, but will not take effect unless a probation hold is lifted. Because no plea can be entered to a felony in Circuit Court, a probable cause hearing was set for Sept. 26.
Attempted to escape
After Officer Nicholas Georgoulis stopped two people on bicycles in the area of S. Beech Street and Spring Garden Drive about 15 minutes past midnight Wednesday, he learned one of the two, Ronald Lievens, 21, of 229 Spruce St., had a warrant for criminal threatening from Derry.
But after Georgoulis handcuffed Lievens and began to check his pockets, Lievens tried to run away. He only made it a couple of feet before Officer Jeff Fiermonte intercepted him and tackled him to the ground.
Police said Lievens had .1 gram of heroin in a baggy in his possession, so he was charged with felony possession of a narcotic and felony attempted escape.
At his arraignment Thursday morning in Circuit Court-Manchester District Division, Lievens told Judge William Lyons: "I'd like to request (personal recognizance) bail so I don't lose my job." Lyons said the attempted escape charge justified cash/surety bail. A probable cause hearing was set for Sept. 26.
Keeping track of business
Police seized 9.8 grams of suspected crack cocaine, about $2,100 in cash and an apparent ledger as evidence from a vehicle parked in Piscataquog River Park at 200 Precourt St.
While officer Jake Tyler was patrolling the park about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, he observed a parked vehicle with two people inside and approached the vehicle to speak with the occupants.
Based on further investigation, Tyler seized the drugs, money and ledger and arrested Yvonne Williams, 63, of 246 Main St. Williams was charged with possession of a controlled drug with intent to distribute.


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A weekly message from Interim Superintendent Dr. Marco C. Rodrigues
January 22, 2016 - Volume 1, Issue 5
Superintendent's Message
Happy Friday!!!
You all have heard of the No Child Left Behind Act that brought many layers of accountability to schools and school districts. I refer to it, not because of what the act represented, but because of the powerful message behind the words "No Child Left Behind".
Yesterday, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released the graduation and drop-out rates and Worcester was highlighted in the Commissioner's press release as one of the urban districts with the lowest drop-out rate, 1.7%. In fact, Worcester's rate is lower than the State average of 1.9%. The Worcester school community has pledged not to leave any child behind and the recognition is here! 1.7% equates to 121 students whose status I will further investigate. I congratulate students, schools, and staff for striving to ensure that no child in our district is left behind.
Celebrations and Updates
South High Robotics Team
On Saturday, January 16th, the South High Robotics Club entered 3 robots in the Nothing But Net Qualifying Tournament hels at Quinsigamond Community College. The tournament included 43 teams from around New England, who competed in 63 matches. Two of the team's robots qualified for the playoffs, and following three rounds of competition the team secured both first and second place. As a result, the team qualifies to attend the State Championships in March. Congratulations to all team member, with special thanks to Robotics coaches Greg Ricardi and Tara Vaidya.
Recreation Worcester Expansion
On Thursday, January 21, city officials joined Interim Superintendent Marco C. Rodrigues at Chandler Elementary to announce the expansion of the popular Recreation Worcester program. The city's free program for youth will be expanded to a year-long afterschool program to keep students engaged in a healthy, safe, and productive lifestyle. Staff and volunteers have designed programs in visual arts, music, and physical activities. Homework help will also be available. Registration is required for the program, which runs from February 1 through May 26.
To learn more please visit: www.worcesterma.gov/announcements/recreation-worcester-expanded-to-afterschool-program.
Advanced Placement Art History Class Featured in Local Publication
Congratulations to the staff and students of the Worcester Public Schools Advanced Placement Art History (APAH) class, who were recently highlighted in Access, the Worcester Art Museum Magazine. This innovative program is a collaboration between our District and the Worcester Art Museum, where the course is held every Tuesday and Thursday night and allows students from our seven high schools to engage in the authentic study of art history. APAH, which is co-taught by Visual Arts Liaison Timmary Leary and Claremont Academy World History teacher Michael Eressy, began in 2010 and currently enrolls twenty-five students. Historically, approximately 70% of students who take the required APAH exam at the end of the course receive a score of 3 or better, enabling them to earn advanced placement in college and/or advanced college credit.
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I am happy to announce that at last night's meeting, the School Committee unanimously voted to authorize the Administration to submit Statements of Interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority for the following Accelerated Repair Projects for 2016: window and boiler replacements for Belmont Street, Chandler Elementary, and the Gerald Creamer Center and window replacement at Wawecus Road. Also, requests for major renovation or replacement will be submitted for Doherty and Burncoat High Schools, and Worcester East Middle School.
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Derbyshire police have said they are concerned for the well-being of two missing men from Derbyshire.
In separate appeals they are asking for information as to the whereabouts and well being of Trevor Needham, aged 64, from Codnor, who was last seen at 3pm on Tuesday, April 22. He was on foot, although he does have a bus pass, said a spokesman for Derbyshire police.
Mr Needham is described as white, six feet tall, of medium build with short brown greying hair. He is thought to be wearing a red ski jacket with khaki trousers and glasses.
Anyone who has seen him or has any information are requested to contact Derbyshire police on 101.
In a second case, officers say they are concerned for the well-being of John Watson, 42, from the Denby village area. He was also last seen on Tuesday, April 22, at 10.45am and is thought he might have access to an S-registered Red Vauxhall Corsa car. He is described as white, 5ft 9ins'tall, of large build with receeding grey hair. He is thought to be wearing a black top.
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Letters Never let it be said that El Reg is not a fount of useful information. This week, we all learned that it is legal to put a bug in an office. Now we can add to that knowledge: it is almost certainly not legal to listen to the bug, or do anything with the information you record with it:
If you obtain personal data through the use of a bug, you will commit an offence under section 55(1) of the Data Protection Act (see section 55(3)). If you're a P.I. and then sell (or offer to sell) the personal data to your client, you will commit a further offence under section 55(4) or (5). Neither depends on an enforcement order, and both can be prosecuted without the ICO's involvement (as long as the DPP consents).
This presumes you don't have the data controller's consent to obtain the data in the first place, but that seems like a pretty safe assumption to me.
"The Information Commissioner (ICO) could issue an enforcement order which could say to the private organisation that they must cease processing," said Southern.
Well, don't hold your breath.
In February 2006, we applied to the ICO for a "Decision" under Section 50, Freedom of Information Act 2000, relating to [a sensitive request for information].
The ICO stated it might be two months before we heard more: after getting no response to requests for an update, the ICO eventually admitted to our MP in September 2006 that they *hadn't even started* looking into the case, due to under-resourcing and and being overwhelmed by work. To our knowledge, they still haven't started, eight months later.
So, not exactly a huge deterrent, then...
I'm in New Zealand so the law may be a little different but most of our laws are based on UK ones. I am not a lawyer but I would be concerned that placing a bug would constitute wiretapping.
I was reading up on wiretapping a while ago and I believe there is no requirement for it to actually involve some physical invasion. It is simply any attempt to intercept a communication in which the communicating parties have a reasonable expectation that it be private.
If I were to close an office door to speak to somebody, I would expect that the conversation would be a private one. For anybody to intercept that communication, even though the transmission medium happens to be pure sound, may well constitute wiretapping.
As said above, I'm not a lawyer and can't be sure but this may be an additional avenue of prosecution that could be investigated if somebody bugs your office. Placing the physical bug wouldn't be enough to trigger this though, you would need to prove that they intercepted a private conversation.
The Institute of Physics got most irate when the university of Reading said it was planning to close its physics department. Something about a waste of public funds:
I almost went to Reading university back in 98. Not for the Physics department, although I was considering it, but for the cybernetics department. Instead, after visiting the department, and seeing Prof. Warwick first hand, I went to Liverpool Uni's EEE department to do robotics there.
If any department should be shut at Reading, it's the Cybernetics. Warwick has made a laughing stock of the university, world-wide. I now live in the US, and saw a TV show just last week, which featured a few minutes from him, and it made me embarrassed to be British, University educated, and a robotics engineer.
Closing the Physics department is just wrong. We need more Physicists, not less. projects such as the Muon1 DPAD (www.stephenbrooks.org/muon1/ ) show the importance and relevance of a modern physics education, and how you can achieve great things with a physics degree.
Andrew Norton
It surely couldn't be that they've spent all their money on Captain Cyborg? I guess it's too much to hope that Cybernetics forms part of the Physics dept, but it would almost make the cuts worthwhile to see Kevin Warwick get a well-earned P45 ...
There was a remarkable consensus among Register readers about the cause of the link between dental hygiene and memory loss. Some examples:
Could it be because people who have less teeth forget to clean them?
It would fit that someone with a good memory would remember to clean their teeth every morning and someone with a bad memory would forget.
Is the bad teeth a result of a bad memory instead of the other way around?
(Oh and if I just had my teeth pulled out I wouldn't want to walk around a maze either! - thats refering to the mice.)
There's no mystery... People without tooth didn't lost them in an instant... They have a long history of undetected mercury intoxication. The "silver amalgama" is 50% mercury, 30% silver.
Mercury vaporises slowly... but with increasing amounts of tooth "repaired" the values of mercury increases.
There are 2 paths... Saliva to intoxicate the body and the olfactory region connecting directly to the brain and causing depression, loss of memory and after many many years....Alzheimer.
However the mercury amalgam represents a business of $50 Million... It started when Medical dentists (American Society of dental Surgeons) using gold and strongly against the cheap and toxic mercury lost power against the rapid growth of the non medical that had great profits with the el-cheapo solution... This was 19 century. The mercury amalgam was banned from Europe were it started... and the non-dentists in the USA formed the ADA (American Dental Association)... Did I mentions That the $50M is %50M per day?!?
After the 2nd World war mercury amalgams were 'allowed' in most European countries by USA influence...in 1994 Sweden banned mercury again.
The effects of mercury are so broad (and strong) that cannot be describes here. It may prove to be one of the most important factors in depression alone... itself a multi-billion dollars business.
So there's no news.
When tested with mice... there's a other factors that can add each other: Pain, confusion by the body change, loss of motivation to eat in the absence of teeth.
Regards, Dutra de Lacerda.
ESA promises a new launch date for its flagship polar satellite mission, MetOp. Oh, and explained why the launch was delayed:
So they dropped MetOp.
I wonder how far "a few centimeters" is... anything upto one meter!
Well it's nothing new - NASA dropped their equivalent satellite rather spectacularly when they tipped it sideways without noticing that the other team had stolen their bolts...
You are utterly un-stoic in the face of increased cosiness between Orange and Nokia:
We're doomed! My orange handset will never work again. It's bad enough at the moment. Orange really shouldn't be encouraged to fiddle with the handsets.
And speaking of doomed, handsets, how about asteroids?
I am prepared to believe that scientists are doing quite well in the search for potentially dangerous asteroids. That is a tremendous success, and may well make us all safer. But comets are still a serious threat (although arguably the odds on a direct hit by a comet are lower than from an asteroid).
The difference is that, whereas asteroids follow regular orbits like that of the Earth, comets swing far out into the interstellar darkness before plunging back into the Sun's gravity well and often passing very close indeed to the Sun. That means they come suddenly, unpredictably, and (if on a collision course) more or less head-on. Moreover, comets can be very dark in colour, making them almost undetectable.
Lastly, if a comet breaks up - or if we were to blow it up with a hydrogen bomb - it actually becomes more dangerous. As it has been memorably put, such a comet turns from a bullet into a charge of buckshot. For a superb description of what might happen if a comet did hit the Earth, see Niven and Pournelle's SF novel "Lucifer's Hammer" http://tinyurl.com/kt7mh.
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Lounge chairs and tables surround an indoor pool and spa tub, located in a spacious, sunny room. A rooftop terrace, hair salon, sauna, and fitness facility are also available.
Two dining options are on site: an atrium lobby breakfast cafe, and a tavern restaurant that serves lunch and dinner.
Manchester Downtown Hotel offers free WiFi, in addition to printing, copying, faxing, and notary public services; these services are ideal for guests attending meetings throughout the hotel's 65,000 square feet of conference space.
Complimentary copies of USA Today are available in the lobby.
- Express check-in
- Use of nearby fitness center (discount)
- Bar/lounge
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Elevator/lift
- Rooftop terrace
- Fitness facilities
- Free airport transportation
- Full-service spa
- Indoor pool
- 24-hour front desk
- Conference space
- Spa treatment room(s)
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Meeting rooms 22
- Coffee shop or café
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 6039
- Spa services on site
- Luggage storage
- Hair salon
- ATM/banking
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Number of restaurants - 2
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 65000
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Conference center
- Designated smoking areas
- Spa tub
- Total number of rooms - 248
- Television in common areas
- Number of floors - 12
- Wedding services
- Multilingual staff
- Fireplace in lobby
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Indoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Microwave (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Languages Spoken
- English
- French
- Spanish
Self parking (surcharge), Valet parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Premium TV channels
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Private bathroom
- Bathtub or shower
- Television
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free bottled water
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Desk
- Free local calls
- Hair dryer
- Daily housekeeping
- Iron/ironing board
- Free WiFi
- Number of bathrooms -
- Microwave (on request)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Room service (limited hours)
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Where to Eat
JD's Tavern - Upbeat restaurant and bar, popular after events at Verizon Wireless Arena. Lunch and dinner daily. Open late morning to late evening. Light fare served after 10 pm.
Cafe on the Park - Casual breakfast spot in an open garden atrium setting. Sunday country breakfast buffet. Open daily from early morning to mid-day.
Room service - Available daily from early morning to evening.
Nearby Things to Do
The hotel offers an indoor pool and fitness facility with universal machine, cardio machines, and free weights.
The following recreational activities are located in or near the hotel. Fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
Spa Services
- Number of treatment rooms 3
- Outdoor treatment areas
- Couples treatment rooms
- Manicures and pedicures
- Body treatments
- Facial treatments
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Hydrotherapy treatments
- Hot stone massage
- Deep tissue massage
- Swedish massage
- Prenatal massage
- Reflexology
- Sports massage
- Massages
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at midnight
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Minimum check-in age is 21
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 12.0 per day.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 25 per pet, per stay, plus a deposit of USD 25 per stay
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: USD 13.95 for adults and USD 7.95 for children (approximately)
- Self parking fee: USD 12 per day
- Valet parking fee: USD 20 per day (in/out privileges)
- Pet deposit: USD 25 per stay
- Pet fee: USD 25 per pet, per stay
- Rollaway bed fee: USD 12.0 per day
Hotel Name
- Radisson Hotel Manchester Downtown
- Radisson Manchester Downtown
- DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester NH
We should mention
This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments. Reservations can be made by contacting the hotel prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.


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FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — The Washington-Moscow Hot Line, used by U.S. and Russian leaders for frank discussions about crises including the 1967 Six-Day War and the Soviet Union's 1979 invasion of Afghanistan, marked its 50th birthday Thursday with the nations still grappling with competing interests in regional conflicts.
The direct connection established during the Cold War by a relatively simple telegraph system now includes telephone and email capabilities and will soon add video, said White House National Security Council spokeswoman Laura Lucas.
"The president continues to value the direct communications link between Washington and Moscow," Lucas wrote in an emailed response to questions from The Associated Press about the hotline that was used at key moments and helped contact between senior officials at the White House and in the Kremlin.
The next crisis could be just around the corner, said Roald Sagdeev, a former director of the Soviet space exploration program who spoke at an anniversary celebration at Fort Detrick, where the Army maintains a satellite link for the hotline.
"It's very important to make sure we can keep this, especially at the time of what's happening in Syria," Sagdeev, now a University of Maryland physics professor, said before the event. "We should stay with at least keeping what we have for the rainy day."
Despite popular myth and movie lore, the president doesn't use a red phone to talk with his Russian counterpart. In fact, the connection established in 1963 was for written communications only. A voice component was added two decades later as the system evolved from an undersea telegraph cable to today's exchange of data by both satellite and fiber-optics.
"The system is very robust, as you might imagine," said Craig Bouma, civilian executive officer of the Detrick Earth Station.
Bouma manages the twin satellite dishes and a staff of 16 civilian Army employees — eight technicians and eight linguists. They work around the clock to ensure the system is operating correctly. The station also handles secure communication lines for the Pentagon and the State Department, including a special link the nations use to alert each other to missile tests.
In June, the U.S. and Russia signed a pact to add a direct communication link to prevent the inadvertent escalation of misunderstood cybersecurity incidents.
Until February, the Washington-Moscow link was operated by Honeywell under a five-year, $8.4 million contract.
Bouma said the workers at Detrick have daily interaction with their Russian counterparts in written exchanges that sometimes reveal cultural differences.
"The Russians express themselves in very flowery text: 'Dear esteemed colleague, greetings. Welcome to the shift,'" Bouma said. "My linguist says that's very common in the Russian culture."
The link was set up after the 1962 Cuban missile crisis to avert the accidental outbreak of nuclear war. Known at the Pentagon as MOLINK, for "Moscow Link,' it went live Aug. 30, 1963, with the U.S.-generated message, "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back 1234567890."
The hotline's first use in crisis mode came during the six-day Arab-Israeli war in 1967, according to Michael Bohn, a former White House Situation Room director and author of the forthcoming "Presidents in Crisis: Tough Decisions from Truman to Obama." He said Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin sent a message to President Lyndon B. Johnson at 7:47 a.m. on June 5, 1967, after Israel pre-emptively attacked Egypt, Syria and Jordan. The message expressed Russia's hope that the U.S. government would "exert appropriate influence on the Government of Israel particularly since you have all opportunities of doing so."
Bohn said the leaders exchanged 19 messages during the Six-Day War. Johnson notably used it after Israel attacked the USS Liberty to assure Kosygin that other U.S. ships rushing to the Liberty's aid were not joining the hostilities.
Bohn also documented uses of the teletype link by presidents Richard M. Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan.
Starting with President George H.W. Bush in the early 1990s, telephone calls have replaced written messages as the preferred mode of communication between the nations' leaders, Bohn said. He said that when the link was created, written messages were seen as a safer way of expressing oneself.
"In a tough situation, you have to be careful what you say. The process of sitting down and writing it out clears your head a little bit and makes you slow down a little bit and think twice — that's what people have told me," Bohn said.
The current system also enables emails and private chats, he said.
President Barack Obama uses the direct voice link to talk by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. They spoke as recently as March, when Obama phoned Putin to welcome Russian cooperation on international efforts to confront Iran's nuclear ambitions.
The upgrade to voice and email communications reflects changing times and technology, said James Goldgeier, dean of the American University School of International Service.
"You know, 50 years ago was a long time ago, and the abilities to communicate — it just wasn't as easy as it is today," he said. "We just take it for granted now that we can text and we can Skype and we can communicate immediately with anyone over a variety of different mechanisms, and even that we can see the people we communicate with."


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input supply. A wide range of preset output voltage options are available. These ultra-low dropout
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"One unanswered question has been lingering in the air since Nintendo's big coming out party for the Wii U last week: How will the online infrastructure be an improvement over past Nintendo consoles (if at all)? Developers must know, right? Well, apparently not.
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Director Katsuhiro Harada didn't sound like he had confidence in Nintendo's new online system, during a round table interview at Namco Bandai HQ. When asked about how the Wii U's online infrastructure will compare to that offered on 360/PS3, Harada responded:", writes Destructoid.
These thick bastards sensationalised Hadara YET AGAIN. He actually said "I don't FULLY understand it".
The games press needs vetting and held to account for twisting something into something totally different and unrelated, they obviously cannot be trusted left to their own devices.
let the excuses & justification begin.. How is a game launching that has online & the producer doesnt know if its any better than wii??
Look ppl, i have love for nintendo but they arent speaking on these critical matters.. Its one of 2 things, (A) theyre hiding its flaws or (B) they expect everyone to assume its better than before... Being that many ppl bought the wii before, u would think they would be boasting to them on why its online is much better.. Its too fishy to me to believe them anymore..


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A name for the Democratic Party which is the preferred political party for those who habitually rely on food stamps or EBT cards to get their food.
The food stamp party is is conducting a registration drive at the projects to win back the Congress this November.
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For Jeremy Feasel I use a simple team of
Onyxian Whelpling 2,1,1 (But any dragonkin with Tail Sweep, Healing Flame and Lift-Off will work)
Harbinger of Flame 2,2,2
Tranquil Mechanical Yeti 1,1,2 ( You will not want to use Calling lighting at all.)
Lead with Onyxian Whelping vs Darkmoon Eye
Tail Sweep, Healing Flame, Tail Sweep, Tail Sweep
Onyxian Whelping vs Tonk
Here there will be a little bit of play depending on if the Tonk Uses Lock On first and the amount of health you have. If he using Lock On you will use Lift Off, Healing Flame, Tail Sweep. If rng is not in your favor he will kill your pet before you can damage him or before you can use Healing Flame.
Harbinger of Flame vs Tonk
Immolate, Burn, Conflagrate
Harbinger of Flame vs Evil Little Monkey
His goal is to soak the stun and once stunned switch out to the Yeti.
Tranquil Mechanical Yeti vs Monkey
Metal Fist, Metal Fist, Ion Cannon
Even if the bananas kill your Yeti you still should have the Harbinger of Flame up to ensure the win.
Now I will admit that this does have a small chance of failing but about 98% of the time it is solid.


text: It looks as if, this summer, you will be mercilessly defined by your haircut. We've outlined a few of the trendiest, the possible need for back up in a can, and now, I have a new look. This piece of major hairspiration comes in the form of the 'Pale Fountain' editorial in the latest issue of Crash magazine.


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Another View - Kathy Sullivan: Jennifer Horn is distracting voters from Ayotte's recordBy KATHY SULLIVAN
July 01. 2013 6:51PM
No matter where we stand on guns and background checks, we can all agree that reading a list of people killed by guns without checking the names to see if any of the individuals were, oh, say, bombers or felons, was bad judgment. That is what happened in Concord when the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns held a rally nearly two weeks ago. The names included Tamerlan Tsarnev, one of the Boston Marathon bombers. Although the group apologized for the mistake, New Hampshire Republican Party Chair Jennifer Horn has been flogging the group, including founder New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg, and anyone in New Hampshire associated with it.
With important elections taking place in 2014, I wondered why Horn focused so intently on an admitted mistake, long after the group apologized, instead of on someone actually running for office next year. But then someone explained the strategy to me. One, it distracted attention from the nasty behavior of so-called "gun advocates" who staged a counter rally. I put quotes around the term "gun advocates" because none of the gun owners I know would have behaved the way the counter protesters behaved. Two, Horn was trying to insulate Sen. Kelly Ayotte from any more television ads by the mayors' organization attacking Ayotte for her vote against the Manchin-Toomey amendment that would have expanded background checks before gun purchases. Ayotte's popularity plummeted following that vote.
While Horn has been complaining from Coos to the sea about Mayors Against Illegal Guns for its admitted mistake, she has been deadly quiet about those who tried to bully the folks calling for background checks. One of the speakers at the event was John Cantin. Mr. Cantin's daughter was shot and killed by her estranged husband four years ago. Just as we can all agree that the list read at the rally contained mistakes, we also all should agree to show respect and compassion for a man who lost his daughter to gun violence. Instead of respect and compassion, however, the "gun advocates" heckled Cantin, trying to drown him out. One person yelled that his remarks were "propaganda s**t," while others started chanting "Ayotte, Ayotte." One of the hecklers went up to Cantin while he was speaking to get in his face, trying to interrupt him. Later, that individual was Tasered by Concord police and charged with resisting arrest.
I'm not sure what the hecklers were trying to accomplish by harassing someone whose daughter was a murder victim. The scene was described as "ugly" by news outlets. But for some reason, Jennifer Horn's tirades against the mayors' group has failed to include criticism of those whose venomous actions towards a victim's grieving father were shameful and embarrassing.
Horn's selective criticism does not change the facts: The overwhelming majority of Granite Staters support universal background checks. Kelly Ayotte may try to run from that fact, and Jennifer Horn may try to hide it, but polls by both Dartmouth College and the University of New Hampshire have shown large majorities supporting background checks. A poll by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner showed that 56 percent of gun owners believe Ayotte should change her vote on background checks.
Those numbers may explain reports that Ayotte is engaged in talks with Sen. Mark Begich on changes to the Manchin-Toomey amendment that would permit them to change their votes. While Ayotte's spokesman denied the existence of such talks, Ayotte's actions on other issues show she recognizes that the political winds have shifted against her.
As a candidate three years ago, Ayotte drew a hard line on immigration, attacking primary opponent Bill Binnie for supporting "a pathway to citizenship for illegals." What a difference declining poll numbers make. In announcing her decision to vote for immigration reform, she hailed the effort as a way to bring undocumented immigrants (no longer using the term "illegals") out of the shadows to offer a way to earn citizenship.
Her tepid response to the Supreme Court striking down the Defense of Marriage Act was another sign of a chastened, backpedaling Ayotte. Ayotte supported DOMA, and during a 2010 debate said DOMA should not be overturned. After the Court's decision, however, instead of reacting with righteous indignation, she said the Supreme Court was the ultimate arbiter of constitutionality.
Time will tell if Ayotte also will backpedal on background checks. Meanwhile, her party chair should do the right thing and disavow the Ayotte supporters who harassed a grieving father.
Kathy Sullivan is a Manchester attorney and member of the Democratic National Committee. She was chairman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party from 1999-2007.


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Brief SummaryRead full entry
Species abstractThe Sei whale (scientific name: Balaenoptera borealis), is a very large marine mammal, in the family of Rorquals (Balaenoptera), part of the order of cetaceans. The Sei is a baleen whale, meaning that instead of teeth, it has long plates which hang in a row (like the teeth of a comb) from its upper jaws. Baleen plates are strong and flexible; they are made of a protein similar to human fingernails. Baleen plates are broad at the base (gumline) and taper into a fringe which forms a curtain or mat inside the whale's mouth. Baleen whales strain huge volumes of ocean water through their baleen plates to capture food: tons of krill, other zooplankton, crustaceans, and small fish.
The Sei whale is relatively slender bodied and can reach up to 16 metres in length. It is a member of the rorqual family with the characteristic ventral pleats of skin under the eye and the relatively flat and broad jaw. The ventral pleats do not extend up to the navel but end near the pectoral fin. The flippers are a uniform dark colour and the upper body is a uniform blue-grey colour. The sei whale has a dorsal fin rising at a steep angle on the back. It has a single prominent ridge on the snout.
Unlike other rorquals, Sei whales have a dolphin-like dorsal fin. They are also unusual in using two different methods to fill their mouths with water during feeding: they both gulp and skim-feed. During feeding, these whales can be found in large numbers, typically centred around concentrations of copepods, a crustacean they favor. Otherwise, they occur in smaller groups of six or less.
The Sei whale is an endangered species, and it has been protected by the International Whaling Commission since the mid-1980s.
The common name, pronounced "sigh," comes from the Norwegian word for codfish, which Sei whales are known to eat. "Rorqual" is also a word of Scandinavian origin, meaning tubed, and refers to the grooved, expandable throats of the six species of whales in the family Balaenopteridae.
Superficially, the Sei whale can be easily be confused with the Minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, but can be distinguished by having dark coloured flippers and a uniform blue-grey upper body. The Sei whale can also be differentiated from Bryde's whale, Balaenoptera edeni, by having only a single prominent ridge on the rostrum.
Sei whales usually congregate in small groups of up to five individuals, although in feeding areas up to 30 have been seen together. It seldom breaches, and when diving, it does not show the tail flukes. It can remain submerged for up to 20 minutes.
Few details of the natural history of this whale are known. They tend to occur in groups of between two and five individuals, but larger groups may form in areas where food is abundant. Capable of travelling at great speed, this species is thought to migrate into warmer waters at lower latitudes during the winter months. Little is known of communication in this species, but individuals are known to make many low frequency vocalisations.


text: Marquez secures second pole position in France Jerez was anything but a snooze-fest. Greasy conditions meant that riders could never rest easy. With rain predicted for the weekend, it looked like there would be more spills this time around. The rain never arrived, but the crashes did.On another rubber-unfriendly MotoGP weekend, Repsol Honda's Marc Marquez and Dani Pedrosa endured falls, the only difference being that the former fell during the practice session, and came back strongly to fend off an insipired run by the reigning world champion, Jorge Lorenzo and bag pole position for Sunday. Pedrosa on the other hand, was not so fortunate.He met with an accident similar to that of Marquez, but this was in the qualifying session itself. No matter how hard Pedrosa tried to wring his Honda once he was back on his feet, he just couldn't make up for the lost time and could only fetch 6th place.Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso put in his best performance as a Desmosedici rider by securing 3rd position on the grid (despite Cal Crutchlow's frenzied run towards the end after a red flag-introducing crash), but towards the end of the session, it was all about the battle between the two Spaniards - the champion, and the challenger.Lorenzo, who still hasn't quite gotten over Jerez, gave the newbie a run for his money, and lost out on 1st place by 0.030 seconds. Not 0.3 seconds, but 0.030 seconds. The term 'a whisker' would probably not be even close to describing that sort of a gap.Sunday awaits. Three different teams on the front row. Who will rule at LeMans?Qualifying\:1. Marc Marquez2. Jorge Lorenzo3. Andrea Dovizioso4. Cal Crutchlow5. Stefan Bradl6. Dani Pedrosa7. Alvaro Bautista8. Valentino Rossi9. Bradley Smith10. Nicky Hayden11. Aleix Espargaro12. Randy De Puniet Amaan Ahmed 19 May 2013 Marquez secures second pole position in France


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Investigation by Secretary of State Prosecution Assistance Unit leads to securities fraud charges against Indianapolis man
May 3, 2010
Majik Moore operated Got Cha Bak real estate company; also continues to be the subject of a lawsuit filed by the Attorney General
INDIANAPOLIS - An investigation by Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita's Prosecution Assistance Unit (PAU), part of the Indiana Securities Division has resulted in the filing of four felony charges for alleged violations of the Indiana Securities Act. Majik Moore, of Indianapolis, was arrested and charged with selling unregistered investments in a real estate company and committing fraud within those transactions.
Based on an Indiana Securities Division's PAU investigation of Moore and his real estate company Got Cha Bak, criminal charges were filed by the office of Marion County Prosecutor Carl Brizzi. A civil lawsuit was filed by the Attorney General against Majik Moore last year and is ongoing. In addition, in August of 2009 Indiana Securities Commissioner Chris Naylor ordered Moore to cease and desist from offering investments as part of an administrative action that is still pending.
"I applaud the professionals in the Prosecution Assistance Unit for their diligent work in investigating this case and working with the Marion County Prosecutor's Office to bring charges," said Secretary Rokita.
Moore now faces two criminal charges of securities fraud and two charges of selling unregistered securities, all Class C felonies carrying a possible sentence of two to eight years in prison.
Moore was also charged with 6 counts of theft, a class D felony.
The counts described are allegations. Moore is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Last July, following consumer complaints that homeowners paid Moore thousands of dollars for advice that proved worthless, the Attorney General's office obtained a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Moore after filing a lawsuit against him for violations of Home Loan Practices Act, Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act, and the Credit Services Organizations Act.
"The Attorney General's office worked collaboratively in this investigation to obtain documents and to interview witnesses necessary to file the civil action and criminal charges against Moore so that this individual is held accountable," said Deputy Attorney General Gabrielle Owens, section chief of the Attorney General's Homeowner Protection Unit.
For more information on how to avoid becoming a victim of investment fraud, visit www.IndianaInvestmentWatch.com. Tips on avoiding mortgage-fraud scams are found at www.IndianaConsumer.com.
About the Prosecution Assistance Unit:
In 2004, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita created the Prosecution Assistance Unit within the Securities Division of the Secretary of State's Office. Its sole purpose is to assist police and prosecutors in investigating and prosecuting criminal violations of the Indiana Securities Act and the Indiana Loan Brokers Act. The investigators and attorneys in the unit collectively have over 72 years of experience in investigating and prosecuting criminals. Since its inception, the Unit has helped to convict 48 criminals in state and federal courts across Indiana in cases that have resulted in over 300 years of time sentenced. In addition, courts have ordered defendants to pay over $29.9 million in restitution to crime victims.
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Dear Dan74, Kirk, Sam SR, all,Dan74 wrote:There is also this:
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"Brahman, the holy life is lived under the Blessed One with the aim of abandoning desire."
"Is there a path, is there a practice, for the abandoning of that desire?"
"Yes, there is a path, there is a practice, for the abandoning of that desire."
"What is the path, the practice, for the abandoning of that desire?"
"Brahman, there is the case where a monk develops the base of power endowed with concentration founded on desire & the fabrications of exertion. He develops the base of power endowed with concentration founded on persistence... concentration founded on intent... concentration founded on discrimination & the fabrications of exertion. This, Brahman, is the path, this is the practice for the abandoning of that desire."
Seems kind of clear to me. I'd really appreciate some comments from Robert and Dhamma_follower on the entire sutta which appears to me to be the mainstream Theravada position that Khun Sujin disagrees with.
First of all, I want to make it clear that in this thread, we are discussing about the vipassana kind of wisdom, and therefore of vipassana bhavana.
Both RobertK and me, we have said somewhere earlier in the 48 pages of this thread that samatha bhavana is another development, which requires another set of conditions, such as a quiet environment and a stable, not too loose not too tight posture. However, the key for the development of samatha is also a clear understanding of the dhamma presently arisen as wholesome or unwholesome, and of the way to cultivate wholesomeness, as it is clearly stated in one sutta I have quoted, that I will quote again here:
....."It wasn't the case, brahman, that the Blessed One praised mental absorption of every sort, nor did he criticize mental absorption of every sort. And what sort of mental absorption did he not praise? There is the case where a certain person dwells with his awareness overcome by sensual passion, seized with sensual passion. He does not discern the escape, as it actually is present, from sensual passion once it has arisen. Making that sensual passion the focal point, he absorbs himself with it, besorbs, resorbs, & supersorbs himself with it.
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html"And what sort of mental absorption did he praise? There is the case where a monk — quite withdrawn from sensuality, withdrawn from unskillful (mental) qualities — enters & remains in the first jhana: rapture & pleasure born from withdrawal, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. With the stilling of directed thoughts & evaluations, he enters & remains in the second jhana: rapture & pleasure born of concentration, unification of awareness free from directed thought & evaluation — internal assurance. With the fading of rapture, he remains equanimous, mindful, & alert, and senses pleasure with the body. He enters & remains in the third jhana, of which the Noble Ones declare, 'Equanimous & mindful, he has a pleasant abiding.' With the abandoning of pleasure & pain — as with the earlier disappearance of elation & distress — he enters & remains in the fourth jhana: purity of equanimity & mindfulness, neither pleasure nor pain. This is the sort of mental absorption that the Blessed One praised.
So, even for samatha bhavana, although postures and environment are the aiding conditions, the key is understanding too, both of the diffence between wholesome and unwholesome states as to cultivate the wholesome ones, and of how the objects can arouse wholesome states of mind to the degree of jhana as described above. All those conditions make up samatha practice. It doesn't happen by mere wishing or wanting, or just sitting.
However, with vipassana bhavana, it is difference. The only obstacle for it is wrong view, not unwholesome mind states (see satipatthana sutta), nor a noisy or disturbing environment. So right view, or right understanding which is conditioned by hearing the Dhamma and wise considering of what has been heard is essentiel. the right view here, of vipassana type has to do with the characteristics of realities, both individual and general. So to clearly understand that dhammas arise by conditions is of most importance, in order to understand any reality which arises as anatta. Without realizing that dhammas are just dhammas, not a person, is indispensible before any higher insight can occur about the Tilakkhana, as we have learnt about the 16 stages of insight: only after one stage can the next stage unfolds.
So if there is clear understanding of what are the conditions for each kind of development, there can be more reflection on what one has been taking to be "practice".
We don't deny practice, we just don't take it to really mean someone doing something, because wanting or wishing can not do proper practice. Practice has has its own conditions that we can all explore further for our selves.
Another thing is: while many people consider the sutta to be prescriptive, AS and followers consider them to be rather descriptive. If you try to read them under that light, I think you will have a very different conclusions. Above all, the Buddha's teaching should be about the Truth, so there should be a conformity in the Tipitaka. So what is the understanding which can make the whole Tipitaka in conformity with each other?


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STOCKTON - A civil court case between the family of a special-needs student who was molested on a school bus and the Lodi Unified School District could, if it goes to trial and ruled in favor of the plaintiff, be the impetus for new requirements on employee background checks, lawyers argued.
STOCKTON - A civil court case between the family of a special-needs student who was molested on a school bus and the Lodi Unified School District could, if it goes to trial and ruled in favor of the plaintiff, be the impetus for new requirements on employee background checks, lawyers argued.
Lawyers representing Lodi Unified and Angel M.C., the name given for the father of the now 10-year-old student who was molested by bus driver Richard Evans in November 2010, argued in court Friday morning whether the district could be held negligent in hiring Evans.
Angel M.C. and his daughter are suing for the costs of counseling and other pain and suffering. The district motioned to Judge Linda Lofthus that the case should be thrown out because the district could not be held responsible for Evans' criminal actions.
Lofthus denied the motion.
Evans, 61, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 25 years in prison in July 2011, but Angel M.C.'s lawyers, Vince Finaldi and Kenneth Melayco, claim an expunged prostitution charge against Evans a decade before he was hired should have prevented his hiring.
According to court documents, Evans had worked for the Frito-Lay company as a truck driver. In May 2000, he solicited a prostitute on Weber Street at a negotiated price of $10 and a bag of chips, and drove to another location for a sexual encounter. Police saw Evans solicit the prostitute, Finaldi said, and followed him.
"He told the judge it was a one-time thing that he'd never done before, and they said, 'Keep your nose clean for three years and we'll expunge the conviction,'" Finaldi said.
That illegal sexual soliciting, expunged or not, should have been a factor in hiring Evans to drive students on a school bus, Finaldi said, and hiring him presented a danger to children. School district officials had testified prior to Friday's hearing that they might not have hired Evans if the 2000 conviction had not been expunged.
"This was an illegal sexual action being done in a company vehicle," Finaldi said.
Attorney Nancy Huneke, representing Lodi Unified, said there is no case law that records a similar situation to the one in Lodi Unified. She said the district believed it could not hold an expunged record against a prospective employee. She also argued to Judge Linda Lofthus that a person such as Evans would pass a background check unless he had a prior case of molesting a minor. Soliciting a prostitute, she said, while illegal in itself, is engaging another adult for consensual sex and not comparable to child molestation.
The overarching theme of Friday's court hearing was that if this case goes to trial, the result could lead to more stringent background checks for school employees that could allow schools to rule out any prospective employee who has a record.
"If you take this on, you could be making a new law," Huneke told Lofthus. She refused further comment after the hearing.
Finaldi said the need to protect children is the most important aspect of the case, adding that Angel M.C.'s daughter has had major setbacks in her emotional development since being molested.
Both sides are scheduled to meet for a settlement conference on Nov. 13, but Lofthus offered the opportunity to meet sooner.
Contact reporter Keith Reid at (209) 546-8257 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/lodiblog.


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More rumours emerge over the iPhone 6's design
Further leaked images appear to have opened yet more discussions and rumours about the shape, design and materials of the Apple iPhone 6, with many differences to what we have seen so far.
Previous leaks have suggested that the new Apple handset will be larger rather than simply taller – as was the case with the iPhone 5 – than its predecessor, while it was also believed that it would feature smoother curves and less of a clinical finish.
However, the new images published on a Korean news site named Joseilbo seem to suggest that what we've seen before may not be fully accurate – unless of course these new images are actually fakes.
The site has shown that the phone will feature an alleged much smoother plastic back than we've seen on other pictures, while it also has a different flash configuration – vertical bar rather than simply the circle it was in the past.
On top of this, we've now had the first apparent confirmation that the phone could come with a white chassis this year – up until we had been treated to only black images of the upcoming device.
Other leaks have also emerged from the Australian MacFixIt blog, which has shown a green version of the handset, which is apparently closer to the dummy models that have been leaked already.
It's not clear whether the device is simply wearing a protective cover, but a move to a light green colour would be a bold one for Apple when it comes to its flagship.
Other features on the Australian blog seem to be closer to what we already thought we knew, though, with the round flash and two distinct antenna breaks in the rear casing returning from the dummy models.
The main difference here compared to the dummy models is the return of the Apple logo to the rear of the device, which has led to many speculating that this is the final production model's back plate from the Cupertino giant.


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Current MM gear:
'91 Trans Teal SR4 (rosewood)
'92 Vintage Sunburst SR4 (maple)
'96 Black SR4 (rosewood)
Sorry the picture is a bit dark but I am a bass player
Pacific Blue Burst is what I am told the color is, plays and sounds great!
Guys meet Cleopatra.
Here ya go Bill ... my new (to me) black/black/maple SR5. DOB: 11/94
My first MM and I'm in lub already. She's got a bit of wear and tear but she goes from purr to growl in 0.5 !! I really don't know why I waited this long for a SR. I feel GAS coming on ... uh-oh ... I think a nice SR 4 string might be in my near future ...
(excuse the pokies on the strings, clippers were in my stage case far away hehe)
Studio Pics || My Band Website - The Funk King Band || My Mac website - MacDiscussion.com
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SR5 HS white
sorry cannot work out how to post pics here unless really small.
the Double D - Dargie Delight SR4 HS matching headstock (E44380 - DOB 19th Mar 2007 one of 17 and only one in the UK)
the Creammachine - White HS SR5, white pg, maple neck and matching headstock. (E34451 - DOB 1st Mar 2006)
the PurpleDaze - trans purple SR4-H, ashwood body, rosewood fretboard (E29097 - DOB: 12th April 2002)
My '99 SR4 with Status graphite neck
Silhouette bass guitar (Blue dawn/Maple)
Stingray 2EQ (Black/Rosewood)
USA SUB Bass (Teal/Rosewood)
My music pages
2 79' MusicMan Sabres and a 89' Ernie Ball MusicMan sabre
Love the refinished one with the Red Tort and narrow neck option !!
shame about the roswood fingerboard
79' MusicMan Sabre(with 80' narrow neck option)
79' MusicMan Sabre(with narrow neck option)
89' Ernie Ball MusicMan Sabre
90' Ernie Ball MusicMan Sabre (unlined fretless)
86' Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray
97' Ernie Ball MusicMan Stingray (Status Neck & Basslines PU)
Markbass LMK
Markbass TRV 102P (X2)
Hevos Midget
Don't ask me... I'm just the bassplayer
I have posted these images elsewhere, but I just realized it's here they belong.
First is Bongo 5 HH in Desert Gold W/ Black Ice PG (thanks jack!)
Second is Bongo 5 HH in Envy Green
Unfortunately it looks like these two are the only Bongos I'll have for quite some time, so although I would pretty much do anything for a Dargie Bongo 5 H I think I will have to pass. The money I don't even have is needed elsewhere (like a new roof and stuff...)
bovinehost: Yes, I do agree with that, but if there's nothing wrong then there's nothing wrong.
Beth: I would compare Bongo to Tommy Lee Jones. Bad a$$ and just hot in a weird way...
cheezewiz: They should take their lace thongs off and play bass.
The bass with the rig.
GAH. That SWR needs to find it's way out of my main rig... once I get an EUB, it'll be my jazz rig... After a red-faced SWR-350.
This whole bass playing thing is like staring into a botomless pit, then throwing most of your money into it, hoping one day it will be full, but, being the botomless pit it is, it's never full. Crap.
Stingray HH 5 2005 LE
Stingray H 5
Mesa/Boogie Titan V12
Mesa/Boogie VPH810
This is my 3/90 SR5, I love the alnico sound!!
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Might as well post mine even though it's already my avatar.
Here's my SUB Sterling. I bought a white pickguard for it but it's otherwise stock. Sorry for the poor quality. I don't have a camera so I used my cell.
Yes, limited edition with black headstock. No clue as to how many were made and EBMM doesn't release this type of information. Mine's a 2-Band SR4 with maple board and people have told me it's pretty rare...just not sure "how" rare.
Pics just say it all !
Heres some pictures of me with my HH Stingray. Awesome bass!


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- 92% silk, 8% spandex
- Center back to hem: 12" (31 cm)
- Polyester charmeuse lining
- Invisible zipper
- Gripper tape
- Dry clean
- Imported
- Model is 5'9" and is wearing a US size S
Cutout Shirred Halter Top is rated out of 5 by 1.
Rated 4 out of 5 by yaz11 from Elegant & Sexy A bit frightened it wouldn't fit, I first tried on a size small. To my surprise, it fit me a bit lose. I then tried the next available size (xsmall) and it fit impeccably! I'm a 36C and have a slim waist and the XS adjusts to my body features. I've never been a fan of pink but this soft pastel color feels so fresh and looks so elegant I had to take it home with me.
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The surprising, even shocking news came in two pieces.
1) Comcast, the Philadelphia-based new ownership of NBC, is not renewing the contract of 30-year WNBC-Ch. 4 news anchor and beloved face of New York, Sue Simmons.
Whoa! Why, those no good, just-off-the-train sons of guns! Have they no respect for the industry? For this city? Who do they think they are? Better question: Where do they think they are?
2) Simmons' contract has been reported to be $5 million per year.
Whoa! Again.
Gee, that's a lot of money — a ridiculous amount of money — to pay anyone to read the news, to send it to the weather, to send it to commercials, to send it to sports, to say stay tuned for whatever's next. A whole lot of money, enough to defy dollars and sense.
It would seem to most reasonable viewers — including those devoted to Simmons, among them, those sweating rent— that someone could do what Simmons does for, say, $4 million per. Or even a whole lot less.
If we were to put familiarity and sentiment aside — or at least give them the same standing as practicality — we're left with the other side of the story: $5 million a year. As a matter of practicality, that's crazy, no?
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Hell Frozen Over: With only two days left, it has been an unusually mild winter here. Well, not everywhere here. On Ch. 7 Eyewitness News anchors, this has been one of the most frightening, run-for-your-lives! winters ever, worse than last year's, but likely not as bad as what we can expect from Ch. 7 News, next year.
It's a matter of self-evidence that WABC-Ch. 7 is eager to lead its newscasts with local weather. Thus, to lead with a call for weather that's hardly newsworthy doesn't cut it. So the hysterical and near-hysterical treatment of local weather has become the station's news standard.
Pulling a neighborhood fire alarm for no good reason is a crime. Ch. 7 News spent another winter pulling false weather alarms, targeting millions from all neighborhoods.
It should, however, be noted, that Ch. 7's weather forecasters, in refuting the staged panic antics of the news anchors, guarded and maintained their credibility and integrity. They didn't play along. We're left to consider whether that might be a firing offense.
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Ellen DeGeneres' "Ellen" show, seen here weekdays on Ch. 4, recently included a charming segment with female rap sensation Nicki Minaj. She was joined by her "biggest fan," a precocious 8-year-old girl, who performed one of Minaj's rap songs and claimed to know all of her songs.
It was a cute and cuddly session, with Minaj sweetly embracing the girl and promising to take her on a shopping trip, right after the show.
But there was an awkward issue at hand, one left unaddressed but, to those who know better, well worth the wonder: If that little girl knows all the words to Minaj's songs, then she must know lyrics including:
"F- – – king fab bitch," "Check this motherf- – – ker out," "This is Mega N- – – -r," "N- – – -r said he didn't have a pole for my ho" and "N- – – -rs better have my money by sundown." One Minaj song includes a chorus chant, "You're the f- – -king best," not to mention her songs titled, "Stupid Ho" and "N.-.-.-.-.S."
Isn't that cute?


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Trumping the iPad
I'm here to report that the alligator hasn't killed reading…yet.
I was beginning to wonder, after a super dose of kids and digital games that bewilder the imagination. The kids, all five or six years old, were a joy and a handful.
Eddie was the catalyst. He's six, a string bean, a head taller than his peers and with endless energy.
We get to see Eddie, our only grandson, once a year around July when my son Jack and his family make the 23-hour flight from Vietnam to visit a couple of weeks. That's been the routine for at least the past three years. Then more than a month ago, Jack e-mailed that he was thinking of coming the weekend before Christmas. He had earned the airline miles and he would be bringing Eddie with him.
It all seemed crazy. They would be flying into New York Thursday at 7:30 p.m., staying with my father in Connecticut and turning around to go back on Sunday night. They would barely get over jet lag before reversing the body clock and jumping 12 hours ahead of themselves. It's hard enough for me to adjust to Eastern Standard Time without having to make up for a full day. But even if they slept during the day and stayed up most of the night, that would be better than not seeing them at all.
Eddie is in the equivalent of first grade in a British school in Ho Chi Minh City. His first cousins, Alex and Sydney, live in North Kingstown, are a year younger and kindergarteners. A highlight of the trip would be getting the kids together. And then there was the bonus of Nina and Liam, more distant cousins who live in Ridgefield, Conn.
You get the picture; a weekend playing hide and seek, tying shoelaces, getting little bodies in and out of car seats, finding toys and, for the umpteenth time, saying you can't watch a DVD or television. None of that happened except for the one lost Ugly Doll, which really does live up to its name. After a frantic search that I thought was going to leave Sydney in tears, the doll was retrieved from the recycling bin, where it had been tossed with a cardboard box
Ugly Dolls have been around for some time and are making a comeback, if the attention my granddaughters give them is any measure. Why they deserve such affection is beyond my comprehension.
The latest rage is equally bazaar and my introduction to that came on our way to Ridgefield:
No sooner than we got into the car did Eddie ask, "Are we almost there?" Jack was patient the first time, explaining it would be about a half hour and then suggested, "Why don't you look around?"
Five minutes later Eddie wanted to know, "Are we almost there, now?"
Eddie really wasn't all that much in a rush. He was just bored and quite obviously annoyed by the lack of attention he was getting from the front seat. Jack handed his iPad over the seat. Eddie seemed happy to get it. Soon carnival-style music came from the device and Jack demanded he turn off the sound. It went silent, totally silent. It was as if Eddie had gone to sleep.
I had to know what had captured his attention.
"'Water,'" said Jack, offering no clue.
We weren't passing a pond or a lake and I couldn't imagine what Jack was talking about.
"Did you say water?"
"It's [a game] all about an alligator trying to get clean," said Jack.
The explanation didn't help, although accompanied by a "Yeah, Peppy" from the back seat.
"Water" kept Eddie busy to Ridgefield and on the way home. And when I finally got to play the game – the full name being "Where's My Water?" – I understood the fascination of opening and closing gates, digging tunnels and turning valves to deliver water to an alligator sitting in a tub with a brush. Once the water reached the tub, the computer-generated figure scrubbed vigorously and looked genuinely happy.
With each game, the level of play became progressively more complicated, frequently leaving a saddened alligator in an empty tub. Like the game "Angry Birds," I saw that this could be addictive.
The iPad and the game was the envy of the twins. Eddie introduced them to the game and the girls couldn't hold back their enthusiasm, with all three of them fixed to the screen and reaching over each other to play. They literally couldn't wait to take turns. Suggestions that we go outside, play hide and seek, do anything other than play "Where's My Water?" were totally ignored.
Jack was determined to break the digital fixation.
"Eddie, what about your trump cards? Did you show them to Sydney and Alex?"
There was a pause in the action.
Could there be anything better than an alligator in a bathtub?
The twins were definitely interested. What could it be?
Eddie deserted the iPad and returned with a pack of cards with pictures of animals that are endangered. Each card gave details on the animal, with ratings on the urgency of protective action. Eddie showed the girls pictures of whales, sharks and other sea creatures. The ratings on each determined whether one trumped the other. The objective was to amass all the cards. Eddie has Top Trump cards on a variety of subjects from airplanes and cars to Star Wars critters and spaceships.
He dealt the cards. What to do with them mystified the girls, but they were starting to catch on. From the outset, it was clear he could read better than they. He read their cards, helping them play the game.
"I can sound out," Sydney asserted, not wanting to be left behind.
The iPad screen went black and, for a moment at least, their discovery of reading was opening new worlds for the girls to "sound out."


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