marimari...thank u for the info...i guess yu are right...it is for steven to decide who he wants to talk to .....frankly i simply cannot understand why he is not answering my emails and my phone calls,,,,,,earlier i tried calling him at least twice a week but nowadays that has stopped coz i am running at a low budget and top it all he is never in the receiving end but just the answering machine..as for the being alone part,,i guess steven will never be alone coz we are all rallying behind him to get out of this rut and come back a stronger and better man..i wonder what made him become what he is today,,,,he was into all that stuff earlier but had given it all up to accept jesus christ..he was a born again.....his being a born again is very instrumental in shaping up our friendship...he always had encouraging and loving words for me when i was goin thru rough times......the change in locality cannot be the sole factor for his getting into drugs again.........i will be mailing him again as soon as i finish this post...please let me know when yu talk to him...i have also left several messages in his website.....may god be with him and yu too ...always.....

lucysorets...yu have mail dear....thanks for the offer......god bless yu ...

tracie...hi...

steven...helo bro.....god be with yu......

marimariSRV if u hear from Steven let him know his missed here

cuthbert, fair point, but you gotta appreciate that dakook was just suggesting that some words are perhaps a little too extreme.

kd6aaj's post (or the first line of it anyway) is, I think, enough justification the dakook was right to flag it up!

Cuth the ranter (or is it Rath the .unter)

While I do agree with many of the points you raise, perhaps I can be devil's advocate and suggest that by actually posting your comments (about the objections to the use of the 'C' word) rather than just thinking them, you were not actually practising what you preach. :-)

Zincmaster

Well done regarding the Nano news, I was seriously considering getting one.

To All

Defense wants client's nickname barred

Attorney says 'Scuz' moniker could negatively influence jurors

WEST CHESTER, Pa. - A defense attorney has asked a judge to bar any references to his client's nickname — "Scuz" — in his upcoming murder trial, saying the moniker could negatively influence jurors.

Demetrius "Scuz" Fiorentino, 31, of Coatesville, is charged with the April 2004 robbery and shooting death of Joel "Wellz" Taylor, 19, of Queens, N.Y., during a botched drug deal in a Coatesville crack house in Coatesville.

Defense attorney Laurence Harmelin cited the dictionary definition of scuzzball as "an unpleasant, dirty or dangerous person; creep" and scuzzy as "dirty, shabby or foul in condition or nature."

Harmelin told Common Pleas Judge Phyllis Streitel on Friday that connotations of Fiorentino's nickname would prejudice jurors against the defendant.

Assistant District Attorney Lorraine Finnegan said it would be nearly impossible for witnesses to identify the defendant without using his nickname.

"All of these witnesses are going to have to call him by the name they know," she said. "We're not calling him a scuzzball or scuzzy ... it's 'Scuz' because that is his nickname."

Harmelin also asked to have the trial moved out of Chester County, citing publicity surrounding the case. Finnegan wants the trial to stay in the county.

cuthbert1776

cool - 111, 111

i guess i am 111,113

but not as cool as yours

cuthbert1776

As always - watch out for the New World Order.

A Class-A Scumbag . . .

N.Y. Ex-Schools Chief: I Stole Millions

MINEOLA, N.Y. - For years, ex-Roslyn schools chief Frank Tassone admitted, he stole millions of dollars in taxpayer money to finance everything from his breakfast bagel to European jaunts on the Concorde. His next big journey on the taxpayers' dime will be to prison.

Tassone, 58, of Manhattan pleaded guilty Monday to first- and second-degree grand larceny before Nassau County Judge Alan Honorof in a scandal that state Comptroller Alan Hevesi has called "the largest, most remarkable, most extraordinary theft" from a school system in American history.

As part of a plea bargain, Tassone will spend four to 12 years in prison and pay back an estimated $2 million. If convicted at trial, he could have faced 25 years.

Four other people have been charged. Prosecutors have said they anticipate further arrests, and Tassone will cooperate in the continuing investigation as part of his plea deal, District Attorney Denis Dillon said.

About 50 district residents booed as Tassone entered the courtroom. Many, including former school board president William Costigan, said afterward they were dissatisfied with the penalty Tassone was promised.

"I think he should serve the maximum sentence," Costigan said, although he conceded he was glad to see Tassone "admit in open court that his actions had caused pain and suffering. ... We have become the poster boys for school scandals."

Speaking barely above a whisper, Tassone read an apology in court.

"I will make restitution to the Roslyn schools and I am sorry for my poor judgment," he said. "I only hope and pray that someday, the Roslyn community will remember the good I did for the district."

An audit by Hevesi earlier this year found that $11.2 million had been pilfered between 1996 and 2004, although prosecutors have been able to link slightly less than $7 million to the current defendants.

Sentencing was set for Nov. 29.

The fifth person accused is the district's former independent auditor, Andrew Miller, who prosecutors say helped cover up some of the pilfering. Dillon said Tassone provided information that led to the charges against Miller and suggested the probe "may lead to information on the 50 or more school districts that he audited across Long Island."

The $2 million taken by Tassone paid for flights aboard the Concorde for vacations in England, cruises, hotel and resort accommodations, dermatology treatments, furniture, jewelry and meals. More than $1 million allegedly was stolen via ATM cash advances, and prosecutors said the defendants even had their dry cleaning and cable TV bills picked up by taxpayers.

Records show that Tassone and a former school official withdrew the district's money from ATMs almost every day between February 2001 and October 2002, with Tassone taking out a monthly average of $21,747.

Tassone is the first of the defendants to settle criminal charges.

Good Morning Satchland.......How are you guys?

Stevee T / Michelle....... Thanks for your comments. This was very nice of you both. Thanks again. Take care.

Mari..... I got my suprise in the mail. Thank you so much. Cindy can't believe you did that for us. I'll be sending you my DVD this week endof the band. I have to burn one for ya. I'm going to make a DVD out of my surprise. I'll send you one when I'm finished. I'm planning on upgrading my Mac to OSX "Tiger". In that OS version iMovie and iDVD have HD video capibilities. This will surely be better resolution and a sharper image on screen.

To bad about Steven. I wish there was a way to help. Like you said ...it's up to him to decide his path. Seems he's chosen the wrong path. Like aussie said we do miss him around here. Life is so precious and I know it's hard for you to watch someone you know and care about throw it away. I hope the light shines down on his path and turns him around back home. Take care and thanks for everything. You're the best.

Have A Great Day Everyone ! ! ! !

cuthbert1776

Keniko