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1. Looking for an amp A friend recently sought to identify the precise date of manufacture and specifications of a Fender Vibrasonic Reverb 100 Watt guitar amplifier. The one in question was made by Fender Musical Instruments of Fullerton, California. The front face of the amplifier shows the following detail: Vibrasonic Reverb with the following controls - Normal 1 & 2 input / Bright switch / Dials: Volume / Treble / Middle / Bass /// Vibrato 1 & 2 input / Bright switch / Dials: Volume / Treble / Middle / Bass / Reverb / Speed / Intensity / Master Volume / On/off light. On the rear, the 300W label refers to the AC input power, not the power output, which varies from 100W to 135W. This is shown in the following two illustrations. Specifications of the present example include: Four power tubes (replacements), being Electro-Harmonix beam power tetrodes / vacuum power tubes 6L6EH. Made in Russia. Legend 15 inch speaker, replacing the original JBL D-130-F

| International Women's Day 1920 | Fortune 1959 | Ostatni Etap 1948 | Return to Life 1949 | Yaroslav Hunka & Ukraine | Hayata Dönüş, Turkish poster, circa 1949. 1. Return of Emma Hayata Dönüş is the title of a Turkish film poster dated circa 1949. It promotes the French film Retour à la vie ( Return to Life ) released that same year. The following article outlines the present writer's search for information on the film during September 2024, believing it initially to be a Turkish production by Ceylan Film. It was eventually identified as French. The film offers five separate stories over approximately two hours, each concerning a liberated prisoner of war.  The section of the film highlighted in the Turkish poster is entitled Return of Emma , and is the first story in the film, occupying approximately 18 minutes. The film is accessible below from a Russian web site and presents a brief episode in the life of a middle aged woman (Emma, played by Ma

MH370 : | A fictional summary  | MH370: Introduction  | Russia & China | Sergio Cavaiuolo satellite data analysis | TR-3B | MH370 video presentation | Chinese image of three orbs involved in MH370 disappearance, 8 March 2014. W hen something like a commercial jet vanishes into thin air and no explanation makes any sense and the government is hiding something and the Deep Web has no answers and the airline won’t share the “truth”, there is only one possible conclusion a logically, sane-minded person can come to — ALIENS. ( The Daily Telegraph , 11 March 2014) Contents The bigger picture Letter to Ashton Forbes Russian involvement Chinese involvement References Acknowledgements ----------------- 1. The bigger picture Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Shanghai on Saturday, 8 March 2014. It remains one of the greatest mysteries in recent history. Modern passenger airplanes simply do not just disappea