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Irrational exuberance is so widespread in hip-hop right now that Alan Greenspan might freak out—if he understood rap lyrics. There are no two ways about it: Hip-hop sales stink. Album sales dropped 30 percent in 2007, a figure that includes digital downloads. And ringtones, which have given folks like Soulja Boy a reason to, um, soulja on, are not big enough business to be a panacea for the industry.
But judging from recent rap songs, you'd think these guys were too rich to stand up. Literally. In fact, Fat Joe's single "The Crackhouse" begins, "I'm sleeping on a billion dollars." (Bear in mind this is coming from a guy whose last CD, Me, Myself & I, sold about 250,000 copies.)
Once upon a time, MCs were content to exaggerate their wealth in ways that were somewhat plausible. Only a few years ago, in fact, T.I. made the fairly modest claim he was worth "a couple hundred grand" in his song "Rubberband Man." But those days are ancient history. Nowadays even the lowliest rappers brag about Steve Jobs-type stacks. Perhaps the most egregious offender is Bow Wow, who boasts on his recent album that "It's like every time I breathe I make a million."
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Seriously? Humans take at least 10 breaths per minute, so that would put him at roughly $600 million an hour—perhaps double that figure if he's dancing. And if he really makes that much money, his record company must be pissed, considering that his album, Face Off—a collaboration with Omarion—debuted at No. 11 on Billboard and likely won't go gold.
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R. Kelly, on the other hand, is a bona fide megastar and probably quite rich. Nonetheless it's difficult to believe him on Beanie Sigel's song "All of the Above" when he asserts, "I'm worth about a billion, but I'm still hood rich," if only because of his mountain of lawyerly fees. And in the same song, Sigel claims to pull "seven digits clean soon as I grace the stage," which is odd, given that his new album sold about 50,000 copies in its first week and debuted at number 37.
Some in the rap game are also inflating numbers for their other, non-music businesses. Russell Simmons famously admitted to deceiving the public about sales of his Phat Farm clothing line. According to The New York Times, in a 2004 civil deposition he said, "It is how you develop an image for companies." Though Simmons had claimed the line sold $350 million in 2003, the actual figure was less than one-twentieth of that.
Much was made, meanwhile, about 50 Cent's stake in Energy Brands, after its subsidiary brand Glaceau (which includes Vitamin Water) was sold to Coca-Cola last year for $4.1 billion. Fiddy—deemed the second-highest-earning rap cat in 2006 by Forbes—did nothing to quash rumors he was a 10 percent stakeholder in the company. But the Energy Brands folks did, calling rumors that 50 had become a near-half-billionaire "erroneous."
Not surprisingly there's even a label called Billionaire Records, based in Crockett, Texas. It seems likely the label's name is a misnomer, although the title of its most popular song on MySpace probably isn't. The track is called "Billionaire Dreams," and it has been played 260 times.
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Was it the hospital trailer?
That could have been someone else, the girl with the coin in her hand.
Was it the hospital trailer?
That could have been someone else, the girl with the coin in her hand.
Thats not her.. Diana is killed in the shower from the first trailer , also the devs. already told us that the real agent 47 killed her, and we get our hand on this, means that we needs to kill here in a mission
Hmmm, I didn't know that was her, I wonder why you have to kill her...
There is an ICA file video that states the ICA ordered 47 to kill Diana after she started snooping around and finding something she shouldn't have seen.
Which to be honest, doesn't seem like Diana. After all she was pretty much the last person in the ICA beyond the head honcho after Blood Money, and she stuck with the ICA the entire time
There's definitely more to the story than we know about.
I think, probably Travis has his hands in this. Becouse he took her place after she died and become handler of 47.
^ and then he got shot in the hand by 47
I'd still would like to know how did the ICA got itself back together after it was disbanded during Blood Money. Is there something I'm missing?
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If you watch the ICA File video for Diana it's all explained.
Diana was caught deleting files from a restricted ICA desktop, was investigated, then terminated.
She was probably snooping about for information on Victoria.
Hmm she gone, don't know what to fell really never well a huge fan of her just a 47 fangirl, thou looking over the trailers again did anyone notices that in the saints trailer 47 is holding coin that looks like the the one Diana was holding when she was shot?
Yes and it still has her blood on it.
The "Personal Contract" Trailer isn't linear from what I can tell.
The "hospital"/orphanage act is AFTER Diana is killed. Just as IOI would, they break up the chronology of the story in this trailer. Her assassination, I assume, is the very first mission.
Diana is HOT XD
I refuse to kill anyone that hot!
Also, if Diana dies, who will do the voice for the DSB announcements?
OT: Yes the personal contract trailer is pretty obvious 47 has come to kill diana i didn't even need the hospital trailer to know that was where it was going, still what it doesn't quite explain is why are there so many guards at her place/ safe house if she was terminated from the ICA for snooping?
I don't think the Agency fires people. They just kill them off when they need to.
Diana probably had no idea she was going to die. The guards are probably hired security that the agency pays anonymously so it's no problem for 47 to kill them.

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GM badly needs for its popular full-size SUV (and its shared platform stablemates, the new '07 Caddy Escalade, GMC Yukon and the long-wheelbase Suburban) to hold the line against the burgeoning onslaught of large SUVs from Nissan (Armada) and Toyota (the coming '07 Tundra/Sequoia), some of which have already made significant incursions into territory that used to be the exclusive domain of U.S. automakers. GM can't afford to lose any more market share — most especially here, in the one area where it is still a dominant player. The Chevrolet Tahoe has been the best-selling large SUV since 2001 and alone accounts for 26 percent of the segment.
And so a lot of Deep Thought went into the '07 Tahoe — everything from objective things like performance/capability/driving dynamics and features/equipment (including an available Autoride active damping suspension, power flip and fold second row seats, 20-inch rims, and a DVD navigation system) to things much harder to pin down, subjective things like the feelings and thoughts it evokes when you first look at it.
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Leonardo backing Blanc to succeed
After helping build a Ligue 1-winning squad at Paris Saint-Germain, Leonardo is convinced coach Laurent Blanc will have time to turn a sticky start to the new season into a successful title defence.
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Leonardo resigned as PSG's sporting director after clinching the €64 million capture of Edinson Cavani last month, adding the prolific Uruguay international to a long list of world-class talent he coaxed to the French capital in his two years in the role.
The Brazilian has now moved back to Italy, but upon his return to Paris on Thursday, he told French media that the Ligue 1 champions are never far from his thoughts.
Leonardo also insisted that Blanc, whose appointment in late June he helped manufacture, will get the patience he needs from the club's demanding Qatari owners to fit all the pieces into place after back-to-back draws to start the new campaign.
"Contrary to what has been said, PSG has always been a passion for me. During two years, I experienced some very strong emotions, intense feelings. There has been a complete transformation of the club in a very short time. A lot of things have been done, some good, some bad," Leonardo, who played for PSG during the 1996-97 season, said.
"How do you want me not to watch PSG games? It's impossible. I dream about PSG, I always think about PSG, I still speak with people at the club. PSG is still inside me. The team is fantastic. It's not serious that they've started with two draws. What's more, the team didn't play badly. Laurent is going to have the time to organise things, and the talent of the players will come through."
Leonardo was speaking in Paris where he had returned for a hearing, at the French National Olympic Committee, into his 14-month suspension from matchday activities after he barged into a referee in May.
Although the French Football Federation (FFF), who asked for the suspension to be enforced worldwide, did not send a representative to the conciliation hearing, Leonardo remains hopeful he can have the ban partly or wholly overturned -- which would free him to take up a position at a new club.
The appointed duo of arbiters are expected to produce an opinion on the matter by the end of next week, though neither of the opposing parties are obliged to adhere to it. In the meantime, Leonardo's suspension is provisionally lifted.
With his personal life now firmly based in Italy, a Serie A outfit looks the most likely beneficiary of his talents, with Inter Milan, whom he coached for six months after replacing Rafa Benitez in December 2010, his most likely destination.
"With Inter Milan, there's nothing definite. I don't know what the future holds. But the six months I spent there mean they mean a lot to me," Leonardo told Sky Italia. "I left PSG too soon, and I came back. The same thing can happen with Inter Milan. I've never talked to [prospective Inter buyer Erick] Thohir, but I am in permanent contact with Inter."
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What a swan song it was for outgoing CarmelFest Chairman Jeff Worrell! With near-perfect weather powering a can-do, all-volunteer team, the event, presented by the Rotary Club of Carmel and several sponsors (Current in Carmel among them), was, by any and every measure, a resounding success! Kind of like the fireworks that capped it on July 4. There wasn't a single lull in activity or attendee traffic July 3 or 4, and the festival just might have topped 60,000 in attendance for its two-day run; it didn't hurt that the "Greatest Festival in Indiana" encompassed a Thursday and a Friday, leading into a "recovery weekend" for many. The energy seemed super-abundant from the Kidzone north through the marketplace and Gazebo area and to the North Zone. The layout was modified to encourage more pedestrian traffic, and that paid off. We talked with a number of food vendors and others selling wares, and everyone was upbeat. One of the really terrific facets of CarmelFest is that its leadership always listens. The improvements may seem minor to the attendee, but they are heavily considered before being implemented, all with an eye on improving the experience. And, thus, that was achieved. Don't expect Worrell to ride off into the sunset. Although an able Gary Sexton will assume the reins of the festival, Worrell will be focusing on, among other things, sales of Spark Buttons, which help to defray the costs of the glorious fireworks presentation, and BANG, the exclusive fireworks-viewing and dining/entertainment option atop the parking garage of the Center for the Performing Arts. The festival continues to evolve, which is incredibly energizing, and who knows what's next? All we can assume at this point is that whatever growth or expansion is headed our way, Sexton, Worrell and their fellow volunteers will make decisions for all the right reasons. Bring on 2015!
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The UK Government has amazingly admitted that it made no attempt to gather its own evidence when formulating its anti-piracy plans that were included in the controversial Digital Economy Bill.
Instead, the decision to implement a "three strikes" rule and demand that ISPs play a role in internet censorship was based only on information supplied by copyright holder lobbyists.
Worse still, civil servants working on the proposed legislation were not granted access to data from said lobbyists.
"It is reasonable to acknowledge that the Open Rights Group have something of a point about the evidence used for the Digital Economy Act," Adrian Brazier, who was formerly of the DEA team, told a hearing a hearing for the Parliamentary Select Committee for Business, Innovation and Skills, as reported by IPtegraity.com.
"It was somewhat opaque. The impact assessment was not based on new research or evidence. We had no independent source of information. It is probably fair to say that the evidence we had, had been offered by the rights-holders, they were unwilling to lift the bonnet and let us see the engines, if you like the workings and methodology."
Confirming that the team were not privy to any of the methodology behind the stats, Brazier added: "We were trying to make the best brick we could with what straw we could find.
"In those circumstances, I would say however, that we were always clear as to the provenance of the sources we were quoting. We never claimed they were government figures. We were clear that these were figures that were provided by the rights-holders.
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Conservative columnist Deroy Murdock has an interesting piece today that takes a look at what Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and John McCain, R-Ariz., pay their Senate staffers.
Using the public information compiled on the Web site of the non-partisan group Legistorm, Murdock concludes that, on average, women in McCain's office are paid more than the men in McCain's office -- $1.04 for every dollar a man makes. Men in Obama's office make more than women do; female employees make 83 cents for every dollar made by male employees.
Murdock frames this as an issue of pay equity, but it's not really -- if anything, it's more a matter of a "glass ceiling."
(Or, at least, that's what feminist groups would likely be saying if the situations were reversed.)
Only one of Obama's five best-paid Senate staffers is a woman. Of McCain's five best-paid Senate staffers, three are women.
Of Obama's top 20 salaried Senate staffers, seven are women. Of McCain's top 20 salaried Senate staffers, 13 are women.
The Obama campaign does not dispute Murdock's figures (and neither does the McCain campaign), but Obama campaign spox Ben LaBolt argues that it's a much different situation on Obama's presidential campaign.
Obama's campaign is jam-packed with high-ranking women, LaBolt says, citing Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor Michelle Obama, Chief of Staff Stephanie Cutter, Senior Advisor Linda Douglass, VP Chief of Staff Patti Solis Doyle, VP Communications Director Ricki Seidman, National Finance Chair Penny Pritzker, Policy Director Heather Higginbottom, Domestic Policy Director Neera Tanden, Director of Rapid Response Christina Reynolds, Senior Adviser Anita Dunn, Senior Speechwriter Sarah Hurwitz, Battleground States Director Jen O'Malley, Research Director Devorah Adler, Director of Scheduling and Advance Alyssa Mastromonaco, Chief Financial Officer Marianne Markowitz, Chief Operations Officer Betsy Myers, and the woman whom LaBolt says is the campaign's highest-paid official, Finance Director Julianna Smoot. (Nice work, Jules.)
How many employees total does Obama consider "senior staffers"? How do the numbers of high-ranking women on the Obama campaign -- and their salaries -- stack up?
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There is a new focus in cracking down on sex for sale in Columbus: targeting the men who keep the sex trade alive with their dollars.
In a typical year, 1,000 women are arrested for selling sex in Franklin County and just 60 men arrested for buying it.
The Columbus Division of Police's Chief of Police said that's about to change.
Police and people who prosecute prostitution in Columbus are changing the way they combat it. They are looking at women who sell sex as victims sold for someone else's pleasure and profit.
"It's not a victimless crime," said Columbus Police Chief Kim Jacobs. "Even if you have agreed to the act, most women are not engaged in this because it's what they want to do."
If they are victims, why are they arrested so much more frequently than the men who willingly break the law by buying sex?
Chief Jacobs said a big reason is not enough female officers on the force to target "johns".
"They have to pretend like they're a prostitute. And then get them to say all the right words so we can make the arrest. We videotape. We audiotape. We are in the vicinity to do the arrest and the takedown. So it takes a team of officers to make those all work." Chief Jacobs said.
Jacobs said arresting a prostitute is a much simpler and less labor-intensive process.
"A male officer can go out there, get a prostitute in his car, and say 'this is what I want'. She says 'ok'. Now it's done."
Despite the challenges of targeting johns, Chief Jacobs has ordered her officers to do just that.
"Is it a supply problem or a demand problem? I choose to believe it's a demand problem. If people weren't demanding it, there would be no market," said Chief Jacobs.
Judge Paul Herbert agrees.
He runs CATCH Court, a specialty docket that helps women who've been trafficked break free from the streets.
He says it's time to focus on the men.
"I think we ought to enlist as many powerful people as we can. Get Urban Meyer up on a billboard saying 'not in my town', with Mayor Coleman standing next to him. And let everybody know that when you come to Columbus, Ohio, and you want to buy a young girl, you're going to get in trouble for it." Judge Herbert said.
Chief Jacob's new mandate is already producing results.
In the first half of this year, more men have been arrested for buying sex than in all of last year.
Columbus Police reports 57 men were arrested in the last month.
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Eric Swift is Senior Director of Product Management in the Unified Communications Group at Microsoft. He is responsible for managing customer and industry requirements, product positioning and marketing strategies for the next generation of Microsoft Unified Communications products and services, including Microsoft Office Communicator, Microsoft Office Communications Server, and Microsoft RoundTable. Swift, who has been with Microsoft for six years, previously served as Director of Product Management in Microsoft's Application Platform group. Prior to joining Microsoft, Swift held vice president positions at enterprise application integration and CRM software vendors where responsibilities included product management, CRM and Data Warehouse implementations, and technical support operations. Swift has an MBA from Columbia University in New York, NY.


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PPG Industries aerospace coatings group created custom paint colors for British Airways dove livery, which is being used on nine Airbus A319 aircraft to celebrate the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
PPG Aerospace coatings specialists worked with livery artist Pascal Anson to supply DESOTHANE® HS/CA 8000 series topcoats in gold, light grey and white. A two-step gold mica created outlines of feathers, which were accented in white and painted over a light grey fuselage to represent the body and wings of the dove. Gold on the cockpit created the doves beak, and gold on the tail created the British Airways Chatham Dockyard Union flag design. Desothane HS/CA 8000/B900A clear topcoat provided a final protective coating.
All the colors used for the aircraft were bespoke, said Alex Reid, PPG Aerospace account manager at the North Europe application support center based at the PPG Shildon plant in Northern England.
Anson visited the PPG Shildon coatings manufacturing plant to select colors. He wanted to design his own gold, Reid said. The plane had to be light grey to make it look like a dove, so together we designed a grey and a special gold mica with a unique base color to achieve the desired effect.
British Airways made the paint masks. They have their own graphics shop, so everything was produced in-house, Reid said. There was only one drawing of how to paint the plane.
As British Airways uses PPGs selectively strippable coatings system on its Airbus fleet, Reid added, the repainting process was simplified. With this system, the topcoat and intermediate coat are designed to be easily removed, and the primer is left intact. The aircraft is washed, and the intermediate coat and topcoat are reapplied. The system typically saves about a day repainting this type of aircraft.
British Airways is the biggest user of PPGs selectively strippable coatings system for Airbus aircraft, Reid said.
The topcoats for the gold mica were produced at the PPG Aerospace plant at Gonfreville, France, to British Airways specification, while the grey and white topcoats were mixed at Shildon.
According to David Barnes, British Airways operations manager for external appearance, PPG offered excellent technical support during the aircraft painting process.
British Airways has valued the professionalism and integrity of PPG over many years, Barnes said. Their support on The Dove project went that extra mile. PPG extended friendly hospitality towards the artist, Pascal Anson, when they invited him to their Shildon factory to create a unique gold color for his Dove design.
It has been a great pleasure to work with PPG on this project to achieve the highly successful launch of The Dove aircraft.
Paul Day, PPG Aerospace technical service support, was on hand at British Airways paint hangar at Londons Heathrow Airport throughout the repainting of the first airplane, which was unveiled live on British television in April.
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By Dean Baker
August 19, 2009
Market rents are likely falling in many areas.
The Census Bureau reported that housing starts fell by 1.0 percent from upwardly-revised June levels. Permits were down by 1.8 percent from June levels. All of the decline was in multi-family units. Starts of single-family homes actually rose by 1.7 percent in July. Single family starts now stand 37.3 percent above their February lows.
Starts in buildings with 5 or more units were down by 16.7 percent, falling back to the low-point hit in April. Starts in larger multi-family units are down by more than 75 percent from the bubble peaks in 2006. The decline has been sharpest in the South, where starts are down almost 80 percent from peaks hit in 2005. This largely reflects the plunge in condominium construction in Miami and other centers of the housing bubble. Starts of multi-family units in the South fell by 15 percent in July.
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The recent CPI data on rents show the extent to which oversupply is affecting the market. The rent proper index has increased at just a 0.6 percent annual rate over the last six months, while the owner's equivalent rent index has increased at a 0.7 percent annual rate. There is a great deal of inertia in these indices, since they include all units, not just the ones that came on the market. In many areas, market rents are almost certainly declining. Falling rents will be another source of downward pressure on house sale prices in the next couple of years.
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higher deck or lower deck?
we are going on NCL Pearl in the summer we are getting an inside state room
should we book on the 9,10,11th floor or the 4 or 5th....does it make a difference?
Generally the lower the deck the less you will feel the roll of the ship......this is beneficial if you are prone to seasickness or in really bad weather. Lower decks are normally lower in cost also. Many first time cruisers feel most comfortable cruising in a cabin located midship on a lower deck!!
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I theory it make a difference - I went to different areas of a ship when we have rough seas and really couldn't feel much difference. There probably would be more of a difference if you were lying on your bed. That's when I feel the motion of the ocean the most.
I d go for mid ship
both deck and cabin for least noise and rumble from engine,thrusters,etc.Then less ocean roll too.But inside cabin?would go nuts, have claustrophobia,and need at least a porthole.But have fun either way.
Like Alexandra We need at least a porthole cabin to avoid claustrophobia. Some Ships offer virtual portholes but we have not yet spoken with anyone who has sailed in such a cabin. Unlike Sonny We are more sensitive to the motion of the ocean and we tend to notice a difference in cabin position....we cruise in a fairly wide variety of cabins...and prefer forward cabins.
Nice to have something for everyone. We always go for the highest deck !
A consideration with this particular cruise is that you'll spend most of the time in the Inside Passage where the waters are usually placid and the only waves are those created by the ship's bow.
On our recent passage to Hawaii (Jan/Feb 2014) from Long Beach, Ca to Hawaii we spent 5 days heading West and 6 days heading East. We were plagued by rough seas and high winds (up to 70 knot gusts). The Carnival Miracle, which is a fine Ocean Cruiser, was seriously pitching (front and rear) and rolling for a bit more than 5 of the total sea days. We were unable to make port in Kona, Hawaii due to the wave action. Many of the veteran cruisers suffered sizeable bouts of Mal De Mer (Seasickness) and many passengers were spotted wearing patches behind their ears!!!
Fortunately, Our experience in choosing a lower deck balcony located midships proved its weight in gold as we were quite comfy and had no issues. Karen, my SO, wore a Seaband for about 3 hours. Dinner at Nick and Nora's Steakhouse up on Deck 10 Aft was a trip...We kept watching the Hostess carefully stagger around on high heels as the ship pitched and rolled. She handled it well....Dining venues were never too crowded (understandably)!!
Given Our recent Pacific Crossing experience We would, without hesitation recommend Lower deck, midships for inexperienced cruisers. Don't You ever wonder why future Naval Officers in Training are called "Midshipmen"?
Even as a grizzled old Navy man I can have moments of motion sickness, although not severe. I do recall having to leave dinner on the Carnival Legend in 2005 because of the motion and going back to the cabin and laying down. Of course on that cruise we had an aft-facing balcony and we got to feel lots of the pitching, so laying down didn't help much but after a while I was back in fighting form. I do know I was happy to see our next port.
I had a studio cabin on the Norwegian Getaway last week and even though I am claustrophobic I was fine. They are nice cabins for the single cruiser. BTW, Billy, if you are going on Getaway you will like it. Great ship and crew.
Dave...Yes, the NCL Getaway is very high on Our future cruise list!!! We have been admiring the NCL Breakaway but a cruise on the Getaway is more likely!!!
the return of Oceanview cabins offers a friendly option as the smaller balconies have no appeal!!! WE are very careful in choice of cabin and the current new class of NCL ships will see us aboard....Unfortunately not till 2016 will we have an opening. We are booked right thru to Dec. 2015 at present and a Transatlantic is in the offing for
spring 2016!!! We are traveling 5 months a year now.......and Family weddings are keeping us near the shore!!!
We had a nice read of Your Getaway voyage.......it is nice to be back and online.....We cut the electronic ties when away.....it makes the holiday much less stressful!
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I'm going to Iraq and need help choosing a hand gun.
I'm going to be going to Iraq as a civilian contractor. And will be in dangerous situations on occasion. So I would like your guy's help selecting a good handgun for protection. I am smaller guy about 5'10 and 150 lbs. I have never used handguns before but I am failure with rifles. I spent a short time in the Marines, before my medical discharge.
I need something that is Accurate, but also carry some punch too it. I've been looking at a 9mm or something comparable. Id like a desert eagle however i think the desert eagle would be a little large for me and impractical.
Any advice or help would be great. Also any ideas on good places to purchase them and general prices. I'm looking at around 600 or so i might be able to budget up to 1k. I would also need spare magazines, would like to have plenty of rounds in case something does happens.
Glock 19. Magazines should be easy to get replacements for on the economy, and you can get ammunition through US Government supply channels.
Just be sure that your employer will allow you to carry weapons.
Which company are you going to work for?
probably KBR... i havn't finalized everything out specificly. My brother was in the Army in Iraq and he said it was pretty safe. but i'd rather have it and not need it rather than not.
So your going to go to Iraq and once there find a contractor to work for?
My good friend who worked as a contractor over there said that all of the contractors he knew carried Glocks. They just work! Plus, they are plentiful over there.
Lots of opinions. May I suggest you go to a range that has rental guns available and try various kinds. Or, if you know friends with different kinds, see if they will let you shoot them. What works for me, won't necessarily work for you.
Glocks are accurate and reliable, I once owned one, but it didn't fit my hand well and I was nervous about the trigger. I carried it a couple of years, then traded it.
Different strokes for different folks.
If you would ask a question like this I have to assume you are not very expirienced w/handguns (or you'd know your own preference/answer)......If you are familiar Id sugest a Hi-cap .45 like glock or XD..If not too familiar I suggest a Glodk or XD in 9mm for lighter recoil...but practice practice ....practice.
Get some instruction first or you may become very proficient at doing it WRONG.
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I am also new to handguns. About 2 months ago i got a cz 100 cal. 9mm. I was going to get a glock but, all your paying for is the name($600.00). The cz is "your best bang for your buck!!" i was told by the owner of the gun range i've been going to that... All the recent handgun comps. Have been getting won by ppl with the cz. I got the gun, 2 13 round magz, 3 boxes of bullets, 2 cleaning tools, and the carrying case for $399.00. It's all up to you and how each gun feels to you. Can't let other ppl tell you what to get.
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Leggy Lana is up for review today, and this is a solo site that features a mature blonde woman, who was born in Russian and now lives in the UK, in mostly solo scenes, though she does throw in some girl/girl and boy/girl action in there. She also puts a focus on her legs, as you can probably tell from her site title, with the addition of panythose and other similar items in there. Access will cost $30 for the first month, and then $25 a month after that if you decide to stick around.
Exclusive solo mature content with a focus on legs.
I think the model and her content here are the main reasons someone would join the site, so it's the number one thing I like here. If you like Lana, and her legs, this is probably one of the only places you can find her content. Everything seems to be 100% exclusive, and you can check out her tour to get a little idea of what kind of content she offers.
Decent-sized site, still updating weekly.
For a solo site, the fact that she's over 200 scenes is a pretty big deal. Plus, her site is still active today with new scenes coming up weekly. You should be able to spend at least a month here and not get too bored, despite not having any bonus site access.
Quality could be better.
She runs an amateur site, which I understand, but even with that in consideration, I think more could be done here in terms of quality. The oldest content looks the worst, as expected, but even the newer content could be bumped up a bit. I would say an amateur-based HD setup would be my preference.
Site and navigation are pretty plain.
You can tell right away after logging in that the design is either a few years old, or just done in-house, as it looks rather simple compared to most sites you've probably seen. There's nothing in the way of navigation features or options, either, so you're stuck just browsing through the lists of her content looking for something interesting.
No interaction.
Considering this is a solo site, I was hoping for a little more in the way of extras that only a solo site can offer. She does have a diaries section, but it's video-based, quite small, and hasn't been updated in years. I'd look for maybe a more normal journal or diary, some camshows, or just anything she can think of to let others get to know her a bit better.
Video options are pretty weak.
Her videos only come in a single WMV option unfortunately. There are no other video types, no quality levels, no clip lengths, and not even a streaming video option to check out. I'd look for at least one other video option to be added.
Minor Negatives:
Nothing too over the top, but an okay collection of solo mature content.
There's nothing too crazy here, and the site seems to be getting a little dated at this point, but I think the right person could have a good time here with what she offers. Leggy Lana offers up over 200 scenes of mature action, though not a lot in the way of extras. Plus, the quality is lagging a bit these days, and could use an upgrade. All in all, it's probably a bit below average, but the site is still active at least, so check out the tour and see if you might like what she offers here.
About the Content:
Downloadable exclusive scenes featuring a mature blonde in solo, lesbian, and hardcore action with a focus on her legs.
Download Managers:
Yes, should work.
Channel Max: 6
Able to pause/resume.
Test Software: Speed Download
Download Speed:
Download Mgr: 1.0MB/sec.
Browser: 250KB/sec.
(49MB video, 20Mbps cable internet)
Exclusive Info:
Advertised: 100% exclusive.
My Opinion: Yes, it looks like they shoot all their own content here.
File Sizes (HQ):
(average size, HQ)
HD Video:
No HD quality videos.
Live Cams:
No free live cam shows.
Logging In:
User, pw, verification image.
Saved after closing browser.
Videos don't require pw.
Very easy!
Model Appearance:
Mature blonde female.
Born in Russia, lives in UK.
Model Info:
Solo girl site.
Various girlfriends and boyfriends.
Other Content:
No notable extras.
Other Details:
Little to no condoms.
Background music in some videos.
Pic Details:
Semi-pro level photography.
Little to no airbrushing.
Good lighting, bright colors.
Pic Dimensions (HQ):
Recent = 1500 x 1000
Archives = 800 x 600
Sizes vary a little.
Streaming Player:
No in-browser playback available.
Updates in Last 7 Days:
1 image gallery.
1 full video episode.
(on par with previous updates)


text: Hayden, Stoner Struggle in Portugal Henny Ray Abrams | October 31, 2010Ducati Marlboro's Nicky Hayden did something on Sunday he'd never done before; he started a race in the dry without completing a single lap of practice or qualifying in similar conditions.Like the rest of the MotoGP field, Hayden lined up on Sunday afternoon on a dry track that had a few wet patches. Every session prior to the race had been wet-Friday morning was a write-off and Saturday qualifying was rained-out-and setting up the Desmosedici GP10 for the race was a series of educated guesses.Hayden made more of his race than teammate Casey Stoner, who crashed out of third on the fifth of 28 laps. Hayden briefly led the race, but found mid-race tricky going. One of six riders to go with the softer option Bridgestone front, Hayden appeared to be struggling with the front end, but he refused to use that as an excuse.With Fiat Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi disappearing at mid-race, all eyes were on the final podium spot. Hayden was in the thick of it well into the final lap, but lost out to eventual third place finisher Andrea Dovizioso (Repsol Honda) and Marco Simoncelli (San Carlo Gresini Honda)."Today was the first time in my career that I have gone out to race in the dry without completing a single lap in those conditions before lining up on the grid," Hayden said. "Over the first few laps the bike worked really well, I felt good and I even managed to lead the race, which hasn't happened for a while. In the middle part of the race I had a couple of moments on damp patches and lost my feeling a little. I got my rhythm back together towards the end and joined in the fight for the podium."Fifth place alongside a crash for Casey (Stoner) isn't a brilliant result for the team. It has been a tough weekend on everybody, but we will try to do better at Valencia."Stoner said that there wasn't "much to say today, other than it's a shame, obviously. I was taking it steady over the first couple of laps getting the tires up to temperature and then I was able to push a little harder to close the gap to the guys in front of me. When I got on the back of Jorge (Lorenzo) I wasn't pushing as hard as I had on the previous laps, but I ran a little off line and lost the front. I tried to save it but I wasn't able to and I am really sorry to all the guys in the team because they have done a good job in difficult conditions to find a good set-up. We will try and make up for it in Valencia."Henny Ray Abrams | Contributing EditorAbrams is the longest-serving contributor at Cycle News. Over the course of his 35-some years of writing and shooting photos, he's covered events from MotoGP to the Motocross World Championship - and everything in between. Comments


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Warren County Local History by Dallas Bogan
|Dallas Bogan on 26 July 2004
|Dallas Bogan, Warren County, Ohio and Beyond (Bowie Maryland: Heritage Press, 1979) page 157
|Return to Index to see a list of other articles by Dallas Bogan
The Cincinnati and Miami Valley Traction Company ended at midnight May 13,
1939. This ended a means of transportation, which had successfully carried the
population of the Miami Valley for a period of over forty years. The economic
interests of the communities that it served had seen no better means of progression
in the whole history of the valley.
The first section of the interurban line was built from Fifth and Jefferson streets in Dayton to Carrmonte in 1894. A year later a discussion was settled that a realization of a connection from Dayton, through Franklin, to Cincinnati was inevitable. In 1896, a dream came true with the connection of the two cities.
The traction company experienced a problem with considerable difficulty in obtaining a permit to cross the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton tracks south of Middletown near Trenton. A much publicized court battle ensued in which public sentiment was definitely against the railroad company. The permit was finally granted and the final link in the line was completed on August 24, 1897. The traction line schedule allowed regular cars each way every thirty minutes for about 18 hours a day.
Up until 1913 the traction line through Franklin experienced little trouble. However, the flood of 1913 washed out much of the track and many of the bridges over the Great Miami were washed away. Repairs were quickly made and service was resumed in record time.
The company had many name changes. The Cincinnati and Miami Valley Traction Company's name existed until 1902 when several Ohio interurban lines consolidated to form the Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo Company.
Included in the merger were the Southern Ohio Traction Company, the Cincinnati and Northern Railroad Company, The Miamisburg and Germantown Traction Company, and the Hamilton and Lindenwald Electric Company.
Six years later, in 1908, the lines were known as the Ohio Electric Railway Company, which operated the traction company until 1918, when the Cincinnati and Dayton Traction Company took over the business.
In 1926, the name was again changed to Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Traction Company. The final name change came in January 1930, when the traction line was taken over by the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad Company.
From the beginning, the speed of the traction cars had been increased as the demand for faster transportation became evident. The original cars were able to average between 35 and 40 miles per hour.
In 1903, the interurbans were traveling at a maximum speed of 50 miles per hour and the cars used at the time of termination of the line were capable of traveling, on straight stretches, speeds up to 70 miles per hour.
The Lebanon and Franklin Traction Company was a very reliable transportation
system from Lebanon to Franklin, and vice-versa. Obtaining the property rights
for this line was fairly easy because the farmers saw the need to transfer their
products. These products such as vegetables, fruits, and even animals were shipped
via this route. This line was used mainly for passenger service, and also for
transfer of students attending the different schools in Lebanon.
The route was finished in July 1903. The actual grading started at the Rhoades hill south of Franklin on what is now S.R. 123. There are still traces of the old line at the top of the hill, and the old line is still fairly visible traveling toward Franklin. The traction line ran on the west side of S.R. 123 from Franklin to Red Lion. It then was laid out to proceed in a straight line to the junction of Kirby Road and S.R. 123. The line then proceeded on the east side of S.R. 123 to Markey Road, and then south and east of the latter road to S.R. 63; thence east on S.R. 63 to Lebanon with the line running on the south side of the latter highway. There are still many signs of the Lebanon-Franklin Traction line that can be seen from S.R. 123, and also some visible signs on Markey Road.
The traction line purchased two cars built by the Barney & Smith Company, the dimensions being 40 feet long, 8 feet 4 inches wide and 12 feet high. The car numbers were 103 and 104. Charles Kohr was the conductor for the entire lifetime of the line. Other employees were Will Whitley, Fred Bluss, William Swink and Perry Schwartzel.
Standard gauge of the line was 4 feet 8 1/2 inches, which is considered uniform in modern times. The electric generator was located at 1122 South Main St. in Franklin. This generator was shared with the Miami Valley Traction Company. Franklin's office was at Brubaker's restaurant on the corner of Sixth and Main Streets. The stop in Lebanon was in front of the library and the tickets could be purchased at the Lebanon Hotel (now The Golden Lamb).
Because of the financial woes of the line, which was constantly in monetary trouble, it was forced to cease operations December 31, 1918.
A company was formed in 1900, which was named The Interurban and Terminal
Company. This was another traction line that was to eventually run through Warren
During the first two years of its operation a division named the Cincinnati and Eastern built a route to New Richmond from the Queen City paralleling the Ohio River most of the way, with its route passing by Coney Island. The Suburban Division was another branch, which had its terminal at Bethel.
The Rapid Railway was a division of the line that extended from Cincinnati to Lebanon. The line reached Mason in May 1902; it reached Lebanon September 26, this date being the last day of Lebanon's Centennial commemoration. The route of the Rapid Railway was north from Cincinnati to Mason, Kings Mills, South Lebanon and on to the "City of Cedars."
The office in Kings was located on King Avenue. The main attraction for this stop was the Kings Mills Powder Company and the Peters Cartridge Company. Workers from the entire area used the line for transportation to and from work. A double deck bridge framework, 60 feet high and 330 feet long, was located coming east from Mason over Dawson Street to Kings Mills.
The late Marion Snyder stated in one of his articles concerning an item in the Street Railway Journal, dated November 21, 1903, "near this hillside (at one end of the trestle) has been cut and a solid stone retaining wall Gerected."
The projection of the line ran a short distance south of the Kings Mills Road from Mason to Kings Mills. South Lebanon's ticket office was located at Victor Van Riper's store. Mr. Snyder relates that Saturday nights found the cars filled to capacity to and from South Lebanon. This last night of the week found the cars packed out, initially for special events up and down the line, plays, dances, parties and the like. (One very special person to ride the line was Warren G. Harding, many years before his Presidency.)
Standing room only was generally the rule on Saturdays. Crowding onto the open area of the cars on the back was a reality, or occasionally a courageous person would stand on the step rather than wait for the next car.
Mr. Snyder relates an incident, which occurred to one Bob Klick, a Kings Mills resident. As was stated, Saturday night was a gala time and the cars were full of frolic-makers. He writes:
"One had neglected to turn the switch back at the Opera House so that the car, instead of going on down the hill towards the railroad suddenly swung left onto Main Street and around the block again. The swerve caused Bob to lose his balance, fall off the car (he was hardly on it) and he started rolling down the hill where the car was supposed to go. Of course the car got back where it belonged and Bob rode home."
Mr. Snyder also discloses that French Smith recalled riding the traction from Mason to Kings Mills so he and three other teenage boys could play pool. Mason's rules applied for pool playing only if you were eighteen. As he recalled, the fare from Mason to Kings was ten cents one way.
The Rapid Railway was not only a passenger line. It was also, like the Lebanon-Franklin Traction Line, a rail for farm produce and the like. This particular division of the Interurban Railway and Terminal Company operated for twenty years, from 1902 to 1922.
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Back as LBJ! Bryan Cranston to Reprise Award-Winning Role in ALL THE WAY Adaptation for HBO Films
Variety writes that Bryan Cranston will take his Tony Award-winning portrayal of President Lyndon Johnson to the small screen in an HBO Films adaptation of last season's Broadway hit ALL THE WAY. Playwright Robert Schenkkan will adapt the project.
Read the original news here.
ALL THE WAY takes audiences behind the doors of the Oval Office and inside the first year of Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency and his fight to pass a landmark civil rights bill.
The play was Cranston's Broadway debut, for which the actor won this year's Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theater World awards for Best Actor in a Play.
Before ALL THE WAY, Cranston received three Emmys, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as 'Walter White' in AMC's Breaking Bad and will likely sweep more honors into his basket at this year's Emmy ceremony.
Cranston's other upcoming film projects include Trumbo and Holland, Michigan. He also recently graced the big screen in Godzilla.
Photo Credit: Evgenia Eliseeva


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Zuccarello, Lundqvist lift Rangers over Red Wings
Fri, 17 Jan 2014 03:00:16 GMT —
Mats Zuccarello broke up a scoreless duel between two Olympic goalies when he scored with 5:58 remaining, lifting the New York Rangers to a 1-0 victory over the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday night.
Zuccarello floated a puck over Detroit's Jimmy Howard when he drove to the net, putting New York's 45th shot of the night into the net. That was enough for Henrik Lundqvist to earn his third shutout of the season and 48th in his NHL career.
Lundqvist, who made his sixth straight start, stopped 38 shots. Gustav Nyquist slipped a shot behind him with 44.5 seconds remaining, but Lundqvist reached back to cover the puck just before it crossed the line.
Howard made 47 saves.
The Red Wings were shut out for the second straight game, both times 1-0. Detroit, which hasn't scored a power-play goal in six games in 2014, was beaten at Anaheim on Sunday.