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The seller of the used rig is "soliciting", and as such the seller should send the rig for inspection prior to any transfer of funds. I have always done business this way. I keep copies of the e-mails, and I ship with USPS Return Receipt that requires a signature to receive the package. This will give the seller the ability to exercise some recourse if things go sour. I don't deal with buyers who are not willing to give up some personal information, yet want you to ship a rig. Also, if a buyer has poor communication skills they most likely have poor earning power too; sorry!

Fleiss Plans a Brothel to Serve Women The former Hollywood madam and a partner hope to open 'Heidi's Stud Farm' in Nevada. By Shawn Hubler Times Staff Writer November 17, 2005 Former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss bid farewell to Los Angeles on Wednesday, and put out the word: She's looking for a few good men. In a move bound to hearten aspiring Deuce Bigalows the world over, Fleiss said she is joining with a Nevada brothel owner to open the state's first house of prostitution in which men cater to women. Fleiss, whose partner notified Nye County officials of the plan this week, said they will charge $250 an hour and call it "Heidi's Stud Farm." "Women are more independent these days; they make more money and it's hard to meet people," Fleiss said as she packed for what she said would be a permanent move to Nevada. "You wouldn't believe the number of women who've told me, 'Heidi, if you do this, I'll be the first one in line!' I mean, relationships are harder than dieting, you know what I mean?" The daughter of a Los Feliz pediatrician, Fleiss became notorious in the 1990s for running a prostitution ring catering to show business people and international businessmen. She eventually was convicted on charges of money laundering, pandering and tax evasion. She was released in 1999, after serving 21 months in prison. Fleiss — who has capitalized on her notoriety as a madam — has been exploring the possibility of opening a legitimate business near Las Vegas. She soon turned to the oldest of trades again, which is legal in parts of Nevada. But she shied from buying an existing brothel when the going prices were too high. She then said she might build her own brothel on 60 acres she owns near Pahrump, but determined that it would be more profitable as housing. Eventually, she made a deal with Joe Richards, who owns three Nevada brothels, in part to prove she would run a clean business. There's also the felony hitch. State law allows counties to refuse a brothel license to convicted felons. County Commissioner Candace Trummell said Wednesday that county attorneys were looking at the proposal, and it was unclear whether the plan would be approved. Fleiss' Las Vegas attorney, Richard Schonfeld, said state law allows for some discretion, and her partner, a 30-year brothel operator, has said Fleiss' name would not be on the license. Her role would be more promotional, and her job title would be "hostess/madam," Richards added. Brothel employees, both men said, are typically subjected to a far lesser degree of legal scrutiny. In a letter to the Nye County Liquor and Licensing Board, Richards also said the business would not be a new one. He and Fleiss would remodel and change the name of one of his existing bordellos, which is now a bar and a collection of trailers called the Cherry Patch about 20 miles north of Pahrump. Fleiss added that she plans to swap the bordello's Western theme for a more Hollywood look, with waterfalls and palm trees. "It's gonna be like Leo DiCaprio in 'The Aviator,' " she said, "and I'm going to put out a casting call for about 20 guys — I bet I get thousands of applicants." Richards said in the letter that a male brothel would "address an ever-increasing fact of life," because "society is witnessing a unique evolution of the female gender reaching out for the same service we now offer male clients." In an interview, he elaborated: "Say a guy gets into an argument with his wife. What does he do? Lot of times, he goes out, gets a drink, goes to a place to be serviced. Now women can say, 'Hey, if you can do it, I can too.' "

Use some judgement in your canopy choice, and take the time to see what the old-timers fly. They are still active in the sport many years later because they made wise gear decisions. /* BTW, do you SAS at your job? */

Then you know the difference between surface area v. the area of projection, right?

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If you are shopping for a mortgage then you'll need a good FICO score to get a decent interest rate. However, these days, just about anyone with a pulse can get a mortgage for a "McMansion". Be very careful where you buy since the housing boom has turned direction in many markets, and prices are likely to be headed downward for some time as they have been driven to meteoric highs due to easy money policies encouraged by the fed. The coastal states have been pumped up the highest followed by inland places with desirable weather. Do you homework, first!

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The issue is median income v. median home price. For example, places like San Diego, CA have a median income of roughly $64k, but the median home costs upwards of $740k. Thus, it's out of the question for the average family to move there and get ahead in life.

You're right about San Antonio still being a bargain. Texas looks pretty good these days. I have a EE friend from school who was looking at San Jose, CA or Austin, TX; he went for Austin as the homes were 1/4 the price of those in San Jose!

The nicest place near Eloy is Casa Grande, AZ, which sits in a nice green irrigated valley, but homes there are anything but a bargain right now.

Actually, there was an article about Eloy, AZ being the next boom area with some 7,000-homes planned not far from the airport. However, it looks like the Phoenix, AZ housing bubble is now losing air with 15,000+ homes currently on the market as speculators are now trying to get out of the market. The area's median income is less than $50k, and the median homes are running 6x to 8x that figure, way above the typical 2.5x that a family can really afford.

ephrin, Davis, CA is one of the most expensive places in the Sacramento area. Nearby Winters condos are bubble priced. Sorry!

I would appreciate hearing about the average home prices for a typical 1,600-sqft place within 15-minutes from a turbine DZ. The inland empire near Perris Valley is priced out of this world, and the small towns around Eloy are real estate bubbles too! Are there places out there where basic fundamentals still exist?

Usually the sales are for canopies sitting on the shelf, and there are dealers out there with PD canopies in their inventory that you can "nudge" around christmas time.

My Racer Elite rigs all have 56-inch bridles, exactly. The largest one of them has a 28-inch ZP PC that extracts a Sabre2-210, and there is no PC hesitation. I always pull the PC fully outward until it is pulled from my grip as it inflates. However, I have dropped the PUD before with winter gloves, and yes...it will produce a hesitation.

These days you need to be able to change course career wise. The best choice is a college degree even from a community college since many of them have good math and computer programs. You might even enjoy yourself.

I agree with you, but I'm unsure about the level of oversight that the county actually has over private company workers. The paperwork might say one thing, but the reality of the oversight is another. In this particular case, a person drowned, which is an easy thing to happen in open water scuba diving and even a swimming pool too. So the EMS arrives in 8-minutes or 15-minutes, the outcome is probably going to be the same. Having the county's taxpayers on the hook for these deaths tends to cause government entities everywhere to want to exclude high risk activities within their borders.

OK, the floater is DEAD. The first person to arrive says, um...she's dead. However, the first person to arrive is also high on dope, so the "fault" is now the taxpayers, right?

Here is an interesting article from Monterey, CA regarding a young lady who passed away while scuba diving. Chances are that she was "brain-dead" anyway, but her family was able to find fault with the "first responders" and more importantly, the pubic entity (deep pockets) who simply hired them. How the lawyers can assign blame to a third party, the public entity, who simply hired a company to fulfill a contract is beyond me. IMHO, the liability trail stops with the employees of the "first responder" company who probably signed a "public trust" agreement. Diver's family reaches deal in death suit Ambulance company claims no wrongdoing; parents close to settlement with county By LARRY PARSONS Herald Staff Writer The parents of an Aptos scuba diving instructor who died after a 2002 diving accident in Monterey have settled a wrongful-death lawsuit against ambulance company American Medical Response. The case, which revealed allegations of heroin use by the ambulance crew that responded to San Carlos Beach to try to save Mollie Suh Yaley, 26, was scheduled to start trial Monday in Monterey County Superior Court. The county, also a defendant in the case because of its responsibility for emergency medical services, is close to reaching a settlement with William and Arlene Yaley, attorneys said Friday. Terms of the settlement were confidential. AMR admitted no liability or wrongdoing, which is standard practice in such settlements. Earlier in the case, a judge ruled that AMR was covered by a state law that limits non-economic damages to $250,000 in medical malpractice cases. If the case had gone to trial, that amount would have been the highest the Yaleys could have been awarded for their daughter's death. The ruling, which wasn't appealed, was a significant factor in the case, said Brian Evans, the couple's attorney. Still, the Yaleys are satisfied with the settlement, he said. "I believe the Yaleys found details of what happened to their daughter. And I think the county and AMR were exposed to the limitations of their operations that were going on," Evans said. "Hopefully they will address them. I'm going to leave it at that." Yuk Law, an attorney for AMR, said, "We're happy this case is resolved short of trial, and I'm sure the family is too." The suit accused the county and AMR of negligence. It took an AMR ambulance crew 12 minutes to reach the beach from nearby Pacific Grove, and an AMR paramedic ceased lifesaving efforts after working on Yaley for 22 minutes -- a county protocol that has since been changed. One of two ambulance crew members, Alfonso Martorella, later told The Monterey County Herald that he and his partner, paramedic Bruce Faucett, used heroin the day Yaley was found unconscious in about 15 feet of water at the popular Cannery Row dive spot. Faucett denied the allegations, but court documents show he took a leave of absence eight months after Yaley's death to receive treatment for alcohol and drug abuse. In June, the county hired a new ambulance company, Westmed Ambulance Inc., to take over countywide ambulance services Jan. 1. County officials denied that the reports of drug use by AMR employees affected the decision, but the county insisted on random drug testing for Westmed crews under the new contract. County Counsel Charles McKee said the county "is close to finalizing a settlement" with the Yaleys.

Great video! Most of those jumpsuits are pretty snug and without much wing either, so they had a good body-size selection process. It's tough to dive toward that formation, keep an eye out for your slot, stop without going low, dock without commiting RW combat, and all while under the pressure of a ticking stop-watch. Thanks!!

A PZL dealer in Florida has these tailgate M28 Skytruck airplanes, which offer very rugged short field STOL performance, and with two 1100-HP P&W's they climb like no other plane in its class. Unfortunately, they are too expensive for skydiving right now, but in a few years...'ya never know!

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I can't send a *.ps file to most Windows users because they don't have the software to view it. Adobe does a good job too.

Using RHEL4, and I'm waiting for Adobe to release a version of Acrobat Professional (creator). The PDF format is a perfect format for long term digital archives.