“The Starship,” as the former United Airlines Boeing 720 passenger jet was re-dubbed by its owners (Ward Sylvester and pop singer Bobby Sherman) had been modified at the cost of nearly a quarter of a million dollars, with the intention of renting it out to touring super-groups. Swivel chairs, a bar, and a 3/4” Sony U-matic videocassette player and TV were installed (The plane’s library contained films ranging from Deep Throat to the Marx Brothers), and a bedroom, for “privacy” was built into the back of the plane. Shag carpeting, champagne, the Starship had it all, even President Nixon’s Air Force One didn’t compare. There were two stewardesses on the plane and it cost $2500 an hour to run.
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Humans have been marking their skin permanently for thousands of years. A tattoo can be a remembrance, a constant prayer, a warning, or simply an amazing work of art. The reasons behind it can be intensely personal, decorative, whimsical, or utilitarian.
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Nova Cidade de Kilamba, to give it its full name, is no small project – it consists of 750 eight-storey apartment buildings, a dozen schools and more than 100 retail units, and is described by Redver as “the jewel in Angola’s post-war reconstruction crown.” There’s just one problem: barely anybody in Angola can afford to move there.
An estimated two-thirds of Angolans live on less than $2 a day, meaning the apartments at Kilamba, which are priced online at between $120,000 and $200,000, will forever be beyond their means.
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If you thought London Underground was already too full, let alone the Olympics, take a deep breath and dig this.
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A “Why girls suck at gaming” article….written by a guy. Instead of the pretty girl pictured in this article, he could have used one of those “not sure if serious” pics with a trollface plastered on it.
There’s an air of superiority when it comes to their attitude towards gaming, like playing games is beneath them. Let’s just, for the moment, ignore the fact that girls play games with our emotions, with our wallets, and above all… our sanity. From a certain perspective, video games really ARE beneath them.
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