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To add to Ron's post 180 from the center works for any dive. There are pleny of 4 way formations that will not allow a simple everyone turn right or left 90.

Yeah I had just bought my second rig and only had 6 jumps on it when the accident happened. If you are going to be at the DZ all summer look into packing or manifesting. It will make the time go by quicker and you will be able to save a ton of money for next season. Also I forgot to mention, begin strengthening your leg muscles ASAP. The stronger your legs are before surgery the faster you will recover. Talk to your doctor and see if he/she will give you a list of exercises to do. .

I had a complete tear of my ACL in July and had Surgery in October. I am still recovering from the surgery. Recovery times will vary depending on a partial or complete tear. For a complete tear do not expect anything less than several months of intense work outs for recovery. My doctor gave me 2 choices surgery and no surgery. He said you can get by without surgery as long as 1) you haven't torn your meniscus; 2) you have really strong leg muscles around the knee. Surgery was the other option and the one I went with. Given the possibility of hard landing I did not want to risk jumping without the extra protection the ACL offers. Tearing one ligament hurt enough I did not want to destroy the meniscus or any other ligaments and risk further injury resulting in long term affects (arthritis). As for braces... You can buy some braces that will protect your knee somewhat, but they cost around $1200. And my doctor said they really don't help all that much. Only strong muscles really help. Although I have had friends that have jumped with them. As for surgery you have three options petalla, hamstring, or cadaver. Hamstring is what is recommended these days. As was told to me, taking the patella tendon requires taking a piece of bone from the knee, which weakens the knee somewhat. With the hamstring and cadaver your doctor can use bio-absorbable screws. My doctor recommended using my own hamstring rather than a cadaver tendon and that is what I chose. I haven't jumped since July and it sucks. I still have a few more months before I am 100%. However, I didn't want to screw up my knee any worse and have to take additional time off.

There was an interesting simulator on the NASA web page that talked about this a few months back. I can't seem to find the link now. As the model showed basically all galaxies start off a spheres with some initial rotation. With no spin at the poles gravity pulls that mass inwards. The spin at the equator somewhat counteracts pull of gravity and slows the collapse. Thus you end up with a spinning disc over time.

How many kids with ADHD does it take to screw in a light bulb? Wanna go ride bikes!

Unfortunately this myth plagues the autism literature. The initial study linking autism to vaccinations has been proven to be wrong. Later studies have shown no correlation with autism and vaccination.

http://www.namiscc.org/Research/2002/AddictionVaccines.htm The shot is a vaccine and should only target specific drug substances. It is possible to tailor the antibodies such that they bind selectively. So in theory you could take two compounds which have very similar structures, say morphine and heroin, and be able to vaccinate against heroin but still be able to utilize the benefits of morphine. Likewise this therapy should not affect adrenaline highs, sex, etc. etc. Although I still don't think that vaccinating kids in this case is a good idea.

No one move I think I lost my contact.

I heard my favorite one on the drive to work this morning. William Hung from American Idol fame singing “Take me out to the ball game” at the Toronto Blue Jays 7th inning strech. Buy me some penis and Cracker-jack

I was in a similar situation. I was out of the sport for 5 years and I only had a total of 24 jumps. I decided to get back in to the air and visited Napoleon (at the time I was UM). They went out of their way to get me recertified. I owe they a lot for that. It is a great DZ and a lot of fun people.

Awww. I was going to let people try and figure that out

Fun 7 way but watch out for brain farts. Pass the tail to the head.

DB I am so very sorry. Major VIBES for you man. IMHO I think that you have your answer already. Asking the question should I continue being a TM means that you have that little voice in the back of your head saying this is a bad idea. It sounds like you are looking for validation to continue being a TM. It’s the same as the newbie 200 lbs jumper asking should I downsize from a 230 to a 170. If you have to ask the question you probably shouldn’t be doing it. I understand that it is truly difficult to give up something you love. If you continue to TM chances are that you will never transmit the disease. Again IMO regardless of the odds it is your obligation to consider the worst case scenario. Are you willing to give an unknowing person the same disease that you have and have them go through what you are experiencing now? Again chances are that this will NEVER happen, but if it does how would that effect you? If you really believe that you can minimize the risk then by all means continue jumping tandems. Continuing to bring happiness to a whole new world of jumpers. If that small little doubt stays in your head then I say try to find new ways of brining happiness to new jumpers lives. Camera, JM, Coach etc. Good luck wit your decision

Tape a glow stick to your front riser. In case of a chop you will be able to see you main in the dark. (Feel free to discuss the possiblity of a snag hazzard). Do not follow your main down! The glow stick will help you minimize the possible risk of collision with your main and will help you find it later in the dark.

I know what you mean my first jump was AFF-1 and I lost sight for the first few seconds. I didn't mention this earlier but she commented on how she enjoyed the view on the ride down. Maybe it's just me but I would have assumed she would notice the ground spinning,

I chased a friend of mine when she did her first tandem. I docked with the TM and we started to do 360's. We did about 10 one way and then reversed and did 10 the other. It got to the point where I had to stop the spin because I could barely hang on. When we got to the ground the TM asked her how she liked the jump. She said "it was fun, but I thought we were going stuff in the air" I said did you like the 360's. She said "what 360's"

I know 4 personally and none of them biblically.

We figured we should just fire him. That would save us from future law suits when he does something worse.

Here’s mine anyone else have one they want to share As part of my group jobs sit on the safety committee at work. Today we had what we call a near hit incident report. Near hits are reported when possible dangerous situations arise and need to be addressed. Today’s near hit made me think this employee would be a future Darwin award recipient. We have two types of automatic doors, one opens fast the other opens slow. Both have triggers about 5 feet away from the door and the doors in question are located about 100 yards apart. The employee triggered and walked through the fast opening doors with no problem. The second set of doors he hit the trigger and proceeded to walk smack into the doors because, in his words “they didn’t open fast enough”. I am thinking o.k. First how stupid do you have to be to walk from the trigger into the door? Second, how stupid do you have to be to actually report it? Third, why is the company considering spending 30,000 dollars to make sure that all doors open at the same speed?

I recommend this one!

The SIM does state that the S&TA can waive the coach requirements for any person holding a D-license at the dropzone. So if jumpers such as yourself, winsor and others want to jump with novices without getting your coach rating you can. You just need to get approval from your S&TA.

I totally agree with John You can always make statistics work in your favor. Unlicensed people and people with their D-license combined accounted for greater than 80% of the fatalities last year. People with their C-License accounted for less than 5%. Therefore, get to your C-License and you can jump forever without having to worry. But as soon as you turn in your test for the D-License you are screwed. Jason

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Well this is my beer post so I figured I would make it a helpful one. I knew nothing about buying a diamond 9 months ago. I spent about 4 months researching it on the web and then buying a diamond online from Niceice.com. This site was the best I found. There are a lot of problems that you can run into with BlueNile and the other major players. So here are the basics. Color, Clarity, Cut and Carat. Lets just say that the better or bigger something is the more expensive the diamond will be. Carat is probably the least important you can always find diamonds of any size. Color ranges from D-Z D being colorless and Z being yellow. Most places will not sell you anything less than a J because the diamond starts looking yellow. Most “normal” people can’t afford a D and most people can’t tell the difference from G to D. My suggestion is pick F, G, or H, best quality for the price. Clarity ranges from Flawless F to I included. To keep it short my suggestion is VS1, VS2, or SI again best price for the quality. Your diamond will have minor imperfections, but you will not be able to see them unless you have a microscope. Finally, cut, which I think is very important. I went with an ideal cut, unfortunately also the most expensive. That gives you the most return of light from your diamond, which means that it will really sparkle. That’s my 2 cents. I left a lot out so if you want more info/advice send me a PM Good luck