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Also, the poorer you are, the more you look at basic human needs - food and shelter, etc. The more money and "luxury" you have, the more outward and big picture and giving toward humanity as a whole you look. Unless you're full of greed and vanity. Bush and Atkins are the devil. Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

It just keeps getting better and better. I'll speak for Monkeyclaw and say that we had an incredible time. The jumps were great, the ecotour (Thanks Omar and Chris!) was

Using an image of someone in an ad implies that that person endorses the product. Plain and simple you could sue if your picture was used in an ad without your consent. Advertisers MUST get consent and/or model releases, even for 'extras' or periphery people in any photo. This is why celebs get paid huge money to endorse a product - you can't just slap a photo of (random celeb) on your ad for (random product). Within the skydiving community, there are celebs. On a much smaller scale, (read: smaller audience, less money) but they are the celebs in this sport nonetheless. Just because they aren't getting huge endorsement deals doesn't mean all rights to their image is gone. I personally don't think anyone, SunPath or the PST meant any harm or even really meant to mislead anyone - it's a great photo of the swooping celebrities and the art director used it. But if we want to act like we're a professional sport - and gain acceptance/access to the mainstream sporting audience - we have to follow the rules. Jason is right, the implication is that the entire US Team endorses SunPath. Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

You didn't offend me. There's alot about that topic that offends me - but I'm not offended by you.

I think it's a better example of the heartless aggression and merciless power of humans than any satire of a cow. Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

Oh please! The ONE time, before I moved here, that I stayed at The Red Carpet - there was a full line of cigarette ash on the nightstand when I checked in. Plan to camp. It's way more fun anyway! Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

Hey, hey. . .HEY!!! NO messing with PR!!! We LOVE that place and plan to go back!!! Sure, a hotel owner or two is good fodder for the restless, but the DZ and their crew is off limits! (Seriously, dude. Have you 'seen' Jason G.?!) Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

We rode the mechanical bull together that night - I have pictures to prove it! Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

ahem...Stuey must not be forgotten! Stuey with a bullhorn and beer is a party unto himself. (Not to mention - can convince 50 freezing cold skydivers to spend an hour getting a car unstuck - and think they're having fun doing it!) Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

Ah, another successful Freezefest. Hope someone got stills for the next ad . . . (Congrats to JDfreefly - Gold Medalist in the 2004 Beer Olympics and First National Champion, Long-distance Hurling. ) Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

uh....yeah. So, I split when they got the (censored in case there is an investigation) on the bonfire to finally ignite. What happened next? I love my dz. Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

...more like "accomplice"... btw, be careful with #7 around those customs dogs... Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

So is Heath!!!! (wait...wrong forum...) Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

Heath's, too.

Guess again! He said #1 in the PST...not #1 in the world. Think red . . . Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

FINALLY! Chocolate covered pretzels stuffed with peanut butter in chocolate malt and caramel ice cream! Just add a little Heath and it's perfect! Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

Personally, I think the women's forum is exactly that. Men generally get together less to talk about relationships. Women, more so. When men want to discuss relationships, etc., they come to Women Only. And when they are genuine, they seem to be enthusiastically received. Personally, I think when women ONLY want to talk to other women, they shouldn't expect to do that in a public forum. Same thing with the men. Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

I get the sneaking feeling that you didn't read the whole story... Might be worth a second look. Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

Maybe THIS is why: McDonald's Drops "Hammurderer" From Advertising OAK BROOK, IL—Bowing to outcry from consumers and parents groups, the McDonald's Corporation announced Monday that it is discontinuing its new advertising mascot, "The Hammurderer," a mischievous, homicidal imp who kills McDonaldland characters and takes their sandwiches. Developed by Chicago advertising agency DDB Needham, the Hammurderer made his debut two months ago and has since appeared in a series of Saturday-morning television commercials, as well as on Happy Meal bags and activity placemats. All appearances by and references to the violent, ill-tempered prison escapee will be dropped. "Over the years, McDonald's has successfully introduced a number of new characters whose defining characteristic is a certain measure of comical, criminal intent," said Andrew Perlich, McDonald's vice-president of promotions. "Such shady characters as The Hamburglar, The Goblins, and the bloodthirsty pirate Captain Crook have all fit nicely into the McDonald's advertising universe. We had every reason to believe that the Hammurderer, with his long rap sheet of burger-related crimes and his signature cry of 'Stabble Stabble Stabble,' would take his place in this proud lineage of McDonaldland mischief-makers." The Hammurderer's Jan. 11 debut ad—in which he seizes and devours the McDonald's Happy Meal Guys, oblivious to their frantic screams—earned poor marks from parents and child-development experts, who feared the spot might send the message to children that killing is acceptable. Several weeks later, more controversy erupted over the promotional coloring book "Shivved In The McRibs," in which the Hammurderer decapitates Mayor McCheese and eats his head. Responding to widespread public outrage, McDonald's executives defended the coloring book as "not nearly as violent or socially irresponsible as it has been made out to be, given that the Mayor's head is, in fact, a giant and conceivably edible cheeseburger." But the uproar over the latest commercial, in which Birdie The Early Bird is garroted by the Hammurderer and her body tossed in a Dumpster, was vociferous enough to prompt the fast-food giant to pull the plug. "We are sensitive to the concerns of parents and will immediately begin phasing out this character," Perlich said. "Whether we will remove him from commercials without explanation or write him out of the spots with a bloody police standoff, we have yet to decide. But we're confident the Hammurderer will be off the national radar by April." Hammurderer toys and promotional items, which include dolls, T-shirts, ski masks, and spiked bats, have been recalled and are expected to become prized collectibles. This is not the first time a McDonald's character has stirred controversy for its violent nature. In 1982, the company introduced "Shakes McJunkie," an emaciated addict who robbed characters of their possessions, which he then sold to buy McDonald's shakes. He was later reworked as "The Machead," a homeless, wild-eyed Big Mac addict who turned to panhandling and gay prostitution as a means of supporting his severe burger habit. The Hammurderer is quickly becoming regarded as the worst-received advertising mascot since Kool-Aid's 1989 discontinuation of "The Grapist," a huge purple monster who sodomizes thirsty children. (The Onion) Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

By the way Selwyn, are you bringing SickWill? 2 scary little cuties, they are!

Is it true? Although we come from the same DZ? Although we've known each other for years? Could we ACTUALLY make a jump together in PR?!

Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi

Just checked Spirit Airlines: Ft. Lauderdale to San Juan non-stop, Feb 10-15: $192

Even at just 2 weeks away you can still get non-stop flights for just $250. From Florida it's even less! Who wouldn't want to jump over a tiny island in the Caribbean?

Action expresses priority. - Mahatma Ghandi