Bolas

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  1. What's happening in the Muslim community with Muslims not publicly speaking out about the attocities, shunning, or distancing themslves is very similar to the Catholic Church molestation issues albeit on a different scale. Religious groups just don't police themselves. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  2. When I did a HALO jump in June from 30 there was no prebreathing. We just started once we were on board the plane. Maybe got 5 minutes on the ground if that. Edited to add:At the boogie in Belize the rule is no jumping for 24 hours after scuba. You could take a plane to the mainland as they flew 1500 feet or lower.
  3. He begged you to stay and you left. Would you have moved to Morocco had he responded when you wanted and said what you wanted? Sounds like he's distancing because he knows it's not gonna happen. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  4. One of the signs of a recession is reduced spending and more money being held or saved, usually due to lack of consumer confidence. Which is also one of the causes. It's sorta a chicken/egg scenario as ironically refusing to acknowledge a recession and continuing like normal (provided that "normal" level was sustainable) can avoid or get us out of one. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  5. Let's not break rules. Be . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCfDK5vhOS0 Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  6. The more people on a jump the less videographers needed to film so the cheaper the overall slot price. Freefly may be more as it requires different skills to properly video. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  7. http://www.skydiveaz.com/events/10_collegiates.aspx General Entry Fee: $150 per person. Includes all meet related expenses, medals, banquet, T-shirt, sanction fee. Not even going to factor in what the videographers charge the dz per jump and ignoring they prolly have some of the top in the world flying and offering advice. Event Fees: • Accuracy and Sport Accuracy: $18 per jump. Accuracy: Accuracy will take place at our Classics competition venue by our wind tunnel. This allows safe operations at the lower altitudes of Accuracy while those not involved in this event can avail themselves of jumps from full altitude at our main operations area. A shuttle running between the two venues will allow for easy access to either site. While that seems high for hop'n pops. once you factor in the shuttling people around as well as juggling the aircraft and the holds that may happen it makes more sense. I don't know if they use elctronic scoring (I assume they do) so that's an added expense as well. • 2-way Formation Skydiving: $230 per team ($115 per person) includes jumps and air-to-air video. Price is based on three rounds from 11,500 feet. $230/9 slots= $25.55 per slot. That's about average jump prices alot of places. This includes the videographers 3 pack jobs. • 4-way Formation Skydiving: $700 per team ($175 per person) includes jumps and air-to-air video. Price is based on six rounds from 11,500. $700/30 $23.33 per slot + 6 pack jobs for the videographer. • Freefly: $310 per team ($155 per person) includes jumps and air-to-air video. Price is based on four rounds from 13,000. $310/12 $25.83 per slot plus 4 videographer pack jobs. Some places charge $26 per slot. • 6-way Speed Formation: $480 per team ($80 per person) includes air-to-ground video. Price is based on three rounds from 11,000. $480/21 = $22.86 per slot plus 3 pack jobs. Practice Jumps: • Accuracy and Sport Accuracy: $18 per jump. • FS and Freefly jumps: $21 per jump or Holiday Boogie rate, whichever is lowest. (The Holiday Boogie jump rate is usually substantially below our normal rate. Example: 2009 normal rate = $23.50, Boogie rate = $19.50.) Perhaps if you were to provide your own videographer thay'd let you all jump for boogie rate, but the slot prices for jumps and video are not high by any means. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  8. Not really as those are reactionary measures only. If you outlaw one business practice a similar and most likely worse one will take it's place until that one is otlawed and the cycle starts again. If you require financial transparaency, the financials will just become more complex until the complexity is regulated, then another method will be used. It's a shell game and the gov't will always be 2-3 moves behind. I'm sure at this very moment something far more dangerous than CDS and derivatives is being thought up to counter all of the new regulations and restrictions. The best move the gov't could make is stop trying to regulate and control by law and use monetary policy instead. If a behavior is deemed risky, don't ban it or support it. Just lessen it's allure by making it less profitable by not shouldering the risks and possibly putting a tax of some sort on it. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  9. There are laws in the US that force people to refinance their house every year? There are laws in the US that force people to buy a house and take out a mortgage? The credit default swap was invented because housing prices could never fall. Real estate was supposed to keep going up. I would like to know which banks or people were fined or punished for not providing financing to those who could not afford it. If you could provide some information on that, it would be much appreciated. CRA and ACORN were big pushers of this. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/item_cvq7rDCHftKwJyLaecfPQK;jsessionid=23B4098FB181400139823C22C902BDA2 Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  10. Agreed but gov't regulation and interference can make them bigger, especially if they take away the immediate financial risks. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  11. Uhmm, no. You are in this mess because of inbridled and almost unrestricted capitalism. Credit default swap anybody? The credit default swap was a direct response to banks being forced via gov't regulation and lawsuits to loan money to higher and higher risk groups under the guise of racism. They had to figure out how to make money off these high risk loans as standard higher interest rates wouldn't cover the increased forclosure rate. Additionally had the gov't not promised to back or buy these loans should they fail, you'd never have seen the NINJA and the other stuff that eventually caused the bubble to burst. When you take away risk of financial loss, even if you impose tons of regulations and requirements, the behaviors just gets riskier and riskier as unbridled greed takes over. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  12. Blasphemy! There are NO situations which do not call for a French Maid outfit. I'm so proud. I'm practically in tears. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  13. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  14. Maybe we should take the Lost Prairie approach. The beer is warm. The skydives suck. And there are too many damn Alabamians. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  15. You really think the cuts wont results in people being laid-off? I realize that how the puzzle is set up, but when you cut major spending, it will impact the workforce. If it was only that easy.... Correct. I should have said directly. People will lose their jobs but there are others available. It's well past time that the gov't stop directly subsidizing corporations through grants and other funding. A big part of the reason we're in this mess now is they won't let capitalism work itself out. Sure there are situations where the gov't should step in but that needs to limited to consistent regulations and/or tax structures not handouts and pet projects for specific groups. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  16. $909 Billion and 2.8 Trillion surpluses.
  17. Nope. A Muff Brother. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  18. RIP Rich. Blue Skies forever. While I didn't know this veteran and skydiver, his story is amazing and heartwrenching. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24818399/ns/dateline_nbc-international/
  19. Interesting results so far. The next one is it, if there is one.
  20. Formulas that deal with mostly 0's or fractions are notoriously complex. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  21. Don't forget your corset. So jealous of all ya'll going. Have a blast!!! Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  22. Yep, I'll be a 5 digiter. Were it not for BillyVance I prolly woulda forgot all about as I'm bad about catching or recognizing milestones until they've passed. So how should I celebrate? Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  23. How does my use of wording impact that? The fact is that the cost of entirely sealing the border is not cost-effective, just as the cost of entirely burglar-proofing (or roach-proofing) your home is not cost-effective. The thing to dicker about is what we're willing to pay to get as good a seal as reasonable, and what constitutes "reasonable." As long as people take non-negotiable stances on an impossible task (in either direction), there can't be any progress. Wendy P. You don't have to make something impossible to stop or limit it, just have to remove some or all of the incentive. As a big one is $$$, simply making it less profitable through fines and other methods would help tremendously. Stupidity if left untreated is self-correcting If ya can't be good, look good, if that fails, make 'em laugh.
  24. The_Don! One more post today and I'll have 50 for the day, which still is nowhere near my record. You count your daily posts? Not always. You can find them all within your profile. I knew I was getting kind of high in the count for today. Hey Deedy! Bolas has 9992 posts. If you wanna beat that fucko to 10000, you better get cracking! I had no idea I was that close. Thanks for the heads up. Conundrum
  25. Copngrats on getting married!!!