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SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some milk. NAZISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you. BUREAUCRATISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one, milks the other, and then throws the milk away... TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and retire on the income. SURREALISM You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons. AN AMERICAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead. ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more. You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull. A FRENCH CORPORATION You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows. A JAPANESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide. A GERMAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves. AN ITALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch. A RUSSIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows and open another bottle of vodka. A SWISS CORPORATION You have 5000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them. A CHINESE CORPORATION You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity. You arrest the newsman who reported the real situation. AN INDIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. You worship them. A BRITISH CORPORATION You have two cows. Both are mad. AN IRAQI CORPORATION Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the sh#t out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy... AN AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers to celebrate. A NEW ZEALAND CORPORATION You have two cows. The one on the left looks very attractive.. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Many dz have many AADs... If you include Vigil and Argus the document would be complete "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Old news... charges dropped in 2008 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26877682/ "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Or balloon jumps, they've been around a lot longer than airplanes. top Balloon jumps are not cheap now, I wonder what they cost back then? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_ballooning "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

My figuring says that at 20 jumps per day and 365 days in a year, he would do 7,300 jumps in a year. Using the 2 Million number as a target, a guy would need over 273 years to make that number of jumps. That fellow Freddy must be very well preserved... he started jumping before the Wright brothers invented the plane

Sure makes his buddy Geoff (right above Freddy) look stupid, Geoff only has 1 Million skydives. Geoff needs to get busy! Freddy must be a sky god! That or he has problems with math "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

The Sports Hub - New Video Channel for Air Sports http://www.fai.org/sportshub At its recent Annual Convention in Dubai, SportAccord launched The Sports Hub, a new multi-sports video platform hosted by YouTube. Aiming at bringing new audiences to the world of Air Sports, we are proud to announce that FAI was one of the launching International Federations of The Sports Hub. The channel can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/airsportschannel "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Its used with Paralog for recording skydives http://www.paralog.net/using-gps.html To see the interface with Google Earth go here http://krheinwald.jumplog.net/ and check out jump number 2674 then click on "Track 2674". You must have Google Earth installed on your computer. Klaus has a bunch more jumps with Google Earth tracks just go have a look. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Good reviews here: http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/dropzone/review.cgi?ID=703 "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

a couple of start ups http://www.dropzone.com/videos/ http://www.skytu.be http://www.justskydivingmovies.com "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

http://news.guelphmercury.com/Life/article/627665 The list of health hazards for men has just expanded. So, guys, if you want to live a long life: 1) Do not smoke. 2) Do not drink excessively. 3) Eat fruits and vegetables. 4) Exercise. 5) Always wear a seatbelt. 6) Stay away from beautiful women. In a recent study, researchers left male subjects alone with an attractive female stranger for five minutes. The result: Subjects experienced a stress reaction similar to “jumping out of an airplane.” "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

... but, Jerry who? I am betting he had a last name. Maybe I just missed it. http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/safety/detail_page.cgi?ID=734 Edit: Ok I found it jumping to the linked website and then clicking on History: "Jerry James Schrimsher" http://www.skyfestboogie.com/ "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

According the FAQ: http://www.vigil.aero/faq "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Pressing the English option worked fine for me. Checked all of the pages, they all came up in English. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

This needs to be a sticky get the recognition it deserves and increase participation

Whats the SIMS? The video game? Skydiver’s Information Manual published by USPA Start reading: http://www.uspa.org/Portals/0/Downloads/Man_SIM_2009-2010.pdf "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

I agree... Michel has tries a few times but never seems to get off the ground. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Who wants to place bets on another problem keeping this guy on the ground... http://www.canada.com/technology/Parachutist+drops+again+freefall/2918995/story.html Parachutist drops by again for freefall try Fournier, 66, back in May to try for world-record skydiving jump despite balloon debacle in 2008 By Peter Wilson, The StarPhoenixApril 17, 2010 Former parachutist and retired Canadian Armed Forces colonel Gil Bellavance says Michel Fournier will be returning to North Battleford in May for another attempt at the skydiving world recordPhotograph by: SP Photo by Peter Wilson, The StarPhoenixLooking up at the sky, Gil Bellavance recalls the last time he cast his gaze above the North Battleford airport. That was two years ago, and he'd watched a $100,000-plus balloon drift lazily skyward toward eventual oblivion, leaving his friend and intrepid French parachutist, Michel Fournier, firmly earthbound. "I was dumbstruck. It was like a bad dream. None of us could believe it," said Bellavance, who acted as translator and a co-ordinator for Fournier during his 2003 and 2008 ill-fated attempts at a world-record skydiving jump. The Battlefords-area resident can still recall the day almost two years ago of the second attempt. That's when an explosive bolt release connecting Fournier's capsule to the giant balloon fired prematurely, leaving the crestfallen parachutist on the tarmac, his balloon floating away without him. The errant balloon was eventually found wrecked, about 25 kilometres away from the launch site. "Poor Michel was so frustrated and embarrassed. His team had worked so hard and everything had been going so well. He genuinely thought it was going to be his day to shatter the record," Bellavance said. But Bellavance, a retired colonel in the Canadian army and himself a former paratrooper, is once again set to help his friend when Fournier returns to Saskatchewan for another attempt at breaking the world record this spring. In recent e-mail conversations, Bellavance has learned the 66-year-old Fournier is coming back to North Battleford with firm plans to take yet another shot at jumping from a head-spinning 40,000 metres. The attempt is planned for mid-May, when he says he will once again take to the skies above North Battleford in a helium-filled balloon to attempt his jump. "Michel is in incredible physical shape, but you'd have to say he's maybe reached the age where this could be his last attempt," said Bellavance, who has also become good friends with Fournier. While technically a senior citizen, the retired French parachute regiment officer is not short of experience. He has made more than 8,000 jumps and holds the French record for the longest fall, from an altitude of 12,000 metres. A Russian made the current world record jump of almost 24,500 metres in 1962. An American made a jump from more than 31,330 metres in 1960, but the attempt was not ratified as a record. NASA and the European Space Agency have followed the parachutist's past missions, says Bellavance. A successful jump and landing by Fournier could mean future astronauts might have a way to return to Earth should their spacecraft become disabled, he says. Fournier's team is expected to arrive in early May. They had originally planned to use a Chinese-made balloon for this latest mission, but have now arranged to use one manufactured in the United States. "The window that he's been given by Canadian government officials probably means he'll make this year's launch date between the 16th to the 18th of May. Weather conditions are crucial to a successful launch so we're hoping it's going to be kind to us," Bellavance said. Fournier has come out before on the wrong end of an argument with Saskatchewan's sometimes fickle weather. His first attempt here in 2002 was ruined when gusty winds ripped off the line he was using to pump helium into the balloon. The following year, his balloon tore during the lengthy inflating process. "He's one of the most determined, focused men I've ever met," Bellavance said of Fournier. "He's had some very bad luck, but I have no doubt that if anyone can break the record, Michel can." There's genuine concern in Bellavance's voice when he speaks of the ever-present dangers inherent in the jump. A career officer in Canada's former Airborne Regiment, Bellavance has made hundreds of parachute drops, many in training operations with allied forces. Along with his prestigious Canadian parachute wings, his uniform also bore U.S., French, German and Belgian airborne wings. "We have a lot in common. Both Michel and I rose through the ranks and we've both jumped out of more airplanes than we care to remember. We speak the same language in more ways than one," said the affable translator. Fournier's latest plan remains the same: To get the balloon up about 40 kilometres, where he will free-fall back to Earth reaching speeds around 1,500 km/h. Less than a minute after jumping from his capsule, he should be breaking the sound barrier, hoping his pressurized suit will protect him from severe temperature changes and ultraviolet radiation. The capsule is designed to be automatically released from the balloon after he's exited and will descend to Earth with its own parachute system, said Bellavance. "His fall should take about seven to eight minutes. If he makes it successfully, he'll have proved his point that astronauts can safely eject from a spacecraft that's malfunctioned. And that's what his mission is all about." © Copyright (c) The StarPhoenix "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

American's are such an ungrateful lot... they would still be a British colony without the French http://people.csail.mit.edu/sfelshin/saintonge/frhist.html "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

I am going to show my ignorance of the legal system.... How do they actually collect? "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Not a real answer to your question but this is an interesting article on the 1982 flight that had all 4 engines shut down due to volcanic ash. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_9 This on a KLM flight with the same problem in 1989 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KLM_Flight_867 "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

Buy a new remote? They are typically not expensive... "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

check out this site: http://www.skydiveky.com/store/index.cfm?fuseaction=category.display&category_ID=180 "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

I just don't get what you're asking for. When people complained about SkyRide, they complained that Skyride hid competing dropzones that aren't in the program. When ProSkydiving set up this page, the hoped to avoid this criticism by showing every DZ in the area. When I first saw it, I thought it was a pretty reasonable approach. I still think it's a reasonable approach- and I don't have a horse in this race. You're asking that they show non-Proskydiving in the top section, in the section labeled "3 PRO Skydiving dropzones were found for Montana". Clearly, that would be false advertising as you're asking for non-member DZ's to be listed as a member DZ. I imagine that would piss off even more DZO's. The site is CLEARLY identified as a "National Dropzone Connection", and clearly distinguishes between member DZ's and non-member DZ's. I would think you would be happy with this as I can not think of a single booking agency that lists non member businesses. Does Priceline, Orbitz, or Travelocity show airlines, hotels, or car rental companies they don't do business with? Do they highlight non-partners in their search results? What the hell are you asking for, anyways? My suggestion would be to not list out of state dropzones. Simply state that there are no proskydiving dzs in the state. If they then had the list of non-proskydiving dz in the state listed, even in the small font as they do now. I think its wrong to direct people to go to other states. I hope this answers your question "What the hell are you asking for, anyways?"

And they are still directing newbies to other states, local dzs be damned if you don't sign up with them. Potential customers will be sent to other states. "Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy