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what earphones do you recommend for freefall? I was thinking of using it too for the voice alarms.

Trying to gain weight so I can cheaply downsize my canopy.

I'm pretty sure most people who oppose it doesn't really know who Joseph Kony is and does. "Does", that implies he is still doing this right? Even the US Sate Dept. says he fled the country an is in hiding. Is he doing this in his new hiding place? Or is this outrage two years too late? Matt Of course. I've been following stories about Kony here and there since about 2005. He left and came back to Uganda quite a few times and his operations are left relatively intact from a management/leadership perspective. Estimates of his "army" varies quite wildly. India's military said back in 2009 that they had "many capable thousands militants" in their intelligence reports. Kony, however, is a relatively small problem. What the campaign has done quite well is to spread knowledge. How many people here knows that Sudan is fairly close to a civil war (and this has been going on for quite a while too!). The Government wants to take over South Sudan for its oil rich territories. Kony can be something like Tunisia 2011. It is quite a fascinating story.. much more than 30 minutes plus/minus rebutal websites. Cheers! Shc

Have you tried spreading your legs?

I'm pretty sure most people who oppose it doesn't really know who Joseph Kony is and does.

http://vimeo.com/37119711 The video is well worth the watch. Arrest Joseph Kony 2012. The LRA leader has earned a reputation for its actions against the people of several countries, including northern Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Sudan. It has abducted and forced an estimated 66,000 children to fight for them, and has also forced the internal displacement of over 2,000,000 people since its rebellion began in 1986. Cheers Shc

Thank you for the post. Would help people like me in the future

If Gary Connery does succeed to land the wingsuit next month, is it worth pursuing the much more expensive Jeb Corliss landing version? It seems much less appealing to the media (and less justifiable to explain the cost) just to be the "second man" to land a wingsuit. p-s: should do an interview with Skydive Radio while you're taking a "forced vacation" Cheers! Shc

lmao! I was wondering for quite a while when Brian Germain's packing video was coming. Guess its in development hell? Thanks for the advices! I was a little worried because it seemed that it was only about 45 minute DVD. Cheers.

Hello, As a newbie, I always do a search topic for whatever safety issues. I feel having a slightly more advanced search button would be useful. For example, been trying to look topics/opinions about AADs (specifically about Vigil). It would be a lot easier if there was a way to see the topics based on their dates. I feel it would be more relevant to find recent topics than 2003. Would there be a way to search topics and have them in order based on the date? Thank you. Shc

Hello, Has there been any new videos/DVDs that surpass "Packing Made Simple"? The snow is melting and skydiving season is soon coming ... and I want to learn how to pack my chute . Any other recommendations or should I just go for PMS DVD?

Thank you for the topic. Very useful Cheers Shc

http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=4278511;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread clicky ;) I believe both AADs are very suitable for the job and wouldn't be wrong with going with any of them. Probably like choosing between a Volvo vs a Honda. Cheers!

No. The stimulus enacted by Obama in 2009 were inadequate to plug a U.S output gap of 3 trillion+ $. A 700B$ stimulus that consists a major part of ineffective tax-cuts is hardly anything considering at how big the financial crisis was in 2008. Oh and don't forget most States slashed their budgets. The stimulus stopped the hemorrhagic economy from freefalling, but too small to bring anything near to full-employment. THE ALTERNATIVE PROPOSITION GIVEN: Expansionary austerity... aka cut debt. Let's look at what's happening with our good friends in Britain who advocated: "SLASH NOW! DEBT IMMINENT!" http://static.bdo.uk.com/assets/documents/2010/12/BDO_business_trends_-_December_2010.pdf https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/_VgJQTp0Bsf0/TW_RZtr7uxI/AAAAAAAAAR8/Lk8tqJcxdGM/bdo.jpg "The British government already must borrow £112 billion ($172 billion) more than it had planned when it announced its deficit-reduction plan in June 2010." Emphasis on the chart. Business confidence at an all-time low due to austerity measures plans. Deliberately cutting the deficit is not the best way for a government to balance its books. Deficit reduction in a depressed economy is the road not to recovery, but to contraction, because it means cutting the national income on which the government’s revenues depend. This will make it harder, not easier, for it to cut the deficit.

Both Cypress and Vigil will do the job.

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Go to your home dz and ask an instructor about it. They covered it, and they understand things get forgotten and need reinforcement. They'll explain it again in depth, and also the ways to avoid two out. If they don't, or won't walk away fast. I would but its winter-time here in Canada. No jumping until at least end April. By that time, I have a feeling I will have long forgotten about it. So its not really that they won't, but more like they're not going be at the DZ for another few months. + there's a slight language barrier problem to it too. Rather ask now at dz.com and get some idea as a just-in-case measure. Thanks for all the links posted. Very helpful. Cheers!

Quite sorry for such a redundant thread. Couldn't find a suitable thread that explained what to do in all the situations when both the main and reserve is out. Is there a thread/place where I could find out clearly what to do in these situations? I remember the dz went very briefly over it, but would love to learn more about it. Thanks & cheers.

Thanks for the topic. Also looking to buy a reserve that's safe though it seems there are so many old ones in the classified.

Any good exiting videos on youtube? (hopefully on a diving position)? Thanks. Shc

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while DARING GREATLY so that his place shall never be with those timid souls who know neither victory or defeat." Theodore Roosevelt

There was a chart that said the bottom percentiles too paid a low effective tax.

They are now! Check the 2:20 time: http://www.youtube.com/user/VASSTTraining#p/u/15/SErtpdKLsM4 hmm!

" ..................................................................... Bellybands are most helpful on large rigs ... like student rigs (250 - 300 square foot canopies), military freefall and tandem. As solo rigs get smaller (e.g. less than 200 square foot canopies), belly-bands get less and less important. Belly-bands do help prevent leg straps from wandering away from the crease where your thigh meets your buttock. Ah if only belly bands were fashionable...