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Average around $0.28/kWh in 2011 to $0.25/kWh in 2013 for non-industrial customers and half that for industry, from a small amount of research.* Regardless of amount or starting point, Bill's post says that wind farms are driving down energy costs. So how does it support your argument? SO you're saying they're useless. So how does Bill's post support your position? * EU stats webiste, purely the price for the electricity without taking into account fixed infrastructure costs, I believe. Norwegian office of stats says that pure electricity prices dropped over 20% quarter for quarter from 2013 to 2014. Bill's post regardless, the fact remains that in ontario wind makes up about 4 % of the power supply, and is responsible for 20% of the cost increases in recent years... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

I'm still trying to find out people's experiences with border crossing and whether there are good dz's around monterrey/saltillo area. If I'm in saltillo do I have to drive into texas to jump? what's the nearest texas dz's to the border? No one from texas drive into mexico? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

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Only you would try to declare as irrelevant immediate cause for an incident you cite as a proof that these black thugs are the problem in society. in fact if that's why they did chase and beat him, it does pretty much prove that these black thugs, as you call them, are indeed a problem in society. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

any reason why you left out the key detail of why he was attacked? doesn't matter why he was attacked. You want police to wear go-pros to record interactions with civilians but not allow cameras into meetings of 'legitimate' protestors??? that would be a bit of a double standard, wouldn't it? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Harassment causes criminal behavior in a large scale? I don't believe that for a minute. Exposure to criminal behavior in a large scale, making it seem normal, may contribute to criminal behavior on a large scale. But I don't believe harassment causes it... There are plenty of good people in inner city poor neighborhoods that didn't go off the rails. It is largely a choice, fed into by upbringing and environment. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

My first post to this thread on 8/15... Again, I'm thinking most of the protestors are not from Ferguson. The interviews I was seeing when the riots were at their worst, was that the local black population wished all the outsiders would go away, were scared for their safety (because of the outsiders rioting) and realized fully that there was a significant number of people in their community who were not contributing to their community and lived to make trouble. They were scared to leave their homes to go to work for fear of what they'd find when they came back... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

may be in mexico for a while. wondering whether there is a dz around saltillo or monterrey? If not, what's it like driving up to laredo and finding a dz in texas? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

actually he stated quite clearly in his original statement that the rigs change in 2-21 days. therefore it is logical that after 21 days, or maybe a few extra he would indeed be quite willing to continue jumping the rig provided it hadn't changed color. Your statement makes no sense and seems to be actually 'baiting' the poster, which is unseemly in a moderator's post, if not unacceptable. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

she was presenting symptoms. she knew she didn't feel well. she felt hot. she took her temp and it was 99.5. she called the cdc and asked if she should fly home to dallas. they said yes. she flew. the next day she was wayyy worse. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Wrong, Anvil. She had no reason to believe she had been exposed. By all accounts I've seen, she took the proper precautions when caring for her patient. She did not have a fever when she was cleared to fly; her temperature was in the normal range; she wasn't presenting symptoms. she knew 99.5 was high - that's why she called the cdc to ask if she should/could fly. If her temp was normal normal, she wouldn't have asked permission... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

The "myth" is not necessarily that white cops kill black kids often. The "myth" is that when a white cop kills a black kid, the department covers it up and he doesn't get prosecuted for it. So far that "myth" seems to be holding true in a number of recent high profile cases, including Ferguson. The myth is not necessarily that when a white cop kills a black kid, the department covers it up. The 'myth' is that whenever a white cop kills a black kid the black kid is an innocent little guy helping an old lady across the street, not a gang member out to break the law and/or assault/rob innocent people, or with a chip on his shoulder refusing to acknowledge police have legitimate powers to request certain things from citizens, such as identification or that they obey traffic laws, etc (such as not jaywalking down the road)... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

He was wrong to not pay like he should have, your right I agreed. He was wrong to not move his cattle, your right, I also agreed. He was wrong to threaten violence which I said could label him a terrorist, your right, I said he was engaging in a form of terrorism. I stated a position that Americans shouldn't have been in this situation from the beginning due to federal land grab. I never sympathized with him for not paying, remaining after forbidden, or threatening the government. How you made that jump leads me to believe your just a shit stirrer also. That man wore pants, do you wear pants? If you do your a fuckin terrorist....... Im done talking to you about this, and going back onto topic. So do you think that labelling the people in Ferguson, who might just be very fed up with the way hey have been treated, as terrorists is beneficial to resolving the dispute? Look how you reacted to being labelled a terrorist sympathiser. Then go back a couple of posts above that, where you are trying to label an entire group as potential terrorists. So which topic do you want to discuss? How these situations can be resolved, what might be underlying issues? Or how to keep these uppity potential terrorists in check? In fact from what I've seen most of the people protesting in ferguson, are not from ferguson. In fact I've seen multiple interviews with people actually 'from' ferguson who really wish all the outsiders would go away and leave them alone. And some of these people, who want nothing to do with the protestors and are often scared of leaving their homes to go to work incase they are damaged or their families may be harmed, are black. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Exactly the point I made. That he intentionally lied in the interest of self preservation is the most plausible and likely explanation. There's no honor in that. eh, I see little dishonorable in skipping an unnecessary 3 week jail sentence. obviously it wasn't unnecessary If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

for that matter, if grand jury indicts, and the cop gets off, obummer and holder will probably bring in federal charges too -- 'cause it's just impossible for them see it justified... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

and many of them vote twice If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

If the grand jury finds no reason to continue, the local Democrats will use that as an excuse to riot yet again if the grand jury finds no reason to continue, holder and obumma will find a special prosecutor to lay federal charges... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

That's only half correct - and half not correct. Yes, there is eventual due process. But in the meantime - in the first instance - the DZO most certainly is able to act unilaterally: He physically marks the jumper's actual license card IN RED INK. Yes, there is an avenue for appeal, but does this appeal get at least a first-level, bi-lateral "judicial"-type hearing within a matter of no more than a couple of DAYS? - because, at least in most of the US, that's the general standard for a first-level bi-lateral hearing on an emergency injunction (assuming that an emergency injunction was issued unilaterally - which by my personal experience in handling many emergency injunction cases over the years, most judges are very loath to do without all parties present). And after that first hearing, how long does it take the appeals to work their way through the process? See, a 7.2 stamp on a phydical license is more than just a general, informal shout-out by a DZO to other DZOs in the region - it bears the imprimatur of written formality. And to protect themselves against potential liability, DZOs would be (IMPO) very foolish to allow a jumper with a 7.2 stamp on his license to jump at their DZ. So if there's not a really IMMEDIATE bi-lateral hearing, the practical effect of this happening in, say, June, would be to allow a single DZO who dislikes a jumper to effectively ban the jumper entirely from the sport for possibly most or all of the entire summer season, if it takes that long for the appeal to be heard, then appealed to another level, and then for the BPA's bureaucracy to get around to issuing a replacement pristine license - even if the jumper eventually wins his appeals. Plus, a 7.2 stamp on a license fucks a jumper up - pending the jumper working his way through the appeal process - not just in the UK, but anywhere in the world the jumper tries to jump (far more than just "the DZO's own sandbox). I can't say for certain how various European DZOs would necessarily react to a BPA license with a RED 7.2 stamp on it (probably negatively, out of either reciprocity or self-protection), but given how liability-averse the legal system in the US is, I'd predict that quite a few DZOs in the US would be pretty reluctant to let a "red stamped" UK jumper jump at their DZ even if "the case is pending appeal", because they feel the need to protect their DZ from potential liability if a red-stamped jumper is involved in an incident at their DZ. So much for his long-planned skydiving holiday in the US. I'm all for maintaining serious discipline to keep DGITs from ruining it for everybody. But the BPA's 7.2 option gives individual UK DZOs far too much power to unilaterally ban a jumper from participating in the sport anywhere, before any of the "due process" protections have a chance to kick in. And to my American-trained sensibilities, that's not sufficient due process, and it invites abuse. So poo on the BPA. ------------------------------------ **ETA: I think I've been too verbose. Apologies if I hijacked the thread with this distraction. I fail to see how "due process" is required of a private business or a private member organization. Their sandbox, their rules. I believe that BPA has a board elected by its membership and I haven't heard any members complaining about the above rules. there was a time when jumpers who did base=jumps were banished from bpa, to the point that some jumpers ended up leaving the country and others had to keep there base-jumping secret for fear of losing ratings, etc. And I do remember hearing some complaints about that... If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

further to my previous post, I just found my copy of the 2006 June/July issue. The following are some excerpts from my article Niagara Falls and Parachuting History on pages 8 and 9. ALL these excerpts are about base-jumping. Interesting enuf, one section was about Lonnie... 1908 – 1920 – Bobby Leach Leach, an expatriate Cornishman was the first man to successfully go over Niagara Falls in a barrel on July 25th, 1911. (Female school teacher Annie Taylor succeeded before Leach, but she was unable to parlay the stunt into any money.) On July 1st, 1908, Bobby Leach made a parachute descent from the 200-ft Upper Steel Arch Bridge in front of 3,000 spectators. The parachute was attached to a raised pole in the center of the bridge, and Leach sat on a small platform. Wind caused a problem, blowing the parachute from its fasening twice before Leach was able to jump. The stunt was performed with a Leo Steven’s chute covered with two large advertisements and Leach made $150 for the leap. On August 14, 1920 Leach was again in the news. This time he dropped from an airplane at 2000 ft. in front of a crowd of 75,000 people. It had been intimated Leach might land in the river below the Falls, but he sailed too far inland, landing on his feet in a field just west of Fallsview. In 1925 Leach planned a jump from 10,000 ft., possibly a record an altitude record for that time, but this was cancelled after his backers offered him only $200 instead of the $300 he was asking. 1927 – Vincent Taylor Inspired perhaps by tales Bobby Leach in New Zealand, 54-year-old Kiwi Vincent Taylor arrived in Niagara Falls on September 5th, 1927 to make a jump from the Falls View (Upper Steel Arch) Bridge. Taylor was driven halfway across the bridge in a car before running to the north side and fastening one end of his static line to the railing and leaping into space. Suspended beneath the bridge he then pulled another line to release the parachute. 1985 – Jo Stanley. Two men parachuted off the Skylon on June 21, 1985. While the jumpers were never caught, Jo Stanley was one. In fact the jumpers’ van was stopped on the way out of the city after a description of the getaway vehicle was announced over the radio, but after being told it was ‘dirty laundry’ in the garbage bags in the back of the van, the police let them go. The following year another jumper, Dave Hicks, was caught in the parking lot after successfully jumping the tower. In 1999, the last year before the tower put up protective netting around the viewing deck, Jeb Corliss was caught after jumping the Tower. Rumor has it he described sitting the police car with a female OPP officer waiting to find out what they would charge him with when she turned and said, ‘Man, are you ever HOT! My boyfriend’s cool, but you are – like – hot, man!’ 1995 – Robert Overacker In a small non-descript building on the US side of the Falls you can find a smashed jet ski on display. In 1995 a 39 year-old stuntman from California, Robert Overacker, tried to ride the jet ski over the Falls, deploying a rocket-propelled hang-glider emergency chute. Unfortunately the parachute was not connected properly and failed to save him. Overacker had tried to approach the Niagara Parks Commission about the stunt previously and had been stopped by friends on earlier attempts. 2000s – Lonnie Bissonnette Since the netting was erected in 1999 there have been no more illegal jumps from the Skylon Tower, although local jumper Lonnie Bissonnette and his crew have found other objects where they could follow in the footsteps of early parachutist like Roderick Law and Bobby Leach. Following Lonnie’s successful participation in the 2001 World BASE Championships in Malaysia, he was allowed to do demonstration jumps from the Skylon. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Not too long ago, harm against white kids lead to lynchings. So maybe don't build up that soapbox too tall. Interestingly enuf, and something most people seem to disregard - it wasn't just blacks who got lynched. according to The Tuskegee Institute has recorded 3,446 blacks and 1,297 whites being lynched between 1882 and 1968, with the annual peak occurring in the late 1800s, when Democrats acted to enforce white supremacy.[3] If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Bill Booth would disagree with you that tandems are more dangerous than solo jumps - and he seems to have the stats to back it up. If you don't believe, email him. Here is what he sent me a couple of years back- "as I remember: USPA put the solo jumper fatality rate over the last 10 years at something like one in every 80,000 - 100,000 jumps in the US. The tandem fatality rate, over the last 25 years, is around two per year in the entire world. (Or 4, depending on how you count it. Does one tandem jump count as one or two jumps? Is one tandem fatality one or two fatalities?) While I'm not sure how many tandems are made each year in the whole world, I suspect it is well over one million (or 2 million if one tandem jump is counted as two jumps.). Based on these assumptions, the tandem fatality rate is less than one per 500,000 jumps, or 5 times better than the solo rate." If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

Aww, yes, but part of the question is, did the young man know that the cop was not looking for a large black male who'd just been caught on a store video stealing cigars, and did that have an impact on the way he reacted to being stopped by a cop? And how did he react to being stopped? If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

are you looking for info about a specific event? or articles on something specific? If no one else has chimed up I may have a couple around, although I have actively gotten rid of a lot of magazines lately. I may also know someone else that would have access to them if I don't. You can pm me what you're looking for if you don't want to mention it here and I can see. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

The articles about the jumpers who had died didn't actually say how they died, just mentioned base-jumping by name as one aspect Mike Koo participated in - and not mentioned in the Ricki Wurst article... But I have to say, I think the attitude started to change a while ago. I mentioned some of Joe Stanley's early base-jumping in the article that was printed about him - gee, almost 10 years ago now. Unfortunately I don't seem to have a copy of it available on my computer, and I would have to look around to see where the magazine is... And I believe when the cspa agm was held in Niagara Falls a couple of years after that I sent in an article about the history of parachuting there including Bobby Leach and Vince Taylor from the Honeymoon Bridge, and talked of Jo Stanley's and Lonnie's jumps from the Skylon among others. So I think the iron leash that used to bind the editor's hands has been loosening for a long time. But the articles in this one about the sport and Lonnie's accomplishments are certainly the most in-depth coverage of the discipline and were enjoyable to read. If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone

It is a cost-benefit analysis, you're right. I just did the math and it cost me $0.13 per jump for my Vigil and now that I have a M2 in one of my rigs (I'm a dealer for them so my cost is less) the same jump numbers would have came out to be $0.10 per jump to have an AAD in my rigs. If a 10-15 cents a jump is to much to pay I want to know what IS worth the money. I keep trying to do this math - and I keep coming up with, in order to get the 1300 cost of a vigil down to 10 cents/jump, I'd have to do at least 10 THOUSAND jumps on that unit. And if I have two rigs, I'd have to do 10 THOUSAND ON EACH RIG. Or have I misdone the math?> If some old guy can do it then obviously it can't be very extreme. Otherwise he'd already be dead. Bruce McConkey 'I thought we were gonna die, and I couldn't think of anyone