[JoeF]

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[JoeF]

https://video-sjc2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xft1/v/t42.1790-2/11728000_1120127908016040_2005022245_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjQzMiwicmxhIjo1MTJ9&rl=432&vabr=240&oh=bb27a889cb3af8fabdac266bf5a25544&oe=55A422E4

All down: 2+2=4
PG reaches up to down an airframed bird ...
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As a journalist in San Diego noted, there may be a war going on between PGs and HGs.

[Rick Masters]

SWITZERLAND
"Black Weekend for Paragliding"
An accident in Cardada; three Engadine and Mesolcina. Five in all.

http://www.ticinonews.ch/ticino/243840/week-end-nero-per-i-parapendisti

[Bill Cummings]

http://www.ticinonews.ch/ticino/243840/week-end-nero-per-i-parapendisti
All may copy foreign language by click and drag to highlight the text.
Next hold down the "CTRL" key while pressing the "c" key (that will copy to your notebook/cursor.)
Next go to link below and once open start your cursor in the left hand text box.
https://translate.google.com/
Next hold down the "CTRL" key and press the "v" key (that will paste.)
Next click on the "Language detect," button and then above the right hand text box select English and click on the "Translate," button.
Next read translated text in the right hand text box in English.
(To hear it read back to you in English click on the speaker picture at the bottom.)
Rick M. taught me this.

[JoeF]

Jellyfish are not kite systems; they seem to be floatingg fluidcraft; their domes are not tethered to an anchor; their tentacles simply extend from their dome.
Interesting note: "An orifice that functions as both the mouth and anus" Source

Canopy paragliders are kite systems both when anchor is dragging on ground or when anchor is falling through the air.
Huge difference, Ben Reese; thanks for your text. Clarity over Bob is not yet showing in your shallow hits; consider taking some Bob aspect and doing a severe scholarly researched presentation even over one aspect. As you do such labor with integrity you might come across some Bob actions that may be carefully specified and sent to the WHGA for inclusion on the timeline of his actions which chart of actions is yet very incomplete; any referenced action or verifiable action is invited.

From article on jellyfish wreaking havoc on travel destinations: ARTICLE

Jellyfish blooms are on the rise and taking over the ocean, experts say. They may not look scary, but they pose a serious threat to regions that are just now entering their tourism seasons.

Read more at: http://www.caribbeannewsdigital.com/en/ ... stinations

Analogically:

Mayy 27, 1962, was an ordinary spring Sunday in the rolling green hills of Centralia, Pennsylvania. The roughly 1,000 residents of the small coal-mining town went about their usual Sunday routines, looking forward to tomorrow's Memorial Day festivities.

To get the town ready, officials had ordered the removal of the huge pile of trash sitting in the town dump. The easiest method available was to set it all on fire. Burning trash remains a common (but mostly illegal) way of getting rid of garbage, especially in rural areas without a robust waste infrastructure. Certainly in 1962, months before the publication of Silent Spring and years before the environmental movement really took off, burning waste was much more common than it is today.
There was just one problem. The fire that started that day never went out, and the town began a long, smoldering decline into oblivion.

[Rick Masters]

"An orifice that functions as both the mouth and anus"

I knew that.
But what about the brain?

[JoeF]

A jellyfish has no ears or eyes or nose and no brain or heart! They do not even have a head.
Their body is almost totally made of water and is soft having no bones at all.
Jellyfish are invertebrate animals because they do not have a spine or backbone.

[brianscharp]

Fatal up here in Alaska last weekend
http://www.hanggliding.org/viewtopic.ph ... 276#372276
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 7:49 pm

PG collapsed pilot didn't recover. Has had an effect on my flying and I didn't even see it happen.

Fly safe out there.

Has anyone heard any details?

[JoeF]

https://www.facebook.com/Enuncerito/vid ... 182308490/

[[This is not about the Alaskan incident.]]

[JoeF]

Article: Underdiagnosed Disco-Ligamentous Lesion in the Cervical Spine of a Paraglider
M Sträter, M Citak, T A Schildhauer, B Roetman
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ABSTRACT: Paragliding is an increasingly popular airborne sport with numerous associated injuries. We here describe the case of an experienced paraglider who, after a fall from 15 meters, presented with an initially underdiagnosed disco-ligamentous lesion of the cervical spine. We report on a 51-year-old male paraglider, who was referred to our hospital four days after a fall from 15 meters. Initial treatment was performed in a regional hospital. The performed clinical and radiological examinations including computerized tomography showed, besides a fracture of the radius, no further abnormalities. The patient was discharged home four days after injury. Due to persistent pain in the cervical spine and parasthesia, the patient was referred to the practicing orthopaedic surgeon. The performed MRI and CT including the sagittal and coronal planes showed a disco-ligamentous lesion of the cervical spine. The patient was transferred immediately to our hospital for surgical treatment. The initial existing neurological symptoms resolved postoperatively and the patient was discharged home in a well condition. Injuries of the cervical are extremely rare in paragliders. Nevertheless, this case underscores the importance of adequate clinical and radiological examinations. We report the case of our patient to increase awareness among physicians and training staff working in emergency rooms.
Sportverletzung · Sportschaden 03/2012; 26(2):117-20. DOI:10.1055/s-0031-1299389 · 0.28 Impact Factor