Jetpackin' Around Mount Fuji

It's 2013. Where's my jet pack? Oh yeah, that's right, Yves Rossy has it.

Rossy, a Swiss fighter pilot who went on to build an actual jetpack is aptly known by his nickname "Jetman." His latest flight was around Mount Fuji in Japan. "You feel that you have pressure everywhere, and that's the magic moment. Because full thrust like that, you are aerodynamic and it's like a big hand on your back and yes! It holds. And you fly," Rossy said to ITN News.

Rossy's jetpack flew a total of 9 times around Mount Fuji, with an average speed of 200 km per hour (124 mph).

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For anyone seriously interested in this subject, I *highly* recommend the "Birdmen" docu available on Netflix. The first 20 minutes are a bit slow.. but when they get to the wingsuits... Shit. Gets. Real!
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Birdmen_The_Original_Dream_of_Flight/70285637?trkid=2361637

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This is a cry for help. No one should own cold-weather dogs in a hot climate much less exercise them during the day. If the ice maker was not there, he might have died.

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Humans make decisions on pets for themselves, not for the pet. Besides the should-be-obvious danger of cold weather breeds in hot weather locales, too many breeds are now so deformed that their health is in danger daily. Put the health and wellbeing of your pet over your "I want" desires. No more smushed faces impeding breathing. No more giant breeds with serious skeletal issues that reduce their life span to under 8 years. Be kind and love animals, not breed them into grotesque shapes that doom them to illness and disease just because you think it's cute. Oh. BTW. Keep Golden Retrievers golden. Stop this ridiculous "white", inbred and line bred oddity.

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