CPSC and Chance Rides Manufacturing Announce Recall to Inspect and Repair YO-YO Amusement Rides

WASHINGTON, D.C. - In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Chance Rides Manufacturing Inc. (CRM), of Wichita, Kansas is voluntarily recalling to inspect and repair about 85 YO-YO amusement rides across the country.
CPSC has received reports of two incidents involving the YO-YO ride resulting in injuries to children and adults, including scraped knees and back strains. On May 16, 2008, 23 riders of a YO-YO ride in Angels Camp, Calif. fell to the ground when the sweep arms suspending the circular swinging chairs they were riding in broke free from the ride’s center cylinder rod. The inspection program will focus on preventing future failures.
CRM is offering ride owners and state safety officials inspection/repair kits and new inspection and maintenance guidelines. To receive the inspection/repair kit or for more information, owners and state safety officials can contact CRM at (800) 242-6231 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday.
CPSC is working with state regulators and insurance providers to ensure that these safety inspections and modifications are conducted. While CPSC has jurisdiction over mobile amusement rides and conducts incident investigations, states and local communities are responsible for inspections and oversight of rides such as the YO-YO.
For more information about which states have amusement ride inspection programs and which agencies carry out that responsibility, CPSC has published a Directory of State Amusement Ride Safety Officials (August 2008), which can be downloaded at www.cpsc.gov/CPSCPUB/PUBS/amuse.pdf (pdf).

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nirvana
noun [U]
1 a high spiritual state of freedom from all suffering which Buddhists believe can be achieved by removing all personal desires 涅盤

2 a state of perfection

Wikipedia article "Yo-yo".

yo-yo
n., pl. -yos.

A toy consisting of a flattened spool wound with string that is spun down from and reeled up to the hand by motions of the wrist.
Informal. One that undergoes frequent abrupt shifts or reversals, as of opinion or emotion; a vacillator.
Slang. A stupid or objectionable person.

intr.v. Informal., -yoed, -yo·ing, -yos.
To undergo frequent abrupt shifts or reversals, as of opinion or emotion; vacillate.

[Originally a trademark.]

yoga
noun [U]瑜伽
1 a set of physical and mental exercises, Indian in origin, which is intended to give control over the body and mind:
a yoga class

2 a Hindu system of philosophy which aims to unite the self with god

yogic
adjective
yogic exercises

yogi
noun [C]
a person who has spent a lot of their life doing yoga and studying its philosophy

yoga

Pronunciation: /ˈjəʊɡə/

NOUN

[MASS NOUN]

A Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline, a part of which, including breath control, simple meditation, and the adoption of specific bodily postures, is widely practised for health and relaxation:[AS MODIFIER]: yoga classes

More example sentences

The yoga widely known in the West is based on hatha yoga, which forms one aspect of the ancient Hindu system of religious and ascetic observance and meditation, the highest form of which is raja yogaand the ultimate aim of which is spiritual purification and self-understanding leading to samadhi or union with the divine

Derivatives

yogic: Example sentences

Origin

Sanskrit, literally 'union'.

The yoga that we know in the West is a simplified version of an ancient Hindu system intended to lead to union with the divine. The word's literal meaning in the Indian language Sanskrit is ‘union’, and it is related to yoke (Old English), fastened over the necks of two animals to enable them to pull in unison.