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Jack Daniels is an American distillery of Tennessee whiskey founded by Jack Daniel in 1866 in Lynchburg, Tennessee. The company is owned by the Brown-Forman Corporation Group since 1957. The whiskey bottles are recognizable by their square shape and by the iconic black label.
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Jasper Newton Daniel was born between the years 1846 and 1850 in Lynchburg, Tennessee. According to various sources, he was the tenth or the thirteenth child to a mother who died during childbirth. His father abandoned him and his siblings and left them to be brought up by neighbors. By the age of six, Jasper fled his foster home and went to work for a local pastor, who also worked as a distiller. It is said that this is where he learned how to run his whiskey still. According to official company records, Jasper opened his first distillery in 1866.
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Why did Mr. Jack name the iconic square bottle №7? One thing is certain: not because the whiskey aged seven years in a casket, nor because seven was his favorite number, as many believe. Perhaps it was the seventh whiskey recipe that was successful. Or the shipment of seven whiskey bottles that were lost and subsequently found with a label that said: "Old №7" (seven more bottles had been sent in the meantime). There are many more speculations, but we may never know the truth because it seems that Jack took that secret to the grave.
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It is said that one day after failing to remember the combination to his safe box, Jack kicked the metal box in frustration and injured his one of his toes and soon after he got blood poisoning and the infection spread through his body that eventually led to his death.
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Babolat Pure Drive Tennis Racquet Review
May 18, 2018 By admin Racquets List
Since its introduction in 1994, Babolat Pure Drive has been recognized as an epitome of spin, speed, and power. It has been imitated by other brands, but none of them came close to the performance that is offered by the original. In the years following the racket's birth, technological innovations have been introduced to keep up with the competition and satisfy the changing needs of the players.
In the rest of this review, we will look at some of the notable features that make this one of the top tennis racquets in the world. More than the feature, we'll also have a look at its performance, which will help you come up with a better assessment.
1 Technical Details
2.1 Exceptional Power
2.2 Impressive Spin
2.3 Adjusted Sweet Spot
3 The Bad
3.1 Feels Stiff
3.2 Control Can Be Better
4 Material and Construction
5 Overall Performance
6 Who Is It For?
This racket has a head size of 100 square inches, which is similar to the Babolat Aeropro Drive. The two models are also the same in the sense that they both have 4-point head-light balance. This means that much of the weight is focused on the lower part of the racket instead of the frame.
Its length is traditional, which is 27 inches.
The weight, on the other hand, is 11.2 ounces, which is pretty much easy to handle without the need to worry about straining the wrist.
Still looking for reasons to believe that the Babolat Pure Drive is a stand out compared to other rackets? Here are some of the benefits that can make you convinced.
Exceptional Power
If power is the main consideration in your search for the best tennis racquet, this is one option that should be on the top of the list. Performance-wise, it reminded me a lot of Wilson Blade 104, which is equally hard-hitting.
Impressive Spin
This racket's cousin, the Babolat Pure Aero is dubbed as the spin machine. Nonetheless, the Babolat Pure Drive is equally great in terms of its spin potential, maximizing the energy of the ball, making sure that it lands where you want to send it.
Adjusted Sweet Spot
If there is one thing that is common in Babolat racquets, it would be that the sweet spot is adjusted from the center. It is slightly higher, which will improve the energy of the ball even when you hit off the center.
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However, it should also be noted that it has some drawbacks, which might give you second thoughts in purchasing it over its competitors.
Feels Stiff
The stiffness of the racket is one thing that I do not like, which is also one of the reasons why I do not recommend it for beginners. At times, you might feel that it is not as responsive as against those that are not as stiff. If you have problems with the wrist, arms, and shoulders, you might find it quite difficult to use.
Control Can Be Better
Another potential issue with this racket is control. I have used rackets within the same price range that are easier to control. One of the culprits for this problem is perhaps the stiffness of the handle.
Material and Construction
Babolat racquets are known for their innovative technologies and high-quality construction. One of the best in this model is the FSI technology. Simply put, the latter adjusts the sweet spot, moving it to the top part of the racket instead of the center. This also provides a tighter stringing to optimize the energy of the ball as it lands.
Meanwhile, with the elliptic design, it will not be prone to twisting and bending. It improves the longevity of the racket.
There is also woofer technology in this model. This technology was first introduced in 1999. This allows the even distribution of shock on the different parts of the racket, which is the reason why you can expect it to be comfortable. Even when playing for an extended time, you will not easily complain of fatigue.
The Cortex Dampening System is another technology that makes it deliver impressive comfort. High-frequency vibrations are eliminated because of this feature.
Overall Performance
Pure Drive = pure power. This is how I can sum up the performance of this racket. This is for power seekers. This power will be evident in every swing. However, you need to be careful. Watch out for control. At times, the power can be too much, sending the ball beyond.
This is also one racket that is capable of delivering explosive acceleration, which is exactly the reason why it performs great when it comes to serves. You do not need to put a lot of effort at all to put the opponent on the defensive side.
It is also worth praising this racket in terms of the groundstrokes. Once the ball bounces on the court, it will be easy to hit it with this racket, especially if you move fast to respond to the shot from the opposite side.
Your volleys will also be great. Taking it to the net will be almost effortless, especially when you already have the skills.
The manufacturer markets this racket as being suitable for all types of players. However, I believe that this is best for intermediate and advanced players. This is for the aggressive players who are unwilling to settle with an inferior racket. It is for the power-hitters who would like to give their all in every shot to stun the opponents.
In sum, the Babolat Pure Drive is a premium racket that is suitable for experienced players. It has high-quality construction, providing an assurance that it is going to withstand the test of time. On the court, the performance will also be hard to rival, providing you with the opportunity to play aggressively and demonstrate exceptional power.
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The Black River flows from Missouri into Arkansas east of Branson and west of the Bootheel. It meanders where the foothills of the Ozarks begin to rise out of the Mississippi plain. The area was sparsely populated when E. R. Coleman was a young man. Like the population they served, businesses were modest, mostly small, and scattered. Arkansas was still the Bear State; slogans boasting that it was—or predicting that it would become—the "Land of Opportunity" were yet to be conceived. Coleman's early years were shaped by the Great Depression, by a family ethic that dictated working as long as there was sunlight in the day, and by a region bordered on the west by Oklahoma's Dust Bowl and on the east by the mighty—sometimes vengeful—Mississippi River. Told in his own words, this is a genuine American Horatio Alger story of hardscrabble beginnings, working longer and harder than today's youth might be able to imagine, and plain dealing from cotton fields to board rooms.
Ewell R. Coleman is a lifelong resident of Independence County in north-central Arkansas and has worked in nearly every imaginable capacity that a rural region has to offer. After launching and sustaining a variety of small businesses, he focused on banking in Batesville and neighboring communities.


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After specifying the voice, we moved to the customer input, using the "store customer input" block under "interact." We changed how the service would collect the user's state name by first selecting "Text to speech (Ad hoc)" and wrote out a statement that Joanna would tell the caller. Then, we scrolled down to the Prompt section to specify that the maximum digits should be 3 (to specify the state name) and that the delay between entry should be 5 seconds (giving the caller 5 seconds after each button press to press the next one before timing out.) You could then place a similar block after that one to collect the user's county.
After that Lambda function and list of counties by state is created, we can help with getting the function connected to the contact flow, and finishing up the construction of your call center.
I've also included a screenshot of an example contact flow that should work to suit your needs.
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Joyce isn't just about filmmaking. One year after completing the award-winning Breast Cancer documentary, "Sunshine, Noodles, & Me," filmmaker Joyce Fitzpatrick was diagnosed through early detection with Breast Cancer in 2015. Armed with a strong and optimistic belief system, Joyce is determined to change her fate by changing her lifestyle and by not accepting the intimidation and archaic mindset associated with this disease. Joyce and her producing and directing partner, Brian Shackelford are documenting her determination to not be part of the "exclusive club" and to help others like herself to fight for their beliefs in "Cancer is Just Another Word that Begins with the Letter "C." This documentary will follow Joyce, who teams up with the "Epigenix Foundation," a non-profit company to incorporate a "ketogenic" diet into her healthy lifestyle with food that has been generously provided by one of Fortune 500's top nutritional companies, Quest Nutrition Inc. Joyce also explores the less toxic and natural approaches to a healthier lifestyle through modern medicine and new scientific discoveries. She also interviews scientists, medical professionals and other advocates for metabolic healing, while learning what it means to be healthy in today's society.


Kenosha, Wisconsin. A beautiful small city right off Lake Michigan is tough to beat. With sandy beaches and blue waters, plus the added benefit of being near bigger cities like Chicago and Milwaukee, Kenosha may just be the ideal change in locale that some are looking for. Luckily for perfusionists, SpecialtyCare is hiring there. We're even considering recent graduates for the job. So whether you just got certified or are brand new to the field, check out Kenosha with us below as we take a look at what all this charming city by the water has to offer.
Even though it's right off Lake Michigan, Kenosha is still below the national average when it comes to cost of living. While the median cost of a home in the U.S. is $216,200, the median cost of a home in Kenosha is less than two-thirds the cost of that at $142,000. The average 1 bedroom in America runs at $930 while the average 1 bedroom in Kenosha runs at just $680. And don't forget, no heavy traffic in small cities with the exception of big events. This will do wonders for your commute to the hospital on work days.
Kenosha scores big with two gorgeous beaches within city limits. First, there's Simmons Island beach where you can find a boardwalk, paved bike trail, playground, and an open-air picnic pavilion. The public lake beach is also home to Southport Light Station Museum (with the Southport Lighthouse), along with the Kenosha History Center and Kenosha Lighthouse Studio.
Then there's Eichelman Park and Beach, adjacent to Wolfenbuttel Park. It has a walking trail, biking trail, and playground. And over at Wolfenbuttel you can find a gorgeous flower garden and gazebo with a Lake Michigan backdrop, a popular wedding spot with the locals.
Who wouldn't enjoy the benefits of small town prices with big city access? Kenosha is just over an hour away from Chicago, and only 45 minutes from Milwaukee. For sports fans, this is a dream. You can keep up with live games in the Windy City with the Blackhawks, Cubs, White Sox, Bears, and the Bulls. Then on the Milwaukee side, you have the Brewers and the Bucks. If you so happen to be a Packers fan, Green Bay is also within driving distance (2.5 hours).
And let's not forget, being within a small radius of these cities means you have the magic key to Lollapalooza, Summerfest, and all the music festivals and venues, all the film and food festivals, and all the sweet brew Milwaukee has to offer. You'll also be loaded with annual events like the St. Patrick's Day Parade and the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival in Chicago.


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Lake Constance City Hopping
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Bregenz (A) Constance (D) St.Gallen (CH) — 3 countries, 3 cities and 1 "City Hopping" adventure around Lake Constance. This is a new way to discover neighboring cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Unpack once. Stay at one Hotel, and use trains, bikes and boats to expand your international territory any time of year. "Hotel Hopping" is a slightly different concept. This package has you moving around with overnights in each Lake Constance city: Bregenz, Austria; Constance, Germany; and St.Gallen, Switzerland.
Your Lake Constance experience for 1-3 days
1. Constance (Germany)
Enjoy a cup of coffee in one of the numerous restaurants directly at the harbour of Constance. On clear days, the view from Constance harbour stretches over the bobbing sailing vessels and the broad waters of the deep-blue lake to the imposing peaks of the Alpine foothills. Konstanz is the largest city on Lake Constance and the only German municipality on the southern shore of the lake. The well-maintainedhistorical centreborders Switzerland, Lake Constance and Lake Rhine which escapes the Obersee as a broad stretch of water flowing north-west. Enjoy the view over the city from the Constance cathedral or visit one of the countless museums.
2. St.Gallen (Switzerland)
The city of St.Gallen is a World Heritage site, the lively centre of eastern Switzerland and an all-round cultural classic. Included on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1983, the St.Gallen abbey district with its baroque cathedral and the famous abbey library is the centrepiece of the city. Numerous museums inspire visitors hungry for knowledge and a vibrant cultural life with a first-rate three-segment theatre, numerous cabaret shows and regular festivals maintain the city's excellent reputation as a centre of eastern Swiss life. The winding streets of the old town with its bay windows are the perfect place to shop and enjoy a bite to eat. A wide range of dishes are on offer in the traditional wood-panelled St. Gallen "Erststockbeizen", including haute cuisine and regional specialities.
3. Bregenz (Austria)
With the broad spectrum of art, architecture, culture and nature activities, modernity and tradition combine in a unique manner. Bregenz stands for popular values, Bregenz is urbane and, together with its inhabitants, is open to the world and its guests. Bregenz is a city of encounters. The streets of the city centre encourage visitors to linger in the wonderful restaurants and cafés. Since 2013, the heart of Bregenz is once again the Kornmarktplatz, the centre of social life. An urban space with a modern design which fits in with the contemporary architectural landscape.
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The 94km long cycle tour goes from Constance through the Swiss canton of Thurgau to St.Gallen. From there it goes along the Lake Constance cycle path to Bregenz.
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Speaking of older drawings that have been recently revised, here's an oldie that I did for the Independents some years back which I did some finicky fine-tuning on a few weeks ago. Independents guitar ace Willy B used it in this ad for the recent reissues of their back catalog using the new and improved version(sorry cheapskates, I'm pretty sure these low low sale prices are no longer valid). I seem to find myself doing these kinda minor revisions on a lot of older pieces lately. Maybe I should start a new OCD tag here on the blog to group 'em all together for easy reference. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!
Here are the last of the older pieces that I revised for submission to the Surf Graphics book, both of which made it into print. Mainly minor cleanup and editing work done on these. I had to scan the Boyz Nex' Door art from the printed CD insert as the original art for that one is long gone. Thanks to the folks at Korero Books for inviting me to be a part of such a great collection of surf art. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!
Here are a couple more reworked pieces that I submitted to the Surf Graphics book. Above is the poster I designed some years back for masked French surf instro combo The Bikini Men and below the front art for their subsequent picture disc LP. I didn't do any major revisions on these, just some general cleanup work and retouching. Neither of these made it into the book so they are making their public debut here. Stay tuned for MORE BIKINI BEACH ACTION!
Last year I was surprised and honored to be asked to contribute to an amazing art book called Surf Graphics. I was already a fan of the great series of full color hardcover books covering the worldwide Lowbrow Art scene put out by Korero Books over in the UK and eagerly culled all the best surf related work from my archives to send to them. Some of the older pieces needed a bit of touching up so I revised, added color and made various changes wherever I felt it necessary. Over the next few days I'm gonna post all the pieces that were reworked for Surf Graphics, including a few that didn't actually make it into the final version of the book. Some of these have been posted here before but all have been revised from their previous appearances and there are a few that have never been seen before. Starting off today with the unpublished Satan's Pilgrims drawing I did for Estrus Records back in 1998 which has been revised quite a bit and is seen here in color for the first time ever. Below is a quick but fun Xmas card I made a few years back. Neither of these made it into the book so you can consider these to be the cartoon equivalent of unissued bonus tracks. Surf Graphics is available from hip bookstores and websites everywhere so check it out for a wild blast of wave shreddin' action from a wide array of great artists hailing from here, there and everywhere. More of this stuff to come in the next day or two so... Stay tuned for MORE TOES TO THE NOSE ACTION!
New 3 color T-shirt design for Costa Rican surf/garage swingers Los Cuchillos. This is the first work I've done for a band from Costa Rica. Yet another country falls before the mighty King Merinuk juggernaut! Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!
Here's the long-awaited cover for the third volume in the Brazilian Nuggets series featuring yet more ultra obscure and primitive garage, instro and psych tracks unearthed from the deepest dark jungles of Brazil. Among the zillions of bands that played there in the '60s they had one called the Flintstones and another called the Jetsons and both these combos are gonna appear on this epic third volume. The limited edition vinyl version should be out real soon (as always on the mighty Groovie Records label) with a CD version to follow. Don't miss it if you can. Stay tuned for MORE JUNGLE JUNGLE JUNGLE JUNGLE ROCK ACTION!
Here's the cover art for the forthcoming debut CD by Winnipeg's one woman rock'n'roll band, The Gunness. Alana aka The Gunness is a veteran of a ton of great local bands over the past 10 years or so and in this solo project she plays a mix of garage, punk, alt rock and whatever else she feels like playing in a totally raw emotional style. I was stoked to help her out with this cover art and am looking forward to hearing the album, which should be out pretty soon on Winnipeg's one and only rock'n'roll label, Transistor 66 Records. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!
With the new issue of Roctober (#51) only a few weeks away I guess it's time to post the Hamzig installment that was featured in the gargantuan 50th issue a few months back. I was trying for a Williamson/Frazetta type of look with this one which didn't really come off but what the heck. I have an amazing Roctober-related project lined up which I'll be working on later this year so keep an eye on this blog for more info on that. Meanwhile, pick up the new issue to see the latest Hamzig chapter and the usual array of weird cultural detritus that is synonymous with the esteemed Roctober brand. Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!
Hot off the greasy griddle, here's a cover design for my pal Axel's new rockin' combo Mental Shakedown. Right now this is just gonna be the cover for their demo CD but I'm sure we'll be seeing and hearing this stuff on vinyl in the not too distant future. Stay tuned for MORE BOP'N'DESTROY ACTION!
Here's a T-shirt design I recently did for one of the coolest labels on the international rock'n'roll scene, Groovie Records. Another piece that kinda speaks for itself. Stay tuned for MORE VOODOO VENGEANCE ACTION!
Logo design for Winnipeg's punkiest rock'n'roll radio show Smash It Up. I guess this one kinda speaks for itself. Stay tuned for MORE NOW WE'RE GONNA DANCE TO A DIFFERENT SONG ACTION!
Mo' bang for your buck today in the Rubber Room, kids. I recently designed a tour poster for amazing Mexican garage combo Los Explosivos (who if you haven't heard 'em are a wild mix of the Sonics and MC5 at their most ravin'est; Go check 'em out NOW!!!) and in my usual politically correct fashion I reduced, reused and recycled the art into 3 distinct variations, all of which are on display for you right here and now. Above is the original tour poster version and below you can see the same basic art kustomized into a swingin' 45 sleeve and a debonair T-shirt design for all you fashion victims out there. Los Explosivos are currently on a nutty 6 month tour of Europe so go see 'em, buy all this stuff and have yourself a blast! Stay tuned for MORE DON'T YOU MESS WITH ME ACTION!
Here's the third of my recent posters for upcoming Winnipeg rock'n'roll shows. Kind of paying tribute to the late, great Bill Ward and his legacy of overdeveloped babeage with this one. Stay tuned for MORE SUCCUBUS ACTION!
Poster for an upcoming burlesque/rock'n'roll/wrestling show here in Winnipeg. Looks like it will be a real cool event so check it out if for some unfathomable reason you are in Winnipeg on May 17. Stay tuned for MORE BODYSLAMMIN' ACTION!
Sorry for the dearth of posts lately, kids. I got a big backlog of stuff to put up here so look for more new updates soon. Here's a drawing I did for Winnipeg's rock'n'roll upstart Greg Arcade and his combo for his upcoming show at the new and improved (?) Royal Albert. These guys have a fun, upbeat rockabilly style along the lines of early Buddy Holly so I tried to get that feeling into the drawing. I just did the illustration on this; the poster was put together by Mr. Arcade himself as he's a talented designer in real life. More stuff coming soon so... Stay tuned for MORE ACTION!


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Mexico City/Geneva - The number of confirmed swine flu infections in Mexico rose from 26 to 49, with seven deaths as a result of the new strain, according to laboratory results made public Wednesday by health authorities.
There have been 159 deaths and 2,498 infections in Mexico's flu outbreak. Of these, 1,311 people remain in hospital and most have not yet been identified as swine flu cases.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan raised the pandemic alert for swine flu by one level to phase 5 Wednesday night in Geneva.
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Cairo - Egypt began slaughtering thousands of pigs on Wednesday in a precaution against swine flu, although no cases have yet been reported in the country.
"It has been decided to slaughter all pigs in the country immediately," Minister of Health Hatem al-Gabali said Wednesday afternoon.
On Tuesday, the Egyptian parliament voted to slaughter the country's entire pig livestock of around 250,000 animals in a precautionary measure.
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New York - New York state officials Wednesday downplayed the fact that New York has the highest total of confirmed cases of swine flu among ten US states, saying the situation was inexplicable - even as health workers were investigating 75 more probable cases and some schools remained closed.
New York Governor David Paterson and his health commissioner, Richard Daines, who said the state currently has no vaccine designed for swine flu, said they did not consider the swine flu outbreak any more important than unseasonal flu in springtime.
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Tel Aviv - The number of suspected swine flu cases in Israel has risen to six, two of which have been confirmed with certainty, Israeli media reported Wednesday.
The number rose after an Israeli woman in her mid-50s returned from a trip to Mexico with symptoms. She has been hospitalized at Israel's Meir hospital in Kfar Saba, north-east of Tel Aviv.
She has been placed in quarantine and her condition was being described as "good."
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Washington - A US Marine is suspected of having contracted swine flu and has been quarantined at his base in California, the service said Wednesday.
The soldier and his roommate have been confined to their quarters for further evaluation, Marine Commandant General James Conway told reporters at the Pentagon. The roommate is not showing any symptoms, the general said.
The soldier sought medical attention on Saturday suffering from flu symptoms, Conway said.
"He was tested. The initial tests are that he is suspected to have the flu," Conway said.
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Blogger provides you insight into who is visiting your blog and how they found you. This can be helpful to decide how to improve your blog so it reaches the audience you are aiming at.
Using Blogger for my own blog as well as the blogs for PAFF, COTA-PA and WWFF I see some interesting and funny ways in how people end up on these blogs. The most funny ones are the Google search terms from people that are very obviously not looking for a ham blog at all.
Writing about flora and fauna of course attracts people looking for info on nature. So I find the odd links from Google where people where looking for information on specific nature parks in The Neherlands. The same applies for blog items on castles in COTA-PA blog.
Today however I saw a real funny one - in the mismatch category: "welke ham plank". This is Dutch for "which ham board" - where board refers to cutting board, I assume. So, here we have an individual trying to figure out what type of cutting board to buy for his ham. Should it be wood? plastic? I don't know.
This is the first link he got in his Google results - http://www.pa-ff.nl/2012/10/tuesday-23-oct-paff-067-planken-wambuis.html - and he clicked it.
Now what was this person thinking when he saw that page. XYL, PAFF, activation, 40m, 20m, bands, 73, PA3FYG - WTF????
It is a shame Blogger doesn't show you how long this person was staring at his screen.
Last Friday I had a bad experience with my tried and trusted end fed vertical on 40m (actually a multi-band end fed for 10-20-40m).
While listing around I stumbled upon Paul MM0ZBH on 40m. He is the one who recommended me the Sirio 4-element CB antenna for use on 10m. I was about to tell him how much I enjoyed the CQWW thanks to that beam. However he did not seem to hear me, even though I copied him with 58. After several attempts he was able to make out my call sign but there was not a chance for a decent QSO (report received: 33).
The multi-band end fed that I use is 12m long and has a coil at 10m from the network to make the wire resonant on 40m. I blamed this shorter wire for the lousy performance on that band. Frustrated I started looking at other possible antenna configurations for /P operations.
From all the available options the inverted v looked the most promising as it requires only one mast (as the end fed does), while you can still operate with a "full size" antenna (1/2L in this case). The inverted v would also be a candidate configuration for an 80m antenna. I do not have an 80m antenna at the moment and although I can get the 40m wire resonant on 80m when I work from my home (using the tuner of my IC-756P3), it is not a performer by any standard, nor does it help me when I am /P.
This weekend I was able to put something together that looked like it could work as an inverted v. I made the legs a bit longer so I could tune it to perfection. Today I was able to set the antenna up. It took me some fiddling to get it up in a way the Spiderbeam mast did not bend too sharply (the coax goes all the way up with this antenna, so you need to find a way that it does not pull the mast down). I decided to not use the last segment of the mast, so the top of the antenna was at about 11m. I roughly measured 11m from the mast to two opposite directions for the anchor points of the legs.
The Spiderbeam mast was fixed to the side of my car. To the other side of the car I fixed my extended Spieth mast (15m) with the multiband end fed on it. A lovely site: a car upgraded with impressive lengths of fibreglass and loads of wires.
Testing with an antenna switch I directly noticed differences in the received signals. I also saw that the inverted v was miraculously resonant on the whole 40m band, dipping around 7.150. How this can be, with the extra wire length I cut, I haven't figured out yet (wrong measurement surely).
The other thing I saw was that the end fed was not resonant by far. The FT-857 warned me for High SWR. This was peculiar... I had this once before when one of the wire ends attached to the coil broke. I took down the end fed to find... that the wire on the other end of the coil had broken (inside the shrink tube, hard to spot). This explains why Paul was unable to copy me: the antenna was 2m short and SWR was sky high.
Would this not have been the case I would not have started with the inverted v. Now however I got both antennas up (I temporarily fixed the end fed on the spot) - so I started testing any way.
19 OMs came to the rescue to provide me with a nice set of signal reports. The reports came in from DL, G, MM, I, HB9 and S5 - roughly from 300km to 1250km.
All OMs agreed on one point: the inverted v resulted in a stronger signal at the receivers end. The difference was not the same though. It varied from 2 s-points to "not a lot". Most of the times it was 6dB or 1 s-point difference. The same difference I saw on rx.
As the inverted v is a little less practical than the vertical end fed, I will test it a bit more before I decide whether to switch antennas for my /P operations. I am especially curious on how the difference in performance is on longer distances - as signal levels within Europe are hardly an issue worth the extra hassle.
Forgot to take pictures of the antenna park I created around my car. Will try to remember to do this next time.
Next project: building the 80m version of the inverted v. With the nice results I got with the 40m version I will definitely add an 80m inverted v to my /P operating set. It will be nice to activate a PAFF or COTA-PA on 80m for the first time (for me).


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The strong economic performance of the Southwest San Gabriel Valley has contributed to it having a lower unemployment rate than the state average. However, this is offset by a rather high cost of living, particularly when it comes to housing. A typical house can cost as much as $664,595 per unit, which is above the average housing cost in the state, which is also higher than higher states to begin with. Combine that with the fact that the per capita income in the area is only $22,936, and it can be deduced that the strong economic indicators do not tell the whole story, and that many residents are probably struggling to afford basic needs such as housing.
Relying on credit cards and unsecured loans is the usual go-to option of those in less-than-ideal financial situations, and while having debts is not a bad thing in itself, it can quickly spiral out of control if not managed well. Debt consolidation offers a way for a person to manage his debts and avoid being overwhelmed by it. As the name suggests, debt consolidation combines existing debts into a single loan account. This is done through a new loan application or refinancing of an asset, the proceeds of which can then be used to pay off the other loans. Provided that the debtor has good credit standing, creditors can offer longer payment terms and lower interest rates for the new loan, so the debtor can start resolving his or her financial issues while at the same time, being able to pay off the loan with less pressure.
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Esta é a lista das regiões metropolitanas atualmente existentes na Região Norte do Brasil, classificadas por seus respectivos dados demográficos e econômicos gerais, obtidos pelo Instituto de Geografia e Estatística.

Ranking

Região Norte do Brasil por população
Listas por população
Região Norte do Brasil

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"""Dialog corpus handler

   Copyright (c) 2017 Takaaki Hori  (thori@merl.com)

   This software is released under the MIT License.
   http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

"""

import re
import six
import numpy as np
from collections import Counter
import copy

def convert_words2ids(words, vocab, unk, sos=None, eos=None):
    """ convert word string sequence into word Id sequence
        Args:
            words (list): word sequence
            vocab (dict): word-id mapping
            unk (int): id of unknown word <unk>
            sos (int): id of start-of-sentence symbol <sos>
            eos (int): id of end-of-sentence symbol <eos>
        Return:
            list of word Ids
    """
    word_ids = [ vocab[w] if w in vocab else unk for w in words ]
    if sos is not None:
        word_ids.insert(0,sos)
    if eos is not None:
        word_ids.append(eos)
    return np.array(word_ids, dtype=np.int32)

def get_vocabulary(textfile, initial_vocab={'<unk>':0,'<eos>':1}, vocabsize=0):
    """ acquire vocabulary from dialog text corpus
        Args:
            textfile (str): filename of a dialog corpus
            initial_vocab (dict): initial word-id mapping
            vocabsize (int): upper bound of vocabulary size (0 means no limitation)
        Return:
            dict of word-id mapping
    """
    vocab = copy.copy(initial_vocab)
    word_count = Counter()
    for line in open(textfile,'r').readlines():
        for w in line.split()[1:]: # skip speaker indicator
            word_count[w] += 1

    # if vocabulary size is specified, most common words are selected
    if vocabsize > 0:
        for w in word_count.most_common(vocabsize):
            if w[0] not in vocab:
                vocab[w[0]] = len(vocab)
                if len(vocab) >= vocabsize:
                    break
    else: # all observed words are stored
        for w in word_count:
            if w not in vocab:
                vocab[w] = len(vocab)

    return vocab

def load(textfile, vocab, target):
    """ Load a dialog text corpus as word Id sequences
        Args:
            textfile (str): filename of a dialog corpus
            vocab (dict): word-id mapping
            target (str): target speaker name (e.g. 'S', 'Machine', ...)
        Return:
            dict of word-id mapping
    """
    unk = vocab['<unk>']
    eos = vocab['<eos>']
    data = []
    dialog = []
    prev_speaker = ''
    prev_utterance = []
    input_utterance = []

    for line in open(textfile,'r').readlines():
        utterance = line.split()
        # store an utterance
        if len(utterance) > 0:
            speaker = utterance[0].split(':')[0] # get speaker name ('S: ...' -> 'S')
            if prev_speaker and prev_speaker != speaker:
                if prev_speaker == target:
                    # store the input-output pair for the target speaker
                    if len(input_utterance) > 0:
                        input_ids = convert_words2ids(input_utterance, vocab, unk)
                        output_ids = convert_words2ids(prev_utterance, vocab, unk, sos=eos, eos=eos)
                        dialog.append((input_ids, output_ids))
                        input_utterance = []
                    else:
                        # if the first utterance was given by system, it is included
                        # in input sequence
                        input_utterance = prev_utterance

                else: # all other speakers' utterances are used as input
                    input_utterance += prev_utterance

                prev_utterance = utterance[1:]
            else: # concatenate consecutive utterances by the same speaker
                prev_utterance += utterance[1:]

            prev_speaker = speaker

        # empty line represents the end of each dialog
        elif len(prev_utterance) > 0:
            # store the input-output pair for the target speaker
            if prev_speaker == target and len(input_utterance) > 0:
                input_ids = convert_words2ids(input_utterance, vocab, unk)
                output_ids = convert_words2ids(prev_utterance, vocab, unk, sos=eos, eos=eos)
                dialog.append((input_ids, output_ids))

            if len(dialog) > 0:
                data.append(dialog)

            dialog = []
            prev_speaker = ''
            prev_utterance = []
            input_utterance = []

    # store remaining utteraces if the file ends with EOF instead of an empty line
    if len(prev_utterance) > 0:
        # store the input-output pair for the target speaker
        if prev_speaker == target and len(input_utterance) > 0:
            input_ids = convert_words2ids(input_utterance, vocab, unk)
            output_ids = convert_words2ids(prev_utterance, vocab, unk, sos=eos, eos=eos)
            dialog.append((input_ids, output_ids))

        if len(dialog) > 0:
            data.append(dialog)

    return data

def make_minibatches(data, batchsize, max_length=0):
    """ Construct a mini-batch list of numpy arrays of dialog indices
        Args:
            data: dialog data read by load function.
            batchsize: dict of word-id mapping.
            max_length: if a mini-batch includes a word sequence that exceeds
                        this number, the batchsize is automatically reduced.
        Return:
            list of mini-batches (each batch is represented as a numpy array
            dialog ids).
    """
    if batchsize > 1:
        # sort dislogs by (#turns, max(reply #words, input #words))
        max_ulens = np.array([ max([(len(u[1]),len(u[0])) for u in d]) for d in data ])
        indices = sorted(range(len(data)),
                      key=lambda i:(-len(data[i]), -max_ulens[i][0], -max_ulens[i][1]))
        # obtain partions of dialogs for diffrent numbers of turns
        partition = [0]
        prev_nturns = len(data[indices[0]])
        for k in six.moves.range(1,len(indices)):
            nturns = len(data[indices[k]])
            if prev_nturns > nturns:
                partition.append(k)
            prev_nturns = nturns

        partition.append(len(indices))
        # create mini-batch list
        batchlist = []
        for p in six.moves.range(len(partition)-1):
            bs = partition[p]
            while bs < partition[p+1]:
                # batchsize is reduced if max length in the mini batch
                # is greater than 'max_length'
                be = min(bs + batchsize, partition[p+1])
                if max_length > 0:
                    max_ulen = np.max(max_ulens[indices[bs:be]])
                    be = min(be, bs + max(int(batchsize / (max_ulen / max_length + 1)), 1))

                batchlist.append(indices[bs:be])
                bs = be
    else:
        batchlist = [ np.array([i]) for i in six.moves.range(len(data)) ]

    return batchlist

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Q: Get a list of banned users by date descending Im doing something like this to get a list of all users that have been blocked:
public IQueryable<Aspnet_User> GetBannedUsers()
{
    return db.Aspnet_Memberships.Where(x => x.IsApproved == false).Select(x => x.Aspnet_User);
}

Im doing this to block users:
MembershipUser user = Membership.GetUser(username);
if (user != null)
{
    user.IsApproved = isApproved;
    Membership.UpdateUser(user);
}

how can i get the list of banned users ordered by date they were banned.
most recently banned should be first.

A: public IQueryable<Aspnet_User> GetBannedUsers()
{
    return db.Aspnet_Memberships
             .Where(x => x.IsApproved == false)
             .OrderByDescening(x => x.BannedDate) //adjust property here
             .Select(x => x.Aspnet_User);
}

A: By default, asp.net membership does not store this date, so you'll have to use a workaround. A neat approach would be to introduce your own table, but I suggest abusing the LastLoginDate. The default mechanism will not touch this date as long as the user doesn't login properly (which your !isApproved will prevent from happening).
Modified code to block user:
MembershipUser user = Membership.GetUser(username);
if (user != null)
{
  user.IsApproved = isApproved;
  user.LastLoginDate = DateTime.Now;
  Membership.UpdateUser(user);
}

Code to sort on banned date, copy pasted from @Femaref's answer:
public IQueryable<Aspnet_User> GetBannedUsers()
{
  return db.Aspnet_Memberships
    .Where(x => x.IsApproved == false)
    .OrderByDescening(x => x.LastLoginDate)
    .Select(x => x.Aspnet_User);
}

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A look at how enterprises can enhance productivity and optimise costs with RPA.
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) or the use of software robots to perform mundane or repetitive tasks is gaining credence among enterprises, as they are seeking greater efficiencies and cost savings. Research estimates that the market for RPA was $680 million in 2018 and is projected to grow to $2.4 billion by 2022.
The difference between RPA and standard automation tools is that RPA eliminates the need for Application Programming Interfaces or API. Traditional tools require a software professional to draw up a series of actions necessary to automate a task and connect the tool to the backend through APIs. RPA on the other hand mimics the human performing the task and executes it with accuracy.
As an approach to automation RPA has been around for many years in the form of screen scraping or data scraping, which involves programming that helps communicate with legacy or obsolete input/output devices. But recent advances in Artificial Intelligence have resulted in the emergence of highly sophisticated RPA tools that are reliable and highly scalable. Consequently enterprises are experimenting by deploying RPA across various functions like HR, administration, accounts, and customer support.
Some of the largest adopters of RPA today are in the insurance, utilities, banking, and telecommunications sectors. Research estimates that 60 per cent of companies with over a billion dollars in revenue adopted RPA in 2018.
It is estimated that by the end of 2022 85 per cent of large and very large organisations globally would have adopted RPA in some form. Some of the key drivers of RPA adoption would be superior business outcomes, which could include reduced costs, increased efficiency and accuracy in performing mundane or repetitive tasks. Today the cost of adopting RPA tools is on the higher side. Research predicts a 10 to 15 per cent decrease in these over 2019, which would also contribute to widespread deployment.
However, RPA may not be a technology meant for organisations of all sizes as in some cases alternative automation solutions might deliver better results. Today there are at least a dozen leading providers of RPA solutions. The other parallel trend is that vendors of ERP suites and core banking platforms, among others, are trying to integrate AI into their products.
RPA has the potential to help enterprises reduce labour costs significantly as employees are currently performing the tasks it automates. However, as a Harvard Business Review article points out, enterprises are more likely to reskill their employees to do more knowledge intensive tasks, while RPA will take over tasks that are highly repetitive and error prone when handled by humans.
RPA has significant applications across various industry verticals. BFSI is a sector that can benefit significantly from this technology. Major banks around the world like Deutsche Bank and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc have deployed RPA in recent times for greater operational efficiency across functions. Compliance is one key area where RPA can help, as banks have to comply with many regulations. It's a critical area that requires humans to carry out numerous highly rigorous and repetitive tasks. Customer support is another area where RPA can ease the rigour, as banks have to deal with zillions of customer queries ranging from account information, loan related queries to complaints on fraud. Another area that can be sped up by deploying RPA is credit card processing. Today it takes a couple of weeks for banks to collect and verify a customer's documents, approve and dispatch the credit card. With an RPA tool these tasks could be done in a matter of hours. Fraud detection is yet another function that RPA can perform effectively. With increasing incidents of fraud, it is harder for banks to verify every transaction and detect fraud patterns manually. RPA tools can detect suspicious transactions even when the transaction volumes are high and flag potential cases of fraud.
Similarly, RPA has numerous use cases in the manufacturing sector too. For instance, it can be used for automating logistics where companies have to keep track of numerous transporters, destinations, etc. RPA can simplify and accurately perform these tasks. Bill of materials is a critical instrument of production in any manufacturing industry as it lists raw materials, various components and subcomponents. Errors in preparing the bill of materials could hamper production and result in losses. Deploying an RPA tool can bring more efficiency to this task. Reporting and administration is another serious and cumbersome function. Inaccuracies in reports on production could affect decision-making and result in costly errors. An RPA tool would prove handy here.
Telecommunication service providers too face a serious challenge, as they have to follow up on a humongous number of customer requests and transaction updates on a daily basis. Embracing RPA tools can make them more efficient and resolve most customer support issues. Covering service fulfilment, network management and billing are some of the areas where telcos can profitably deploy RPA solutions.
Before deploying an RPA tool CIOs need to take into account certain issues and ensure they are going in for the right software that can help them effectively deliver their organisation's business goals.
A key concern is whether the software vendor is optimising the tool for the performance and productivity your organisation is looking for. If that's not happening, the RPA project may not achieve your objectives. Your RPA platform should be scalable, easily manageable and robust. It should be easy to maintain and be flexible enough to accommodate the speed of development within your organisation. There are also governance and security risks associated with deploying RPA solutions. Organisations must consider these and ensure they have a solution that delivers all these functionalities.


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Cross-reference index of PCT Applications referred to in Art. 153 (3) and (4) EPC arranged by European publication number (lists A and C respectively) and by PCT publication number (lists B and D respectively).
Lists A, B, C and D are published weekly on the official publication day of the European Patent Office. The files containing these lists are given in text format, where the individual fields are separated by a semicolon. These files can thus be easily read by a text editor or imported in MS Excel worksheet.


The series of recommendations to change the inter-American system of human rights, presented by the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States on Jan. 25, would limit the authority of the Inter American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), especially the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.
Described as a "slug," "swipe," and "stab" against free expression, the package of recommendations is a victory for Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa, the main advocate for these reforms, who has repeatedly criticized the efforts of the IACHR as interfering in internal affairs.
"The recommendations claim to 'fortify' the inter-American system when in reality they fight against the protection of a fundamental right. It could severely limit the ability [of the rapporteur] to investigate and criticize," Senior Americas Program Coordinator Carlos Lauría of the Committee to Project Journalists told the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas.
For the moment, the recommendations are non-binding. Final approval depends on the votes of the 34 member nations of the Organization of American States (OAS) at the next General Assembly meeting, which will be held in Bolivia in June 2012.
While the proposed reforms, in theory, will improve transparency and judicial rigor in the inter-American human rights system, more than 60 NGOs and representatives from civil society groups allege that the changes will damage the rapporteur's effectiveness and autonomy. The reforms, proposed by a working group from Venezuela and Ecuador, essentially deal with the budget and jurisdiction of the OAS's rapporteurs.
One of the reforms recommends equalizing the budgets of all IACHR rapporteurs; the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression receives three-times as much financial support as the other rapporteurs. Along with another provision that would prohibit rapporteurs from seeking outside funding, the freedom of expression group would take a big hit to its budget. The reforms would also create a code of conduct that would keep the rapporteur from publishing its traditional reports, many of which criticize Ecuador and Venezuela's actions against freedom of expression, and suggest that the group's annual report be very brief and speak about the region generally, not separated by country as it is today.
This kind of attack on the freedom of expression rapporteur, Colombian lawyer Catalina Botero, is nothing new for the Ecuadoran government, which considers the rapporteur's recent criticisms and recommendations on freedom of expression unfair. (The government echos the same response for the numerous letters and reports from international organizations concerned about the state of press freedom in the Andean country.) President Correa has also tried to discredit Botero.
The International Federation of Human Rights, along with other press freedom groups, like Human Rights Watch, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and Reporters Without Borders, have spoken out in support of Botero and the special rapporteur office she leads. So far, neither Botero nor OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza have commented on the possible reforms.
Created in 1997, the rapporteur has played an important role in the defense of freedom of expression and access to information in the region; the protection of journalists; fighting for the decriminalization of libel; fighting impunity; and the promotion of a pluralism of information. "This as been a project for over 10 years, but they're trying to neutralize its gains and limit its influence," said Carlos Lauría of CPJ.
The concern is no small thing, considering the growing obstacles to free expression in the region, and by extension, democracy. "The OAS Office of the Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression is needed more than ever," Reporters Without Borders and the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters said in a joint statement.
"This is a reflection of the deterioration of institutions like democracy on the regional level," said Carlos Lauría of CPJ. "Ecuador, with the support of its partners in the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA in Spanish), seeks to subjugate institutions that report things that make them uncomfortable," like those Ecuador received in response to the government's attacks on freedom of the press. This is precisely why it is "important to reinforce mechanisms like the rapporteur," Lauría said.
While there is still concern, Lauría noted that there was not unanimous support for the Ecuador's recommendations for the special rapporteur on the OAS Permanent Council. Countries like Uruguay, Costa Rica and Panama strongly supported the existing role of the IACHR and its agencies.
Other regional leaders like Mexico and Colombia, however, had ambiguous responses. The Foundation for Freedom of the Press in Colombia, for example, criticized the Colombian representative for characterizing the reforms as "positive" and for not defending the role played by the special rapporteur in guaranteeing freedom of expression on the continent.
The Ecuadoran government has long been accused of attacking freedom of expression and has a hostile relationship with the press, calling it "mediocre, "lying," "corrupt," and a "de facto power."
Organizations like the Inter American Press Association, the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers and Reporters Without Borders have asked President Correa to stop his assault on journalists and the media, like that facing the newspaper El Universo, which could set a dangerous precedent. Publications like The New York Times, Washington Post, Spain's El País, El Espectador in Colombia, and La Nación in Argentina have also questioned Correa's actions. Even Ecuador's previous presidents have asked that Correa respect freedom of expression.
The Ecuadoran president insists that there is "total freedom of expression" in his country, and that his only goal is ensuring the responsible practice of journalism. He denies that the media are persecuted despite the government campaign accusing the press, radio and television broadcasters of "distorting the truth." During his time in office, Correa has consolidated an important and growing network of public media in response to the "ink assassins" that dominate private media.
"It would seem that for President Correa the only acceptable practice of freedom of expression is that which praises and applauds the current administration," said José Miguel Vivanco, director of Human Rights Watch's Americas Program.


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Papillon Airways Helicopter Crash in the Grand Canyon
A Papillon Airways, Inc. Eurocopter EC-130 helicopter in the Grand Canyon
Six passengers and a pilot were on board the Papillon Airways, Inc. Eurocopter EC-130 helicopter on Saturday, February 10th, when it crashed in the Grand Canyon. All six passengers were British, hailing from Worthing, West Sussex. The crash took the lives of brothers Jason and Stuart Hill, ages 32 and 30 respectively, and Stuart's girlfriend Becky Dobson, age 27. Passengers Ellie Milward, 29, Jonathan Udall, 32, and Jennifer Berham, 39, survived, as did the pilot, Scott Booth, 42. According to news reports, the passengers had booked the trip to the United States to celebrate Stuart Hill's 30th birthday.
Preliminary Investigation and Possible Causes
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the deadly crash of a Papillon Airways Eurocopter EC-130 sightseeing helicopter at the Grand Canyon. The investigation will focus on the pilot's actions, the flight conditions, including winds, and the NTSB will closely examine the helicopter's fuel system.
The helicopter's manufacturer did not design the helicopter with a crash-resistant fuel system and it is unclear whether the operator had installed an FAA-approved "retrofit kit" to incorporate a safe crash-resistant fuel system. The crashworthiness of the helicopter's fuel system will be central to the investigation because the crash was survivable and it is important to the investigation to determine why three passengers died and whether the deaths and the burn injuries of the survivors could have been avoided.
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Kreindler Partners and Former Military Pilots (L-R):
Justin Green (USMC)
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Our staff of attorneys includes five pilots and one former aviation maintenance specialist (who is also a graduate of the NTSB accident investigation course). In each case, we assemble a team of litigators, investigators, outside experts and staff to meticulously examine and prepare all aspects of our claim's liability and damages to determine the cause of the accident, identify responsible entities, present the strongest case and obtain the highest possible compensatory award for the plaintiffs we represent.
Kreindler's Experience with Papillon Airways
Kreindler is investigating the crash because it raises significant safety issues that are connected to the firm's prior cases involving issues related to helicopter fuel system design and the flight operations of Papillon Airways. Kreindler has handled many cases that focused on helicopter fuel system design and recently concluded successful litigation that focused on the safety of a helicopter fuel system after two lives were lost due to a post-crash fire.
Kreindler was honored to represent the families of three victims from the last fatal Papillon helicopter crash which occurred on August 10th, 2001. Kreindler's extensive investigation into the accident and Papillon's operations, along with its subsequent litigation against Papillon and the helicopter's manufacturer, Eurocopter, uncovered a wealth of information that may prove very relevant to the February 10th tragedy.
Kreindler's investigation involved obtaining company documents and taking the deposition of company officers under oath. The litigation led to successful recoveries for all of Kreindler's clients.
In that accident, another Papillon helicopter crashed while on a Grand Canyon tour. There was a post-crash fire in the 2001 crash similar to the February 10th tragedy. The pilot and five passengers were killed and the sole survivor received severe burn injuries. The helicopter involved was a Eurocopter AS350, similar to the helicopter involved in Saturday's crash. The NTSB investigated the 2001 crash and concluded it had been caused by pilot error. The investigation revealed that the pilot decided to fly the helicopter in an unsafe manner, which lead to a high rate of descent from which recovery was impossible.
Read the New York Times article about the crash.
The investigation into the 2001 crash revealed some unsettling behavior by the pilot on prior sightseeing flights. One former passenger told investigators that the pilot spent much of the tour talking and would turn his head toward the back of the helicopter to talk to passengers even as they flew toward a cliff. The passengers in the back would point out the approaching cliff, but the pilot would pretend not to notice — as if he were doing it on purpose. Later in the flight, the pilot pointed out to the passengers the location of the famous scene from the movie Thelma and Louise in which the characters drive a car off a cliff. He asked the passengers if they wanted to see what it was like to drive a car off a cliff then flew the helicopter over the ground and rapidly down into the canyon.
Ultimately, The NTSB found that the pilot had lost control of the fully-loaded helicopter while flying too close to dangerous terrain. The Board recommended that cockpit voice recorders be installed in commercially operated helicopters. We do not yet know whether Papillon has since added cockpit voice recorders to their fleet.
Read the full NTSB accident report of the 2001 crash here.
Papillon, also known by the name Papillon Grand Canyon Helicopters, claims to be the "world's largest aerial sightseeing company," with a fleet of 48 aircraft and over 699 employees conducting more tours of the Grand Canyon than any other tour company. There have been other crashes of Papillon sightseeing helicopters in addition to the 2001 accident that Kreindler successfully litigated.
NTSB Investigation
The NTSB has commenced an investigation into the latest Papillon crash. See NTSB Accident No. WPR18FA087. Stephen Stein is the NTSB Investigator-in-Charge. The NTSB has examined the wreckage at the crash site and it will be maintained at a facility in Phoenix, Arizona, for further examination and testing.
The NTSB's investigation is in its early stage and has yet to issue a preliminary report, which it is expected to do shortly. The NTSB's preliminary report will simply provide basic information regarding the accident, the operating company and the pilot. The NTSB's full investigation will likely take longer than a year to complete. It will issue two further reports: a Factual Report, which provides the investigator's factual findings, and a Probable Cause Report, which is the NTSB's opinion on what caused the accident. The NTSB report may also make safety recommendations in an effort to improve the safety of tour helicopter operations and will hopefully recommend that the FAA require the retrofit of helicopters that continue to be used on commercial flights without crash-resistant fuel systems.
Crash-Resistant Fuel System?
The National Transportation Safety Board will examine the helicopter's fuel system to determine whether it was sufficiently crashworthy. The NTSB must determine (1) the causes of the significant post-crash fire and (2) whether the helicopter's fuel system failed to properly protect the helicopter's occupants during the accident. In 2015, the NTSB urged the FAA to require crash-resistant fuel system for all new helicopters. Sadly, only a small percentage of U.S.-registered helicopters have crash resistant fuel systems which have been proven effective in reducing the risk of post-crash fires and burn injuries to occupants. There was a post-crash fire following the 2001 Papillon crash and, tragically, it may be that seventeen years later Papillon again took customers on a tour in a helicopter that lacked a crash-worthy fuel system.
Tour operations have presented significant safety concerns for many years prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to issue National Air Tour Safety Standards in 2007. Papillon provided comments to the proposed standards and argued that many were not justified.
The Kreindler investigation of the February 10th Papillon accident will include an examination of the helicopter's design, including its fuel system, the pilot's actions and the weather conditions, particularly the high winds that hampered rescue operations. In the firm's prior Papillon case, we discovered that the pilot had operated the helicopter too aggressively and too close to the dangerous terrain given the helicopter's available power, its operating weight and the density altitude.
British Law vs. U.S. Law
Under U.S. law, the British victims have the right to bring lawsuits in the U.S. against Papillon and other parties who may be responsible for the tragic crash. The defendants will seek to limit their liability by arguing that the damages should be assessed under British law rather than U.S. law. In a recent case, Lewis v. Schweitzer Helicopter et al, Kreindler represented two U.K. families in U.S. litigation arising out of a fatal helicopter crash in the U.K. The case was concluded under very successful, but confidential, terms that applied U.S. law.
Related Past Kreindler Eurocopter Cases
In addition to its successful track record representing victims of tour helicopter cases, Kreindler & Kreindler has vast experience regarding Eurocopter helicopters. The firm has won many cases for victims of Eurocopter accidents, including:
Tate v. Eurocopter, et al., 98-cv-04237, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York.
Kreindler & Kreindler represented the family of a Colgate Palmolive Executive killed in a crash in New York's East River. Through our investigation we discovered a defect with the vertical fin of the helicopter (a BK 117) which was key to establishing liability. The case resulted in a record wrongful death recovery of almost $30 million.
Maillet v. Honeywell, Case No. NC0433283, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.
Kreindler's investigation of a Eurocopter AS350 crash uncovered a fuel control failure. The suit was filed in 2010 and we obtained a confidential recovery for our client.
Clarke v. USA, 11-cv-02339, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey.
Kreindler represented the family of one of the victims of a mid-air collision that occurred when a Eurocopter AS350 helicopter was struck from behind by an airplane over the Hudson River (the "Hudson Mid-Air" case). Visibility, pilot awareness and communication were central issues in that case.
Shepard v. Blue Hawaiian Helicopters, 02-cv-0449, U.S. District Court, District of Hawaii.
Kreindler represented a New Jersey family killed in a Eurocopter AS350 helicopter tour helicopter crash due to the pilot's loss of situational awareness in Hawaii. The case led to a very significant recovery.
Grande v. Blue Hawaiian & Eurocopter, 08-cv-01188, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas.
This case involved a Eurocopter EC130 crash which Kreindler demonstrated had been caused by a fuel control malfunction.
Brown v. Eurocopter, 98-cv-0529, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas.
A former Marine Corps pilot who flew Presidents Reagan and Bush was killed along with his oil industry passengers when the A-Star helicopter tail rotor part malfunctioned on a flight out to an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. In addition to proving the case and obtaining a very substantial recovery for our client, Kreindler successfully petitioned the NTSB to change its probable cause report. The initial NTSB probable cause conclusion had wrongly found pilot error in the response to the tail rotor problem. Kreindler submitted evidence developed during the litigation that convinced the NTSB to reverse its conclusion, exonerate the pilot and issue a safety warning about the defect in the part fleet-wide.
DeGruy v. Robinson Helicopter, Case No. BC526631, Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles.
Kreindler represented the family of a passenger who was killed in a post-crash fire in an Australian helicopter crash. The primary liability theory in the case was the failure of the helicopter manufacturer and the operator to incorporate known and available technology to prevent post-crash fires. The case resolved for a substantial confidential settlement under applicable U.S. law.
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Kreindler has literally written the book on aviation accident law. Our partners have authored numerous highly acclaimed books, articles and treatises, including the leading treatise in the aviation litigation field, Aviation Accident Law.
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Kreindler is one of the largest and most distinguished aviation accident law firms in the world. Since 1950, our attorneys have served as lead counsel in nearly every major commercial aviation disaster litigation. Our staff of attorneys includes four commercially licensed helicopter pilots and one former helicopter maintenance specialist (who is also a graduate of the NTSB Accident Investigation Course). The firm has successfully handled countless private, charter, military, general aviation, and helicopter accident cases. Our partners have authored numerous highly acclaimed books, articles, and treatises on aviation litigation.
Photo Credit: Papillon Airways Eurocopter EC-130 helicopter, Christian Lendl
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Preston Root
Wed, September 3, 2014
President, Root Family Board of Directors
Preston Root is President of the Root Family Board of Directors, a position that has been continuously occupied by a family member for 110 years.
He is the great grandson of C.J. Root who founded Root Glass Company in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1901. Root Glass Company designed , patented and manufactured the original 6 1/2 ounce Coca-cola bottle in 1916.
Root Company relocated to Florida in 1950 and started to build what would become one of the largest independent bottlers of Coca - Cola in the United States. Preston has worked for the family business for 35 years in roles ranging from route sales to radio station manager.
In addition, he currently works for MRN Radio--"The Voice of NASCAR"--America's largest independent sports radio network, broadcasting NASCAR and Rolex Grand-Am races from all across North America.
Preston has served on the Board of Directors for the YMCA of Volusia County , Museum of Arts and Sciences of Daytona Beach and The Arc of Volusia and Flagler Counties. In 2010 Preston was named "Top Volunteer in the State of Florida" by The Arc. He also serves on Halifax Health Foundation.
Preston is a certified SCUBA instructor and an EMT. His interests include mountain biking and aviation.
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