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No - I am guilty of reposting with out verifying the existence of a sign. There - I fixed it for you: Now, is your distraction quelled enough to answer the question at the bottom of the picture? Why is George so much more important than Bernell? Why does Floyd's black life matter more than Trammell's? Is it only because the killer was dressed like this: and not this:

I don't watch CNN. I don't have cable (or satellite or anything). There are 'secret police' on the streets of Portland. They are assaulting people. Beating a dude who's just standing there holding his hands out is assault. Pointing a shotgun at very close range at the head of a person who's just standing there is assault with a deadly weapon. Grabbing a woman detainee by the breast and buttock is sexual assault (that last one is alleged, the other two have been filmed). They're 'proactively arresting' people. That means arresting them before they commit a crime. Trump has made it clear he's sending those agents to cities and states controlled by Democrats. Funny how the AG testified that he 'wasn't aware' of the ARMED Alt-Right demonstrators who stormed a state capitol and surrounded a governor's mansion (and hanged an effigy of the governor). Trump has had his minion interfere in the justice process. Flynn & Stone. Both are unprecedented. Barr denied that during sworn testimony. Not to mention attacking the press at every opportunity, pretending that there's widespread fraud with mail in ballots, calling for the military to quell protected protest (which I'm VERY happy to say that the military outright refused to do), and a host of other things right out of the 'authoritarian dictator' playbook. Given the response of the military, the governor of Oregon (and many other state & local officials there), along with the 'moms' 'dads' & 'veterans' who are standing up to the federal 'storm troopers', I don't believe Trump will succeed. But I don't doubt that he will keep trying.

Last time I checked the White House was the political power center of the USA. The national parks are great, and apart from the loony fringes on either side, the people are great. Air Traffic Control is great. The national labs and the top research universities are great. But no matter how good the rest of the body, if it has cancer at its heart and in its brain it is not in good shape overall.

I'm getting this almost every day. I do wonder if people accessing the site via mobile and leaving their browser running on their phone is keeping a connection open. Maybe try a timeout option that closes connections if they're inactive?

Underloaded at .09 I’d been seeking my first canopy. I’d flown - Sabre 2 / Sabre 1 / Skylark Magellan. Till I realised for me the most important aspect was the openings which at one piont I came close to a knockout on a Magellan. I loved the Sabre 1 front riser response and ease, hated weak flare and impact on opening - muscle pain the next days wasn’t doing me any good. Even with the bigger slider. Wasn’t so impressed with Sabre 2 Mmm. Is that it? The Pilot didn’t think it would excite me, but I was very surprised indeed. It felt clean not so rough on the edges, the most consistent softest openings I’d had. A huge difference to anything I’d flown. Toggle response so light and doing a sharp pull I was facing the ground, without feeling the pressure of g’s BONUS BONUS! Landing Flare was powerful - 2 stage flare excellent being able to glide her out longer than Sabre WHAT!?!?! PILOT I LOVE it...

As an older jumper, I was looking for a conservative, soft opening canopy with a flat glide to maximize landing options at our home dz surrounded by woods and housing developments. Demoed a Pilot 210 at 1.1:1 WL for 15 jumps with temps in the low 90's, mostly no wind. The Pilot flew exactly as advertised: significantly lighter on the controls (30-40%) and more responsive to control inputs, flatter glide and more powerful flare than my Sabre 1 210 with dual steering lines. Flying in deep brakes on the edge of a stall for a minute or so on several jumps, the canopy remained docile until I forced the stall break. Recovery was quick and easily controllable. Landing approach speeds seemed higher, possibly due to higher than normal density altitude for our location. The landing flare sweet spot is definitely lower in the stroke than my Sabre 1, as described by other reviewers. Flowering the slider, then exposing the slider nose an extra 1-2", yielded soft but positive openings. After additional input from several Pilot owners with 3,000 to 12,500 jumps (the latter owns two Pilots), I ordered a new 210 from Aerodyne in standard ZeroP with 725 Spectra lines. It arrived two weeks earlier than promised. Quality control was excellent. Dyes are extremely bright, and should enhance in-air visibility and collision avoidance. Despite being brand new, the canopy folded into my Javelin D-bag first try. To date, Aerodyne's ZeroP fabric has definitely allowed controllable new canopy pack jobs. My new Pilot flies and lands sweet. Thank you for an excellent parachute, Aerodyne. (And, thanks to all who posted here and in the forums.)