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I can understand why Putin is concerned about his weakening support. He garnered barely 113% of the vote in the recent election.

Elena Cardone; The wife of this guy: Financial Influencer Grant Cardone Says He Can Make You A Billionaire. His Investors Claim He Defrauded Them. A grifter launching a grift on the supporters of yet another grifter.

There's a better way than "blindly" chopping your main in a two-out scenario. For one, if you are unlucky enough to have the main and reserve risers entangled, chopping it can be certain death. I've had the luck to sit through Jim Cowan's Dual Out briefing recently, and his breakdown of possibilities and options is top-notch. It's also on youtube, so I highly recommend everyone to watch it. As for the specific effect of a much larger reserve than main, I would guess that the reserve is much higher over your head (providing more lift) while the main flies a lot more twitchy. My gut feeling would be that you might have to rein in the main flying it in deep brakes or rears (if half-brake is still set) to keep the two cooperating. Cutting the main away IFF it's not entangled would probably be your best bet, secondary to keeping both canopies nailed together down to landing.

WHO's WHO in Skydiving I just got a call from Dan Poynter, who is out at Fredricksburg, VA. He said that they are expecting 450 people for the festivities this weekend. People are starting to mill around. Four things are on the agenda: 1. Presentation of the USPA Lifetime Achievement Award to Gene Paul Thacker 2. Dedication of the new USPA HQs. 3. Bill Ottley's Memorial party 4. 60th year anniversary of USPA/PCA/NPJA Bill left some money for the party on Saturday, but did not know he had so many friends. The Museum and USPA kicked in $10K a piece. That supplemented the $20K from Mr. Ottley. Mr. Ottley also left the museum $1M, distributed over 10 years. Raise a toast to Bill Ottley this weekend. Congratulate Gene Paul Thacker. Buzz by HQs for a tour if you are in the area. Hob-knob with the 'famous' skydivers. PS WHO = William H. Ottley (for the new jumpers) WHO was a familiar tagline on many articles in Parachutist over the years. . . Make It Happen Parachute History DiveMaker