That was not unusual on the edge of Los Angeles, where so many copters — news copters, traffic copters, police copters, search and rescue copters, private copters catering to those rich enough to fly over traffic instead of drive through it — provide a thwap-thwap-thwap backbeat to daily life.
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Both copters plunged into the Pacific Ocean and all aboard died.
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The Army copters' missiles and guns were ideal for blasting Iranian boats.
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Even before Cal Fire takes delivery of its new Black Hawk copters, it is getting a helping hand in fighting the Northern California wildfires from the California Army National National's Black Hawk copters fitted to drop water or retardant.
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In addition, Propel has programmed the quad-copters to fly more like their movie counterparts.
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One thing that makes quad-copters safer than helicopters are its numerous propellers, Xiong said.
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The quartet members took their seats inside the copters, lifted their instruments, and began to play.
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When I first read these news accounts, I felt sorry for those tormented by their neighbor's annoying little copters.
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The U.S. Marine Corps notified the Coast Guard that two CH-53 copters, carrying six men each, were missing.
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Drone maker DJI says it has updated its software to make sure that its copters don't disrupt the Olympics.
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The U.S. Marine Corps notified the the Coast Guard that two CH-53 copters, carrying six men each, were missing.
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Wang's favorite episode featured a little red helicopter, and he went on to collect model aircraft and remote-control copters.
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A 3D aerial scanning and modeling system, FalconViz utilizes multi-rotor copters and fixed wing UAVs with Aerial SFM, a proprietary software.
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Four years into the business, DJI was still mostly unknown outside the world of people who built their own remote-control copters.
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This flight path is frequently used for media copters (most of the major television networks are based in midtown) and even helicopter tours.
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Big-screen televisions showed off unique camera angles, while glowing copters whizzed by, emitting the high-pitched hum of weed whackers on steroids.
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They also have used some of their most advanced fighter jets and attack copters for the first time in combat during the Syrian conflict.
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Officials in Australia hope the AI-enriched copters will boost shark warning efforts without disrupting marine life, such as past experiments with protective shark nets.
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To whir in the goods, the smugglers strapped them onto the drones using fishing line and hooks and then flew the clever 'copters over the prison walls.
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Besides having 23 S-2Ts, Cal Fire's fleet includes 13 Vietnam War-era UH-1H Super Huey copters to drop water or fire retardant on the wildfires.
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The Firehawk's 1,000-gallon belly for water isn't as large as some other copters used in firefighting such as the CH-47 but it wins on speed.
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It's enough to make you envision a bleak future where the rich can zip around in 'copters overhead, while the poor are stuck on the ground in gridlock.
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"People can understand what these small quad-copters are," Lord said, describing small drones that are lifted and propelled by four small rotary blades, akin to a helicopter.
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Borderline incoherent and unrepentantly lewd, this buddy-cop comedy (based on the 1977-83 television series of the same name) substitutes cars, 'copters and motorcycles for actual characters.
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When most people hear the word "drone" they either think of uncrewed military aircraft or those multi-rotor mini-copters that could one day deliver packages to your doorstep.
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" And in January, he announced a reduction in flights of tourist copters, citing "the nonstop din of helicopters" as a "major quality-of-life issue for New Yorkers living near heavily trafficked routes.
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As part of a new Silicon Valley-based initiative, Airbus has established a partnership with Uber was part of an experiment that would allow Uber users to hail copters, as well as other forms of transportation.
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But Kern County Fire last year sent one of its copters fitted with night equipment to the scene of the Tubbs fire about 210 miles away in Northern California's wine country to assist firefighters on the ground.
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Check them out: Modeled after the franchise's iconic space vehicles — T-65 X-Wing Starfighter, TIE Advanced X1, and 74-Z Speeder Bike — these mini copters are equipped with reverse propulsion technology to execute exhilarating stunts and reach impressive speeds of up to 35 miles per hour.
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Swing Copters received generally mixed reviews, holding a Metacritic score of 56/100.
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A sequel, titled Swing Copters 2, was released worldwide on December 16, 2015.
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Carson Super C-4 El Tomcat Mk.II Bell 47G-2 modified extensively for agricultural spraying by Continental Copters Inc. First flew in April 1959. Followed by further improved versions.
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Continental Copters was a US helicopter remanufacturer established by John L Scott in Fort Worth, Texas in 1959. The company's most significant product was the remanufacturing of Bell 47 airframes as specialised, single-seat agricultural aircraft as the El Tomcat. Continental Copters also assembled stock Bell 47s from spare parts. In the late 1970s, Continental worked on single-seat agricultural versions of the Bell 204 and 206, the latter flying as the Jet-Cat.
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The primary difference for planes is the absence of the cockpit area and its windows. Tailless quadcopters are a common form factor for rotary wing UAVs while tailed mono- and bi-copters are common for crewed platforms.
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In early 2002, Kennyland and most of Village Oval was closed to make way for the development of Nickelodeon Central. Following the area's closure, many of the rides were relocated to Rivertown where they operated as part of the Kid's Carnival. The Kid's Carnival featured Adventure Trails, Dream Copters and Kenny Karts, as well as a temporary children's Ferris wheel. Towards the end of 2002, the Dream Copters were relocated into Nickelodeon Central where it operated under the same name and theme (it was later rethemed to Blues Skidoo and Dronkey Flyers).
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2015 - ASTREA adds a Bell 407GX to the fleet (N972PC). On September 29, ASTREA receives a third Bell 205A-1. Like the first two, Copter 11 was rebuilt by Eagle Copters and flown from Calgary to El Cajon.
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The fighting died down by afternoon,Ukraine forces move against separatists; copters shot down, killing 2. Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2014 but by the evening separatists launched a counteroffensive that killed two Ukrainian paratroopers at Andriivka, southwest of Sloviansk.В Славянске погибли еще двое украинских военных. Korrespondent.
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Between 1975 and 1977, there were nine defections by them into Thailand. The LPLAAF thus lost two of its 29 T-28s; four UH-34 copters, a C-47, a T-41, and an Antonov AN-2 also made the trip south, with the latter being returned.
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In addition, Amtrak service between Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia was disrupted for at least two days.Banerjee, Sidhartha, Le pays reprend contact avec la dure réalité hivernale , Canadian Press via Canoe.ca, December 3, 2007. Copters rescue people from roofs as storm pounds Northwest, CNN, December 4, 2007.
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Following this general procedure of fitting airspeed to existing conditions, the pilot can achieve approximately the same glide angle in any set of circumstances and estimate the touchdown point. This optimum glide angle is usually 17–20 degrees.Paul Cantrell. "Aerodynamics of Autorotation – steady state descent " Copters Accessed: 11 November 2013.
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Air America copters flew in supplies and evacuated the wounded; American C-123s parachuted supplies ferried from Udorn RTAFB to the beleaguered government troops. The Royalist troops would not launch a clearing attack to regain use of the runway for resupply. On 25 December, a Vietnamese artillery barrage kicked off their offensive.
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Errol was also well-known locally for his engineering projects. He forged numerous black-powder cannons, which were often wheeled out at local events, and for building two gyro-copters in which he clocked over 300 flying-hours over Taranaki and Manawatū-Whanganui Regions. Clince died peacefully on 8 September 2014 after a short battle with cancer.
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Covered by U.S. A-1 Skyraiders, the Raiders moved from the hills into town. By dark, they had occupied it. Early 25 September, six copters from the 21st SOS began lifting soldiers from BI 6 onto Muang Soui's runway. They landed under an umbrella of both U.S. and Royal Lao Air Force (RLAF) tactical air power.
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Swing Copters is a 2014 arcade video game released for iOS and Android on August 21, 2014. It was developed by Vietnamese video game developer dotGears, best known for Flappy Bird (2013). The player controls a character wearing a helmet with helicopter rotors, and the player changes the direction of the character by tapping the screen.
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By early 2015, the combined NH90s fleet had accumulated a total of 7,000 flight hours, and had an availability rate of 40%. On 18 June 2015, delivery of the final Finnish NH90 took place. In November 2015, the availability rate was reported as having surpassed 50 percent. All copters were in Final Operational Configuration (FOC) in 2018, 17 years after order.
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Terry and two other Hobby Hole employees arrive with their own combat copters and take on Sheldon. The intense air battle rages as Bob hangs off the building in pain. Realizing the futility and ridiculousness of the situation, Gene encourages everyone to “let it the freak go.” The Hobby Hole employees and Sheldon make amends, and Bob and Gene return home.
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Sanjai, P.R. "Airbus plans global hub in India for Panther copters." Live Mint, 15 March 2016. In April 2016, the production rate of the AS565 Panther was announced to have been substantially increased following a switch from a static production line to a takt flow line, as well as a 30 per cent due reduction in component lead times.Perry, Dominic.
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In 1999, Dreamworld set about designing a dedicated children's area in the northern portion of Village Oval where the Creature Cruise was operating at the time. As part of the construction process Creature Cruise was converted into a walkthrough attraction. On 26 December 1999, Kennyland officially opened to the public. It featured four new attractions: Adventure Trails, Dream Copters, Kenny Karts and Wild Wheels.
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Elynor H. "Johnnie" Rudnick (April 2, 1923May 25, 1996) was an aviation pioneer. She was the first female president of the Helicopter Association of America (HAA), first female president of Helicopter Association International, treasurer of the California Helicopter Association, a flight school owner and instructor, aviation business owner, aviator, and airplane restorer. She founded Bakersfield Air Park and Kern Copters, Inc. and helped organize Helicopter Association International.
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Swing Copters gameplay The easy-to-learn-but-hard-to-master gameplay consists of the player's tapping the screen to change the direction of the character. The game has a comparable high score system and is similar to Flappy Bird, but it is even more difficult to control the rapid, horizontal movements of the protagonist. If a player touches an obstacle, the game is over.
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The first manned aircraft were kites, balloons and gliders. Man-lifting kites were used in ancient China and Japan, often as a punishment for prisoners. Unmanned hot- air balloons and toy "bamboo-copters" are also recorded in Chinese history. The first manned free flight was in a hot-air balloon built by the brothers Joseph-Michel and Jacques-Etienne Montgolfier in Annonay, France in 1783.
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1972 - ASTREA began operations with three Korean War-era Bell 47G helicopters based at Gillespie Field in El Cajon. 1997 - On February 16, Deputy Patrick "Pat" S. Coyle, 42, died after the ASTREA helicopter in which he and pilot Ron Hobson were flying crashed in Sycamore Canyon, northeast of Santee, California. His death marked the first fatality in the then 25-year history of the sheriff's air support unit. 2003 - Cedar Fire and Paradise Fire 2005 - ASTREA receives two refurbished Bell 205A-1++ "Super Huey" firefighting helicopters. These are the first two aircraft purchased for the new regional fire helicopter program the county started after the October 2003 wildfires. Both are single-engine, medium-lift copters equipped with 375 gallon underbelly water tanks. The helicopters arrived at Gillespie Field after a three-day, 2,000-mile flight from Eagle Copters of Calgary, Canada. They are designated Copter 10 and 12.
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Dronkey Flyers is a fixed arm, rotating plane ride themed to Dronkeys. The ride originally opened as Dream Copters as part of Kennyland in 2000. The ride was moved to be a part of the temporary Kid's Carnival during the construction of Nickelodeon Central. Due to its operation throughout the construction of Nickelodeon Central, the ride did not have a chance to be rethemed to suit the Nickelodeon theme.
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This is a conventional scrolling shooter. Your mission is to penetrate a hostile communist military force situated inside Russian territory.Task Force Harrier EX at MobyGames The player takes control of a Harrier fighter jet with two types of main weapons. The first type can only shoot flying opponents, such as enemy planes and copters; the second, a bomb-type weapon, can only hit ground enemies, such as tanks and turrets.
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Set in World War II, AirAttack 2 is played from third person perspective with warplanes of F4U Corsair, Spitfire, Yak, P40-Tigershank and P38-Lightning. Player must destroy and vanish some building structures, factories, vehicles, military vehicles, some gigantic boss vehicles, marine ships and copters in order to proceed the next levels. It consists of 22 missions. Reviewers praised the three dimensional environment and graphics, and additional weapons, such as tail gunner, and missiles.
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Cas also learns that it was fabian who supplied Santa Elana with a Reckoner pup, and is likely responsible for the death of Durga. Santa Elana gives Cas three days to make Bao combat ready and fight off the mainland attack. It takes her one day. The first attack from the mainland comes early in the form of a squadron of quad-copters, which are shot down by the Minnow or swatted out of the air by Bao.
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In April 2009, India ordered 12 AW101 to serve as executive transport helicopters for the Indian President and Prime Minister. The selection followed field trial assessments between the AW101 and the Sikorsky S-92 held in 2008. However, the procurement was put on hold and subsequently cancelled due to the 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal, in which Finmeccanica, AgustaWestland's parent company, were accused of using bribery to win the contract."PM, President to get swanky copters" .
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In one widely covered incident, she used some overgrown vines to pull herself out of her exhibit. She then had full run of the zoo for an hour as TV-news copters hovered overhead and visitors were evacuated before she was tranquilized. In a prior incident, she hopped on the back of another gorilla, Jim, to make her escape (Jim had also previously escaped). Part of the problem was the gorilla habitat was originally intended to house bears.
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In 1990, Nigeria made a deal with Aerospatiale to exchange several of their Pumas for larger Super Pumas.African Defence Journal, Issues 113–124, 1990. p. 12. In November 2009, an additional five used Super Pumas were acquired from France for peacekeeping and surveillance operations in the Niger Delta."Nigeria buys oil security, peacekeeping ’copters." Reuters, 26 November 2009. In 2015, it was reported that a number of weaponised Super Pumas had been procured by the Nigerian Air Force for anti-insurgency operations against Boko Haram.
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The Cierva W.5 was a helicopter developed by the Cierva Autogiro Company in the United Kingdom. It was a single seater twin rotor helicopter- the rotors were mounted side-by-side on outriggers- with a wooden frame. It was powered by a 50 hp 4-cylinder air-cooled Weir engine. Its first flight was at Dalrymple, Ayrshire, on 7 June 1938,Weir w5/Cierva w5 article on All-Aero Copters website and it is considered to have been the world's second fully practical helicopter.
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Rotax 503 aircraft engine Other uses include tractors (such as various John Deere models until 1960), snowmobiles, jet skis, and all-terrain vehicles. Design varations include two-stroke, four-stroke, petrol, diesel, air-cooling, water-cooling, natural aspiration and turbocharging. Ultralight aircraft, single seat gyro-copters and small homebuilt aircraft have also used straight-twin engines, often using engines originally designed for snowmobiles such as the Hirth 2704and Cuyuna 430-D. Purpose-built engines for ultralight aircraft include the Rotax 503 and Rotax 582.
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Ace was first released as an action figure in 1983, packaged with the Skystriker. A new version of Ace was released as part of the Battle Copters line in 1992, this one with the name Wendall Armbruster. The figure was repainted and released as part of the Battle Corps line in 1993, packaged with the Ghoststriker X-16 fighter jet. During the 30th Anniversary toy line, a new version of Ace has been released in 2011 contained in the Combat Jet Skystriker XP-14F.
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The US was reportedly considering adding the helicopter to the US military for special forces use in order to obscure troop movements.U.S. military criticized for purchase of Russian copters for Afghan air corps . Washington Post, The US has used some Mi-8s and Mi-17s for training, and has purchased units for allies in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. In August 2010 a contract was signed by the Argentine Air Force for two Mi-17Es, plus an option on another three, to support Antarctic bases.
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Modern Japanese taketombo bamboo-copters; wooden type with winding thread (left); plastic type (right) A decorated Japanese taketombo propeller The bamboo-copter, also known as the bamboo dragonfly or Chinese top (Chinese zhuqingting (竹蜻蜓), Japanese taketombo ), is a toy helicopter rotor that flies up when its shaft is rapidly spun. This helicopter-like top originated in Warring States period China around 400 BC, and was the object of early experiments by English engineer George Cayley, the inventor of modern aeronautics.Leishman, J. Gordon (2006). Principles of Helicopter Aerodynamics.
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The game takes place on the planet Testicular which is located in the "Circular Assmosphere" solar system. Testicular is populated by an unsanitary but peace-loving and playful alien race. The evil Dr. Cough is out to cleanse the planet Testicular and to make the inhabitants give up their love of nakedness in favor of being clothed. El Ballo, one of the aliens who lives on Testicular with such companions as "Butts" and "Boobs," must take on the Chlorine Copters, Mic the Mop, and other henchmen of Dr. Cough before heading to the castle where El Ballo must deal with the evil doctor.
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Nguyen's other games Super Ball Juggling and Shuriken Block ranked at 6th and 18th respectively on the App Store during early February 2014 on the back of Flappy Bird success. He revealed in March 2014 that he is currently developing three other games, in similar formats to his previous releases. One of those games was released in 2014 as Swing Copters and uses a similar gameplay as Flappy Bird. An Easter egg in Android Lollipop (version 5.0/5.1) allows users to play a modified version of Flappy Bird, entitled "L Land", involving a flying Android and Lollipops replacing the pipes.
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There followed a scramble for aircraft and volunteer air crews willing to operate in secrecy. The U.S. military, thus far restricted to using aerial rockets and machine guns, pressured for permission to use bombs and napalm. On 21 March 1961, the airlift of H-34s from Okinawa began; it ended on 24 March at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base with the turnover to Air America of 16 copters and a mixed bag of 37 U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Navy pilots. The B-26 Invaders went to Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base.
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General Colton, Duke, Stalker and Wild Bill then head to the phone switching station, but Cobra shoots down the Joes Tomahawk, and Cobra Commander escapes, rushing to New York City and the RPEB. General Colton, Stalker and Duke use Battle Copters to fly back to the Chrysler Building, but Cobra Commander has already taken control of the RPEB, and uses it to eliminate a drug shipment by Headman. Cobra Commander and his crew then use civilian disguises to walk undetected past the Joes.G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #127 (August 1992) General Colton also appears in issue #152, where he is called back to active duty for a secret mission.
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In 2008, 2009, and 2010, three Wondermark hardcover collections were published by Dark Horse Comics: Beards of Our Forefathers, Clever Tricks to Stave Off Death, and Dapper Caps & Pedal-Copters. Each book contained around 100 comic strips, plus several pages of new material written just for the book, as well as reprints of graphic-novel-style Wondermark stories that did not appear on the Wondermark site. In September 2012, TopatoCo published the hardcover collection Emperor of the Food Chain, featuring the joyously mythical creature the piranhamoose. Malki has also collected the animal-themed comic strips into a small "Pocketbook" volume entitled Classy Lady Like You Will Love the Smell of My Butt.
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Apple has released a tool to streamline claims of app clones to a team dedicated to handle these cases, helping to bring the two parties together to try to negotiate prior to action. While Apple, Google, and Microsoft took steps to stem the mass of clones based on Swing Copters after its release, experts believe it is unlikely that these app stores will institute any type of proactive clone protection outside of clear copyright violations, and these experts stress the matter is better done by the developers and gaming community to assure the original developer is well known, protects their game assets on release, and gets the credit for the original game. Valve, which operates the Steam digital storefront for games on personal computers, also takes steps to remove games that are clearly copyright-infringing clones of other titles on the service, once notified of the issue.
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Under this plan, CH-53 and CH-46 helicopters were used to evacuate Americans and friendly Vietnamese to ships, including the Seventh Fleet, in the South China Sea. The main evacuation point was the DAO Compound at Tan Son Nhat; buses moved through the city picking up passengers and driving them out to the airport, with the first buses arriving at Tan Son Nhat shortly after noon. The first CH-53 landed at the DAO compound in the afternoon, and by the evening, 395 Americans and more than 4,000 Vietnamese had been evacuated. By 23:00 the U.S. Marines who were providing security were withdrawing and arranging the demolition of the DAO office, American equipment, files, and cash. Air America UH-1s also participated in the evacuation.Esper, George, "Copters Ending Vietnam Era", The Washington Star, Washington, D.C., Tuesday April 29, 1975, page A-1.
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After creating four individual successful React series on their primary YouTube channel, the Fine Brothers launched a separate YouTube channel in 2014, for reaction-related content, simply dubbed "React". With the intent of running programming five days a week, the channel launched with five series: Games (a Let's Play style series with cast members from their primary React series), Advice (a series featuring cast members respond to questions from viewers), React Remix (musical remixes of past React footage), People Vs. Foods (a series featuring Reactors taste test "Weird" or international foods), and Lyric Breakdown (a series in which Reactors break down the meaning of various songs). The channel launched with a teen-centered playthrough of Goat Simulator. Similar to the teens, kids (for kid friendly games such as Swing Copters, Super Meat Boy, and Skylanders: Imaginators) and Adults (for content similar to Teens such as The Evil Within, Tattletail, and For Honor) also played and reacted to video games too.
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