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Voluntary muscle
noun, plural: voluntary muscles
A muscle that can be controlled voluntarily
Some of the muscles of the body may be controlled voluntarily. Other muscles act below the level of consciousness. Those muscles that can be controlled at one's will (volition) are called voluntary muscles. Those that are not are referred to as involuntary muscles. The skeletal muscles are voluntary muscles as opposed to smooth and cardiac muscles that are involuntary. The skeletal muscles are striated muscles that are attached to the bones (thus the name). The striations are caused by the presence of transverse markings in the muscle fiber when viewed under the microscope. The striations though are not exclusive to the skeletal muscle fiber; cardiac muscle fiber also has striations. However, the cardiac muscle acts in rhythmic and autonomic contractions. Thus, the cardiac muscle is regarded as a type of involuntary muscle. The skeletal muscles act in general under the volition of an individual and therefore are voluntary. The part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the skeletal muscle voluntary control of body movements is the somatic nervous system. The somatic nervous system is comprised of afferent and efferent nerves. The afferent nerves relay information to the central nervous system whereas the efferent nerves are the ones stimulating muscle contraction of the skeletal muscles.
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Hello! I hope you are having a lovely weekend! 1st of June already - where does the time go! It does mean the countdown to the holidays is well and truly on!
It's been a busy weekend here with our local highland games also hosting the British Pipeband Championships. Tartan as far as the eye can see!
It was my day over at Make the Day Special yesterday and I made a new home card for family friends who have just moved house. If you've not checked out MTDS before you really need to - Tara has the most amazing selection of stamps and dies from across the pond! You have to be quick though as they are so in demand they do tend to fly out the door as quickly as they arrive!


Reminiscent of blueberries. Elderberry practically grows wild around here. They can be a pain to harvest and prep. People often look at you funny when you are standing in their flower beds wildcrafting.
Cook em' down, mash em' up and strain out the goodies.
Add a touch of sugar cook until a desired consistency and Voilà!
Refrigerate and resist using it on your favorite dish.


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Jamaica: Woman chooses prison over expensive dental bill
By Jamaica Observer
(JAMAICA OBSERVER) – "I would rather go to prison," a Kingston janitor angrily proclaimed in court after she was told that she will have to fork out almost $400,000 to fix her neighbour's teeth.
Kenesha Ennis was left with an expensive dental bill for $386,000 after she threw a pot cover at the complainant which knocked out a tooth and broke two others.
The complainant and the accused subsequently both went to the Dispute Resolution Centre where the matter was mediated and an agreement was reached for Ennis to pay for the dental bill.
But on June 5 when a fuming Ennis appeared in court, she indicated that she was not prepared to pay the money and would rather face prison time.
Parish Judge Maxine Ellis told her lawyer, C J Mitchel,sssss "You need to talk to her. You see the way she a bubble up and a wrinch up and a shake?"
The judge, however, told Ennis: "Nobody is trying to take money from you. This is a cheap implant ."
"You can negotiate with the dentist, but what is not on is that she will live without her smile," Ellis said.
At the same time, the judge warned that she will not be making any order for the complainant to get dentures.
"That is not for this young, beautiful woman," she said.
In the meantime, the judge issued a warning to individuals who engage in physical disputes to come prepared to pay for the injuries and damage.
"When persons act and damage people it is going to cost you," Ellis advised.
"Teeth are expensive, eyes are expensive, and when antbody damage them they are not going to come back so when you lick out a man teeth, you betta come with your money to put them back in."
Ennis was instructed to return to court on June 14 with the first portion of the bill — $70,000 — which is to start the dental procedure.
The complainant was injured after she confronted Ennis about an alleged assault on her daughter during a dispute over the use of a standpipe at their home.
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My room is very small, so where to put things is a real issue for me. I liked the recorder stands that I saw in catalogs, but they were around $50 each.
I was at a workshop and a lady had made one and was kind enough to tell me how she did it. So, I went to Home Depot and got a long white pressboard.
I had them cut it into 14 inch boards and got three boards, plus an extra small one, on which I keep my personal recorders plus extra ones for new kids who come into the class midyear.
I marked 36 spots with dots on it and had one of my neighbors who had a drill press drill the holes. The dots were about an inch from the edge and 2 1/4 inches apart.
I bought 1/4 inch wooden dowels and marked them for 3 1/2 inch lengths and that same neighbor cut them. I sanded the end that would be sticking up and glued them in the holes with wood glue.
They are fabulous, and it only cost me $12 (more if you have to buy the wood glue)!! I have numbers on my recorders and my three stands sit on my piano. Each student is assigned a school recorder that stays at school. I have my seating chart with each student's recorder # listed in their assigned spot. The students have the option to buy a recorder for home use for $5. About 3/4 of the kids end up buying a recorder.
During the year, I sometimes move students if their spot is not working, but I usually don't move the recorder since they have gotten used to where their spot is. Some students don't put away their recorder properly, so sometimes kids have a hard time finding theirs, but we don't sweat it too much. It seems to work pretty well.
I have three 5th grade classes. I put papers on them that have the seating chart with numbers to help students remember their numbers. I made a black belt recorder system that my 5th graders love. I just use yarn and pony beads as they pass off songs. See how I organize my recorder music, yarn and beads HERE. The kids love seeing their recorders become very colorful. See my post about how I start recorders with my students HERE.You can get my black belt system free.
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Anika, Sorry that I just saw this post! I am so glad it is helping you! I will see you at the chapter meetings this year!


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Texas gains two more Congressional seats
by texannews · May 3, 2021
By: Nicholas Ratcliff
New statistics were released Monday, April 26 showing that Texas's population has increased by nearly 4 million people, which will raise the number of congressional seats the state will have by two.
The population increase also raises the number of electoral votes that the state will have in the next presidential election, which will extend the already massive influence that the state of Texas has on national politics.
These statistics come straight from the U.S. Census Bureau and confirm that the state has seen an increase of about 4 million people since 2010. This puts Texas well ahead of the other state's when it comes to the total number of new population gain.
This brings the total number of residents in the state to over 29 million people, making Texas second in population size behind California, who is still in the lead with nearly 40 million people.
Texas will now have 38 congressional representatives as well as 40 electoral votes, making it the state with the most congressional growth from this last census.
The new census report does not include demographics; however, Texas State Demographer Lloyd Potter said, "Estimates show that rural counties continue to lose population while metro areas such as Houston, Dallas and Austin continue to grow. Hispanics make up the largest percentage of growth."
The massive growth that Texas has seen has started to shake up the states politics as the state's population shifts towards urban living as opposed to the rural living that has been seen in the past.
Texas GOP chairman Allen West said that his party will, "Await the affirmed census results and will continue to deliver our message of economic growth, prosperity, individual liberty and rights, quality education, small business entrepreneurship and safety/security."
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was a Japanese writer of novels, short stories and essays. She was the daughter of writer Rohan Kōda. Among her most noted works is the 1955 novel Nagareru.

Biography
Kōda was born in Terajima, Minami Katsushika-gun, Tokyo, as the second child of Rohan Kōda and his wife Kimiko. At the age of five, she lost her mother, the following year her older sister and still later her younger brother. The relationship with her stepmother Yayoko, a well-read woman, poet, and a devout Christian, but suffering from rheumatism and unable to run a household, proved to be difficult. After failing the entrance exams for the Tokyo Women's Higher Normal School, she entered the Joshigakuin, a Christian high school for girls, and graduated in 1922. She married the son of a sake wholesaler at age 24, but divorced after 10 years and returned with her daughter, Tama, to live with her father. The following years, overshadowed by World War II, she ran the household of her ailing father until his death in 1947 (her stepmother, who had lived apart from her husband, had died two years earlier).

Kōda's first works, written at the request of publishers when she was 43, were memoirs of life with her famous father; they include Chichi: sono shi (lit. "Death of my father") and Zakki (lit. "Random notes"). Meeting with critical acclaim and ongoing publishers' requests, she continued with works such as Misokkasu (lit. "Miso dregs") and Kusa no hana (lit. "Flowers in the grass"), accounts of her childhood and adolescent years. A recurring theme was her own feeling of inferiority, caused not only by her demanding father, but also by measuring herself against her seemingly preferred sister and her two aunts, both musicians who studied abroad.

Kōda's subsequent short stories, novels, and essays explored women's lives, family relations, and traditional culture. Her fiction was often being read as autobiographical (jidenteki shōsetsu), and many of her stories dissolved the boundary between essay and fictitious writing. In the short story The Medal, the first person female narrator chronicles the attention her father Rohan receives after being awarded the first Medal of Cultural Merit, with herself doing labourer's work for the sake shop which she runs with her husband. Nagareru (lit. "Flowing"), the account of a housemaid who works in a geisha house, used Kōda's experiences as a maid in a Yanagibashi district geisha house in the early 1950s, while the troubled youth in Otōto (lit. "Little brother") was based on her younger brother Ichirō.  In addition to her literary work, she edited collections of her father's essays and letters.

In 1976, Kōda was chosen as member of the Japan Art Academy. She spent much of her later years trying to raise funds for the restoration of the pagoda of the Hōrin-ji temple, and writing essays on the subject of trees and landslides. She died of heart failure in 1990. Her daughter Tama Aoki (b. 1929), whose books include Koishikawa no ie (lit. "The house in Koishikawa") about the time living with her grandfather Rohan, and her granddaughter Nao Aoki (b. 1963) are also writers.

Selected works
The year refers to the earliest publication date.
 1947: Shūen (終焉)
 1947: Sōsō no ki (葬送の記)
 1947: Zakki (雑記)
 1948: Fragments (欠片, Kakera)
 1949: Chichi: sono shi (父 その死)
 1949: The Medal (勲章, Kunshō)
 1949: Misokkasu (みそっかす)
 1950: Konna koto (こんなこと)
 1951: Kusa no hana (草の花)
 1951: Hair (髪, Kami)
 1954: The Black Kimono  The Black Hems (黒い裾, Kuroi Suso)
 1955: Nagareru (流れる)
 1955: Dolls a.k.a. Dolls for a Special Day (雛, Hina)
 1956: Otōto (おとうと)
 1965: Tō (闘)
 1966: A Friend for Life (Mono iwanu issho no tomo)

Awards
 1956: Yomiuri Prize for The Black Kimono
 1956: Shinchō Literary Prize for Nagareru
 1957: Japan Art Academy Prize for Nagareru
 1973: Joryū Bungaku Shū Literary Prize for Tō

Legacy
Kōda's novels Nagareru and Otōto have repeatedly been adapted for film, stage and television, including the films Flowing by Mikio Naruse in 1956 and Her Brother by Kon Ichikawa in 1960.

Translated works

External links

References

1904 births
1990 deaths
Japanese women novelists
20th-century Japanese women writers
20th-century Japanese novelists
Yomiuri Prize winners

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The Mt. Pleasant Community School District is taking proactive measures in securing their campuses and scheduling time for the Mt. Pleasant Police Department to talk to students about the seriousness of making threats against the school as the 2018?2019 school year begins.
Following two threats made by students at the middle school in May, Superintendent John Henriksen wants to proactively address how statements said in jest can be considered threatening. Henriksen said he is going to let the Police Department remind the students in a ?positive way? that their words will not be taken lightly.
Lieutenant Lyle Murray, with the Mt. Pleasant Police Department, will be stepping into classrooms in a few weeks to encourage students to use good judgment when it comes to saying things that might imply a threat against the school.
?Kids are kids,? high school principal Todd Liechty said. ?Sometimes they do things that are funny in today?s environment. It?s not funny, and we have to respond accordingly.?
Middle School principal Nathan Lange said school administrators will always follow up and do their due diligence, whether it is an in-school investigation or taking it to the police department. Staff members are cognitive of red flags and when to report things students say or do, Lange said. ?It?s a reminder for all of us that we need to choose our words wisely,? he said.
Murray is planning on discussing the threats made last year and what comments school administrators, the police department, students or parents may hear or see on social media that could be considered threatening. He also will refresh their memory on active shooter training.
In addition to difficult conversations, security measures for buildings across the district are getting an upgrade. While main doors will be unlocked as students arrive for the day, during business hours, visitors will have to be buzzed into the building.
An intercom will alert staff in the office that a visitor is requesting access. The office staff will be able to see and talk to the person at the door before they will be allowed in. During a school board meeting on Monday, Aug. 23, Lange said he has already received positive feedback about the system from parents.
?It?s on everybody?s radar,? Lange said. ?It?s our top priority to keep our students safe and secure.?
Liechty, who said there are a lot of people who walk into the high school and go where they want to instead of checking into the office first, said the secure doors will ?absolutely? keep students safer. ?This way, we?ll have a better understanding of who is in the building and what they?re doing,? he said.
?There will be some learning from our parents, teachers and on our end also,? Henriksen said. ?We?ll have to do some refining as we move into the year ? what works, what doesn?t and how we can make this safer and more efficient.?
Doors inside the schools are being replaced as well with locks that lock from the inside, and new security cameras are up throughout all the elementary schools. Previously, the district had no cameras in any of the elementary schools, Henriksen said.
Another security measure that was updated was the emergency procedures manual teachers have in every classroom. While every classroom was already outfitted with a manual, Henriksen said the district combed through it, taking out unnecessary information and keeping only what is pertinent to crisis situations.
The binders now include emergency instruction sheets for how to do an ?all-call? via the phone system, lockdown procedures and campus safety rally points.
An all-call allows teachers to get through to all phones in the building through the speakerphone system. The lockdown procedure explains with bullet points what to do in a lockdown situation in the classroom or in a common area such as the cafeteria, library or gym. The campus rally points are where classes should meet if they had to leave the building and how to reunite students with their families if they are taken off school grounds.
Liechty thanked the community and school board for the opportunity to keep the school more secure. ?It?s an expensive endeavor, and they?ve been able to step up and that says a lot about the community,? he said.
As the school year gets underway, Murray touched on other school security issues, urgently reminds everyone in the community to drive carefully. While distracted driving is discussed in driver education, Murray said it?s a good reminder for teenagers who may now be driving themselves to school this year. It?s also a good reminder for parents and other drivers to pay attention to stop signs and slow down where students may be walking.
Murray encouraged parents drop their children off at the designated school drop-off sites. ?It takes a little longer, but it?s a little safer and what everyone wants,? he said.
Classes for students in the Mt. Pleasant Community School District began today, Thursday, Aug. 23.


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For the last week I have had terrible memory loss concerning things of importance.
For instance, I lost my handbag, my car, the deeds to my house, forgotten that I received the replacement for the lost cards and other major disorganisations in a usually organised life.
I think it may be because we are moving and relocating to Norwich and both starting new jobs.
Also we were married lat month and that was a stressful time!
My mother had cancer earlier this year and I am wondering whether this could be something to do with that type of illness or whether it is just stress.
It has been suggested that I have Alzheimer's.
Well, as you are only 26, the chances that you have Alzheimer's disease are very remote indeed.
Looking at things realistically, the things that have happened to you recently are: your mother got cancer, you are moving, you got married and you and your husband are starting/have started new jobs.
That's a heck of a lot of change and stress for you to cope with, and it wouldn't be surprising if the stress gave you the memory loss that you've had in the last week.
Nevertheless, I do think that you should have a check-up from your GP – just to make sure that there is no physical problem with your brain.
You don't say whether or not you have ever used recreational drugs, such as ecstasy. If you do these can affect your memory markedly, and might be an explanation.
Until this is sorted out, take as few major decisions as possible – and entrust all important documents to your partner.
Yes, I agree that the most likely reason for your problem is that life has just been utterly chaotic for you in recent months.
All the changes that you've lived through have doubtless put a great strain on you.
Assuming your GP finds nothing wrong with you physically, I think it would be a great idea if you would try to limit the amount of stress you're feeling.


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Miguel Trelles @ Da Silva Gallery
A report by Jonathan Goodman for The Brooklyn Rail.
DA SILVA GALLERY | NOVEMBER 10 – DECEMBER 1, 2018
(NEW HAVEN)
Miguel Trelles's paintings are an amalgam of strikingly different cultures and traditions. Inevitably, the work concerns the borrowing of other painting histories. The subject matter is the Caribbean landscape and the indigenous culture of Trelles' native Puerto Rico, as well as the Chinese landscape legacy of mountains, streams, and trees. Formerly, his art followed the formal legacy of Chinese painting quite closely, but now Trelles is producing imagery that not only incorporates the Chinese depiction of nature, but also imagery associated with the Caribbean, where Trelles grew up. He does so by merging the particulars of Chinese landscape painting¾its collapsed perspective and its poetic view of nature¾with the details of Caribbean people. The combination may seem odd at first, but given the formal cohesion of Trelles's paintings, the experience, which begins with awareness of appropriation, quickly becomes appreciative of their cultural autonomy as art.
In Contraband for the Coast Guard (2018), we see a dark-green sea and a strip of rocks variously colored tan, olive green, red, and blue, painted on a horizontal canvas. The outcrop stretches across the length of the painting, but the individual shapes, mostly rough horizontals, are crammed together in a deliberately irregular, unorganized fashion, are hard to read. Several small boats approach the stony strip, ostensibly delivering the contraband¾given the title of the work and the presence of small boats approaching the shore, it appears likely that the Coast Guard is searching for drugs. On the right edge of the painting there is a massive tan cliff strewn with small abstract effects. The painting hovers between abstraction and figurative imagery; its inclusion of two different styles, enhances its visual force.
Son of Siboney (2018) is a remarkably complicated work of art, in which Siboney and Chinese references are found on the edges of a large inchoate vermilion form. The Siboney allusion occurs in the placement, on the painting's left, of an indigenous figure writing in a book, and the Chinese allusion is found in the portrayal of a Chinese woman in traditional robes, playing a Chinese zither, on the upper right. I was told by the artist that the painting's primary reason for existence was its mass of reddish-orange color, which Trelles likes for its own sake. But the allusions to traditional Chinese music and paintings, along with the inclusion of a native person from the Caribbean, make the painting more complex than a mere mass of hue. The Siboney were a Taino people living in central Cuba during the 15th and 16th centuries, and perhaps for Trelles, whose background is partially Cuban, the painting pays homage to this extinct culture which is interesting to him for more than scholarly reasons. The rest of the painting is a compound of abstract forms, parts of buildings, a crow, and tropical fruit. Dead center is a yellowish mountain whose forms remind us of mountains found in Chinese landscape art.
The last painting to be considered is earlier, done in 2014. Hal's Journey relates clearly to the Chinese painting tradition. Painted on an olive background, it consists of a sharply inclined mountain with a pointed peak, whose overall form is constructed with smaller abstract swatches of several colors. A ship with sails is entering a cove in front of the mountain, while in the very forefront of the composition, there is a strip of rocks and a few dark-green trees. Romantic in its allusion to a past painting history of another culture, the painting is overtly figurative, but its larger forms are made of smaller nonobjective shapes–rough rectangles and squares—to build the recognizable images we see. We cannot call Hal's Journey a scholarly version of Chinese art. It is too fragmented, independent, and colorful, but we can say it exists in fellowship with Trelles's academic studies (he spent a semester taking courses on Chinese painting at Yale). The painting is a sympathetic interpretation of a tradition he cares very much about.
Miguel Trelles, Son of Siboney, 2014. Oil on linen. Courtesy DaSilva Gallery, New Haven.
This show is compelling not only for its individual works but also for the larger questions it raises. It opens up an issue we have been facing for some time: does the combination of traditions and subject matter result in a new style, or does it merely repeat, without genuinely merging, imageries of the past? Today, we are exquisitely aware of the provenance of visual styles, and many artists feel free to borrow across time, from places that have little to do with their particular background. This kind of appropriation, I believe, is something to be careful about because art traditions need to be treated as autonomous achievements. But, at the same time, it must be acknowledged that today imagery from everywhere is available everywhere, ready for use. Trelles employs this freedom unusually well, and we trust his quick use of images that do not belong together in a historical sense. This is because he has found a plausible way of fitting them together rooted in his technical expertise and personal biography.
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The commemorations featured in the closing ceremony of Exercise Safkar Indopura.
On November 20, the armies of Indonesia and Singapore commemorated 50 years of bilateral relations at the closing ceremony of a bilateral exercise. The celebrations once again put the spotlight on the ongoing anniversary of the relationship as well as the continued defense ties both countries continue to maintain in spite of remaining challenges.
As I have pointed out before in these pages, the security relationship between Indonesia, Southeast Asia's largest state, and Singapore, the subregion's smallest, has tended to be prickly historically speaking. It took nearly a year for Indonesia to even officially recognize Singapore's independence from Malaysia following Jakarta's violent opposition to the creation of Malaysia, known as Konfrontasi. Over the past few years, disagreements have tended to simmer from time to time, whether around traditional issues such as air space or non-traditional security matters like the annual haze problem, even as both sides have tried to manage differences (See: "Historic Indonesia-Singapore Maritime Boundary Pact Goes to UN").
Nonetheless, the two countries have still maintained a cordial defense relationship that includes the usual components, including visits, exchanges, and exercises, and some of these have been in the spotlight this year more so than usual as both sides commemorate the 50th anniversary of their relationship this year, which is being marked with the tagline of "RISING 50" ("RI" for the Republic of Indonesia, and "SING" for Singapore). One of the interactions between the two sides is Exercise Safkar Indopura, the flagship annual exercise between infantries from both armies first held back in 1989.
On November 13, the two sides kicked off the 29th iteration of the exercise, which will officially last through November 24. The exercise featured various interactions including urban operations training, live-firing, a planning exercise, and the conduct of a combined battalion field exercise. It also saw for the first time the joint operation of the Leopard 2SG Main Battle Tank by soldiers from both armies in what was considered an expansion of the bilateral exchange between them. Around 300 personnel from Singapore and 170 personnel from Indonesia participated in the exercise, according to Singapore's defense ministry (MINDEF).
Both sides also commemorated the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations at the closing ceremony of the exercise on November 20, MINDEF said in a statement. The ceremony, which was co-officiated by the army chiefs from both countries, saw personnel from the two armies forming the number "50" on parade. They had also been set to execute a combined jump into the Murai Urban Training Facility during the closing ceremony as well.
A recent exercise highlighted ongoing efforts by both sides to boost the level of activity in the defense realm.


Just in time for Christmas my Pick of the Week is "Klaus" #1, a telling of the origin of Santa Claus written by Grant Morrison with art by Dan Mora. This first issue of a six issue mini-series is fun, if a little depressing, setting the stage for the eventual emergence of Santa Claus to bring joy to the world. More specifically, the issue is about the man who would become Santa Claus who comes to a town that he knew to have once been joyful and happy only to find it now dark and depressing and the need to do something about it with the help of weird psychedelic aliens. The first issue was a great read and I can't wait for the rest of the series, but honestly, given Morrison's pedigree, I thought there would be more weirdness.
One of the things I love about comics is their ability to continually reinvent old concepts for new times and audiences, such as Frank Miller's Batman and Scott Snyder's Batman or Kurt Busiek's and George Perez's Avengers and Brian Michael Bendis' Avengers. Now, we get a reinvention of the James Bond franchise for comics in the form of Warren Ellis' and Jason Masters' "James Bond 007: Vargr" #1.
I'm not the biggest James Bond fan, but I've seen all of the Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig films (I thought Brosnan's became a bit too campy and think Craig's are a bit too serious) and I'm slowly making my way through the older films, having seen all of the Sean Connery and George Lazenby films and the first three Roger Moore films (I thought Connery's films were the best, thought Lazenby was too sentimental, and think Moore is a bit too arrogant/brash in the role). Of the original novels, I haven't read any. All of that is context for my saying that I really enjoyed the first issue of "Vargr".
With "Vargr", we get a new James Bond exclusive to comics, along with new versions of M, Q, and Moneypenny — familiar, yet new and fresh at the same time. We also get the familiar Bond trappings such as a cold open and the promise of a villain with unusual or peculiar qualities. It's a James Bond we can all recognize, yet for me it feels more pure than the films because we're not tied to any one actor's portrayal of Bond. Ellis seems to be channeling the essence of Bond, rather than writing for the qualities of a particular actor. In a sense, Ellis has reinvented/rebooted/revived Bond for comics and it's pretty good stuff, and this continual reinvention of older concepts is something comics does so well and one of the reasons why I love the medium.
"The Infinity Gauntlet", by co-writer/artist Dustin Weaver and co-writer Gerry Duggan, was probably the one "Secret Wars" mini that I underappreciated the most. This mini wasn't as flashy as the others, the others mainly being nostalgically-based on well-known and well-loved crossover events, while this one, also based on a popular crossover event, probably was trying to capture an audience based on interest in the infinity stones surrounding the Marvel cinematic universe (the gratuitous inclusion of the Guardians of the Galaxy helps to support this theory).
I was picking up this book (1) based on my love of Weaver's art and (2) based on my interest in the infinity stones.
(1) Weaver's art is great as always, and he pulls double duty co-writing with scripter Duggan.
(2) While this story does feature the infinity stones and does have an infinity gauntlet (two, in fact), I feel that the use of the title "The Infinity Gauntlet" is a bit misleading. From the title, I was expecting a universe-spanning epic, but instead I got a family survival drama of sorts.
Picking up where their last "Ant-Man" series left off (being interrupted by "Secret Wars" and all), writer Nick Spencer and artist Ramon Rosanas seamlessly return to Ant-Man with the new "The Astonishing Ant-Man" series. Honestly, besides the promotional push a new #1 gives, I don't see any reason why this new "The Astonishing Ant-Man" #1 couldn't have been "Ant-Man" #6, or "Ant-Man" #7 if you also count "Ant-Man: Last Days" #1, but whatever, I'm not a profit-driven, variant-slash-#1-exploitative, marketing-guru genius who gets to decide all of that stuff. What I can say is that Spencer and Rosanas continue with "The Astonishing Ant-Man" the tremendous fun that they brought to their original "Ant-Man" run (which just concluded like only a couple of months ago).
Now, I've been enjoying the various relaunches that have come out of "Secret Wars", and before reading "The Astonishing Ant-Man" I was considering whether the new "Invincible Iron Man", "The Amazing Spider-Man", or "Sam Wilson: Captain America" should be the Pick of the Week, but then I read "The Astonishing Ant-Man" #1 and realized that this book HAD to be the Pick of the Week. Why? Well, all of those other titles are marquee titles — we expect those titles to be consistently good, to always be top tier, A-level quality stuff. Ant-Man, on the other hand, we don't expect much of, either as a character or as a comic book series. And that's why it's always a genuine treat and surprise that this Ant-Man run has been as good as it is. The character has consistently been under-estimated, under-valued, under-appreciated, and over-looked (something that could also be said for the character's own comic book titles), and it's great seeing the character deal with these issues in a series as well-crafted as "Ant-Man", err…, "The Astonishing Ant-Man".
Wow! What an amazing wrap-up to an amazing new series! When I first heard it was being launched I was a little skeptical about the new "Ms. Marvel", a series centered around a young, female, Muslim superhero. I'm not a fan of doing something just for the sake of doing something, and Marvel seemed to be creating a young, female, Muslim superhero just for the sake of having a young, female, Muslim superhero and for being able to check off diversity checkboxes*. I only picked up the series for Adrian Alphona's art, which I've sorely missed since his "Runaways" days. But, to my surprise, "Ms. Marvel", under the pen of G. Willow Wilson, was actually pretty good. And nineteen issues later we have the wrap-up to the first volume of "Ms. Marvel".
"Ms. Marvel" was great because it was character-based, focusing on Kamala Khan (learning to be a superhero after gaining Inhuman powers) and her family, friends, and religious lifestyle and duties. It was great seeing Khan struggling to deal with her superheroic, familial, and school responsibilities, something I haven't really seen since the early days of "Amazing Spider-Man". More to the point, I'll say this: Kamala Khan is the new Peter Parker.
To illustrate how character-based "Ms. Marvel" is, issue 19, the final issue of the initial volume, doesn't even have Khan in costume or using her powers! It's all character resolutions in the face of impending doom, and for me, when this character action is done well, it is a hell of a lot more entertaining and interesting than costumed superheroics**.
All in all, this was an amazing wrap-up to an amazing series, and I can't wait for volume 2.
* For a bad example of diversity-for-diversity's-sake, see DC's new "Doctor Fate" series, which is a pale imitation of "Ms. Marvel".
** The impending doom is the incursion/collision of two earths that kicks off the "Secret Wars" crossover event. One of the things that I love about comics is the shared universe concept, especially when an individual title can tie into a crossover event but still do its own thing, as "Ms. Marvel" does.


ALICIA KEYS will marry her music producer boyfriend KERRY 'KRUCIAL' BROTHERS in New York this summer, according to reports.
American magazine Star claims the couple has booked Oheka Castle on Long Island for a ceremony on Independence Day - 4 July.
Bosses at the 32-bedroom French-style chateau have confirmed a wedding will take place that weekend, but have refused to reveal the identity of the bride and groom.
Keys and Brothers have never spoken openly about their relationship. They have been songwriting partners for years, co-owning the KrucialKeys production company and New York's Oven Recording Studios.
A representative for the RB star has yet to confirm or deny the wedding reports.


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So Google Records All The Microphone Audio All The Time, After All?
Posted on Oct 30, 2015 by Rick Falkvinge
It seems Google does record audio from microphones all the time, despite attempts to play down the situation. The "hotword" searching – when you initiate a search by saying "Ok Google" – has been criticized before, when it was downloaded to open-source browsers running Chromium. However, major privacy concerns remain as Google doesn't start recording when you say "Ok Google"; it was recording before you said the hotword.
Back when Google drive-by-downloaded a black box of recording code onto the Chromium open-source browser, there was a general outrage about Google code listening in to your room. The objections mainly fell into one of two categories:
Google is downloading a black box of code to open-source and free-software systems without permission, compromising them.
Google is using proprietary code to listen in to your room.
Of these, the first was considered the most grave by far, as any proprietary running code will have access to the device's sensors – including microphone – almost by definition, and therefore it wasn't really considered strange that proprietary code had access to black-box recording. However, it was still a privacy issue and a concern that Google had the capability to listen in to any and every room where there was a Chrome or an Android running, which – frankly – is a rather large portion of the available rooms on the planet.
Nevertheless, Google kind of roundabout apologized for having drive-by-downloaded black-box proprietary code to the open-source Chromium browser, and people attempting to shoot down the story (there are always those, and usually with the top-voted comment…) insisted that Google didn't open the audio recording until after you had said the magic words "Ok Google", something that is termed a hotword to begin recording, analyzing, and transcribing.
As part of Google's transparency initiative, you can see (some of?) the data Google has stored about you. It turns out that all audio searches are saved, permanently, and you can listen to your own previous voice commands and voice searches. They're listed in chronological order.
A screenshot from my Google Audio History. I can listen to the recordings as well as read the transcriptions. If you've been using voice search, you have a page like this, too.
You'll recall from the previous privacy discussion, that Google having access to microphones in pretty much every room gives Google the ability to eavesdrop on those each and every rooms continuously. It should be pointed out that this is a technical ability; there's no indication this is happening, but the presence of the capability is cause for serious privacy concerns.
In that discussion, people said – no, insisted and shouted – that the fear was overblown, tinfoilhattery, and mental. "Obviously, Google only records audio after you say Ok, Google", pundits said from all directions. But when listening to this recorded audio search off of Google's audio search history page, something peculiar sticks out, that nobody seems to have noticed. Listen to this:
https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/okgoogle-1.mp3
Did you hear it? The recording starts with me saying "Ok, Google". That means that the above assertion – that recording starts after those words are said – is incorrect. Recording happened before those words were said. And if recording happened before those words were said, which must be the case since they're part of the very recording, then audio recording from the microphone(s) is always active to some unknown degree. We see what Google claims is sent to Google – but of course, we have no way whatsoever of verifying this other than blind trust, and that's in a corporation whose motto has shifted over the years from "Don't be evil", to "Privacy is overrated", to "Whee, we make military robots".
But here's the thing. Even if Google isn't intentionally recording at unknown cues in addition to the hotword searches – and I can't emphasize enough that there's no way to know this but blind trust is required – Google will still start recording audio at random times and send it to Google's servers, when it picks up something it thinks sounds like "Ok, Google" from a conversation. This happened to me a week ago in Seoul, when I was discussing privacy concerns with EFF activists Parker Higgins and Maira Sutton (at least I believe it was that part of the conversation, but that's beside the point here). All of a sudden, I noticed that my phone was transcribing what I was saying on its screen: Google's audio detection had kicked in mid-conversation and it was recording the room. I was able to download that part of my conversation with the EFF activists off of Google's Voice History page later:
So in summary;
We know now that Google's audio recording does not start after you say "Ok Google", but was active before you said it, suggesting that it's always active to some degree.
Regardless of intentions, Google can start recording audio from a room mid-conversation anyway, as illustrated above.
This has all sorts of nasty privacy implications, and they're not easy to work out. The way to do this properly for privacy is to make sure that all audio interpretation must happen locally, but even then, you can't know if something is sent to a remote server if you're searching for the wrong things as long as proprietary code is running (for instance, if you're searching for something like methods for acquiring substances used to manufacture thermonuclear weapons, a search I dare say is never used to actually manufacture one in your basement, but which might still raise a flag somewhere).
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So what about when you are having a conversation w/friends and the very thing you were discussing shows up as an ad on FB not 10-15 minutes later? They are using our conversations to target us with marketing. Doesn't this violate our privacy rights at all? I'm pretty sure I didn't give FB permission for that.
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OLIVER MURRAY - WRITER & DIRECTOR
OROFENA FILMS
The Quiet One
Written & Directed by Oliver Murray.
Produced by My Accomplice, Gizmo Films and Submarine Entertainment.
Throughout his life, Bill Wyman, one of the original members of The Rolling Stones, shot hours of unseen film footage, took thousands of photographs, and collected a vast archive of memorabilia. He also kept a detailed diary to accompany these treasures. The film unveils this one-of-a-kind collection, alongside interviews with his family and friends, taking the audience on a first-hand journey through Wyman's extraordinary experiences. Known by his former bandmates as a man of few words, the notoriously private bass player opens up to the camera, revealing the icons who inspired him to be a musician, from Chuck Berry and Ray Charles to Muddy Watersand Howlin' Wolf. Wyman describes with modesty and vulnerability how he stayed grounded while seizing the meaningful moments that made up his thirty years touring the world with the Stones.
It's an artful, engaging and often amusing cinematic memoir that offers a unique, behind the scenes look at a working class boy raised by his grandmother, who found his home in the band that disrupted the music scene and made rock'n'roll history.
- Lucy Mukerjee, senior programmer at Tribeca Film Festival 2019
© 2023 OLIVER MURRAY - WRITER & DIRECTOR. All rights reserved.


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Tachograph card used fraudulently by UK firm
A trucker had his O-licence revoked with the firm's director disqualified as the driver had been using the firm's tachograph card, driving for a "truly shocking" period.
A public inquiry was launched into Sahota Transport – following a traffic examiner halting one of their trucks, when investigating the vehicle the examiner found a surprise. The driver in question had a tachograph ID that wasn't his – he didn't resemble the driver named on the ID.
The driver explained to the traffic examiner that his identity was that of the ID. Following this, a site visit was arranged – Sahota, the company's director was questioned regarding the ID. He continued to insist that he was the driver he had previously met on the road.
As a precaution from Sahota's solicitor, the interview was suspended. A few weeks later the solicitor got in touch with the traffic examiner, explaining that the driver in question when stopped on the road was in fact a man named Amrinder.
Checking the driver's ID card and how it had been used with Sahota's, the driver had exceeded maximum permitted daily driving hours by almost an hour, as well as the max permitted duty time by over several hours. The rest period taken when comparing both IDs was an average of three and a half hours – with the legal requirements for a minimum of 9 hours. On another date, the driver had gone over permitted daily driving time by just under 4 hours.
The traffic examiner explained that while questioning the driver, there were often pauses throughout the conversation where the driver would be his phone – suggesting that he was being told what to say from the device.
On behalf of the company, Philip Brown confirmed the driver had gone "considerably in excess of his maximum permitted hours" on the move for over 23 hours, then going back to work three and a half hours later. The ID swap was claimed as a one-off incident, as it had been left in the truck by mistake.
Traffic commissioner Nick Denton stated in a written decision that he found the situation "inconceivable" when he had heard the events and what took place during the driver's time on the road. Having deliberately attempted to keep their act a secret and covering their tracks as much as possible rather than telling the traffic examiner there and then.
Due to this, he came to the conclusion that the transport manager could no longer be trusted after these actions took place. The transport commissioner disqualified the driver for 5 years – and the firm had a revoking of their licence processed.
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Das Husarenregiment "Wilhelm Kronprinz des Deutschen Reiches und Kronprinz von Preußen" Nr. 13 war ein Kavallerieverband der k.k. bzw. Gemeinsamen Armee innerhalb der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Landstreitkräfte.

Status und Verbandszugehörigkeit 1914

IV. Armeekorps – 10. Kavallerie Truppendivision – 4. Kavalleriebrigade
Nationalitäten: 97 % Magyaren – 3 % Sonstige
Uniform: Dunkelblauer Tschapkabezug und Attila, weiße Oliven
Garnison: Stab, II. Div: Székesfehérvár – I. Div: Tolna
Kommandant: Oberst Stephan Horthy de Nagy-Bánya
Regimentssprache: ungarisch

Errichtung
Am 10. September 1859 wurde es während des Feldzuges gegen Sardinien-Piemont als Jazygier und Kumanier Freiwilligen-Husarenregiment ursprünglich nur auf Kriegsdauer aufgestellt. Später wurde es dann durch Eingliederung der Kecskeméter und Arader Freiwilligen-Husaren-Division als Freiwilligen-Husarenregiment Nr.13 auf die Stärke von 2 Divisionen erweitert. Die Bezeichnung als "Jazygier und Kumanier Freiwilligen-Husarenregiment Nr. 13" blieb bestehen.
 1861 als "Jazygier und Kumanier Freiwilligen-Husarenregiment Nr. 1" reorganisiert. Die Husaren-Regimenter Nr. 5, Nr. 8, Nr. 9 und Nr. 12 gaben hierzu jeweils eine Division ab.
 1862 erfolgte die Umwandlung in ein reguläres Husaren-Regiment mit der Nr. 13

Alle Ehrennamen der Regimenter wurden im Jahre 1915 ersatzlos gestrichen. Das Regiment sollte von da an nur noch "Husaren-Regiment Nr. 13" heißen. (Dies ließ sich in der Praxis jedoch nicht durchsetzen, einerseits weil sich niemand daran hielt, andererseits weil die sehr sparsame k.u.k. Militärverwaltung angeordnet hatte, zunächst alle noch vorhandenen Formulare und Stempel aufzubrauchen!)

Ergänzungen
 1860–67 Ofen, Szegedin, Erlau, Szolnok und Stuhlweißenburg
 1867–73  Kecskemét, Ofen und Erlau
 1874–89, ab da aus dem Bereich des IV. Korps (Budapest)

Friedensgarnisonen
 1860 Wels
 1864–66 Padua
 1866 Brezany
 1871 Stuhlweißenburg
 1874 Temesvár
 1886 Budapest
 1893 Kecskemét

Regimentsinhaber
 bis 1861 ohne Regimentsinhaber
 1861–85 General der Kavallerie Friedrich Fürst Liechtenstein
 1885–95 unbesetzt
 1895–96 Feldmarschalleutnant Theodor Galgóczy de Galántha
 1896–99 unbesetzt
 1900 Wilhelm, Kronprinz des Deutschen Reiches und Kronprinz von Preußen

Feldzüge und Kampfhandlungen
Erster Schlesischer Krieg
 Das Regiment kämpfte während des ganzen Krieges in Schlesien

Zweiter Schlesischer Krieg
 1744 wurde das Regiment aufgeboten, jedoch bereits zum Jahresende 1745 wieder entlassen

Siebenjähriger Krieg
 1757 erfolgte erneut das Aufgebot. Gemäß der Weisung der Kaiserin Maria Theresia war das Regiment – obwohl es der Insurrektion entstammte – während seines Dienstes den regulären Regimentern im Rang, den Vergünstigungen und der Bezahlung gleichgestellt
 1775 wurde das Regiment wieder entlassen

Sardinischer Krieg
 1859 unter anderem Teilnahme an der Schlacht von Solferino.

Deutscher Krieg
 1866: Kämpfe in Italien. Vier Eskadronen im Verband mit dem 10. Feldjäger-Bataillon waren zur Bewachung des unteren Po abgestellt und bildeten bei dem späteren Rückmarsch der Süd-Armee die Nachhut. Eine Eskadron lag wechselweise bei den Besatzungen von Peschiera del Garda und Legnano

Erster Weltkrieg

Im Ersten Weltkrieg sahen sich die Husaren den unterschiedlichsten Verwendungen ausgesetzt. Sie kämpften zunächst im Regimentsverband kavalleristisch, wurden aber auch auf allen Kriegsschauplätzen infanteristisch verwendet. Ob das Regiment als Verband oder aufgeteilt als Divisionskavallerie eingesetzt war, ist gegenwärtig nicht bekannt. Der Status als Kavallerie-Regiment bestand bis Kriegsende.

Nach Ende des Krieges kehrte das Regiment geordnet aus Bulgarien zurück und wurde in Budapest demobilisiert.

Gliederung
Ein Regiment bestand in der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Kavallerie in der Regel ursprünglich aus drei bis vier (in der Ausnahme auch mehr) Divisionen. (Mit Division wurde hier ein Verband in Bataillonsstärke bezeichnet. Die richtige Division wurde Infanterie- oder Kavallerie-Truppendivision genannt.) Jede Division hatte drei Eskadronen, deren jede wiederum aus zwei Kompanien bestand. Die Anzahl der Reiter in den einzelnen Teileinheiten schwankte, lag jedoch normalerweise bei etwa 80 Reitern je Kompanie.

Die einzelnen Divisionen wurden nach ihren formalen Führern benannt:
 die 1. Division war die Oberst-Division
 die 2. Division war die Oberstlieutenant (Oberstleutnant)-Division
 die 3. Division war die Majors-Division
 die 4. Division war die 2. Majors-Division

Im Zuge der Heeresreform wurden die Kavallerie-Regimenter ab 1860 auf zwei Divisionen reduziert.

Bis zum Jahre 1798 wurden die Regimenter nach ihren jeweiligen Inhabern (die nicht auch die Kommandanten sein mussten) genannt. Eine verbindliche Regelung der Schreibweise existierte nicht. (z. B. Regiment Graf Serbelloni – oder Regiment Serbelloni.) Mit jedem Inhaberwechsel änderte das betroffene Regiment seinen Namen. Nach 1798 galt vorrangig die nummerierte Bezeichnung, die unter Umständen mit dem Namen des Inhabers verbunden werden konnte.
Bedingt durch diese ständige Umbenennung sind die Regimentsgeschichten der österreichisch-ungarischen Kavallerie nur sehr schwer zu verfolgen. Hinzu kommt die ständige und dem Anschein nach willkürliche, zu Teil mehrfache Umklassifizierung der Verbände. (Zum Beispiel: K.u.k. Böhmisches Dragoner-Regiment "Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz" Nr. 14)

 siehe: k.u.k. Husaren

Anmerkungen
 Die Kumanen, ein Turkvolk und die Jazygier überfielen auf ihrer Flucht vor den Tataren bereits in den Jahren 1068–1071 Ostungarn. Nachdem sie vom ungarischen König Salomon besiegt wurden, traten sie zum christlichen Glauben über und siedelte sich  als Wehrbauern zur Bewachung der Grenzen an. Der in den Jahren 1272–1290 regierende ungarischen König Ladislau IV. war  kumanischer Abstammung. Von Anfang an stellten diese Volksgruppen hervorragende Reiter für die ungarische Armee.

 siehe auch: Kyptschaken

Fußnoten

Literatur
 Obstlt. Alphons Frhr. v. Wrede: Geschichte der K.u.K. Wehrmacht von 1618 bis Ende des XIX Jh. Wien 1898–1905.
 György Ságvári: Das Buch der Husaren. Magyar Könyvklub, Budapest 1999.
 Georg Schreiber: Des Kaisers Reiterei. Österreichische Kavallerie in 4 Jahrhunderten. Mit einem Geleitwort von Alois Podhajsky. Speidel, Wien 1967.
 B. M. Buchmann: Österreich und das Osmanische Reich. WUV-Univ.-Verl., Wien 1999.
 Richard Brooks: Solferino 1859, The Battle for Italy's Freedom, Osprey Publishing, Oxford UK 2009, ISBN 978-1-84603-385-8

Kavallerieverband (Österreich-Ungarn)
Wilhelm von Preußen (1882–1951) als Namensgeber


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Князь Па́вел Никола́евич Енгалы́чев (25 марта 1864 — 12 августа 1944) — русский генерал-лейтенант, генерал-адъютант из рода Енгалычевых. Последний варшавский генерал-губернатор.

Биография
Из дворян Тамбовской губернии. Сын губернского предводителя дворянства князя Николая Ивановича Енгалычева и жены его Надежды Павловны Игнатьевой, дочери генерала П. Н. Игнатьева.

Образование получил в Пажеском корпусе. Выпущен корнетом (1883) в Кавалергардский Ея Величества полк. В 1889 году окончил Николаевскую академию Генерального штаба по первому разряду.

С 1892 года старший адъютант 1-й гвардейской пехотной дивизии. В 1894—1901 годах — военный агент в Германии. Во время китайской кампании 1900—1901 годов состоял при германском экспедиционном корпусе.

С 8 июня 1902 года — командир лейб-гвардии Гусарского полка. 6 сентября 1905 года назначен и. д. дворцового коменданта. 26 октября 1905 года переведён в распоряжение министра императорского двора генерала В. Б. Фредерикса.

22 марта 1914 года Енгалычев был назначен начальником Николаевской военной академии. После начала войны занятия в Академии были прекращены, а Енгалычев получил 9 августа 1914 года назначение начальником штаба 6-й армии, которая должна была обеспечивать оборону Петрограда.

23 декабря 1914 года назначен Варшавским генерал-губернатором для проведения более либерального по отношению к полякам курса.

Уже в 1915 году значительная часть территории генерал-губернаторства попала под контроль противника, а другая передана под контроль командующим частями действующей армии. Тем не менее Енгалычев продолжал числиться генерал-губернатором, хотя в июле 1915 года покинул Варшаву.

В марте 1915 года пожалован в генерал-адъютанты.

После Февральской революции немедленно потерял должность и 8 марта 1917 года зачислен в распоряжение начальника штаба Верховного главнокомандующего. 5 апреля 1917 года переведён в резерв чинов при штабе Киевского ВО, а 19 июля 1917 уволен от службы по прошению с мундиром и пенсией. В 1918 жил в Кисловодске, в 1919 — в Екатеринодаре.

После поражения белых армий — в эмиграции. Умер в 1944 году в Лозанне.

Семья
Был женат на Маргарите Алексеевне Стенбок-Фермор (1870—1950). Их дочь: Маргарита Павловна Енгалычева, в замужестве Лерда Ольберг (16 апреля 1901, Берлин — 16 декабря 1976, Рим)

Награды
 Орден Святого Станислава 3-й ст. (1891);
 Орден Святого Владимира 4-й ст. (1897);
 Орден Святой Анны 2-й ст. (1901);
 Орден Святого Владимира 3-й ст. (1904);
 Орден Святого Станислава 1-й ст. (1906);
 Орден Святой Анны 1-й ст. (18.04.1910);
 Орден Святого Владимира 2-й ст. (06.05.1913).

Иностранные:
 французский Орден Почетного Легиона, кавалерский крест (1894);
 черногорский Орден Князя Даниила I 4-й ст. (1896);
 саксонский Орден Альбрехта 2-го класса (1897);
 прусский Орден Короны 2-го кл со звездой (1901).

Примечания

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Выпускники Пажеского корпуса
Кавалергарды
Лейб-гусары
Выпускники Николаевской военной академии
Начальники Николаевской военной академии
Военные агенты Российской империи
Генерал-лейтенанты (Российская империя)
Варшавские генерал-губернаторы
Генерал-майоры Свиты
Генерал-адъютанты (Российская империя)
Участники китайского похода (1900—1901)
Военачальники Первой мировой войны (Россия)
Русские эмигранты первой волны во Франции


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Is Coupang IPO the biggest in the US in 2021?
Home » Is Coupang IPO the biggest in the US in 2021?
Ella Jones, Deputy Editor In Chief
Coupang, South Korea's largest e-commerce company, raised $4.6 billion in the biggest initial public offering in the United States this year that priced above its target range.
Coupang said in a statement that it had priced 130 million shares sold in the IPO at $35 a share, higher than the offered range of $32 to $34 a share, giving the Seoul-based e-commerce company a market value of $60 billion. The company initially revealed its IPO plans in mid-February.
Coupang's IPO is the biggest U.S. offering so far this year, surpassing the $2.15 billion raised by dating app Bumble. It also marks a jump in Coupang's valuation, which was pegged at $9 billion in a fundraising round in 2018, according to Pitchbook.
Coupang rose to prominence after launching its guaranteed same-day or next-day delivery service in the East Asian country.
Mega-conglomerate SoftBank's $100 billion Vision Fund owns 35.1% of Coupang.
Goldman Sachs, Allen Co, JPMorgan and Citigroup are the lead underwriters for the offering.
by Ella Jones | Linkedin


ATHENS, Ohio -- The Ohio volleyball team (6-8, 1-0 MAC) opened up the Mid-American Conference portion of its 2018 schedule with a 3-1 (21-25, 25-16, 25-19, 25-20) victory over East Division rival Kent State (7-8, 0-1 MAC) tonight at the Convocation Center.
Redshirt senior outside hitter Jaime Kosiorek (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) and junior outside hitter Lizzie Stephens (Dallas, Texas) both achieved double-doubles for the Bobcats. Kosiorek led the match with 14 kills and added 12 digs to go along with two service aces. Stephens logged 12 kills and 15 digs and matched freshman defensive specialist/setter Emily Walsh (Allen, Texas) for the match lead with three service aces. Junior middle blocker Sara Januszewski (Oak Creek, Wis.) hit a scorching .733 with 11 kills. Redshirt junior middle blocker Simone Miller (Kalamazoo, Mich.) racked up a career-high 11 blocks (three solo, eight assisted) to lead the match. Redshirt senior right side hitter Katie Nelson (Regina, Saskatchewan) totaled nine kills and six assisted blocks. Sophomore setter Vera Giacomazzi (San Vendemiano, Italy) tallied a match-high 40 assists and chipped in four total blocks (one solo, four assisted). Sophomore libero/defensive specialist Macy Reihing (Lexington, Ky.) led Ohio with 26 digs while junior libero defensive specialist Meredith Howe (Grand Rapids, Mich.) added 13 more.
Ohio began the opening set with an early 10-4 lead after a pair of kills by Stephens and Kosiorek. With a sustained push by the Bobcats and a kill by Nelson, Kent State utilized its first timeout of the match with Ohio holding a 14-8 lead. The Golden Flashes gained momentum, outscoring the Bobcats 9-3 after the timeout to tie the opening set at 17-all. A kill by Kent State gave the Flashes their first lead of the match, 18-17, though, and the Golden Flashes went on to win set oen by four points.
The Bobcats jumped out to an early 6-1 lead over the Golden Flashes to begin the second set, forcing an early Kent State timeout. After the Flashes attempted to battle back, a service ace by Kosiorek, a kill and block assist by Nelson, a pair of service aces by Walsh and a pair of kills by both Stephens and Januszewski, allowed the Bobcats to even the match with a 25-16 second set victory.
After a 5-2 deficit to begin the third set, Ohio used a service ace by Howe, two consecutive service aces from Stephens, a block by Miller, two registered kills from Kosiorek, another service ace by Giacomazzi and a kill from Nelson to race ahead, 13-9. Kent State responded with an 8-4 run to tie the score at 17 apiece but, with two powerful kills by Januszewski combined with Stephens' third service ace of the match and a block by Giacomazzi, Ohio gained a 22-18 lead to force a timeout by the Golden Flashes late in the third set. Stephens registered kill number 11 for the match while Miller registered her eighth total block of the match for a 25-19 set win for the Bobcats.
Kent State built up a 14-9 lead in an attempt to force a fifth set. A service error and three hitting errors for the Golden Flashes, service ace number three from Walsh and kill number 10 by Januszewski made it a 14-all tie midway through the fourth set. Tied again at 17, Kosiorek strung together two kills for a 19-17 lead for Ohio. Kosiorek added another kill in combination with another Miller block, giving Ohio a late 22-18 fourth set lead. Kosiorek and Nelson combined for three kills to end the fourth set for a 25-20 Ohio set win and a match victory.
Kent State was led by senior right-side hitter Amy Kober and freshman middle blocker Dani Tyson, who both contributed 10 kills. freshman outside hitter Kathryn Ellison registered nine kills and also added 16 digs. Redshirt freshman setter Alex Haffner recorded a team-high 33 assists and also achieved a double-double with 10 digs. Freshman libero/defensive specialist Erin Gardner led the match with 28 digs.
Ohio takes to the road for the first time in MAC play when it visits West Division foe Central Michigan in an 8 p.m. ET matchup at McGuirk Arena in Mount Pleasant, Mich.


ITV are making a new TV adaptation of Jane Austen's unfinished work, Sanditon.
It will consist of 8, one hour episodes to be shown over consecutive weeks.
It has been adapted for television by Andrew Davis, who also wrote the screen version of the BAFTA award-winning BBC series, Pride & Prejudice. Aired in 1995 it starred Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle as the main characters, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet.
Davies also wrote the screenplays for War & Peace, Little Dorrit, Bleak House and Vanity Fair.
ITV are producing the lavish series in conjunction with Red Planet Pictures and Masterpiece, with Georgian Lowe as the producer. Filming is expected to begin in spring 2019.
It will be distributed internationally by the BBC Studios.
ITV has previously produced Mansfield Park, staring Billie Piper, and Persuasion staring Sally Hawkins and Rupert Penry-Jones.
Originally titled, The Brothers, Austen only completed eleven chapters of the book before her death in 1817. Miss Austen died in Winchester at the age of 41.
The novel, the last Austen wrote before her death, tells the story of unconventional and impulsive Charlotte Heywood and her relationship with the humorous and slightly wild, Sidney Parker.
When an accident results in Charlotte moving from her rural hometown of Willingden to the coastal resort of Sanditon, Charlotte is exposed to the intrigues and dalliances of the seaside and its characters depending on its commercial success.
Screenwriter and executive producer Andrew Davies spoke about his excitement of the new ITV series.
ITV has previously adapted four of Austen's novels in the past. In 2007, Persuasion, Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey aired on TV, while Emma, starring Kate Beckinsale, was released in 1996.
So, while we wait for it to hit our screens, who would you like to see in the lead roles?
I would like Gemma Arterton and Orlando Bloom, but I think they are too bigger stars for a UK production!


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Branding revealed for Jasper Morrison and Jaime Hayon's Jijibaba clothes label
Atlas has created the branding for the new fashion label, which will also be contributed to by other industrial and product designers.
By Tom Banks October 16, 2017 5:43 pm October 16, 2017 5:44 pm
Atlas has created the branding for Jijibaba, a new clothing venture which has seen industrial designers Jasper Morrison and Jaime Hayon turn their hands to fashion design.
The clothing collection has just launched at high-end retailer Dover Street Market in London and was also showcased at Design Frontiers at Somerset House, part of this year's London Design Festival.
The opening collection is called "Items 1-38" and each item of clothing will be given a running number as the collection grows. It will not launch seasonal collections.
Led by Jasper Morrison and Jaime Hayon
Other product and industrial designers will be invited to take the collection further and will be commissioned by Morrison and Hayon.
Principles of industrial and product design have been applied to the collection in a bid to create high quality and functional clothing.
Atlas creative director Astrid Stavro says: "One of the brand's characteristics is precisely that it is a growing community of designers, which is something we wanted to highlight visually."
Ecosystem of designers
Stavro says that Atlas has considered the idea of an "ecosystem of designers", who will design clothing for the brand.
"It was about finding Jijibaba's voice – a visual language that would accommodate different styles and names under the same graphic umbrella," adds Stavro, who was also inspired by principles applied to industrial and product design, such as timelessness, functionality and playfulness.
The typographic solution was settled on after a series of experiments. When set in lowercase, the four consecutive "tittles" (or dots), over the letters "j" and "i" appeared hard to read, so they were set in Futura before the typeface was tweaked, shortening the ascenders and descenders – the extended, vertical parts of letters. Meanwhile the "J" was modified, while the dots were made smaller and more circular.
"Designed as if we were ghosts"
"We designed three main label sizes that would accommodate all the different items, each sewn under specific instructions based on the type of garment. We basically tried to design the brand as if we were ghosts," says Stavro.
The branding has been applied to the garments as well as swing tags, packaging, look books and accessories.
16-22 October 2017 Projects Branding Product
Poster Girls: "Women in graphic design have been criminally neglected"
Pentagram's slash-based identity for London Fashion Week
Barrister and judge training organisation gets "progressive" Pegasus branding


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Roll Call Extra: August 20, 2020
We've reached the point of the summer that would normally be peak jazz festival season. And while there's no replacing the alchemy of sun, live music and effortless companionship that makes this the sweetest time of year for many jazz fans, the last couple of weeks have brought an armful of unusually compelling new releases to salve the sting of live music's continued absence.
Did any jazz musician have a better year in 2019 than Greg Ward? He seemed to show up on a disproportionate number of the year's best releases including his own "Stomping Off From Greenwood," bringing fiery commitment, dazzling facility and a secure grounding in the blues, a modern-day Cannonball Adderley. He's been quieter this year, but the release of "High Alert," a three-song, 23-minute EP, is a reminder of his gripping artistry–and one with an unusually compelling backstory. While on tour in 2009, Ward and the band were hustled off their train into the middle of a neo-Nazi rally in Moravia. Chased by rioters, they managed to escape to Poland and relative safety. You don't need to know any of this to hear the menace in the siren effects that begin the title cut or the urgency and confusion of the argument between Ward's alto and Rob Clearfield's piano in the urgent, Romany-tinged "Dogfight." When Quin Kirchner's drums slam the door shut, the chase is on. It's heart-pounding stuff, culminating in alto shrieks from Ward. The concluding movement, "To Know Peace," is a flowing song of thanksgiving with deep-toned bass from Jeff Greene and a pastoral, quintessentially Midwestern Clearfield solo drenched in hope and optimism. Ward and his Chicago band made this recording in 2013. It's not clear why he sat on it for so long, but he couldn't have picked a more apposite time to release it.
Greg Ward's Fitted Shards: High Alert by Greg Ward's Fitted Shards
That goes double for Gregg August's "Dialogues On Race, Vol. 1," a commissioned piece originally performed in 2009 but seemingly written for this precise moment. Writing for and leading a midsized ensemble from the bass, August's project inevitably recalls Charles Mingus. Yet August is white, and the appropriately sober respectfulness with which he approaches his subject is world's away from Mingus' volcanic passions, but no less moving for it. Is there any other way to hear Marcus Rojas' strangled tuba solo in "Letter to America" than as the voice of George Floyd, even though it was recorded 15 months to the day before Floyd's murder? Another murder, that of Emmet Till (65 years ago next Friday) runs like a through-line emotionally and thematically uniting the work's 12 movements. Many were inspired by poems by Langston Hughes, Maya Angelou and others, and a few offer direct settings of complete poems or excerpts. The most moving of them might be "I Sang in the Sun," delivered in a high tenor of unearthly purity by Forest Van Dyke. The instrumental ensemble, including tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen, trumpeter John Bailey and the sensitive pianist Luis Perdomo, is all in and every member contributes to the economical and vivid solos. This isn't hortatory, mount-the-barricades music. If August is calling us to do anything, it's to reflect on the moment and the attitudes and injustices that brought us to this baleful place in American history. The most eloquent voice on the record belongs to Mamie Till whose measured, clear-eyed reflections on the murder of her son embody August's message of fearless witness and eternal vigilance. She is the conscience of an eloquent and deeply-felt musical statement, one that offers a rebuke to the society that stubbornly clings to values and behaviors that makes such a statement necessary in the first place.
Dialogues On Race by Gregg August
Timely in a different way is the Michael Formanek Quartet's cheekily titled "Pre-Apocalyptic," which was a surprise drop on Bandcamp's August 7 no-fee day. Along with releases by Nick Dunston and Anna Webber, "Pre-Apocalyptic" inaugurated Out of Your Head Records' new Untamed series of digital-only releases that the label says have "a quicker turnaround than a traditional studio album." That doesn't exactly apply to the Formanek release, which was recorded at an unidentified tour stop in 2014. Judging from the apparent size of the audience and the sound quality, my guess is that "Pre-Apocalyptic" is a stage recording of the May 9 performance at Vicenza, Italy, but matters of provenance dissolve in the face of music this powerful and imaginative. Formanek is a Hubble Telescope of a composer and this is music that peers deeply into cosmic vistas. Absent is the vast soundscape afforded by ECM on 2012's "Small Places" on which four of the seven compositions here originally appeared, but the complex, haunting music hangs in the air, a beckoning mystery. It's always fascinating to hear Tim Berne as a sideman, here bluesier than he tends to be on his own projects. Drummer Gerald Cleaver is low in the mix, which is a shame; his decisions on when to push the band and when to comment are uncanny. Craig Taborn is absolutely at the top of his game, which means he's mindblowing as both an accompanist and a soloist–and frequently both simultaneously. Formanek is the dark matter that holds all this mindpower together. If you're not convinced that you need to download "Pre-Apocalyptic" right away, consider that all proceeds from your purchase will be given directly to the artists, and OOYH Records will donate an additional $1 for each album sold to Black Lives Matter, the organization chosen by Formanek. By the way, the very cool cover art is by T.J. Huff.
Pre-Apocalyptic by Michael Formanek Quartet
When this dreadful year ends, there won't be much to look back on with fondness. Still, seeing these three releases on the lists of the best recordings of 2020, you'll have to conclude that musically at least, this was a pretty good year.


the past two weeks we have been talking about detox and cleanse diets. So for our recipe I decided to go with this very simple salad packed with nutrients.
The only time consuming part is the chopping all the veggies,but you can use a chopping attachment for your food processor and speed things up. The vegetables can be chopped well ahead in advance. The only thing you need to put together before lunch or dinner will be dressing which is pretty simple.
In a big bowl, mix all the vegetables together.
Mix the dressing ingredients together in another small bowl or magic bullet and stir till you get a uniform paste. Add more water if needed to achieve the desired consistency.
Pour dressing over the vegetables. Garnish with hemp seeds and serve.


IBM Announce that they will no longer supporting IBM AIX 5.3 Operating System from 1st April 2012!!
For those customers that are using this version of operating system software could come as a bit of a shock especially if you are unable to upgrade a supported version AIX 6.1.
IBM Extended Support Agreement could be a saving grace as they will help support your AIX 5.3 Operating System until you are ready to upgrade to a supported version but this does come at a price. In my experience I have seen prices for Extended Support three times the value of Software Maintenance!!
In my opinion customers should look at the cost of having extended support over peace of mind.


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Home & Garden Garden
Watch a Bumblebee Get Pollen From a Flower Through the Power of Buzzing (Video)
Melissa Breyer
F.I.T., State University of New York
Melissa Breyer is Treehugger's editorial director. She is a sustainability expert and author whose work has been published by the New York Times and National Geographic, among others.
Screen capture. Smithsonian Channel
Urban Farms
Bees experience forces 30 times greater than gravity as they buzz for pollen — near the limit of human endurance, notes the New York Times in an article about buzz pollination.
Buzz pollination is much like what its name suggests: Bee approaches flower, grabs on, buzzes with all of its might, flower resists until, poof, pollen everywhere.
Most flowering plants rely on pollen being delivered to another to fertilize seeds. Some plants – to the chagrin of allergy sufferers everywhere – do so by casting their pollen to the wind. Other plants depend on an army of pollinators – bees, birds, bats – to do their pollen bidding for them.
Some of these pollinator-dependent plants entice animals to their pollen-y chambers with the promise of nectar, the pollen then hitches a ride to the next flower. But there is a whole host of plant species, like tomatoes and potatoes and others, that have a different arrangement. The attraction here is the pollen itself, which is offered as protein-rich food. And rather than make it easily accessible, which would be detrimental as it would offer pollinators and non-pollinators alike an all-you-can-eat buffet, it keeps that pollen squirrelled away in deep tubes.
Which is where buzz pollination comes in. Bumblebees are one of the few bees that can do this; certain other insects have the gift as well, but it's definitely a specialized talent. The insect grabs the tube with its jaws and starts vibrating the pollen-filled goldmine hundreds of times a second.
"It has to hold on, because the vibrations are so strong that otherwise it could come flying off the flower," says Mario Vallejo-Marín of the University of Stirling in Scotland, who has studied the behavior.
The animals produce a peculiar buzz with this technique, notes The Times. "It sounds like a bee is giving you a raspberry," says Stephen Buchmann of the University of Arizona. In fact, they're creating resonating vibrations to loosen the pollen grains inside the tubes. "The bees are turning themselves into living tuning forks," he adds.
And indeed, it's a site (or sound) to behold, as can be seen in this slow-motion clip from Smithsonian Channl. Amazing!
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9 Extraordinary Facts About North America's NativeBees
To Help a Native Bee, You Have to Know One
Bumblebees Can Be Optimistic, Study Finds
Why 'Golfing' Bumblebees Are a Big Deal
See How Bees Sense a Flower's Electric Field
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U.S. Declares Bees Endangered for First Time
Why Robot Bees Are a Great Idea
Why 'Lazy' Lawn Mowers Are Heroes for Bees
What You Need to Know About Beneficial Bugs
10 Wild and Crazy Facts About Jumping Spiders


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Dani Dyer has admitted that she and Jack Fincham have separated, simply three months after their transient break up.
The 23 yr previous has revealed that she now not lives together with her boyfriend, 27, as a result of they couldn't cease arguing.
Love Island winners Dani and Jack moved into an East London house, however moved out as soon as the lease was up.
Dani now lives in Essex, near dad Danny Dyer and mum Jo Mas, whereas Jack has moved to South London.
She informed Fabulous journal: "Things are tougher in the actual world. That's the place you get to know the particular person and also you be taught their faults.
She continued: "We'd each come out a bubble and have been making an attempt to adapt to this new world.
However, the stunner insisted that the pair are nonetheless in a relationship, including: "We're constructing the connection] again up slowly. We each moved out our areas and to Wapping collectively, the place we had none our house comforts.
"It's good to have my very own firm typically. I can watch what I need – when Jack's there, he places all these fowl programmes on.
Dani and Jack are at present having fun with a romantic sun-filled vacation in Thailand collectively.


In the last week, AREG members have teamed up with the Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society (AHARS) to help bring the Crafers VK5RAD 70cm 439.925MHz repeater back to life. Temporary equipment has been loaned to the site while repairs continue on the original repeater.
Thanks to everyone at AHARS and AREG for restoring this valuable service to amateurs in the greater Adelaide area.
The 6214-IRLP node currently is still on the VK5RSB 70cm repeater on 439.900 (contrary to what was broadcast on the WIA Sunday News this week). AREG is discussing the plans for its move currently with AHARS and the AREG membership. We will advise when the IRLP gateway does move.
UPDATE: April 17th 2015: Users of the VK5RSB 6m repeater will be pleased to learn that AREG has finally received the new antenna from Polar Industries.A big thank you to all of the donor's who have helped fund the replacement antenna.
The club is still happy to receive additional donations so that the maintenance funds can be replenished, so if you are a regular user on VK5RSB 6m, please consider making a contribution! Donations can be made via the PayPal button on the left hand side of the screen.
Planning for the replacement antenna's installation is now underway as well as the repairs to the 6m transmitter amplifier. We will advise when the system has been restored!
VK5RSB 6m Repeater Replacement Antenna Ordered!
The repair of the 53.750 MHz VK5RSB 6m FM repeater is one step closer with the order finally being placed for the replacement antenna.
Members will recall; that the site suffered what appears to be a lightning strike before Christmas. The temporary antenna that was installed shortly after the strike hasn't worked out so well. Due to excessive VSWR, it has damaged the transmitter PA which Adrian VK5ZBR will lovingly reconstruct (again) as part of the repairs.
A big thank you to all the members who made donations towards it's purchase. We have been advised that the antenna is only 1-2 weeks away from delivery into Adelaide. Once it has arrived, plans will be set for the repair to take place.
The VK5RSB 6m repeater is once again off the air. We suspect that the temporary antenna has failed, most likely taking the power amplifier with it again.
The AREG is currently looking to buy a new commercially made co-linear 6m antenna, we have received quotes to replace the antenna for A$500.
The AREG would welcome any donations to the antenna replacement by regular users/contributors. There's a donate button on the front page of our website, simply place "VK5RSB 6m" in the relevant field when prompted to let us know what the donation is for.
Those users that have already donated we offer our thanks ! Without your support this repeater would be off air for a much longer period.
The 6 metre repeater, VK5RSB 6 (53.750 MHz) at Summertown, has now been serviced, the RF transmit power amplifier has been repaired, the receiver checked for specifications and the repeater has now been re-installed (23/12/2014) at its site with a replacement temporary 5/8w antenna and is now back on air for general use.
The high power PA is back on line with the system now putting 40 watts into the antenna, as a against the previous 15 watts from the PA driver.
Many thanks must go to Adrian VK5ZBR and Rod VK5UDX for their efforts and work to get the VK5RSB 6 metre repeater back on line.
The 6 metre repeater, VK5RSB 6 at Summertown, has now been serviced, the RF transmit power amplifier has been repaired, the receiver checked for specifications and the repeater is ready for re-installation back at its site. This is all subject to a replacement antenna and the service crew availability.
A temporary antenna has been re-built and will be installed as soon as is practicable. The mechanics of the construction of this antenna will be a limitation for long term use in the harsh environment at the top of the 30 metre tower, so it will need to be replaced as soon as a suitable alternative is made available.
AREG has requested for quotes from the "big three" antenna manufacturers and only one has responded with a firm quotation for a heavy duty antenna cut for 53.750 MHz, which is now being reviewed for consideration and possible purchase.
As the loss of the antenna was unexpected, AREG would appreciate any financial assistance to help pay for the replacement antenna. So, if you are able to make a donation, any amount will be much appreciated. You may use the "Donate" button to the left of this blog to donate, or alternatively contact one of the AREG Committee members for assistance.
If you are able to donate, please add "VK5RSB 6" and your call sign so that the donation may be identified specifically in support of the 6m antenna replacement.


The Rushford-Peterson football team kicked off the Section 1A playoffs with a 54-13 win over Hayfield in the first round of the playoffs on Tuesday night, Oct. 23rd.
The No. 3 seed Trojans used a second-quarter offensive outburst to sweep the No. 6 seed Vikings in their second matchup of the season.
R-P coach Davin Thompson said the team had no problem bouncing back from a disappointing loss to Blooming Prairie in the last game of the regular season. "It really was a fun night," Thompson said. "We really turned a corner with our on-field leadership. The kids played with a lot of heart, grit, and passion. We played really well together and for each other.
"We actually played without a couple key players in Vinnie Mason and Ian Brown, our starting defensive ends. Tim Highum and Brennan Volkman came in and played well in relief. It was a really good team win on Tuesday night.
The R-P offense totaled up 473 yards on 50 plays. The Trojans ground game averaged an impressive 8.50 yards per carry, rushing the ball 34 times for 289 yards. Triton Meldahl was explosive, finishing with 109 yards and two touchdowns on just five carries, including a long 79-yard scamper (21.80 yards per carry). Ethan Sense rushed for 54 yards and two TD's on 13 carries. Carson Flynn added five carries and 63 yards with one touchdown. Fullback Carter Weidemann also had a rushing TD.
Senior QB Landon Skalet was very efficient in the final home game of his career, completing 10 of 15 passes for 184 yards and two TD's. Hermanson was explosive catching the football, finishing with four receptions for 103 yards and a TD. Lind added four catches for 58 yards and a touchdown.
The win earned Rushford-Peterson a rematch with the Goodhue Wildcats. The Trojans lost the regular-season game vs. Goodhue 14-7 on Friday night, Oct. 5.


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# Lobey Dosser

![Bronze of Lobey Dosser](image:lobey-dosser-statue.jpg)

This bronze was created in 1992.  It is the world's only statue of a two-legged
horse.  It shows Sheriff Lobey Dosser and his nemesis Rank
Bajin riding Lobey's horse El Fideldo, otherwise known as Elfie.

> A Lobey Dosser, in the Glasgow vernacular, is someone who sleeps in the
entrance to a tenement building -- literally _lobby sleeper_. In similar vein
a _bajin_ is Glasgow slang for _bad one_.

These are characters from a cartoon strip by [Bud Neill][1].  The cartoon
started in the Evening Times in 1949 where it ran for 7 years, then
moving to the Sunday Mail.  It developed a cult following after
Neill's death in 1970.

The statue is located opposite the pub where it was conceived. It was
designed by two art students Tony Morrow and Nick Gillion based on a
drawing by Ranald MacColl, Neill's biographer and friend.

There is another statue from the same series, of G.I, Bride which was
placed in Partick Station in 2011.  This was sculpted by MacColl
himself.

![G.I. Bride](image:gi-bride.jpg)

MacColl is responsible for the garden restaurant at the Ubiquitous Chip in
Ashton Lane, as well as the interior design of several pubs in the area, including:
the Lismore in Partick and the Ben Nevis on Argyle Street. Well worth a visit.

[1]: /wiki/Bud_Neill

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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H.R.3459 - VA Staffing and Vacancies Transparency Act of 2017115th Congress (2017-2018)
Rep. Brown, Anthony G. [D-MD-4] (Introduced 07/27/2017)
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Rep. Heck, Denny [D-WA-10] 09/07/2017
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