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How to Defeat Night's Cavalry in Elden Ring
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Elden Ring is an upcoming single-player action RPG created by FromSoftware and George R. R. Martin, the man behind Game of Thrones' universe, A Song of Ice and Fire.
George R. R. Martin is known for mercilessly ending the life of his characters in Song of Ice and Fire. I mention that because it makes me wonder if the brutal nature of his stories influenced bosses that can one-shot you in Elden Ring.
The first time I saw the Night's Cavalry, I certainly didn't expect it to rush towards me and send me back to a site of grace with a single swing of his halberd. I also didn't expect another random boss in the open field, but that's the game we're playing.
Although being one-shot there was my fault, I was underleved in a very dangerous area, it did make me a bit scared of facing this boss again.
After a while, I encountered other bosses with the same name. Thankfully, those weren't as scary, so I managed to come up with a few different strategies to defeat them.
They all appear at night and can be fought the same way. Luckily, the strongest Night's Cavalry, the one who one-shot me, is also the easiest to defeat.
Defeating the boss on the bridge in Caelid can be incredibly easy and somewhat tedious if you follow our special strategy to finish him off. In fact, if you manage to pull it off, you won't have to attack him at all.
If you want to know how to handle Night's Cavalry, the best way to fight it, and how to defeat one of them by just outmaneuvering it, stick around.
Here's how to defeat Night's Cavalry in Elden Ring.
How to Beat the Night's Cavalry
What Do Night's Cavalries Drop
There are quite a few efficient ways to handle the Night's Cavalry, but all of them demand you to study his attack patterns a little.
Generally, this boss runs at you and swings his weapon in very recognizable ways. Sometimes it'll make his horse jump on you, which is equally easy to perceive and dodge.
If you manage to knock it down by attacking his horse, his attacks will also be easy to dodge, but don't be greedy. He has an area of effect attack that also summons back his horse.
Once you knock him down, run towards it to perform a critical strike. Then, dodge his incoming swings, hit a couple of attacks. Do it twice at most and walk away. You don't want to be near it while he summons back his horse.
As long as you learn his attack patterns and follow at least one of the tactics below, you will be fine.
This basic strategy works well, especially if you can afford to get hit a few times. If you mount Torrent and start going past Night's Cavalry and hitting it when you can, this fight will not be that hard. In fact, if you figure out how to defeat the Tree Sentinel, this will be somewhat similar.
Since you won't have any use for a shield while fighting Night's Cavalry on Torrent, I recommend you to equip a massive weapon with powerful charged attacks.
It also works to stay on the Night's Cavalry left side when it comes at you swinging his weapon. That can make him less menacing, and you can use Torrent's double jump to correct your course and run after the boss once it has missed you.
Dodge, Strike, and Wait
The easiest way to deal with Night's Cavalry, in my honest opinion, is to face him on foot. Wait for the boss to charge you, dodge, and strike it once or twice.
The number of times you can hit the boss after dodging its attack depends on your weapon and how close to you it landed.
All Night's Cavalry bosses telegraph their attacks. That's what makes it easy to identify the perfect moment to dodge and swing your sword, mace, or whatever you are wielding.
This tactic works better if your weapon has a decent reach. Shields don't work too well against this foe since Night's Cavalry attacks take a lot of stamina when blocked, which can make you vulnerable.
Use Spells and Ranged Attacks
Honestly, using spells and ranged attacks make this battle relatively easy on horseback. You don't even have to risk staying close to it. Wait for Night's Cavalry to start running and cast a few magic projectiles at him.
Repeat it from a safe distance while dodging its attacks, and you will have no problem taking this boss down.
Alternatively, you can use a bow and special arrows to deal damage to the boss as he moves away or after dodging a broad swing with a long recovery animation.
Use Poison Traps on the One in Caelid
That being said, the solution to this problem is surprisingly simple, don't get hit. I know how it sounds, but if you do manage to find a way to go past the Night's Cavalry, you have already done half of what you need in order to take his forty-five thousand runes.
Go through the bridge, do your best to stay alive, and lure him out of there. The general idea is simple, but the execution might be a bit hard; You want him close enough so that he won't stop chasing you, but not so close that his halberd can reach you.
It's ok to be hit a few times while figuring this out. I lost count of how many times the Night's Cavalry sent me back to a site of grace for trying to pull this off.
As the Night's Cavalry follows you, start stepping on the poison traps that you see along the way. Here's the tricky part, though, you will either be looking at the boss or at the road, and there is also the chance of a random enemy one-shotting you if you.
Still, if you do this right, you will take poison damage, and so will the Night's Cavalry, causing it to be defeated for chasing you. I don't fully understand how or why this happens, but sometimes the boss suddenly disappears after taking some poison damage. When that happens, the game considers you defeated him; you get all the runes and the "Enemy Felled" message on the screen.
If walking through poison once wasn't enough, it only means that you might have to do it again and again. Still, you don't have to fight all, just run away and wait for the poison to end it.
Make the Night's Cavalry of Caelid Fall
That's most likely the funniest way to take down the most dangerous Night's Cavalry boss. You can bait it into jumping out of the bridge and fall for its own demise.
This is riskier than using poison traps, but it might be the best way to deal with him if you have rested in the nearest site of grace and have no runes to spend.
Go to the side of the bridge and look for a ledge past the small walls. The idea here is quite simple. Wait there until it charges and try to get out of his way.
You might get knocked off the bridge a few times, but if you do this correctly, he will dive into the abyss and you will get the "Enemy Felled" message.
Yes, it is anti-climatic, and it completely trivializes this challenge, but it works.
So you managed to defeat a powerful foe that was on your way. What do you get? Well, it'll depend on the region where you found it.
Limgrave
The one in Limgrave drops 2400 runes and the Repeating Thrust Ashes of War.
The Repeating Thrust Ash of War provides Keen affinity, which increases Dexterity scaling but reduces Strength scaling and base damage. The ashes of war also allow you to add Repeating Thrust to any weapon except colossal ones.
Weeping Peninsula
This one grants you 3400 runes when defeated by you. It also leaves behind the Barricade Ash of War and the Nightrider Flail.
The Nightrider Flail is a weapon that scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity. It requires 10 points of Strength and 24 points of Dexterity. It also causes blood loss as a passive ability, which makes it a very good weapon.
The Barricade Shield Ash of War provides standard affinity, and it seems to improve your resistance to attacks when wielding a shield after you activate it.
Liurnia
The Knight's Cavalry in Liurnia drops 5600 runes, the Nightrider Glaive, and the Giant Hunt Ash of War.
The Ash of War: Giant Hunt is meant to fight tall and giant enemies. Once you use it, your character steps forward from a low stance, carrying the momentum into a sudden upward thrust, which is excellent to farm runes fast in Stormhill. It can be used on large and colossal thrusting weapons, twinblades, and spears.
The Nightrider Glaive is a halberd that scales primarily with Strength and Dexterity. As you've seen during the fight, this is a great weapon for mounted combat. However, it requires 26 points in Strength and 10 in Dexterity. The Dexterity prerequisite is fine, but the strength one means this weapon is only for those with a Strength build.
Caelid
The Knight's Cavalry in Liurnia drops 42000 runes and the Ice Spear Ash of War, making this fight a great way to level up fast in Elden Ring.
Unlike most of the Ashes of War that you've seen so far, this one works more like a spell. Ice Spear is the skill of the warriors who served Lunar Princess Ranni. When you activate it, your character spins their weapon to release cold magic, then channels it into a piercing spear of ice.
This Ash of War also provides affinity to Cold, which adds Frostbite buildup every time you land a hit. It also increases Intelligence scaling of a weapon but decreases any other scaling that the weapon might have. Ice Spear works on both twinblades and thrusting spears.
All Night's Cavalry bosses behave somewhat the same way, and they are not as threatening once you level up a bit and manage to exploit their long recovery animations to land a few attacks.
If you know how to defeat the Tree Sentinel, you shouldn't have much trouble dealing with the Night's Cavalry.
It is true that the one that appears in Caelid is a formidable opponent, and he does deal a lot of damage, but you can always cheese him if you're done fighting mounted bosses. Poisoning him or making him jump off the bridge will make the fight end instantly, granting you tens of thousands of runes without any effort.
In fact, you can always use a Gold-Pickled Fowl Foot to increase the amount of runes you will receive once you defeat this enemy, causing you to receive over 50000 runes from a single encounter that you didn't even have to fight.
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One of the fundamental principles of PlayJazzNow is that musicians who want to reach their highest potential as improvisors need to work on material in all 12 keys. Every aspect of your playing improves with 12 key facility: technique, harmonic knowledge, the ability to play by ear and so on. My belief in this principal is based upon 30+ years of experience as a bassist. Whether accompanying singers or playing with instrumentalists who prefer non-standard keys, my ability to transpose tunes on the fly has proven to be an essential skill. I've had the pleasure of working with some extraordinary musicians during my career, including a few who like to play tunes in a variety of keys without telling the bass player. Yes, it can be annoying, but it's also challenging and fun.
There are some well-known jazz masters who have stressed 12 key fluency, among them Bill Evans and Jim Hall. I remember reading the liner notes for a live duo recording by Hall and Red Mitchell ("Embraceable You" on the Artists House label) in which the bassist remarked that they would often ascend the bandstand without knowing what tunes or keys they might play in the next set. Red also wrote that he and Jim would decide in the moment which one of them would play the melody, so for them it wasn't just a matter of transposing chord changes; they had the ears and experience to be able to play melodies and improvise regardless of key.
The other musician who influenced me in this regard was the legendary Joe Daley, the highly skilled and well respected saxophonist who spent his career playing and teaching in Chicago. I was fortunate enough to play in Joe's quartet for about a year around 1980. Though I never formally studied with him, I was in The Joe Daley Academy every Monday night on the bandstand. I often play with some of his students, who are among the best players in the Chicago jazz community and beyond. Joe stressed three things: physical technique (chops), relying on your ears and practicing everything in all 12 keys.
Recently I was delighted to discover that Dan Hesler, one of Joe's students, had published a book. If you've ever begun a practice session with the thought "what do I do now?," Dan's Practicing the Jazz Vocabulary may have the answers you're looking for. This book is not for beginners. It is written for creative musicians who already have some chops, know some tunes and have a good understanding of how jazz harmony works. Practicing the Jazz Vocabulary contains some great material that will keep you busy for a long while. Dan's got a wicked wit, so you'll be entertained along the way as well. The book uses some of Joe Daley's ideas as a starting point, most notably with Dan's insistence that the examples must be practiced in all 12 keys.
In the Introduction, Dan defines jazz as a musical language, a description I like very much. Although jazz is only a century or so old, it's practitioners have created a deep, varied way of arranging musical materials, with many dialects and sub-genres. At the risk of pushing the metaphor to it's limits, then, to master the art of jazz improvisation one must first learn the jazz vocabulary. I've had potential students contact me and say they want to learn how to play but don't want to work on scales or chords. That's like telling me you want to be a poet without knowing any words.
Dan also puts to rest the misconception that every jazz musician must strive to re-invent the musical wheel. He makes the point that there is really no such thing as "originality" in music, in the sense that we all have to work with the same 12 notes. Since we're operating within a specific language, there are also rhythmic, textural and formal constraints. He writes that "this is a book about vocabulary; it wouldn't make much sense to feature only things that people have never played before. Would you buy an Italian phrase book that advertised "guaranteed not to contain anything that anyone has ever said in Italian before?" I didn't think so." Well put, Mr. Hesler.
The next chunk of the book presents many examples of melodic shapes you can play on the infamous two-five-one progression, in major and minor.
You can get a lot of mileage out of the material Dan presents here. These pages also happen to go extremely well with the following sets of PlayJazzNow tracks: Major ii/V, Major Turnaround, Minor Turnaround, Bossa Turnaround, Samba Turnaround. These play-alongs will help you run these phrases, as Dan regularly admonishes, in all 12 keys. Just sayin'.
Ensuing chapters contain a lot of cool material based on the jazz language as "spoken" by Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, Clifford Brown, John Coltrane, Chick Corea, Michael Brecker, et al. There's a couple of pages of material by the ingenious guitarist Neal Alger, who is certainly talent deserving wider recognition. There's a section on cycles of dominant chords that would be tasty with PJN tracks Dominant Cycles. Then there's a chapter on Trane changes (excellent with a side order of Trane Trax) and a chapter with another great title – Slippery Stuff – containing a wealth of melodic material that doesn't necessarily make reference to specific harmonic contexts.
In short, if you're looking for a great new resource to delve into, I highly recommend Dan Hesler's Practicing the Jazz Vocabulary. Joe Daley would be proud. Oh, and pick up some appropriate play-along tracks to go with it.
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My approach to practicing the 12 keys is of a piece with my overall practice strategy: Practice twice a day for a brief period of time. And while I know that to get as good as Steve Rodby or Dave Holland will take more than two brief practices per day, my idea is more about meeting my objective, staying focused, and staying sharp. Hours and hours of practice? Great idea, but mine is about building a habit that will make it all easy for you.
You can start with just fifteen minutes; everyone has fifteen minutes, right? I practice first thing in the morning, silently; and again at night. The practice consists of going over, let's say, the ii-V-I movement in Eb, and jazz blues in Eb, one in the morning, and the other at night.
For the duration of the practice, I work on NOTHING else but my chosen key (or topic); it's too easy to slip into known territory and start noodling. When the practice time is up, it's over. When I pick up the bass again, I'm ready to go. And before long, because my intense practices have paid off, I am ready, even eager, to extend the practice time.
In two weeks, I've practiced 28 times; in three weeks, 42 times, and by focusing briefly but intensely on each key, one at a time, I'm hearing better, playing better, and feeling good about my progress. The key is: Do it every day and no cheating! This will become a great habit, and then you will have no worries.
Great advice, Ted! I have advocated a "key a day" practice for many years with my intermediate to advanced students. I suggest playing everything one knows (scales, arpeggios, licks, even tunes) in ONE key per day. If you find that a certain key is especially challenging (Db? F#? whatever) work on it for a couple of days. As you suggest, doing this ensures that you will hit all 12 keys within a very short period of time. And each repetition solidifies your knowledge and confidence. "Do it everyday and no cheating!" Yep.


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Zachary McCarthy is a freelance contributor to LifeSavvy. He has a bachelor's degree in English from James Madison University and experience in blogging, copywriting, and WordPress design and development. In his free time, he can be found frying up Tangsuyuk or watching Korean films and MMA events. Read more...
The much-anticipated release of the Apple Watch was a real game-changer, so it's no surprise that it is now one of the best-selling wearable devices in the world. However, despite years of innovation and new Series, many people find it difficult to find a high-quality replacement for their Apple Watch charger. Thankfully, there are some really great Apple Watch chargers on the market today, so we hope this guide can help you find the perfect charger for your unique lifestyle.
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One thing that turns many travelers off on a Big Apple trip is the cost. And since most of what tourists want to see and do is in Manhattan, the prices of accommodations, restaurants and attractions on the island can be prohibitive. Or so most people think. The truth is, despite its reputation as a pricey vacation destination, sightseeing, eating and even staying in Manhattan is do-able for those on a shoestring budget.
The best of Manhattan can be experienced for free from its sidewalks, parks and even its waterways. At the southern tip of the island next to Battery Park, the Staten Island Ferry costs nothing to ride across the harbor and back. Along the way you'll see the Statue of Liberty and Oz-like city skyline views. Back on land, the pedestrian walkway on the Brooklyn Bridge carries you above traffic across the East River for an up-close experience with one of the world's most iconic structures. In Midtown, Times Square and Rockefeller Center await. A few blocks north, one could easily spend the better part of a day exploring Central Park without spending a penny. And this is only scratching the surface of all the free things to do in Manhattan (such as scoring popular TV show tickets and ice skating at Bryant Park during winter).
Skip the yellow cabs and hop on the subway. New York City's public transportation system -- the MTA -- is much more affordable than taking taxis, and it goes where you want to go. The subway system is fast and efficient, with stations and transfer points spread throughout Manhattan, including major tourist zones. Buses work well, too, but can be slower, stopping every block or two, and the bus routes are harder to navigate. You'll need to purchase a MetroCard to ride on the MTA system; different price points are available. If you'll be using public transit more than 13 times during your trip, the 7-day unlimited ride card is your best bet. Otherwise, purchase the pay-per-ride card and receive a small discount for more than one but less than 13 rides.
Despite its reputation as a culinary hotspot with award-winning fine dining restaurants where a steak dinner can cost a hundred bucks or more, Manhattan is filled with affordable eating options. Every neighborhood has a pizza joint or three where you can grab a large New York-style slice served on a paper plate. Many neighborhood corner stores -- or bodegas -- have steam tables and salad bars where you can grab a cheap meal to go. And then there's the street food with vendors of all sorts dishing up much more than just pretzels and hot dogs. Grab a knish, a falafel, a gyro or any other number of ethnic foods and healthy snacks from sidewalk vendors any place where foot traffic is heavy.
The hardest thing to find on a budget in Manhattan is overnight accommodations, unless you have a friend or family member living in the city who will let you crash for free. What's considered affordable anywhere in New York City would likely be called "pricey" elsewhere. Manhattan does, however, have a handful of hostels and some lower-priced hotels. Some hostels, such as Hostelling International New York, are part of an organization that requires membership; others, like the Chelsea Hostel, are independently run and allow anyone. Some non-chain hotels, like the funky Carlton Arms, have hostel-like prices for private rooms -- if you're willing to share a bathroom with another room.


It's cliche to ask where time went, yet here I am at the end of November recapping the summer since it was much more enjoyable to be on the trail rather than at the computer. But now is the time to recap a few of our favorite adventures.
For our mother/son excursion this year, John wanted to stay at the Many Glacier Hotel, and thankfully, I managed to reserve a room in January for their opening day on June 8. After the long, cold, snowy, horrible winter, I wasn't sure what might be free of patches, or drifts, even in early June, but it was beginning to green with a few flowers blooming in the new warmth of the season.
It's been years, long before the extensive renovations of the hotel, since I stayed there, and their fine work was obvious. Many Glacier isn't fancy when you compare it to the modern hotels packed with technological amenities, but it's very comfortable, clean, and is a perfect place to call home base anytime during the summer. The staff was exceptionally sweet and accommodating, despite the long lines so early in the season, and we settled into our room with 2 twins at the end of the hallway on the second floor.
There were no epic hikes during this adventure. It was John's trip so he chose what we did for the most part, and hoofing it for miles isn't his idea of a good time. Eating the dining room was a big hit, and we ordered a huckleberry cobbler to enjoy on the dock of Swiftcurrent Lake later in the evening after a short stroll that was thwarted by the report of a young grizzly feeding in the willows a short ways down the Swiftcurrent Lake trail.
There were still a few snow drifts.
Huckleberry cobbler on the dock.
Instead, we hopped on the boat with the Glacier Park Boat Company during their first day of the season, and enjoyed the interpretive talk while basking in the gorgeous scenery. Even when a trip to Many Glacier doesn't involve long hikes, there's not a better place to be.


Fast forward nearly 25 years and we have a tune called "Dc10" that kicks off a new album called "Trypnotyx" that Wooten has cut with his current trio mates Bob Franceschini on saxophone and Dennis Chambers on drums. It's an insane mash-up of trip hop-ish production, bop-ish glee (courtesy of Franceschini), a ferociously restless groove (maintained by Chambers) and a glossary of soul, funk and tough-knuckled jazz chops from Wooten that highlight him more as an orchestrator than as a monster soloist. Fans shouldn't worry, though, as there are all kinds of tunes where Wooten the bass beast is unleashed, including the merry funk party piece "Liz & Opie," the sleeker "Caught in the Act" and the album's immensely efficient title tune.
But Flecktones fans should take note. "Trypnotyx" (and, in all likelihood, the Wooten Trio's Memorial Day concert at Cosmic Charlie's) is very much a band album instead of a star vehicle for an acclaimed soloist. Of course, when you have players with the kinds of dossiers the other trio members possess, highlighting an ensemble sound is a major plus.
Franceschini has toured alongside Paul Simon, Chaka Khan and George Benson among others while his recording credits include sessions with Celine Dion, Tower of Power and Mike Stern.
In Chambers, Wooten has a drummer who cut multiple albums with jazz guitar titans John McLaughlin and John Scofield. But he has also maintained the mighty P-Funk groove in Parliament-Funkadelic between 1978 and 1985. Anyone unfamiliar with his work needs to check out a Youtube video of Chambers' 2011 performance of the Meters' "Cissy Strut" on the Late Show with David Letterman. It luxuriates in the kind of jazz-funk grind that drives Wooten's trio today.
The unofficial first weekend of summer wouldn't be complete without the return of Blues Between the Bridges, the annual gathering of blues and roots-minded artists from around the block and around the world at Proud Mary Honky Tonk BBQ, 9079 Old Richmond Rd. on May 27 (12:30 p.m., $10).
The full lineup includes Lexington favorite Tee Dee Young and the Australian harmonica-didgeridoo duo Harper and the Midwest Kind (the event's co-headlining acts) with Louisville soul/blues/jazz stylist (and Blues Between the Bridges mainstay) Robbie Bartlett, Nashville blues-rockers The Beat Daddys and zydeco ensemble Zydegator.
The G. Busy Blues Revue, Encore of Lexington and Da Mudcats complete the lineup.
For more info, go to Gbusyblues.com.
▪ A ridiculously full Memorial Day weekend gets underway tonight, May 25, at Willie's Locally Known, 286 Southland Dr., with the return of the David Mayfield Parade. A mix of psychedelic country, abstract folk and rootsy reflection make up Mayfield's fine 2014 album "Strangers." His forthcoming record, though, is a collection of bluegrass originals produced by famed banjo player Alison Brown (9:30 p.m.; $10). Tickets are available at Willieslocallyknown.com.
▪ You may have thought "Yippie Ki Yay" was forever the property of Bruce Willis, thanks to the "Die Hard" movies. But get a hold of Nikki Lane's siren call of the phrase over a groove that mixes honky tonk soul and ambient cool at the onset of "700,000 Rednecks." It's the leadoff tune to Lane's splendid 2017 album "Highway Queen" as well as ample reason to take in her Lexington return show May 27 at The Burl, 375 Thompson Road. For tickets, go to Theburlky.com (8 p.m.; $15).


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"Through sport, theatre, the arts as well as essential support services youth workers and volunteers are giving our young people skills for the future.
"In addition they are providing an alternative to anti-social behaviour, crime and drugs.
"As Minister I have seen the work at first hand throughout the country. I am asking each organisation to ensure that the funding is used to impact on as many young people as possible. Officials in my Department work side by side with the national youth organisations and we are always on the look-out for new ways to engage with more young people."
Addressing Scouting Ireland specifically, Minister Zappone added: "I share the huge concerns of parents about the safeguarding issues at Scouting Ireland. As Minister I will never compromise on child-safety and it is essential that the shortfalls which have been identified are addressed.
"Extra exceptional funding of over €200,000 has been made available to Scouting Ireland on the strictest understanding that it will be solely used to staff its safeguarding office.
"The Review of Scouting Ireland completed by Jillian van Turnhout last year recommended that a coherent safeguarding structure is appropriately resourced within Scouting Ireland.
"I want to be clear Scouting Ireland still has work to do. My officials continue to monitor developments within the organisation to ensure all safeguarding and child protection standards are met."
Minister Zappone concluded: "The continuation of funding to Scouting Ireland is linked to the successful implementation of the recommendations contained in the Review of Scouting Ireland."
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Lake Travis' two Treys leave mark on Akins offense
A season's worth of expectation came to fruition last Friday at Burger Stadium, where Lake Travis' defensive ends kept Akins from mounting any significant offensive threat.
Trey Sofia (three sacks) and Trey Wright (three tackles for loss, one sack) spearheaded an effort that resulted in Lake Travis' first shutout since 2017, something the starters had to stand by and watch as the reserves thwarted Akins' best chance.
"It was good for our team that we were able to get the shutout," Sofia said.
Cavaliers coach Hank Carter agreed.
"It was a good night for us," he said. "We did a lot of really good things."
Sofia's sacks give him a team-high five on the season to go along with 24 total tackles, which ranks second behind linebacker Maui Trevino's 30. Wright has 20 tackles and five tackles for loss, both of which rank among the team leaders as well.
"Those guys are playing fast and anticipating really well," Carter said. "They are a pretty tough matchup."
Sofia and Wright entered the season with high expectations, both for the team and of themselves. The seniors knew they'd be counted on to disrupt opposing passing games, and they'll get their best test of the season when Austin High visits.
Before last week's 63-8 loss to Westlake, the Maroons averaged better than 40 points per game. Junior quarterback Charles Wright, an all-district pick last season, has passed for 974 yards and 11 touchdowns in four games after passing for 2,800 yards and 26 touchdowns (including three against Lake Travis) last season.
If Lake Travis is going to slow Charles Wright down, both Trey Wright and Sofia will have to find success rushing against Austin High's offensive line. They know the task at hand and just want to continue to get better.
"We're just trying to get better every week, do better than we did last week," Wright said.
The plan is simple, Sofia said, and it's not unique to Austin High.
"We want to slow the things that they do well and really expose and take advantage of the things they don't do well," Sofia said. "We're just trying to get better."
Carter said both Trey Wright and Sofia used their speed to their advantage against Akins. Both are tall – Sofia stands a lanky 6-foot-5 and is still adding to his 215-pound frame. Trey Wright's slightly shorter and lighter than Sofia, thought that's not surprising for someone who spent his first two years playing receiver and defensive back. They know Trey Wright's speed gives offensive linemen fits, and though he's bulked up some, he still has the speed to chase quarterbacks who try and escape the pocket, as he did with Timberview's Jaden Hullaby.
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More than 300 wide format printers have been evaluated and compared in a new guide.
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YouTuber Jake Paul who denied calling COVID a 'hoax' caught on audio calling virus a hoax
This tale of the tape does not favor aspiring boxer Jake Paul.
The 23-year-old athlete, actor and YouTube star — who brazenly said that he was recently misquoted when he allegedly referred to COVID-19 as a hoax — has been called on his claim.
The challenged statement occurred after a recent interview with Marlow Stern, a senior entertainment editor for The Daily Beast.
"So this guy, this reporter, he misquoted me. He took what I said out of context, and I told him that. I told him that the whole entire time," Paul told The Verge on Friday. "COVID is very, very real. COVID is very real, like, it's killed so many people. It's killed people I know. It's killed someone very, very close to me. So that's what I'm saying. I don't even know where that came from."
But soon after The Verge article was published, Stern released his audio interview with Paul.
The 93-second clip uploaded on SoundCloud shows Paul offering several reasons as to why America should ease coronavirus restrictions, including millions of unemployed workers, rampant alcohol and drug abuse, and the bankruptcies of many small businesses.
Asked point-blank by Stern if he believes the virus is fake, Paul blurts out, "I think the disease is a hoax."
Stern later posted a message on Twitter regarding Paul.
"He's repeatedly accused me of making stuff up," tweeted Stern. "More nonsense."
A reporter has produced audio of Jake Paul calling the COVID-19 pandemic a hoax. (Leon Bennett/Getty Images)
Paul previously had stated that he wouldn't restrict himself during the pandemic.
"I don't know what to think of it, to be honest. I don't think anyone really does," Paul told Business Insider regarding his thoughts on coronavirus. "No one has answers, our leadership is failing us and everyone kind of just doesn't know what to do. But I personally am not the type of person who's gonna sit around and not live my life."
In July, Paul was slammed by social media users and politicians for hosting a monster bash at his Calabasas, Calif., mansion in the middle of the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The Native American presence in what we now know as Albuquerque, New Mexico can be see just about everywhere; however, the Tanoan and Keresan history, in particular, can be found in petroglyphs carved into basalt in the west part of the city in the Petroglyph National Monument. There is also evidence that the Navajo, Apache and Comanche peoples once lived in the area, as there is evidence of trade and cultural exchange between the different Native American groups going back centuries before European conquest.
Modern day Albuquerque was founded back in 1706 as a Spanish colonial outpost of Villa de Albuquerque. At that time, the town was a farming community as well as a strategically located military outpost along the Camino Real. Built in the traditional Spanish village pattern with a central plaza surrounded by government buildings, homes, and a church, the original central plaza area has been preserved and is open to the public as a museum, cultural area, and center of commerce. It is referred to as "Old Town Albuquerque" or simply "Old Town." On the north side of Old Town Plaza is San Felipe de Neri Church which was erected in 1793 and remains one of the oldest surviving buildings in the city.
In 1880, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad arrived. The passenger depot and railyards were located about 2 miles east of the central plaza in what quickly became known as New Albuquerque or New Town. Over the next several years, settlers began to move into the area, creating a commercial center where Downtown Albuquerque is now located. New Albuquerque was incorporated as a town in 1885 and as a city in 1891. Old Town remained a separate community until the 1920s when it was absorbed by the city of Albuquerque. By 1900, the City of Albuquerque had grown to 8,000 residents. During the early part of the 20th century, New Mexico's dry climate brought many tuberculosis patients to the city in search of a cure. Presbyterian Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital, two of the largest hospitals in the Southwest, had their beginnings during this period. The establishment of Kirtland Air Force Base in 1939, Sandia Base in the early 1940s, and Sandia National Laboratories in 1949, would make Albuquerque a key player of the Atomic Age. Meanwhile, the city continued to expand outward onto the West Mesa, reaching a population of 201,189 by 1960. As happened in many cities across the country, Albuquerque's downtown area went through a period of urban decline during the middle part of the 20th century. Fortunately, in the last several decades, the city has gone through a gentrification phase that has included the renovation of historic structures such as the KiMo Theater.
Located in the middle of the State of New Mexico, the City of Albuquerque covers almost 200 square miles. Toward the end of the 20th century and into the 21st century, the population of Albuquerque has grown dramatically. In 1990, it was 384,736 and by 2007 it was 518,271. In June 2007, Albuquerque was listed as the sixth fastest-growing city in America by CNN and the United States Census Bureau. Urban sprawl is limited on three sides—by the Sandia Pueblo to the north, the Isleta Pueblo and Kirtland Air Force Base to the south, and the Sandia Mountains to the east. Suburban growth continues at a strong pace to the west, beyond Petroglyph National Monument, once thought to be a natural boundary to sprawl development. Visitors to the city are bound to find something of interest as there is much to see and do in Albuquerque. The summertime New Mexico Arts and Crafts Fair, a non-profit show exclusively for New Mexico artists and held annually in Albuquerque since 1961, draws people from all over the world. As a well-known city for artists, Albuquerque is also home to over 300 other visual arts, music, dance, literary, film, ethnic, and craft organizations, museums, festivals and associations. Residents and visitors alike can also enjoy science and cultural experiences at place such as the Albuquerque Biological Park, Albuquerque Museum, Museum of Natural History and Science, and Old Town Albuquerque. The city is also well-known for the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta that takes place at Balloon Fiesta Park the first week of October. The City of Albuquerque has a long and colorful history yet it continues to grow and evolve into the 21st century.
Estate planning is not something that is ever truly finished. On the contrary, a successful estate plan is something that grows and changes with you as you move through the various stages of your life. Initially, a simple Last Will and Testament may be sufficient to prevent the state from dictating who will receive your estate assets in the event of your death. If you marry and/or become a parent, however, you will want to include incapacity planning in your estate plan and blend your retirement plans with your overall estate plan to ensure that they work in harmony with each other. Tax and probate avoidance may need to be incorporated into your estate plan as well as your estate grows. As you move toward your retirement years, Medicaid planning may be necessary to ensure that your assets are not lost to the high cost of long-term care. Finally, if you have strong beliefs with regard to end of life medical care and/or funeral and burial customs, you will want to incorporate those beliefs into your estate plan as well to ensure that your wishes are honored at the end of your life. At the Albuquerque, New Mexico law form of Morris Hall PLLC, we plan to be with you throughout the course of your lifetime to ensure that your estate plan reflects your needs and desires.


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UNCTAD and other global influencers gather to discuss eliminating harmful fisheries subsidies at UN Ocean Conference
UNCTAD at the Oceans Conference is working towards a call for action on a binding global agreement to end certain forms of fisheries subsidies
Why are fishery subsidies so harmful to our planet? Because they create a devastating domino effect that negatively impacts the environment and the world's most vulnerable people.
Subsidies from wealthy governments encourage overfishing, overcapacity and may contribute to illegal and unregulated fishing. This creates food insecurity, unemployment and poverty for vulnerable people who rely on fish as their primary source of nourishment and livelihood.
UNCTAD will be highlighting this topic at the upcoming Oceans Conference in New York to be held from 5-7 June 2017.
"Developing countries can protect millions of jobs by ending harmful fish subsidies, it's our job in the international community to help facilitate this much-needed change", said UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi.
Fishing subsidies are estimated to be as high as $35 billion worldwide, of which about $20 billion can directly contribute to overfishing and overcapacity. The share of fish stocks within biologically sustainable levels continues to decline, falling from 90 percent in 1974 to 69 percent in 2013.
"Of every $5 in fish products, about $1 is subsidised in different ways. The total export of fish and seafood products is $146 billion. This is not a small amount. People are paying an unnecessarily expensive amount for fish, and many people in the developing world are far too poor to afford this inflated cost," said UNCTAD's Expert, David Vivas-Eugui.
During the Ocean conference, Dr. Kituyi will meet with world leaders and key influencers, to apply further pressure to governments to end fisheries subsidies once and for all.
This is consistent with last year's UNCTAD 14 pledge, in which 91 countries signed up to UN roadmap for the elimination of harmful fishing subsidies. In September 2016, global leaders agreed to a new sustainable development goal (SDG) on fisheries, Goal 14, to conserve and sustainably use the oceans, sea, and marine resources. Target 14.6 addresses the harmful subsidies directly and has re-energised efforts to reduce and ultimately phase-out fish subsidies.
In an interactive dialogue to be held on day two of the conference, Dr. Kituyi will be joined by José Graziano da Silva (Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization), Erik Solheim (Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme) and Karl Braumer (Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization), for a joint debate on how to implement the road map for ending these subsidies.
"Getting 91 countries to sign up to a new initiative in such a short period of time shows both the need for this initiative and the power of UNCTAD in building consensus for meaningful change," said Dr. Kituyi.
At the Oceans Conference, UNCTAD will follow-up with governments to support implementation strategies for ending these harmful subsidies.
The roadmap agreed upon at UNCTAD14 included a four-point plan:
Require countries to provide information on what subsidies they are providing.
Prohibit those subsidies which contribute to overfishing and illegal fishing.
Introduce new policies tools to deter the introduction of new harmful subsidies.
Provide special and differential treatment to developing countries.
"The demand for fish products remains quite strong, mainly from the Asian region and in developed country markets. The Ocean conference needs to be a game changer. Hence countries are not only going to New York just to consider issuing a political signal, but because they are very concerned about the future prospects of this considerable market," said Lucas Assunção, Head of UNCTAD's Trade, Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Branch.
A Call for Action for the Oceans Conference highlights the need for governments to act decisively to prohibit certain forms of fisheries subsidies which contribute to overcapacity and overfishing, eliminate subsidies that contribute to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and refrain from introducing new such subsidies.
UNCTAD is directly supporting the Ocean Conference on trade-related aspects of SDG 14 in a coalition jointly confirmed by FAO, UNEP, The Commonwealth, the ACP Group, and the International Oceans Institute. UNCTAD is organising a series of side events and launching several tailor-made publications at the conference, which can be found HERE.
Through UNCTAD's participation in the conference, the organization aims to build on the momentum created by the UNCTAD 14 joint declaration and focus on scaling the delivery of the four-point action plan toward a call for a binding global agreement on fisheries subsidies at 11th WTO Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, later this year. UNCTAD will be gathering actors to discuss next steps for accelerating the removal of harmful fisheries subsidies and for converging on a global agreement. It will also seek to encourage the deposit of voluntary commitments by Member States to reform and ultimately phase-out harmful fishery subsidies.
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Why a muscle on a chip?
FUN FACT: Skeletal muscles account for 40% of the total body weight in humans and consume about 30% of energy intake.
Skeletal muscles are also called striated muscle. Excessive loss of muscle mass often comes with chronic pathologies, aggravating the general condition of the patient, which can result in cachexia. Most musculoskeletal disorders do not have curative treatment yet. Some diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Duchenne's disease, or Lou Gehrig's disease still do not have an effective treatment.
In parallel, some treatments of chronic diseases (diabetes, cholesterol) have undesirable effects on the striated muscles. Having access to a muscle on a chip would investigate the occurrence of such adverse effects and a better prediction of the effects of a drug candidate during the clinical phase.
Fig1 Muscle Anatomy
What has already been achieved with muscle-on-a-chip?
Preamble: The striated muscle cell (rhabdomyocytes) is multinucleated and rich in mitochondria. The myosin and actin proteins are responsible for contraction, under the dependence of an inflow of intracellular calcium.
A team from the University of Duke (Truskey George A) recreates a muscle unit by culturing human muscle cells taken from volunteers (1). By application of an electrical stimulus, they showed that this muscle on a chip contracts in proportion to the intensity of the current. Moreover, they showed that the contraction passes through the release of calcium, exactly as in physiological conditions.
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This short video about organs on a chip shows the spontaneous and induced rhythmic contractions of two muscles on a chip models.
A team from MIT created a neuro-muscular unit-on-a-chip (2). The neurons have been genetically engineered to respond to luminous stimuli, which once stimulated will excite the muscle cells that will contract. The rhabdomyocytes and neurons originate from mouse embryonic cells, which have been differentiated in a 3D hydrogel.
A group from the Brown Medical School Hospital (Vandenburgh H) studied Duchenne disease by reconstructing a muscle-on-a-chip from isolated myoblasts of MDX mice (genetically modified to have Duchenne myodystrophy) (3). The bio-artificial muscles are grown in 3D in a gel reproducing the extracellular matrix in a PDMS chip. This system is semi-automated, and therefore potentially compatible with high-throughput screening techniques.
Researchers from the Wyss Institute (Parker KK) developed muscle-on-a-chip applied to the tongue (4). This original approach makes possible the investigation of the muscular mechanisms involved in Duchesne's disease. The authors showed that the muscle fibers of patients with Duchenne disease were smaller, and had a different polarization than healthy rhabdomyocytes. This results in fewer contraction capabilities of the muscles.
What's next in the muscle on a chip field?
The future in organs on a chip dedicated to muscle mainly concerns connection to other organs via the development of vessels with a contraction capacity to have the most complete vision possible of the distribution of a molecule in the human body.
Bibliography/Sources
1: Elife. 2015 Jan 9;4:e04885. doi: 10.7554/eLife.04885. Bioengineered human myobundles mimic clinical responses of skeletal muscle to drugs. Madden L, Juhas M, Kraus WE, Truskey GA, Bursac N.
2: Sci Adv. 2016 Aug 3;2(8):e1501429. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1501429. eCollection 2016 Aug. Microfluidic device for the formation of optically excitable, three-dimensional, compartmentalized motor units. Uzel SG, Platt RJ, Subramanian V, Pearl TM, Rowlands CJ, Chan V, Boyer LA, So PT, Kamm RD
3: FASEB J. 2009 Oct; 23(10): 3325–3334. Automated drug screening with contractile muscle tissue engineered from dystrophic myoblasts. Herman Vandenburgh, Janet Shansky, Frank Benesch-Lee, Kirsten Skelly, Janelle M. Spinazzola, Yero Saponjian, and Brian S. Tseng
4: J Cell Biol. 2016 Oct 10;215(1):47-56. Epub 2016 Oct 3. A human in vitro model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy muscle formation and contractility. Nesmith AP, Wagner MA, Pasqualini FS, O'Connor BB, Pincus MJ, August PR, Parker KK.
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It seems EMI does not share Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder's vision of ebony and ivory. Earlier this month it issued a "cease and desist order" to Danger Mouse. Explain to your friends that this is not the British cartoon character but the recording moniker of Brian Burton, a Los Angeles DJ, whose crime is The Grey Album - described by the New York Times as "a collection of tracks created ... by layering Jay-Z's a cappella raps from The Black Album ... over the melodies and rhythms from [the album] The Beatles, commonly known as The White Album. Mr Burton did not seek permission from EMI, which owns the publishing rights to The White Album."
If your friends shrug and point out that sampling is no big deal, borrow a piece from the Boston Globe: "While everyone from Frank Sinatra to ... Earth, Wind & Fire has covered Beatles songs, hip-hop artists have tended to stay away from the Beatles, if only because it is nearly impossible and prohibitively expensive to clear samples in their name."
Stealing from the Sunday Telegraph, you remark that The Grey Album was "an art project, never intended for mass production". Only 3,000 CDs were pressed. Yet EMI's wrath, which stems from the album's internet availability, has become the focus of anti-censorship groups. On February 24, 300 websites staged a 24-hour protest over EMI's "efforts to stop them from offering downloadable copies ...
The protesters billed the event as Grey Tuesday ... [and] offered the album for download" (New York Times). You weren't surprised to learn 100,000 copies were made. "That made it the most popular music in [the US], besting the actual sales of Norah Jones," you say, lifting from the Detroit Free Press. As a geek yourself, you can't help but feel the album highlights how "the record companies and copyright law are being left in the dust by internet-savvy musical innovators and the technology that stokes them" (Brisbane Courier Mail).
But what's the album like? Along with the NME, you aver that it sounds like a gimmicky joke, but "the results are as brilliant as they are blasphemous. This is down to the LA-based deck maestro's reading of the Beatles."
"It's the ultimate remix record ... that sounds oddly ahead of its time," you say with a nod to Rolling Stone, before returning to the Boston Globe for the final judgment: "As fun as it is daring, The Grey Album is, if not the best album of this still-new year, then certainly its most creatively captivating. Danger Mouse has brought the Beatles into the hip-hop generation while giving props to timeless innovation of the band, which through its boundary-breaking musical philosophy may have helped pave the way for the free-flowing deconstruction of rap music."


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Her teaching philosophy is based on God's Word. She claims Ephesians 4:12 as her teaching verse: "For the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:" She believes her job is to perfect her students for "the work of the ministry." She is very concerned with developing discerning, thinking Christians and has developed the course Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning for the dual purpose of developing mature mathematical thinkers able to construct and defend solid arguments and developing thinking Christians who base everyday decisions on a series of biblical principles.
Dr. Pilger is an active member of Faith Baptist Church in Taylors, SC. She conducts a weekly children's Bible Club where she gains experience with a diverse group of children from a variety of cultural backgrounds. She likes to spend time with her family and enjoys crocheting and exercising in her free time.


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What is Secondary Standard Substance?
Subject: Chemistry
Topic: Laboratory
Secondary Standard Substance : The substance which can not kept on open place and they easily react with the components of air (O2, CO2 etc.), react with balance when they are weighting are called Secondary Standard Substance. e.g. HCL, H2SO4, NaOH, KOH, KMnO4, etc. are the Secondary Standard Substance.
A secondary standard is a standard that is arranged in the laboratory for a definite analysis. It generally does not stay constant and its concentration will usually reduce over time so high accuracy measurements made during preparation will not hold up. It is generally standardized against a primary standard.
Example: The foundation Sodium hydroxide (NaOH) is an example of a secondary standard.
Commercially available NaOH contains impurities of Sodium chloride (NaCl), Sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), and Sodium sulfate (Na2SO4), and eagerly absorbs water (H2O) from the atmosphere. To determine the concentration of NaOH in a solution, it is titrated against a primary standard weak acid, such as potassium hydrogen phthalate.
Secondary Standard Solutions
Generally, substances like hydrochloric acid and sulfuric acid are not appropriate for use as primary standards because the concentration of the commercially accessible concentrated acids is not known exactly.
However, you can arrange a weaken solution of these acids with an estimated concentration, and then resolve the concentration correctly by titration with a primary standard solution of a base such as sodium carbonate (Na2CO3). Because the correct absorption of acid has been consequent by means of a primary standard, the acid is referred to as a secondary standard.
However, you can arrange a sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution with an estimated concentration by weighing out some NaOH pellets and dissolving them in distilled water in a volumetric flask. This solution can then be titrated with an acidic primary standard solution, such as potassium hydrogen phthalate, KH(C8H4O4), in order to determine the concentration of the basic solution further correctly.
Because the accurate concentration of the foundation has been derived using a primary standard, the base is referred to as a secondary standard.
Secondary standard solutions are solutions made specifically for certain analysis.
Purity: Secondary standard solutions are not very pure.
Reactivity: Secondary standards are reactive than primary standards.
Water Absorption: Secondary standards are somewhat hygroscopic.
Application: Secondary standard solutions are used for specific analytical experiments.
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elements in iron, steels, and other metal alloys,
sulfur in fossil fuels,
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in oils,
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strength and melt flow of polyethylene pipe,
radioactivity,
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Using Technique of Chemical Regent
Explain Preservation Action of Sulfur Dioxide
Use of Chemicals in Analytical Process
What types of environment is needed for laboratory?
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The Laws of Photochemistry
Define Ionization Energy
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Entropy and Molecular Chaos
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The violist Jenny Joelson was born in Switzerland in 1993. Having a musicologist as a father, she got into contact with music at a very young age. She started playing the violin at the age of seven at the local Music school with Franziska Pfenninger-Stoffel.
At the age of 15 she chose the viola as her instrument and started to prepare for a musical career. For many years she was part of the Swiss Youth Symphony Orchestra, where she was also principal violist. As a member of the LGT Young Soloists she was able to play many concerts, also as a soloist, in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Singapur and Taiwan.
She studied with Wendy Enderle-Champney at the Zurich University of the Arts and Thomas Riebl at the Mozarteum Salzburg. Jenny loves working in chamber music groups and has had the priviledge of working with all the members of the Carmina Quartet and inspiring musicians such as Hariolf Schlichtig, Barbara Westphal and Jean Sulem. In 2018 she received her first Master's degree in Orchestra Performance and in 2020 Jenny will finish her second Master's degree in Pedagogy at the Zurich University of the Arts with Michel Rouilly.
Baroque music and historical performance practice is something that has always been important for Jenny. She plays the baroque viola and the viola da spalla, for which she took lessons from Sigiswald Kuijken. Jenny wrote a paper on the creation and development of the Viola da Spalla, Viola pomposa and the Violoncello piccolo, which was published in the music journal Glareana. As a baroque violist, she is substitute in the Scintilla Orchestra of the Zurich Opera, and is also a substitute of the Philharmonia Zurich and the Sinfonieorchester Basel. Playing chamber music is her passion and she is a founding member of the Askerov Trio.


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Hi. my name is Andrew…… i would leave that race track open. Not only because i race their. I agree that there should not be under age drinking. But the elementary school students can go to that track for a field trip or something. And watch the mud boggs autocross and mega trucks and monster truck shows. When kids go on field trip, there should not be drinking around kids.
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How many U.S. tracks/circuits will be running full meetings in 2028?
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This vintage sheet music paper bead bracelet is the perfect gift for the musician or music lover in your life. Or if you're like me you will be too tempted to keep it for yourself, and end up having to make 2 of them!
Iron your sheet music paper on low to get it nice and flat before cutting if it is wrinkled.
Cut your strips of sheet music into 1" pieces.
Trim any blank space off the tops of sheet music pieces.
Use your glue stick to glue your sheet music pieces to your white paper strips. Overlap about 1/2" and make sure the white paper is overlapped on top. Also, make sure your sheet music pieces are right side up (trimmed end on top).
Before you start to roll the beads, squeeze out some white glue onto a piece of scrap paper. You will dab the q-tip in this when its time to finish rolling each bead.
Roll the skewer away from you, while wrapping the paper around the skewer. Use your fingers to hold the paper tight and keep it in place.
When there is about 1/2 inch of your strip left to wrap - stop and hold it in place with one hand.
With your other hand, dab some glue on a q-tip.
Apply a small amount of glue to the end of the strip that is facing you (the blank side).
Place your fingers behind the strip and finish rolling your bead until you reach the end of the strip.
Stop and hold the glued end in place about 10-20 seconds.
Place your bead in a small plastic dish.
Repeat this process until you have rolled all 22 beads.
Tip: If you plan on using your spraying rack more than once, use a low temp hot glue gun to glue your skewers in place.
Wait 10 minutes and apply a 2nd coat. Let dry about 12 hours.
Fold your hemp cord in half.
Pull the cord ends tight, centering the knot and loop on the outside of the bead.
Continue stringing in in this manner until all 22 beads are attached.
Starting from the bottom of the button, thread one cord end through 2 button holes.
Put the bracelet around your wrist (or measure if it's a gift), and adjust the placement of the button in relation to the loop end so it fits your wrist correctly.
Hold the button in place and thread the same cord end through the other 2 button holes.
Under the button, wrap the cord end down and around itself a few times, stopping at the knot with your other cord end.
Tie the two cord ends in a knot.
Pass each cord end under the string on the side of the last bead, and knot one on each side of the center knot.
Cut off the extra string and you're DONE!
I liked it. This is the "instructable" what I like, easy, without 3d printers, etc.. Really nice.
Me gusta mucho. Esta clase de "instructables" son los que me gustan, fáciles, sin impresoras 3d, etc. Muy bonito.
will clear nail polish work for the glaze?
I think so, but I haven't tried it myself.
If you put the paper in coffee and let it dry it looks even more old-fashioned/antique.
Did you come up with this?!
I formulated the design from looking at MANY online tutorials from lots of projects.
hey i ran into another question. how much hemp cord did you use? lengthwise?
I printed the sheet music specifically to make this.
Hey quick question do you glue the entire length of the bead? Can you?
Can you be more specific? I'm not sure what you're asking. If there is too much glue, you clan spread it over the outside of the bead.
When you are rolling the blank paper strips around the skewer do you glue the white paper to itself the whole length or just at the end where the music sheet is?
Oh ok, You only need to glue at the very end of the sheet music. No need to glue on the white part at all.


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Kremlin's Tack Set On NATO Hub In Russia – OpEd
April 28, 2012 JTW 0 Comments
By JTW
By Ryskeldi Satke
The government of Russia is wrapping up the technical details of a transit deal with the U.S. and NATO that is going to ease the Western coalition's efforts to withdraw equipment from Afghanistan by 2014, according to the Ulyanovskaya Pravda newspaper. [1] The news came at a time when the Obama administration is promoting a reduction in the number of American troops in war zones outside the country. The opening of the NATO transit hub in the city of Ulyanovsk became possible after several meetings between Russia's foreign affairs officials and NATO representatives in Riga, Latvia. The Russian newspaper also highlighted the projected amount of cargo containers (60,000-70,000) that are going to be shipped through Ulyanovsk from 2012 to 2014. The first twelve shipments of cargo from Afghanistan are planned to be destined to the United Kingdom, says Ulyanovskaya Pravda.
The Kremlin's move drifts across the board of Russia's regional strategy of containing NATO cooperation with the ex-Soviet republics in the CIS. It has not been a secret that Moscow was extensively involved in controversy with the U.S. and NATO base at Manas in the Kyrgyz Republic. According to ex-President Bakiyev of Kyrgyzstan, who was ousted from power as a result of the violent uprising (coup d'etat) in April 2010, "Russian anger at his decision to extend the lease on a US air base was a factor in his overthrow." [2] A similar opinion has circulated in the hallways of the Obama administration as well, as Simon Shuster writes in the article for Time magazine. [3] Confidential sources in the government of the Kyrgyz Republic say that the Kremlin is behind crucial announcements related to the U.S. and NATO transit hub at Manas near Bishkek, including recent statements from the newly-elected President Atambayev. [4]
As the cat is out of the bag, it is unclear how soon President-elect of Russia Vladimir Putin will deal with the future arrangements over the prolonged stay of the U.S. and NATO personnel in Bishkek, since President Atambayev has been expressing displeasure with the Manas airbase lease extension. But local experts familiar with the "hidden drives" of Kyrgyz politics in Bishkek say that Moscow most likely will push for a re-adjustment of rhetoric regarding the base in Kyrgyzstan as Russia's leadership is currently doing. The Obama administration is aware of the tricks that come with negotiations on the lease of the airbase in the Kyrgyz Republic. The key to successful savoir-faire regarding the Manas transit hub's prospects after the 2014 deadline could be achieved through diplomatic channels between Washington and Moscow. Besides having geopolitical dominance in Kyrgyzstan, the Kremlin allows the Kyrgyz political establishment to have commercial opportunities in the Russian domestic market.
The Kremlin's "carrot and stick" policy toward the corrupt regimes of Central Asia played well with the rulers of Kyrgyzstan. There is no exception with the current authorities in Bishkek either. Moscow evidently takes care of the Kyrgyz officials loyal to the leadership of Russia, as it did with the Kyrgyz ex-Minister of Defense Esen Topoyev who was awarded the position of adviser to the director of Russia's state arms corporation Rosoboronexport after a significant boost to the Kremlin's military interests in Kyrgyzstan. Mr. Topoyev was one of the major supporters of the Russian airbase (Kant) on the outskirts of Bishkek. Kant airfield is within a twenty-mile proximity to the U.S. and NATO transit hub Manas.
However, a withdrawal of the Western coalition troops from Afghanistan creates an unavoidable security dilemma for the leadership of Russia in the near future. Prior to the U.S. and NATO intervention in Afghanistan, the Kremlin along with Tehran was involved in arming the United Front of Afghanistan, then led by Ahmad Shah Massoud. [6] The twist with the case of the world-renowned arms dealer from Russia, Victor Bout, highlights another angle of the squabble regarding the Kremlin's realpolitik approach. The Los Angeles Times newspaper's investigative report into Mr. Bout's arms-dealing activity revealed quite appalling information about his clandestine work in Afghanistan with Taliban commanders in the late 1990s. According to the LA Times article from 2002, Mr. Bout was "sheltered by a Russian government" while American and British officials had been investigating his questionable business. [7] Despite the obstacles, Victor Bout was arrested after a sting operation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2008 and extradited from Thailand to the United States in 2010. In April 2012, Mr. Bout was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a federal judge in New York. [8]
Meanwhile, the mainstream media in Bishkek accused Moscow of applying double standards in Kyrgyzstan by playing Manas airbase against the interests of the sovereign Kyrgyz Republic. Russia's foreign affairs ministry responded to the Kyrgyz media allegations by pointing at the international treaties between Russia and NATO member states enabling the transportation of non-lethal goods via Russian territory. Foreign affairs officials also reminded Bishkek that a decision by Kyrgyz President Atambayev on closing the U.S. and NATO air operations in Bishkek after 2014 was welcomed by the government of Russia. [9]
Ryskeldi Satke is a freelance contributor to research institutions and news organizations in Central Asia, the Caucasus and Turkey. His contact e-mail: [email protected]
1.Технически всё готово к «афганскому» транзиту http://ulpravda.ru/paper/article/11800.html
2. Bakiyev blames Russia for overthrow http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia/2010/04/20104239494248838.html
3. Kyrgyzstan: Did Moscow Subvert a U.S. Ally?http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1978590,00.html
4. Manas air base to close by 2014 – Atambayev http://english.ruvr.ru/2012_02_25/66867751/
5. Астана и Москва сотрудничают в области экспорта продукции военного назначения http://www.kaspex.kz/index.php?option=com_content&view=articleid=73%3A25102010&catid=1%3Alatest-news&lang=en
6. Afghanistan. CRISIS OF IMPUNITY. The Role of Pakistan, Russia, and Iran in Fueling the Civil War http://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/afghan2/Afghan0701-03.htm#P686_215739
7. On the Trail of a Man Behind Taliban's Air Fleet http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/19/new/ad-bout
8. Russia Seeks Return of Convicted Arms Dealer Bout From U.S. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-12/russia-seeks-return-of-arms-dealer-bout-from-u-s-lavrov-says.html
9. Information and Press Department of MFA of Russia Comments upon Kyrgyz Mass Media Publications on Procedure of NATO Cargo Transit from Afghanistan Through Ulyanovsk Airport http://www.mid.ru/bdomp/brp_4.nsf/e78a48070f128a7b43256999005bcbb3/8ae1c52cbdca1df8442579ce0034e55b!OpenDocument
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1966 Aug 4 p. 5
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• Mrs. Marie E. Schmidt, 74, died unexpectedly at her home in North Newton last Thursday morning. She had not been ill, and her body was found in the home after it was noted that she was not about as usual. The funeral was conducted Saturday afternoon at the Bethel College Church, of which she was a member, with Rev. Russell Mast officiating. The former Marie Gaeddert, she was married to John U. Schmidt at Inman in 1922. He died in 1958. In recent years she had been a part-time employee at the MCC Relief Center in North Newton. Surviving are two sons, Raymond Eugene of Farmington, N. M. and Richard Lee of Topeka; six grandchildren; one sister and six brothers, of whom Gustave R. and Walter E. Gaeddert are residents of North Newton.
The Mennonite obituary: 1966 Sep 13 p. 556
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Martinez told reporters Saturday's game against the Royals at Comerica Park will be the last of his career. He'll travel with the team for its season-ending road trip to Minnesota and Milwaukee next week but does not plan to play.
The veteran designated hitter turns 40 in December and is wrapping up a four-year, $68 million contract. Martinez told reporters last month that this season likely would be his last.
Entering the final two games of his career, Martinez has 246 home runs and a .295/.360/.455 slash line. He was selected to the All-Star team five times, making the AL team as a member of the Indians, Red Sox and Tigers.


Were holding a fishing match on the River Irwell Old Course in Irlam on bank holiday monday. (its a still water).
Draw 9am. All in 10am fish til 3pm.
The Society are thinking about taking this water on, so this match is being held to help us find out a little about the water and the level of fish stocks. We know it was polluted in 2008, but there have been good catches of silver fish taken recently - plus some really BIG eels.