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Are You a Sergeant Oddball or Tank Girl Lookalike?

A curiosity of a centenary-inspired cosplay competition from the Tank Museum, in Dorset...

[gonzoduran]

Community Heroes: Elizabeth Nuñez

Elizabeth Nuñez recently celebrated her one-year anniversary as the Deputy Director of MusArt Music Management (MusArt). Although she has been part of the organization for many years, it was only last year that Nuñez was formally asked to join the executive board of the organization to represent it and help it grow further. MusArt, led by Daniel Guzman, a decorated combat marine, unites…

[jontycrane]

Howick Historical Village

A beautiful re-creation of a New Zealand colonial village using surviving buildings from the surrounding area. Despite its name, Howick Historical Village is actually located in the suburb of Pakuranga. I visited it a decade ago though suspect / hope that little has changed since. The Howick Historical Society dates from 1962, and the village started to develop in 1972 when the council offered…

[androidinvasionmusic]

Odds and Ends: How Bob Dylan and the Band Outdid the Beatles

The first time I bought The Basement Tapes by Bob Dylan and the Band, I got ripped off. A used copy of the two-CD set was selling for $22 at Plastic Fantastic, and I figured it was probably a good deal, so I bought it only to see a new copy selling for $20 across the street at Sam Goody an hour later. And Plastic Fantastic had a strict no-returns policy, so I was out the $2 difference. So I went…

[tvandcomicsita]

#Supergirl - Fear Knot (S06E07)

#Supergirl – Fear Knot (S06E07)

Il momento di partire in missione verso la Zona Fantasma è arrivato: ma riusciranno i nostri eroi ad arrivarci sani e salvi? O i Fantasmi creeranno problemi? (more…)

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"Captain America"- Master Sgt. Andrew Christian Marckesano

“Captain America”- Master Sgt. Andrew Christian Marckesano

Master Sgt. Andrew Christian Marckesano was known to his friends as “Captain America.” He served six tours in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne, and Army Rangers, as well as six other tours overseas. All were combat tours. He was a Silver Star recipient. Two days after the 4th of July, he committed suicide after dinner with his former commander. He had just been hired for a job at the Pentagon…

[travsd]

Adolph Caesar: An Actor's Story

Adolph Caesar: An Actor’s Story

Harlem-born Adolph Caesar 1933-1985 served five years in the U.S. Navy (as a Chief Petty Officer in the medical corps) before studying drama at NYU. Caesar’s greatest asset as an actor was his voice; a lot of his earlier work was voice-over narration for the trailers to films such as Blacula and Dawn of the Dead.

Caesar worked with regional theatres all over the country but his longest…

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Author Talk: Editing Technique - Wear a Master Sergeant Hat

Author Talk: Editing Technique – Wear a Master Sergeant Hat

Here’s a tip for all your writers to remember, when revising your work. Follow this advice and you’re editor will thank you.

via Author Talk: Editing Technique – Wear a Master Sergeant Hat

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Eagle Crag and Sergeant's Crag walk from Stonethwaite, Lake District

Eagle Crag and Sergeant’s Crag walk from Stonethwaite, Lake District

Eagle Crag and Sergeant’s Crag walk in the Lake District, Cumbria. These two Wainwrights have been high on the list of Lakeland Fells to climb for us. Eagle Crag especially, with its scrambling steep north-facing crags. And then the easy ridgeline onto Sergeant’s Crag. The views onto Borrowdale Valley were memorising. The starting point is Stonethwaite village. Quickfire questions on Eagle Crag…

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#OTD in 1919 – Official founding of ‘The Squad’, an IRA counter-intelligence and assassination squad.

The Squad was officially established at 46 Rutland Square on the 19 September 1919. Although at the time it had been in operation for two months and had already carried out two killings. Members were paid £4.10s per week. Officially the unit was a part of the Dublin Brigade under Dick McKee from Finglas, but they were separate from the Battalion structure and directly under the command of…

[focusonthegoodnews]

Goldfield, Iowa veteran gifted mortgage-free home

Goldfield, Iowa veteran gifted mortgage-free home

Good News Notes: “A former U.S. Army sergeant and his family have been given the keys to a new home in Goldfield. Michael Hulsey, a Purple Heart recipient, was gifted a mortgage-free house. The house was a donation from Wells Fargo to the Military Warriors Support FoundationHomes 4 Wounded Heroes program. Wells Fargo has donated more than 400 homes to veterans since 2012. Hulsey joined the Army…

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Community Heroes: Elizabeth Nuñez

Elizabeth Nuñez recently celebrated her one-year anniversary as the Deputy Director of MusArt Music Management (MusArt). Although she has been part of the organization for many years, it was only last year that Nuñez was formally asked to join the executive board of the organization to represent it and help it grow further. MusArt, led by Daniel Guzman, a decorated combat marine, unites…

[downthetubes]

Lakes Festival Focus: Joe Kelly

Lakes Festival Focus: Joe Kelly

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Joe Kelly, a writer, producer, penciller and editor, and creator of the lauded Eisner-nominated graphic novel I Kill Giants.

Illustrated by fellow Festival guest Ken Niimura, I Kill Giantswas winner of the 2012 International…

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Sergeant Arnold Loosemore DCM, VC. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment 1917

Sergeant Arnold Loosemore DCM, VC. Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment 1917

Arnold Loosemore enlisted into the army on 2 January 1915 at the age of 18 and after completing training was posted as a private soldier to the York and Lancaster Regiment and served during the Gallipoli Campaign. After returning to England he underwent training as a Lewis Machine Gunner and in July 1916 was posted to the 8th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment and at the age of…

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Brawl between Rebels boss Nick Martin and a Hell's Angel's sergeant-at-arms was allegedly sparked over a disagreement

Brawl between Rebels boss Nick Martin and a Hell’s Angel’s sergeant-at-arms was allegedly sparked over a disagreement

Come over and get in the know with everything happening in the Biker Scene. Free to Subscribe to the YouTube Channel A brawl between Rebels boss Nick Martin and a Hell’s Angel’s sergeant-at-arms was allegedly sparked over a disagreement to share control of a beachside suburb.  Martin came to blows with Dayne Brajkovich at The Sandbar in Scarborough, Perth, in November 2020. The former boss is…

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Marine Recruit Ramirez Lost 186 pounds To Join The USMC

Marine Recruit Ramirez Lost 186 pounds To Join The USMC

In High School, Gabriel Mendez Ramirez weighed 365 pounds and was often the brunt of bullying.  But one day, he saw a Marine Corps officer in a restaurant and decided that’s what he wanted as his future. Marine recruit Ramirez learned that if you want something bad enough, you don’t give up.

DVIDS reported,

He stood tall, looking over the top of everyone in the crowded restaurant. He could be…