Traianus Mucianus was a Roman soldier of Thracian origins of the second half of the Third Century AD who rose from the lowest ranks of the army to senior commands. He was almost certainly a remarkable soldier. However, the successive promotions he secured in the latter part of his career are thought to owe much also to the favour shown him by men highly placed in the Imperial entourage whose patronage secured him advantageous postings in the Imperial comitatus, the mobile field force under the direct command of the Emperor, that was undergoing massive expansion at this time.
It seems likely that Mucianus's recorded career was passed entirely in military service. However, information relating to his later life is so fragmentary that it is not possible to be certain of this. The evidence can be construed as to read that, after achieving equestrian status (see Roman equestrian order), he was from time to time given gubernatorial postings in his home-province of Thracia and elsewhere.
Nevertheless, accepting these drawbacks, the Mucianus Inscription is considered by some to give an unusually complete record of the career of a senior officer at a time when the Roman Army was undergoing profound organisational changes. His elevation to the centurionate, and his rise through that body to equestrian status and, hence, the higher levels of command, is thought to be particularly informative of the experiences of officers fortunate enough to have made their careers in the expanded Imperial field army. However, other scholars query how much light the evidence of the inscription actually sheds on the structure of officers' careers in general terms as opposed to the specific instance of Mucianus.
The interpretation of the Mucianus Inscription is assisted by evidence of two other inscribed monuments honouring two high-ranking officers of Thracian origin thought to be brothers, (Marcus) Aurelius Heraclianus and (Marcus) Aurelius Apollinarius. Both of these memorials, like that to Mucianus himself, were discovered at the site of Augusta Traiana.
It is generally accepted that Traianus Mucianus was the dedicator of both the Aurelianic monuments and that he set them up to express his gratitude to the brothers for the influence they had exercised - presumably with the Emperor (Gallienus) - to the benefit of his career. The particular benefit referred to is discussed below - see item 5.
Mucianus's date of birth is not known. Like his presumed patrons, the Brothers Aurelii (see above) he was probably born in Augusta Traiana. Nothing is known of his family or their social circumstances.
The text of the Mucianus Inscription - so far as it survives – lists the appointments he held and, often, the rank at which he held them. The Greek gives the equivalents in that language of the Latin terms that would have been used by the Roman Army. These last are listed below insofar as they can be read or deduced from the inscription.
4. EVOCATUS - had served out his time in Coh. VII of the Praetorians and had made a sufficiently favourable impression to be then invited to re-enlist[c].
It was at one time thought that Mucianus might be identified with the Aurelius Mucianus, who was Praeses (i.e. governor of equestrian rank)[r] of the province of Raetia (coincides roughly with Switzerland) under Diocletian. Recent commentators have either specifically rejected this notion or ignored it.
^ The Mucianus Monument is preserved in the Sophia Museum - Cat. 3578.
^ Mucianus's appointment as a centurio protector is attributed to the influence of Aurelius Heraclianus who became Praetorian Prefect in 267 AD - see above. His membership of the Protectores Augusti Nostri indicates that Leg. XIII Gemina (or the detachment of that legion to which he was posted) was attached to the field army commanded directly by the Emperor, i.e. the comitatus. It is likely that the posting was served during Gallienus's campaigns in the Balkans against the barbarian Heruli and then in Italy against the rebel general Aureolus.
^ Mucianus's postings in the Vigiles and the Urbaniciani are thought to have been notional only (hence the absence of a cohort designation in these cases) being intended to fulfill the procedural requirements for his substantive third appointment to the Praetorian centurionate in a designated cohort.
^ This office is otherwise unknown. It may have been equivalent in rank to a legionary Primus Pilus.
^ The term primipilarius designates an equestrian rank which was achieved by an army officer who had previously held office as a primus pilus and had served a year in that capacity. The rank had no substantive military or civil function.
^ The term Dux at this time denoted the commander of a composite force made up of more than one legion or vexillationes (i.e. detachments) drawn from more than one legion) with an ad hoc mandate not necessarily restricted to a specific province. Such an officer probably ranked above a legionary commander whose commission would usually be restricted to a single province Mucianus had yet to achieve a legionary command.
^ As in the case of Egypt, the governor of the Roman province of Mesopotamia was an equestrian with the title of "praefectus".
^ The rank is uncertain, but must have been at least equivalent to that Mucianus held as the commander of Leg. XIII - see item 14.
^ After the Diocletianic administrative reforms the old formula used to indicate a praeses was of equestrian status – i.e. agens vice praesidis (AVP) – became otiose. All praesides were by then equestrians.
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Mihailov, Georgi (1966). Inscriptiones Graecae in Bulgaria Repertae (IGBR)3.2.1570 (Augusta Traiana, Stara Zagora, Thrace) (in Latin). Sophia.
^ a b Nagy, Prof. T. (1965). "Commanders of Legions in the age of Gallienus". Acta Archeologica Hungarica. XVII: 290–307.
^ a b c d e f g h i j Jones, A.H.M.; Martindale, J.R.; Morris, J. (1971). The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire, Vol i, 5 'Traianus Mucianus'. Cambridge University Press.
^ a b c d e f Christol, M. (1977). "La carrière de Traianus Mucianus et l'origine des protectores". Chiron. 7: 393–408.
^ a b c Dobson, B. The significance of the Centurion and the Primipilaris in the Roman Army and Administration. Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II. 1. pp. 392–434.
^ IGBR 3 2, 1569.
^ Christol, Michel (1977). "Une Carrière équestre sous la règne de l'empereur Gallien". Latomus. 35: 866–874. .
^ Bersanetti, G.M. (1942). "Eracliano, Prefetto del Pretorio di Gallieno". Epigraphica, IV: 169–176.
^ Smith, R.E. (1979). Smallwood, Mary E. (ed.). "Dux, Praepositus". Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik. 36: 263–278. JSTOR 20185810.
^ Birley, E. (1969). Septimius Severus and the Roman Army, Epigraphische Studien 8. Bonn. pp. 63–82.
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Q: If $|S|>1$, then $M(S)$ is not a group with respect to composition. Why? Question: If $|S|>1$, then $M(S)$, the set of all mappings from $S$ to $S$, is not a group with respect to composition. Why?
My answer: Any mapping that maps more than one element from the domain to the same element in the codomain will not be invertible; hence, $M(S)$ is not a group. More formally, let $\alpha\in M(S)$ be an arbitrary mapping. Let $\eta,\kappa,\lambda\in S$ be arbitrary elements in $S$ with the condition that $\kappa\neq\lambda$. If $\alpha(\{\kappa,\lambda\})=\eta$ for any $\kappa,\lambda$, then the mapping $\alpha$ is not invertible.
Is this correct reasoning?

A: Your answer is right. Here is a longer one.
The set $M(S)$ is a monoid under composition.
The largest submonoid of $M(S)$ that is a group (its group of "units") is exactly the set of all permutations of $S$.
If $S$ has more than one element, these two monoids do not coincide because not every map $S\to S$ is a bijection. Hence, $M(S)$ is not a group.
If $S$ has $n$ elements, then there are $n^n$ maps but only $n!$ permutations.
If $n\ge2$ then $n^n \ge 2^n > n!$.

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Rampant Change
GDK 974: Rampant Change
Han Shuo had expended quite a lot of effort in building Pandemonium. There were too many secrets within that outsiders were unaware of, most of which had cost Han Shuo lots of wealth and materials to make.
For Han Shuo, whose power was at the Skybreak Realm, he had absorbed lots of experience about offensive formations from the Cauldron of Myriad Demons. Coupled with his understanding of demonic arts, his formations contained specialized knowledge that only he knew. If Han Shuo was an artist, then Pandemonium was his masterpiece made with the summation of his skills and knowledge.
Within it, there were some special mechanisms that had never been activated before. The whole time, these places didn't seem to have any utility or special function, so most people just thought that they were useless. Even the Five Elite Zombies were oblivious to their functions. Only Han Shuo knew what they were truly for.
The changes came suddenly; huge crevices appeared on the ground where yuan energy gushed out uncontrollably, resulting in strong winds and flying sand and rocks. It suddenly seemed like the end of the world was descending on Pandemonium.
Needless to say, given their strengths, Judas, Dhaka, and the other Hegemons were incredibly sensitive to changes in the environment. They knew something was off with the odd changes occurring in Pandemonium. Without speaking a word, they all charged towards the crevices in an attempt to stop Han Shuo and the rest from escaping through them.
Han Shuo did see what they were trying to do, but did nothing to stop them. His lips curved into a cold smirk as he let out another ear-piercing howl which seemed to cause Pandemonium to transform once more.
Vast amounts of yuan energy came flooding in like a huge torrent. Rumbling could be heard from the many dark clouds that had gathered as the yuan energy came plummeting down. It was as if all the negative energies in the world had gathered together and was about to wipe out all life.
At the same time, a shocking wave of energy emanated from Han Shuo. The cauldron floated menacingly in mid-air as it sent out thousands upon thousands of demon generals that flew into the oppressive dark clouds.
"Bryan, stop it with your tricks. As long as you tell us everything, we will agree to Judas's suggestion." Perhaps because he was frightened by the rapid changes, Isaiah, who was initially for killing everyone in the House of Han, began to want to compromise.
Hearing that, Regis and Miller also agreed. Dhaka and Asser still seemed rather hesitant and didn't say anything about it. Nobody knew if they agreed with what Isaiah had said.
Judas smiled slightly, but he felt a little displeased with what Isaiah had said. He gave him a mocking glance.
Wasir and Salas, who had prepared themselves for the possibility of dying, were just as surprised to see what Han Shuo had done to cause all these rapid changes. Now that survival was still in the cards, their fighting spirit flared up. They stood together with Han Shuo with the intent of betting all they had with him.
Han Hao, now delighted, levitated on the throne to Han Shuo's side. The moment Han Shuo acted, he would help him out with the charge.
While the Hegemons were rapidly trying to salvage the situation, the killing intent, hatred, resentment, and other negative energies condensed into the dark clouds, descending upon the defensive barriers and seals they had placed around the area.
The seal Miller deployed was first to be destroyed while the other barriers were cracking and shattering. It appeared that they will soon all be removed.
Then, without any warning, a sudden burst of yuan energy pushed everyone apart while the killing intent from the menacing dark clouds entered the cauldron in an instant, causing it to grow in size multiple times before it charged towards Judas.
Judas' face jolted as he got the feeling that he was no match for the cauldron. Instead of taking it head-on as he did previously, he chose to evade.
"Salas, Wasir, go now!" Han Shuo cried as he pointed with his left hand at the crevice that was being filled with yuan energy as it suddenly became much larger, revealing a large, seemingly endless abyss. The force was so great that Ossora, who was blocking the crevice, was forced to back away rapidly like a drunk man stumbling backward.
"What about the two of you?" Salas wondered. They didn't leave immediately like Han Shuo had asked him to.
"Han Hao and I will escape with our own methods, so don't worry! Quick, this is my final resort. Once the energies disperse, I will no longer be able to gather them again. I can't keep this on for long so you must leave now!"
"Let's go!" Wasir shot Han Shuo a solemn glance before he leaped into the abyss wordlessly. Han Shuo could tell how much he trusted him based on that.
After blanking out for a moment, Salas steeled his resolve. "Take care. I'm still waiting on you to fulfill your promise. As long as you can escape alive, I will take you as my master!"
He then jumped into the crevice after Wasir.
"Stop them!" Dhaka yelled. Balintan and Kauze who were closest to the crevice hastily charged at them.
Han Shuo closed his hands and unleashed a focused beam from his palms, causing the yuan energy that was pushing Ossora away to form into an insurmountable obstacle that kept Balintan and Kauze outside, allowing Wasir and Salas to slip away.
"Kill him!" Dhaka yelled as he let the destruction energy in his body surge to form an Orb of Destruction the size of the dark sun. This orb was the size of a hundred fists combined and its destructive potential could strike terror into most that saw it.
When Regis, Miller, Isaiah, and Tuckamore noted how sinister the whole situation was, they no longer held themselves back.
Thunder roared as bolts of lightning fell like rain. Strong winds quickly formed into many destructive tornadoes as the earth shook nonstop. Out of nowhere, a meteorite fell out of the sky. The dense energy of frost turned into a fog that froze anything it touched.
At that moment, the Hegemons, who had unleashed their Domains of Divinity, attacked with their full power. All sorts of forces clashing in Pandemonium threatened to destroy it.
"Han Hao, you leave first!" Han Shuo yelled. His three souls fused into a single body instantly before he unleashed his hybrid Domain of Divinity before the other Hegemons came charging. He would forcefully expand his domain outwards.
However, Han Hao didn't retreat as Han Shuo had ordered. Instead, he widened the distance between them and used the power of the Quintessence Shard to its full extent, causing a gigantic tombstone to manifest.
From that instant, something even weirder happened. The yuan energy coming from within Pandemonium seemed to be drawn to the killing intent, resentment, violent urges, and other negative energies that the countless dead had left behind. They melded into Han Shuo's hybrid domain, causing it to transform once more. Unlike last time, the domain now contained not just death and destruction energies but also the various negative energies coming from Pandemonium. It seemed to no longer be affected by Han Hao's shard; there was no longer any conflict with it.
"ARGHHH!" Han Shuo roared. All of a sudden, he felt that the demonic yuan in his body was no longer within his control. It shot out at a speed that the naked eye could hardly follow into his new domain, within which many demon generals danced.
At that moment, death, destruction, demonic yuan, demon generals, and many other forces blended together in a way nobody could've been able to imagine. It felt like it was a beast that had emerged from the fringes of the universe, the embodiment of all things evil, an all-devouring black hole whose radiation was nothing but pure anti-life malice.
The Hegemons felt the energy rushing at them as they were engulfed by Han Shuo's new domain. It felt like the ground had fractured and the world had been destroyed.
Then there came a flash as bright as a thousand suns. Everything and everyone was instantly enveloped in a blinding light...
After some time that seemed as long as a day but paradoxically as short as a moment, the depleted Han Shuo regained his consciousness and senses. He felt pain coming from his whole body, pain that he had not experienced for a long time.
Slowly, he opened both his eyes and noticed that he was bloodied all over. The Invincible Omen Body he had been so proud of was seemingly not invincible after all. Some of his wounds exposed his bones and blood came flowing out of it without stopping. Still not used to the sensation, he struggled to turn around. The sight that greeted him was garish beyond description.


Doing a watch party at Blackfinn in midtown. GO LIONS.
also...anyone go to the SFgame???? I dont recommend going to the bay area for a sports game...unless you like ghetto fans.
No kidding, probably be the one place I wouldn't go to.
I'm in Austin myself. Yeah, for another Lions fan in Texas!
I've been to the Metrodome for a few games and its pretty tough on Lion's fans(and the Lions), but if the vikes go down in the third quarter, the place is half empty by the start of the 4th. They hate the Pack but Packer fans fill almost half the dome when they come. I enjoyed the dome last season tho . I NEED to make my pilgramage Ford Field hopefully soon.
But Oakland would be rediculous. That Raiders game last year would've been nuts. How pissed was that crowd?
I was at the Dome last year as well, was great! I agree with the Packers statement, hell they even sell stuff about hating the Packers when they aren't even playing them.


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Fall Off the Bone Ribs Recipe - baby back ribs coated with a homemade BBQ rub and baked. Finish off on the grill with a homemade BBQ sauce. THE BEST! Better than any restaurant. We never order ribs out anymore.
The 4th of July is right around the corner. How will you be celebrating? We will be grilling and chilling. This week we will sharing all the recipes that we will be making for our celebration.
First up are these ribs. We've tried to make ribs in the past. They were good but not great. I ran across this method of cooking ribs and decided to give it a try. OMG - these ribs were un-freakin-believable! Fall off the bone tender. They were hands down the best ribs we've ever made.
Don't tell your guests, but these ribs are actually really simple to make. They require very little hands on cooking time. All you have to do is put the dry rub on the ribs, wrap them up in foil, bake them in the oven for 3 hours and then finish them off on the grill with some BBQ sauce. This is our new go-to recipe for ribs. These would be great for your 4th of July feast or even a football tailgate this fall.
Place one full rack of ribs on top of two sheets of heavy duty foil. Apply rub generously to the front and back of the ribs, patting gently to ensure the rub adheres. Fold and wrap foil around each rack. Let ribs marinate in refrigerator for 30 minutes to overnight. (You can skip marinating if you are pressed for time).
Preheat the oven to 300°F. Place rib packs on a rimmed baking sheet to catch any juices that may leak. Cook ribs for 2 1/2 - 3 hours. The ribs are done when you can twist the bones with little resistance.
Heat the grill. Unwrap cooked ribs and transfer them carefully to the grill and brush with BBQ sauce. Grill for 5-10 minutes. Alternately, you can brush the ribs with BBQ sauce and cook them under the broiler in the oven.
Combine all ingredients in medium sauce pan. Heat to boiling. Let simmer for 30 minutes.
This was enough for all 3 slabs of ribs.
My gosh these sound amazing!! I have tried quite a few of your recipes with great success! Thanks for what looks to be another winner!
Believe it or not, I've never done any meat with a dry rub.
With a name like this and your recommendation, I've got to give these a try.
I was just telling my husband the other day we don't do ribs anymore. What a great day to find your post! Now I have a reason to get some ribs.
We're going to my parents for the 4th and they're hosting Ribfest! :) Ribs are perfect for the 4th of July, I can't wait!
Excellent. I love to over bake ribs and they're fall off the bone tender. People work way to hard to make ribs. Simple is best.
I'll have to try your sauce on my ribs. I like celery seed, it packs such a unique flavor.
Made these for a big group. Everyone loved them. Made the totally in the oven due to weather. I loved these!
Girl, I am taking yur button to my sidebar..I want everybody to come take a look at these...and all the other good stuff you turn out.
I am thrilled to have a Rub recipe AND the sauce.
Love your blog and boy are these ribs a keeper for sure! I used our favorite KC sauce but your rub was amazing and like you said, the meat falls off the bone. Featured them in my blog today with a link to you of course. Thanks for what is now a family favorite!
I saw this on Pinterest, and we loved it!! It was so good, even my Texas snob husband couldn't get enough, so we had to go get more ribs and I'm making them again tonight. Thank you for sharing this awesome recipe!
We just started cooking our ribs like this recently and they ARE fall apart tender (but we only bake them for 2 hours). Thanks for the rub and sauce recipe, I'm always looking for good ones.
G'day! I LOVE ribs, true!
Your looks SO delish...I would like some now too!
Can you cook the ribs in the oven a day or two ahead of time and throw them on the grill the day you eat them?
I think that would be fine - great idea!
These were AMAZING! (much like most of your dishes!) I have never even thought about making ribs before, and had no idea what I was doing. I peeled the membranes while holding my 13 month old in a sling, and burned the first batch of bbq sauce (nursing - priorities, ya know?!), but in the end, they were so good, that we ended up eating both racks - even Baby E was loving it! They were spicy (maybe I was a little heavy handed with the sriracha :-D), but not too much so, and they really did fall off the bone! I will be making these again for SURE!
Just wanted you to know we fixed the ribs tonight...and they were "Slap Your Mama " good!!!!
I did add 1/4 cup of brown sugar to the BBQ sauce as we like the sweeter sauce better. Hubby said the sauce was so good I drank the rest of it. Now that is an endorsement. LOL Thanks for the great recipes!!!


Hello yet again, my gentle readers. Say, have any of you considered seeing a psychologist for the streak of masochism you obviously suffer from, since you're here yet again to read another pathetic tale of the inept?
Regardless of your state of mental health, one must understand the state of Cluelessness manifests in many forms. Mostly, it shows itself with occasions of appalling bad judgment or thoughtlessness. Occasionally, however, the more dangerous form surfaces and infects our race, creating those who commit acts of gross cluelessness DELIBERATELY.
The team had just finished a data-steal run on a UCAS research facility off the west Canadian coast just a hundred kilometers north of Seattle and were heading home with the package to collect their hard-earned nuyen. The van needed gas, so the team pulled off into a small gas station to fill up and get some munchies.
Grunge had been complaining for the last hour of boredom, and the team wanted a rest from his mouth. He is sent in to pay for the fuel and get the snacks. Bad mistake.
Grunge: "I go inside and grab up a lot of chips and two or three drinks, and head for the counter."
GM: The clerk is a middle-aged man who looks boredly at you and rings up your sale. He then looks out the window. "Is that your van?"
Grunge: "Why the FRAG do you want to know?!"
Grunge: While he's talking, I pull out my Savallette Guardian and point it at his face. "You NEED to shut up and give me all the cash in the Fraggin register for being such a nosy Fragger, and give me all YOUR money too, or I'll blow your Fraggin head off!!!"
GM and all other players at once: "WHAT???"
GM: Tell me you aren't serious.
Grunge: Yer darn tootin I am! What does the clerk do? Remember, I got my gun on him, safety's off, set for burst fire!
GM: He is terrified, but he is quickly pulling out all the N.A.N. cash out of the drawer.
Clerk: "WWWould you like this in a bag?"
Grunge: "Nawwww! I'll just carry it out in my hands for all the Fraggin world to see! Of COURSE in a bag, ya Fraggin MORON!"
Hourglass: I'm looking towards the store to see what's taking Grunge so long. Do I see him robbing the guy?
GM (rolls perception for Hourglass) You just see him talking to the clerk.
Grunge: Is the clerk bagging up the money?
Grunge: I blast the Fragger!
GM: You blow his head all over the back wall, and his body falls to the floor twitching.
Grunge: Awesome! I go behind the counter to see what type of gun he was trying to pull on me.
Hourglass: Tell me I saw and heard that!!!
GM: Yes, no roll required as you said you were looking over there anyway. You hear a burst of gunfire and see the clerk go down in a spray of blood. Grunge has his gun out and pointed where the clerk was standing just seconds ago.
Hourglass: I yell "Holy Drek!! Grunge just killed the store clerk!"
Xilla: I'm still in the driver's seat, is Cur finished filling up the tank and back in the van?
GM: Yes, he'd just got back into the van when all of you heard the gunfire and Hourglass yell. Hourglass, you see Grunge go around behind the counter and bend over, presumably, the clerk's body. He is now out of your sight.
Xilla: I start up the engine, slam it into drive and peel outta the station like a bat outta Hell!!
GM: Grunge, you don't see anything but the wallet that the clerk had been trying to get out of his back pocket. Don't you remember telling him to fork over his cash, too?
Grunge: Oh yeah… I take the wallet. Do I see them taking off without me?
GM: No, you are down behind the counter, but you do hear a vehicle engine roar and the squeal of tires.
Grunge: I raise my head over the counter and have a look/see.
GM: You see what could be your van racing off down the street and quickly go out of sight due to darkness and the trees that surround the station.
Grunge: I go outside to the pay phone and call the cops, after I grab up the moneybag and stuff it into my long-coat inner pocket.
GM: uh… I don't suppose you take the munchies too?
Grunge: Oh yeah, I take those too. I get a bag and dump em in it, I may need em if I can't steal a car. Long walk to Seattle!!
GM: OK, ya got the bag-o-munchies, ya got the bag-o-money, so you go outside to call the cops. I can't WAIT to hear why.
Grunge: I dial the emergency number and ask for the nearest police station.
GM: The operator connects you to the local constabulary "Police station, can I help you" says a polite but bored male voice.
Grunge (in a frightened and whiney voice) "TTTThey robed the store!! They killed the clerk!"
GM/Cop: "Who robbed what store? Sir, I'm pulling up your location now on the computer, stay where you are. Can you give me a description?"
Grunge: (same voice) "YYYess," and proceeds to describe the rest of the team, excluding himself, and the make and model of the van (succeeded in an Int. roll and remembered the license plate, too) to the officer. Forgetting completely to check and see if maybe there was a video monitor in the store (there was, of course) Grunge then leaves the station, with all his bags, and janders on down the road to the sound of sirens in the distance. He finds a car in a driveway two miles down the road, and proceeds to hotwire it. (He does have an electronics still, but only makes one success so it's taking a while) The owner of the car steps out of the door to see someone breaking into his car (Grunge fails perception roll) so he quietly steps back inside to get his shotgun.
Meanwhile, the team is hearing over their police-band radio a description of their van and a general description of themselves. They prudently decide to start looking for another vehicle. But, before they find one, they have a brief but not too violent encounter with some of the local constabulary. The team finds another vehicle and make it back to Seattle with no further trouble, They inform the fixer of the problem with Grunge, the fixer decides Grunge forfeited his final payment when he put the mission in danger, pays the rest of the team, and leaves.
Back in the NAN territories, a seriously wounded Grunge is driving back to Seattle after having to gun down an entire family because the father had the gall to shoot him while he was stealing the man's car!! (However, a wounded but very much alive twelve-year-old girl gave a description to the cops that matched the ID of the Perp in the convenience store's video monitor to a 'T'.
The softhearted, and softheaded (the submitter's description, not mine - Karen), GM allowed him to get back to Seattle after a rather bloody encounter with three suspicious cops that he, amazingly, defeated. Not surprisingly, Grunge was pissed at the fixer for refusing to pay him, and is currently hunting him down. The N.A.N. has a 500,000-nuyen bounty on Grunge's head, which grows daily.
The team no longer had anything to do with that character (Grunge's player was forced to make another character), and plans on collecting on the bounty when it reaches 600,000 (easier to split three ways).


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La  division SS « Totenkopf » ou la division « Totenkopf », Totenkopf signifiant « tête de mort » (appellations allemandes successives : la SS-Division Totenkopf, puis la SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf" et enfin la 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"), est l'une des 38 divisions de la Waffen-SS durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

La présence dans les effectifs de cette division de gardes des camps de concentration et d'extermination nazis en a fait l'une des unités de la Waffen-SS qui s'est distinguée le plus par son fanatisme et sa brutalité ; elle a de ce fait commis de nombreux crimes de guerre.

Historique

La division Totenkopf avait pour origine les unités de garde des camps de concentration, les SS-Totenkopfverbände (« unités SS à tête de mort »). Celles-ci étaient dirigées par Theodor Eicke à partir du , lors de sa nomination comme inspecteur des camps de concentration.

Ces unités étaient organisées en régiments basés dans différents camps :
 Standarte  « Oberbayern » à Dachau ;
 Standarte  « Brandenburg » à Oranienbourg-Sachsenhausen ;
 Standarte  « Thüringen » à Buchenwald ;
 Standarte  « Ostmark » à Mauthausen.

C'est sous le commandement d'Eicke que débute la transformation des SS-TV (il ne faut pas confondre les SS-VT pour SS-Verfügungstruppe, destinés dès l'origine à faire des Waffen-SS, avec les SS-TV pour SS-Totenkopfverbände, initialement uniquement destinés à la garde des camps de concentration) en vue d'en faire des unités aptes à combattre sur le front. Dès sa prise de fonction, Eicke mobilise tous ses contacts au sein de la SS pour assurer un bon équipement à sa division, notamment en armes antichars, pour la motoriser et la doter d'un groupe de reconnaissance.

À partir de ce moment, Eicke entame une nouvelle carrière et n'a plus de responsabilités dans l'organisation des camps de concentration. L'homme change de fonction, mais ses convictions restent les mêmes. Anti-catholique convaincu, il arrive, en 1940, à « convaincre » une compagnie entière de sa division de renoncer à la religion chrétienne, en le faisant acter par un tribunal administratif. Tout au long de sa période de commandement, il veille scrupuleusement au respect des drastiques critères de recrutement de la Waffen-SS, n'hésitant pas à renvoyer des candidats pourtant acceptés mais qu'il juge personnellement non conformes aux normes physiques, raciales ou morales de la SS et rechigne à voir ses officiers quitter la division Totenkopf pour renforcer d'autres unités.

Rejoignant la « Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler » (« régiment SS de garde d'Adolf Hitler ») et la SS-Verfügunsgstruppe (littéralement « troupe SS à disposition »), les unités Totenkopf constituent l'un des trois piliers de la future Waffen-SS.

Après la réorganisation de la dénomination et de la numérotation des divisions SS en 1943, elle reçoit la dénomination officielle de  "Totenkopf", aux côtés, entre autres, de la  SS « Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler » et de la  division SS « Das Reich », issue de la SS-Verfügungstruppe.

Le , Adolf Hitler autorise le regroupement des régiments « Totenkopf » pour former une division Waffen-SS. Cette division est intégrée à la  armée pendant les opérations de la campagne de France en mai 1940.

Comme en Pologne, pendant la campagne de France, Eicke et sa division se distinguent par leur brutalité sans bornes et leurs crimes de guerre.

Pour le déclenchement de l'invasion de l'Union soviétique, Eicke insiste pour que sa division soit dotée de camions militaires conçus pour le transport de troupes à la place des divers véhicules qu'elle a reçus ; . Son insistance lui permet d'obtenir gain de cause.

En , en Finlande, deux régiments de la division s'enfuient devant une contre-offensive des troupes de l'Armée Rouge, s'attirant de sévères jugements d'officiers de la Wehrmacht.

Sous le commandement de Theodor Eicke, abattu lors d'une reconnaissance aérienne, puis de ses successeurs, la division Totenkopf continue à faire preuve d'un fanatisme inégalé et de férocité lors de l'avancée en 1941, de l'offensive de l'été 1942, de la conquête de Kharkov, de la bataille de la poche de Demiansk, et lors de la défense de Varsovie puis de Budapest début 1945. Elle fait preuve de remarquables aptitudes au combat défensif contre l'Armée rouge.

Désignations successives

 SS-Totenkopf-Division (à partir du ) comprenant :
 SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 1
 SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 2
 SS-Totenkopf-Infanterie-Regiment 3
 SS-Totenkopf-Artillerie-Regiment
 schwere SS-Totenkopf-Artillerie-Abteilung (à partir de l'hiver 1939/40)
 SS-Totenkopf-Aufklärungs-Abteilung
 SS-Totenkopf-Panzerabwehr-Abteilung
 SS-Totenkopf-Pionier-Bataillon
 SS-Totenkopf-Nachrichten-Abteilung

 SS-Panzergrenadier-Division « Totenkopf » (à partir du ) comprenant :
 SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 « Totenkopf »
 SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 3 « Totenkopf »
 Panzer-Regiment 3
 SS-Totenkopf-Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung
 SS-Totenkopf-Aufklärungs-Abteilung
 SS-Totenkopf-Kradschützen-Bataillon
 SS-Totenkopf-Panzerjäger-Abteilung
 SS-Totenkopf-Pionier-Bataillon
 SS-Totenkopf-Flak-Abteilung
 SS-Totenkopf-Nachrichten-Abteilung

 3. SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf (à partir du ) comprenant :
 SS Panzer-Regiment 3 « Totenkopf »
 SS Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 5 « Thule »
 SS Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 6 « Theodor Eicke »
 SS Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 3
 SS Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 3
 SS Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 3
 SS Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 3
 SS Panzerjäger-Abteilung 3
 SS Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 3
 SS Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 3
 SS Versorgungs-Einheiten 3

Liste des commandants successifs

Théâtres d'opérations

 1940 : bataille de France
Parcours de la division SS « Totenkopf » lors de la bataille de France
 1941-1942 :
Siège de Léningrad
 Janvier - octobre : poche de Demiansk
 Octobre : reconstitution de la division en France
 1943 : Russie
 Koursk
 Kharkov
 Bassin de Donetz
 1944 : pays baltes et Roumanie
 1945 : Hongrie et Autriche
 Destruction de la division à Vienne.

Parcours en France
La  division SS « Totenkopf » est engagée dans l'invasion de la France en tant que division de réserve du groupe d'armées A, sous le commandement du général Gerd von Rundstedt qui avait comme objectif la percée dans les Ardennes.

Son point de rassemblement était Korbach, situé près de Cassel.
 Le , la division traverse les villages allemands de Wipperfürth et Neukirchen puis franchit la frontière belge.
 Le 17 mai, la division est placée sous le commandement de  Panzerkorps du général Hermann Hoth.
 Le 18 mai, elle est rattachée à la  Panzerdivision commandée par Erwin Rommel et traverse Dinant, Solre-le-Château, Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe, Taisnières-en-Thiérache, Landrecies, Bazuel, Le Cateau-Cambrésis, le canal de la Sambre à l'Oise et participe aux combats de Catillon-sur-Sambre, de L'Arbre de Guise, de Saint-Souplet, de Ribeauville et de Saint-Martin-Rivière.
 Le 20 mai, elle est à Bourlon, puis à Fontaine-Notre-Dame, à Anneux, à Inchy-en-Artois et à Mercatel.
 Le 22 mai, la division est transférée au XVI Panzerkorps ; elle installe son QG à Aubigny-en-Artois et atteint Cambrai.
 Le 24 mai, le canal de La Bassée est franchi, de violents combats seront menés durant les deux jours suivants. Devant la résistance des troupes françaises et anglaises, les SS massacrent civils et réfugiés au lieu-dit Le Quesnoy à Beuvry.
 Le 27 mai, début de l'attaque sur Béthune : les villages de Hinges et Locon tombent et les SS massacrent des prisonniers anglais au Paradis.
 Début juin elle est à Calais et participe à la bataille de Dunkerque.
 Après Dunkerque, l'unité descend sur Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, Péronne, et Château-Thierry qui est atteint le 13 juin.
 Du 14 au 17 juin, la division continue par Romilly-sur-Seine, Troyes, Châtillon-sur-Saône, Chaumont, Langres, Dijon.
 Du 18 au 21 juin, elle poursuit sa route en passant par Chalon-sur-Saône, Mâcon, Tarare ; durant les combats de Chasselay, le , elle massacre des tirailleurs sénégalais (par pur racisme) : leurs dépouilles sont enterrées au Tata sénégalais de Chasselay.
 Le , alors que la délégation française signe, à Rethondes dans le wagon de l'Armistice, l'armistice, la colonne descend occuper Bayonne.

Crimes de guerre

 Lors de la campagne de Pologne, trois régiments des unités Totenkopf Oberbayern, Brandenburg et Thüringen à Buchenwald, chargés d'actions de pacification et de nettoyage à l'arrière du front, assassinent les membres de l'intelligentsia polonaise et les Juifs, s'attirant de vives critiques du général de la Wehrmacht Johannes Blaskowitz : .

 , le  d'infanterie de la Totenkopf, sous les ordres du Stubaf Lammerding et de l'Ostuf Lotz, fusille six personnes civiles à Mercatel, exécute 5 hommes et incendie 24 fermes à Simencourt, exécute quatre civils (dont une femme handicapée de 78 ans dans son lit) et incendie plusieurs maisons et fermes à Hermaville.

 Au cours de la journée du , le  d'infanterie de la Totenkopf, sous les ordres du Stubaf Bellwildt et du Gruf Eicke, tue trente personnes à Berles-Monchel et près de trente autres à Aubigny-en-Artois puis 64 personnes sont exécutées par le  d'infanterie de la Totenkopf. Ces actions de sauvagerie sont commises par le  en raison de la résistance acharnée des chars britanniques et français devant Warlus et Simencourt le .

 24 et , le  d'infanterie et le  du bataillon de pionniers de la Totenkopf, sous le commandement du Stubaf Bestmann et de l'Ostuf Siegfried Müller massacrent 48 personnes à Beuvry. En outre, plusieurs centaines de civils sont utilisés comme boucliers humains pour faire avancer les canons du  d'artillerie SS sous le commandement du Stubaf Hermann Priess.

 , 10 civils sont fusillés à Hinges, par le  d'infanterie et la  du bataillon de pionniers de la Totenkopf sous le commandement de l'Ostuf Max Seela, en représailles de l'exécution d'un soldat SS par un soldat français.

 On peut aussi rajouter le massacre avéré de plus de 250 civils dans le nord de la France entre le 19 et le , et une étude a montré que le nombre des assassinats de prisonniers et de civils suivait la courbe des pertes de la division.

 Massacre du Paradis, à Lestrem près de Béthune, le , durant lequel, la Totenkopf assassine une centaine de prisonniers britanniques en France, sous les ordres du lieutenant Fritz Knöchlein, condamné à mort et exécuté pour crimes de guerre après la fin du conflit.

 Sur le front de l'Est, elle est coupable de l'assassinat de prisonniers et de civils en Union soviétique, de la destruction et du pillage de nombreux villages russes.

 On a attribué également à la « Totenkopf » le massacre des soldats sénégalais du  ; ceux-ci s'étaient rendus, à Chasselay dans le Rhône pour finir abattus par des mitrailleuses et pour certains écrasés par les chars d'assaut. À la suite de la découverte en 2019 de clichés inédits, l'historien Julien Fargettas attribue ce crime à une division de la Wehrmacht - la  Panzerdivision, déjà évoquée par Scheck — plutôt qu'à la Waffen-SS.

Personnalités ayant servi au sein de la division
 L'acteur allemand Horst Tappert, né le  à Elberfeld (aujourd'hui Wuppertal) et mort le  à Munich, qui s'est fait connaître par son rôle de Stephan Derrick dans la série Inspecteur Derrick. Selon un document publié par l'hebdomadaire allemand Der Spiegel, il aurait intégré le  « Totenkopf ».

Notes et références

Annexes

Bibliographie
 .
 Didier Laugier, « La SS-Division "Totenkopf" à Luchno », in Ligne de Front, n°53, éditions Caraktère, janvier/
 Boris Laurent, « Totenkopf », in Axe & Alliés n°6,
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 Charles Trang, Totenkopf, HEIMDAL

Liens externes
 Jean-Luc Leleu, La division SS-Totenkopf face à la population civile du Nord de la France en mai 1940, Revue du Nord, n° 342, 2001/4

Articles connexes
 Liste des unités de la Waffen-SS
 Panzerdivision
 Liste de massacres perpétrés par les forces allemandes en France durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale

3e Panzerdivision SS Totenkopf

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Продан Стоянов Гарджев е български състезател по борба свободен стил категория 87 кг.

Биография
Роден е на 8 април 1936 г. в с. Росеново, Средецко. С борба започва да се занимава още от дете. Негов треньор е Костадин Жабов. Състезава се за СК "ЦСКА" и СК "Черноморец". Двукратен световен първенец от София (1963) и Толедо (1966). Бронзов медалист от световното първенство в Манчестър (1965) г. Печели бронзов медал от европейско първенство (1967) и сребърен медал (1968).

Олимпийски шампион от Летните олимпийски игри в Токио през 1964 г. и бронзов медалист от Летните олимпийски игри в Мексико през 1968.

Два пъти е провъзгласен за Спортист № 1 на България (1963, 1966). Неговото име носи Национален турнир по народна борба и спортен клуб в град Бургас. Почетен гражданин на Бургас (1963).

Галерия

Външни препратки
 www.bgolympic.org

Български борци
Български олимпийски шампиони
Хора от област Бургас
Български олимпийски медалисти
Почетни граждани на Бургас
Герои на социалистическия труд на България
Носители на орден "Георги Димитров"
Спортисти на летните олимпийски игри 1964
Спортисти на летните олимпийски игри 1968


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Q: Are memmove and malloc thread safe? I have some code that moves bytes in a buffer using memmove(). The buffer is accessed by multiple threads. I get a very weird behavior; sometimes the buffer it's not what it should be and I was thinking if memmove() or/and malloc() are thread safe. I'm working on iOS (in case this is platform dependent).

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Memmove (or any other kind of block move) is not thread safe, any more than an assignment statement is thread safe.

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Note that the upcoming C1x standard will specify threads, and if the implementation has threads, then malloc will be required to be thread-safe.

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Pork pie – tradycyjny wypiek brytyjski, składający się z grubo siekanego lub mielonego peklowanego mięsa wieprzowego, galaretki wieprzowej w sporządzonym na gorąco chrupkim cieście. Po wypieczeniu ma łukowaty wygląd. Pork pie jest w przekroju różowy albo szary. Spożywa się go na zimno.

Wytwarzanie
Ciasto do produkcji pork pies powstaje w wyniku gotowania smalcu w osolonej wodzie, a następnie dodania mąki. Powstałe w taki sposób ciasto jest wytrzymałe i sprężyste, zdolne podtrzymać całą konstrukcję wypieku. Z ciasta tworzy się cylindryczne miseczki o grubej podstawie, które następnie wypełnia się mielonym mięsem, przykrywa wierzchnią warstwą ciasta, a na koniec nakłuwa.  Podczas pieczenia mięso się kurczy i doprowadza do obluzowania zawartości, dlatego luki wypełnia się wywarem wieprzowym, który po ostudzeniu wyrobu daje galaretę.

Historia
Wyroby zbliżone do pork pie, o podobnej recepturze i zbliżonego kształtu były wypiekane już w średniowieczu, a receptury zmieniały się wraz z biegiem lat. Również ze średniowiecza (rok 1303) pochodzi najstarszy udokumentowany zapis użycia nazwy pork pie, a pierwszy zachowany przepis pochodzi z roku 1390 z kuchni króla Ryszarda II. Początkowo przygotowywanie pork pies było metodą na konserwację wieprzowiny. Wyrób swoją popularność zawdzięczał łatwości w transportowaniu, gotowości do spożycia i niskiej cenie, dzięki czemu zyskał popularność wśród klasy robotniczej i rolników.

Melton Mowbray pork pie
Najbardziej znaną marką jest Melton Mowbray pork pie, nazwany od miejsca jego wytwarzania, miasta Melton Mowbray w hrabstwie Leicestershire. Produkcja pork pies rozpoczęła się tam pod koniec XVIII wieku. W odróżnieniu od większości, są wytwarzane ręcznie i mają nieregularny kształt. Cechą charakterystyczną jest rozchylanie się góry ciasta i obwódka.

Przypisy

Ciasta wytrawne
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Setting the story straight
Interview: Kimberly Murray on honour and justice for missing Indigenous children
Rivers of resistance: A history of the Métis Nation of Ontario
The project working to identify Indigenous people in Canada's archives
Chief Perry Bellegarde on the treaty relationship
Connie Walker – Surviving St Michael's
Eight facts about water in Canada
Meet the winners of the 2019 Indspire Awards
Pimachiowin Aki is Canada's newest UNESCO World Heritage Site
Photos: A celebration of First Nations at the Calgary Stampede
A celebration of the Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada
The first-of-its-kind educational resource aims to share the stories and cultures of Indigenous peoples with Canadians and the world
Fighting for their coastline
As ship traffic increases off the coast of British Columbia, so will accidents. The Heiltsuk Nation intends to be ready.
How a B.C. First Nation is working to save their language from extinction
As the federal government prepares to move forward with its promised Indigenous language legislation, the Witsuwit'en Language and Culture Society is hoping for a language renaissance in Canada
University of Alberta researcher developing simpler way to test water quality
Michael Serpe's fieldwork is based in rural India, but he says Canadian First Nations communities could benefit from realtime water quality data as well
How First Nations are changing the clean energy landscape
A new program aims to help indigenous communities become trailblazers of renewable energy development in Canada
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Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park takes visitors back in time
First Nations history shines through petroglyphs and pictographs


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She was born in Nicosia in 1987. She Earned Her DNAP, (Diplôme National d'Arts Plastiques)from the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Nîmes, and a DNSAP with Distinction (Diplôme National Supérieur d'Arts Plastiques), from the Ecole National Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France.
The artist's work is characterized by its geometric abstraction and its vibrant colour schemes. The artist is particularly interested in the circles and circular motion and interplay. Her work is a constant search for expression of the circular form and either as the singular subject or within a composition.
La vie en Ronde, Alpha C.K. Art Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Thinking Circular, Is not gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Le Chemin de la Couleur, Galerie Droite, Paris, France
DNAP, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
DNAP, Ecole Supérieure de Beaux-Arts de Nîmes, France
Group Exhibitions (selection)
Trait d'Union, French Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus
Buy Art Fair, Manchester, UK (presented by Gala Fine Art, Bristol, UK)
Bristol Affordable Art Fair, Bristol, UK (presented by Gala Fine Art, Bristol, UK)
Isnotgallery Goes to Almyra, Almyra Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus.
Woman's Essence Exhibition, Hernandez Art Gallery, Milan, Italy.
AAF Bruxelles 2016, Brussels, Belgium (presented by Galeria Gaudi, Madrid, Spain)
Les Voyageurs, Palais des Beaux-arts, Paris, France
Couleurs Power, Galerie My Art Goes Boom, Avignon, France
Couleurs Power, Galerie La Salamandre, Nîmes, France
Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, Parc Floral de Paris, Paris, France
Matchmaking, ENSBA, atelier Sylvie Fanchon, Paris, France
Portes Ouvertes, ENSBA, atelier Bernard Piffaretti, Paris, France
Vis-à-vis, Carré d'Art-Musée d'Art Contemporain, France
Exhibitions with Alpha C.K. Art Gallery
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La vie en Ronde