Musket

A musket is a muzzle-loaded, smoothbore firearm, fired from the shoulder. Muskets were designed for use by infantry. A soldier armed with a musket had the designation musketman or musketeer.

The musket replaced the arquebus, and was in turn replaced by the rifle (in both cases, after a long period of coexistence). The term "musket" is applied to a variety of weapons, including the long, heavy guns with matchlock, wheel lock or flint lock and loose powder fired with the gun barrel resting on a stand, and also lighter weapons with a snaphance, flintlock, or caplock and bullets using a stabilizing spin (Minié ball), affixed with a bayonet.

16th-century troops armed with a heavy version of the arquebus called a musket were specialists supporting the arquebusiers and pikemen formations. By the start of the 18th century, a lighter version of the musket had edged out the arquebus, and the addition of the bayonet edged out the pike, and almost all infantry became musketeers.

In the 18th century, improvements in ammunition and firing methods allowed rifling to be practical for military use, and the term "rifled gun" gave way to "rifle". In the 19th century, rifled muskets (which were technically rifles, but were referred to as muskets) became common, combining the advantages of rifles and muskets. About the time of the introduction of cartridge, breechloading, and multiple rounds of ammunition just a few years later, muskets fell out of fashion.

'Musket' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

In Darkness and in Light (2011)

Actors: Tim Weske (miscellaneous crew), Tim Weske (miscellaneous crew), Tim Weske (miscellaneous crew), Tim Weske (miscellaneous crew), Christian H. Clark (producer), Todd Colby Pliss (miscellaneous crew), Angela Trevino (producer), Amber York (miscellaneous crew), Gabriele Eggerling (actor), Lou Wegner (actor), Ian Hamrick (actor), Ian Michael Kintzle (writer), Ian Michael Kintzle (producer), Ian Michael Kintzle (writer), Stone Eisenmann (actor),

Plot: This is the tale of a small band of contumacious boys and girls that live in a hidden village on a faraway beach; they are the Ivory Rebellion, a feral group of children that are fighting from oppression against the evil Queen Johanna and her ruthless Onyx Empire. Like Peter Pan & The Lost Boys, the rebels have shunned society and live completely free of parents and authority figures. They're existence, albeit a simple one, is entirely devoid of technology, minus simple firearms and an ancient tube radio. Surrounding their beach is a border, the land across from which is forbidden and belongs to the Onyx Empire. For the longest time a treaty was set forth, stating that no one from either side shall cross said border, but in a last ditch effort to induct the boys and girls of the Ivory Rebellion, Queen Johanna has halted all supply shipments into their village. The rebels are running low on food, and with the threat of starvation, are forced to make a decision that could cost them everything.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Short,

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Angelina Jolie Files For Divorce From Brad Pitt

Edit WorldNews.com 20 Sep 2016

Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are calling it quits.Jolie has filed for divorce from her husband Pitt, a source familiar with the filing confirmed to CNN Tuesday.The pair were married in 2014, but since 2004 when they co-starred in “Mr & Mrs ... Soon, Pitt was granted the right to legally adopt both children.Their daughter Shiloh was born in May 2006 and son Pax was adopted from Vietnam in March 2007....

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Trump Spent More Than $250,000 From Foundation To Settle Lawsuits

Edit WorldNews.com 21 Sep 2016

CBS News confirmed all of these expenditures.The GOP presidential nominee might have violated laws that ban nonprofit leaders from using charity money to benefits their businesses or themselves – pointed out by the Post, which has reported extensively on the Trump Foundation.One of the cases involved the height of a flagpole at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in Florida. Palm Beach fined him $120,000 in 2007 ... Greenberg sued....

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[VIDEO] Human Skeleton Found Amid Wreckage Of 2,000-Year-Old Ship

Edit WorldNews.com 20 Sep 2016

Heralded as the world’s first analog computer, the incredibly sophisticated clockwork device models the movements of the Sun, Moon, and planets, allowing astronomers to predict the dates of eclipses and planetary alignments.Many of the mysteries lying on the seabed may soon be solved, thanks to a team led by Brendan Foley from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, who recovered the human remains....

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., asks a question of Janet L. Yellen, of California, Presidential nominee for Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, at a hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee examining Yellen's nomination, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday Nov. 14, 2013.

[VIDEO]: Elizabeth Warren Rips Wells Fargo CEO For Bank Policies, Procedures

Edit WorldNews.com 20 Sep 2016

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren Tuesday launched a blistering attack on Wells Fargo executives over the cross-selling scandal that has engulfed the bank, telling CEO John Stumpf he should resign during a Senate hearing, CNBC reported.Joining her colleagues grilling Stumpf, the head of the nation’s second-largest bank, Warren said reform won’t come to the industry until executives are sent to jail. "This is about accountability ... ....

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2016's hellish summer weather: A told-you-so climate moment?

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 20 Sep 2016

With summer weather now seemingly stretching from May to September, extreme weather in that span killed well more than 2,000 people. [...] that's without a major hurricane hitting a big U.S. city, although the Pacific had its share of deadly and costly storms, among them Typhoon Nepartak, which killed 111 people in Asia ... > ....

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Robert D. King: 2nd Amendment protects us from tyranny

Edit Conway Daily Sun 21 Sep 2016

To the editor.. Here are a couple of points that I think should be given greater emphasis in gun control disputes.. It is beyond dispute that the fundamental purpose of the Second Amendment is to enable The People to protect themselves from tyranny. A quote from Thomas Jefferson ... Regarding the timelessness of the Second Amendment and its continuing relevance, the standard infantry weapon was a muzzle-loaded smoothbore musket ... Robert D....

Swashbuckling Three Musketeers adventure to start University Players’ season (University of Windsor)

Edit Public Technologies 20 Sep 2016

(Source. University of Windsor). University Players will open its season with the adventure-comedy The Three Musketeers, adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas ... He meets the famous three musketeers and swashbuckles with them through daring quests, action-packed swordfights and heroic rescues ... 2808 ... Original documenthttp.//www.uwindsor.ca/dailynews/2016-09-16/swashbuckling-three-musketeers-adventure-start-university-players’-season....

Cory Brown Named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week, Osman to Weekly Honor Roll (Xavier University Athletics)

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(Source. Xavier University Athletics) NEW YORK - ... Both were recognized after XU's league-opening, 1-0 win over DePaul on Saturday ... On Tuesday, Brown and the Musketeers also held No. 13 Louisville below its season shot average - the Cardinals came in averaging 16 shots per match and the Musketeers held them to just nine attempts and four on frame ... ET match against the Hoyas ... (noodl. 35432789) ....

Xavier Basketball: Freshman forward Tyrique Jones fully eligible

Edit Fox Sports 20 Sep 2016

Xavier basketball has to replace both James Farr and Jalen Reynolds up front in 2016-17.The Xavier Musketeers are likely to start the season as a top-10 team nationally and as the second best squad in the Big East.In order to remain in that position for the entire 2016-17 campaign, the Mus... ....

XU women's hoops opens Big East play at Providence

Edit Cincinnati 20 Sep 2016

Musketeers open conference play Dec. 28 at Providence ... ....

BIG EAST Announces Women’s Basketball Schedule (Xavier University Athletics)

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(Source. Xavier University Athletics). Musketeers open BIG EAST slate on Dec. 28 at Providence NEW YORK. - The BIG EAST Conference announced the 2016-17 women's basketball schedule on Tuesday afternoon ... Dates. Jan ... None ... • The Musketeers posted a winning record last season, the 22nd winning record for Xavier since joining the NCAA Division I ranks in 1982-83 ... The Musketeers will play two games on FS1, one on FS2 and one on CBS Sports Network....

Obama Plays the Race Card: Vile Politics on Demand

Edit CounterPunch 20 Sep 2016

But what is his legacy? And why should blacks celebrate his tenure, much less esteem him as a person? ... Washington has become a center of ghoulishness under his watch ... more crocodile tears lamenting lack of affection and loyalty, as meanwhile Obama, Clinton, Trump, the Three Musketeers of American fascism, plan new ways of inveigling themselves, their schemes, their thirst for aggrandizement, into the hearts of the American public. ....

ALEXANDER HAMILTON’S GUIDE TO LIFE by Jeff Wilser (Crown Publishing Group)

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(Source. Crown Publishing Group). ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S GUIDE TO LIFE by Jeff Wilser ... An American Musical. 'These days, everyone wants to learn more about founding father Alexander Hamilton ... -A.J ... Read, enjoy, learn.' ... While it's unlikely that any of us will ever fire a musket at the British, we can all learn something from the way Hamilton led his troops, organized his time, juggled work and family, and angled for a promotion ... Scrappy ... «»....

Women's Soccer Falls 2-1 at IUPUI to Close Non-Conference at 6-3-1 (Xavier University Athletics)

Edit Public Technologies 19 Sep 2016

- After taking an early lead at IUPUI, Xavier women's soccer allowed a pair of tallies to give the Musketeers the 2-1 loss in Indianapolis on Sunday afternoon ... The third chance was the charm for Carlson, who gave the Musketeers a 1-0 lead in the eighth minute with a shot to the inside far post ... The Musketeers led IUPUI 13-6 on shots at the break ... Carlson led the Musketeers with six total shots....

Women’s Cross Country Ranked 12th in Great Lakes Region (Xavier University Athletics)

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(Source. Xavier University Athletics). Musketeers hold steady at No. 12 in the regional ranking for second straight week NEW ORLEANS ... The Musketeers have been ranked 12th in the region for two consecutive weeks ... 16 in South Bend, Ind ... (noodl. 35431052) ....

AFC Power Rankings Week 3: New England Patriots drop to No. 3

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Here at Musket Fire, we don’t execute full NFL power rankings. Instead, we focus just on AFC power rankings since they are more relevant to the New England Patriots fan base.Without further ado, your Week 3 AFC power rankings ... ....

The Pajama Men review – surreal swashbucklers do Dumas

Edit The Guardian 19 Sep 2016

4 / 5 stars. Cambridge Junction. Pickling The Three Musketeers in their loopy imaginations, the storytelling double-act delight with a series of ad-libbed sketches. “Remove your shoes,” Mark Chavez deadpans at the start of the Pajama Men’s show 2 Man 3 Musketeers ... In Edinburgh last year, I struggled with the show, which seemed narratively unclear and overpowered by Shenoah Allen’s grotesque Cardinal Richelieu ... All hail the Pajama Men ... ....

Musketeers Drop Stacey Clark Classic Finale to No. 14 Purdue (Xavier University Athletics)

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The Musketeers finished tournament play with a 1-2 record as they moved to 6-7 overall ... • Senior was the only other Musketeer with double figure kills with 10 ... • Purdue led by as many as six midway through the set before the Musketeers fought back to make the score 23-21 down the stretch ... The Musketeers face St....

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