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Frank, the soldier, has a calling. He has gained internet popularity on social media as the “youngest recruit” in the King’s Guard. The bio line on his TikTok channel reads, “My name is Frank, and I love the Royal Guard.” Frank has made a name for himself with almost 300,000 followers and several viral videos. In the world of typically stoic King’s Guardsmen, who can be fined just for smiling, the camaraderie they show Frank is brilliant. @frankthesoldier1 Thanks to the scots guards for inspecting Frank during the ceremony of the word #toweroflondon #london #scotsguards #kingsguard #kingcharles ♬ original sound – frank The Ceremony of the Word is a daily ceremony to pass down the day’s word for after-hours admittance to the Tower of London. The guards stop, give Frank the soldier an inspection, have a few words, and then continue their procession. Frank follows behind, his little legs trying hard to keep in stride with the men he admires. Frank proudly turns to his dad (filming) during the march and asks, “Did you see him salute me?” Image from TikTok. Frank Gates is from Egremont. He owns and dresses in several different soldier uniforms, but the King’s Guard is his favorite. His uniform is impeccable, right down to the medals and the plume in his bearskin hat. While the Scots Guard was inspecting Frank, he asked the young man why he was dressed as a Coldstream Guard and not a Scots Guard. For those not “in the know,” there are five divisions of the King’s Guard, each with specific functions within the Royal Guard. Frank believes the Coldstream Guards are “second to none,” which explains his uniform choice. Frank The Soldier Is Well-Known In London There are hundreds of videos of Frank interacting with the Guardsmen. Most of the time, he stands quietly at attention as the men go about their duties. Frank, the soldier, has performed flag-bearing duties in local parades. He is a favorite of the Guards and local police (yes, he has police uniforms, too). This incredible young man has even assisted His Majesty King Charles III. @frankthesoldier1 ♬ original sound – frank If you happen to be in London and see Frank, the tiny soldier, please don’t interrupt him during the course of his Guard duties. He takes his service to the crown very seriously. Frank seems to have a calling to service. Kudos to his family for supporting this young man in his endeavors. We are certain Frank will wear a real King’s Guard uniform one day. Frank is only five, so he must wait before submitting his formal application. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here and here. The post Scots Guard Stop To Formally Inspect And Salute Frank The Tiny Soldier appeared first on InspireMore.

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Godflesh was formed in 1988 in Birmingham, England. They are one of the pioneering bands in the industrial metal genre. The band was founded by Justin Broadrick, who previously played with Napalm Death, and G. C. Green. They are known for their innovative blend of heavy metal, industrial music, and electronic elements, creating a stark and influential sound that has resonated within the metal community. Over the years, Godflesh has released ten studio albums, starting with Streetcleaner in 1989, which is widely regarded as a seminal work in industrial metal. Other notable albums include Pure (1992), Selfless (1994), and their The post Complete List Of Godflesh Albums And Discography appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

Powerful loot can be the decider between who returns to the lobby and who wins the entire match. Great guns win games, so here’s how to find Loot Hot Zones in Call of Duty Warzone. What is a Loot Hot Zone in Call of Duty Warzone? Loot Hot Zones are a new addition to Warzone for Season 4. Regular Points of Interest can be marked as Loot Hot Zones, which house higher-tier loot than usual.  A recent official Call of Duty blog made it sound like Loot Hot Zones would function similarly to Fortnite’s Hot Drops. These Hot Drops are visible on the map to all players from the start of the match, and players must decide if they want to fight for those decent guns. Oddly enough, Loot Hot Zones appear at random across Urzikstan. There’s decent loot in the form of high-tier chests, but it won’t be a hotbed for PvP as the zone isn’t declared beforehand. During the mid-season update, you’ll be able to find weapons with ten attachments in these a...

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For millennia, humans have been able to manipulate metals. In modern times, we have learned ways to make them more resistant to environmental effects. One could assume that in the vacuum of space, metals would fare better without ways to rust or degrade, but there are other concerns in vacuum. Concerns that can have very serious consequences for space missions.It is useful to join metals together. Ever since there have been metals used by humans, we have joined them by welding. The process requires hot temperatures, melting one or both metals, fusing them together, and letting them cool. There are of course other methods now to weld metals together. Chemicals, pressure, and more molecular approaches can deliver the union between the metals in question. But there is also an approach that can happen in the vacuum of space. And that is cold welding.In cold welding, as the term implies, you don’t need to fuse metals together to join them. But as processes go, there are some requirements. The metals need to be of the same type. They need to be clean, flat, and in vacuum. As the metals approach, the Van der Waals forces between the atoms become stronger. These forces are not as strong as a chemical bond, but can help in getting the metals close together.Once the surfaces are in contact, the system welds together. Take, for example, two gold plates. They are put together in vacuum, with nothing in between. The gold atoms on the surface of one will touch the gold atoms on the other. Those atoms will feel the interactions with the other plate as they feel the interactions with the gold atoms deeper in their “own” plate. They can’t distinguish between plate one or two, and so they join in a metallic bond.In many cases, at the macro scale, you can’t simply make metals touch and voila, cold-welded. Reality is muckier and more difficult than theory. You need specific pressures to make the cold welding happen. But at nanoscales, you can make some pretty consistent welding of gold nanowires that are nearly perfect – you can hardly believe they used to be different pieces of the same metal.But we should not assume that just because macroscopic cold welding is difficult it doesn’t happen or can’t happen in real life scenarios. A manual from the European Space Agency actually reports a fairly major case. The Galileo spacecraft that visited the Jupiter mission in the 90s failed to deploy its high-gain antenna because of cold welding. Fretting between the ribs of the antenna, which were locked during launch, led to them welding together. The mission had another antenna with lower speed so it was all good but it could have meant the end of what would be a crucial mission to explore the Solar System.