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Own a swatch of the original wing fabric from this De Havilland DH-4 – World War one bomber – 1917 – Orville Wright pictured on left
the "Flaming Coffin"
The De Havilland DH-4 was an extraordinary World War I bomber – and the only American-built aircraft to see combat in "the war to end all wars."
This relic print pictures the first DH-4 to roll off the assembly line of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company at Dayton, Ohio – in 1917. Orville Wright was a consulting engineer for Dayton-Wright at the time. The print image shows him on the left, standing in front of the DH-4, next to Howard Rinehart, the company test pilot. On May 13, 1918, Orville made his last-ever flight as a pilot, flying a 1911 Wright Model B alongside this very DH-4, which was piloted by Rinehart. He then flew as a passenger in the same DH-4 with Rinehart.
There is a spine-chilling story of an early test flight in this DH-4 with Rinehart as pilot and a Dayton-Wright employee sitting in the rear cockpit. Rinehart put the aircraft through its paces with a series of aerobatic maneuvers and while flying inverted, the wood screws holding the rear cockpit seat in place stripped – nearly dumping the passenger out of the aircraft!
Designed as a bomber and observation plane, the DH-4 was flown by the Allies over European battlefields in World War I. England's Geoffrey de Havilland was the DH-4's designer but the Europeans weren't able to produce them fast enough for the war effort, so they asked the United States to help. There were problems getting the DH-4 into production at the Dayton-Wright plant. Not nearly enough lumber was available so they had to find enough suitable trees, locate lumber mills and build kilns to dry the wood. A total of 3,106 were then built at Dayton-Wright, while the Fisher Body Division of General Motors built 1,600 in Cleveland, Ohio.
It was powered by the US-designed and built V-12 Liberty engine, a 400hp workhorse. Although very potent and a worthy opponent, the DH-4's shortcoming was the 67-gallon fuel tank that was between the pilot and observer cockpits. When the tank was hit by enemy rounds, the DH-4 turned into a flying inferno, or as it came to be known – the "Flaming Coffin."
They were loaded with armament – six 25 pound bombs, two wing-tip flare holders, two fixed, forward-firing .30 caliber machine guns and two articulating .30 caliber machine guns in the observer's rear cockpit. The 400hp Liberty engine gave them a top speed of 124 mph, which was equal to or greater than most of the German fighters in combat then.
There were six Medals of Honor awarded to Americans flying the DH-4 in World War I. Two were awarded to airmen of the First Marine Aviation Force and four to U.S. Army Air Service aviators.
De Havilland DH-4 Configured to carry U.S. Airmail
After the war, the DH-4 was pressed into service by the government to carry airmail. Charles Lindbergh, before his famous trans-Atlantic flight in 1927, flew a DH-4 on a mail route between Chicago and St.Louis. There were no sophisticated airplane instruments then and it's said that some airmail pilots, when flying through overcast or fog, were known to have a cup of coffee in the cockpit – to show whether the aircraft was in a climb, a dive or a bank. War surplus DH-4s were also flown as crop dusters and air ambulances and were seen at countless county fairs around the country where the public was entertained by dashing barnstorming pilots and their fearless "wing walkers."
Your 15″ x 20″ relic print has attached to it a 4-square inch of fabric which was preserved when the DH-4 was restored by the Smithsonian – where it is on permanent display today. Also included is a Certificate of Authenticity signed by an officer of the National Air and Space Museum as well as 2 pages of colorful historical information and aircraft specs. This is aviation memorabilia at its best – cut from the cloth of history – and an excellent gift for the World War One enthusiast.
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The De Havilland DH-4 relic print is a great match for another of our relic prints, the German Albatros D.Va fighter. They were both front line aircraft as mortal adversaries and aerial combatants in World War I.


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Livestream Shopping Is the Future of US Ecommerce
By Scarlett Payne
NTWRK is a livestream shopping app that "seamlessly blends entertainment and commerce." The company only sells high-end merchandise and exclusive drops. And at the start of the pandemic, NTWRK prepared for the worst like many others.
Company President, Moksha Fitzgibbons, explains in an interview the concern over potential supply-side issues, access to talented hosts and artists, and the willingness of an audience to spend disposable income on luxury goods in a time of crisis.
Then, after the emergence of COVID-19, their sales surged 400%.
That is—and will remain—the power of live shopping.
It had already conquered the Chinese market, and many US businesses and marketers knew it was a huge opportunity. Of them, most were either nervous of unfamiliar territory or in the midst of planning a slow transition.
But before America could catch up on its own, the pandemic pushed online businesses forward. With consumers in lockdown, livestream shopping was the closest thing to an in-person buying experience.
Now, it is undeniably the future.
What Is Livestream Shopping?
Livestream shopping combines commerce with live video entertainment, often on social media, to give consumers an engaging experience where they can buy with confidence from home. The video host shares products and interacts with the audience who can purchase from the livestream.
Image from TikTok Newsroom of cosmetic live shopping examples.
This practice (also called live shopping, live commerce or live video shopping) is similar to old-school televised shopping experiences that made it easy for people to buy from home after seeing a product on TV.
The two biggest television shopping networks, QVC (Quality Value Convenience) and HSN (Home Shopping Network), are now both owned by the Qurate Retail Group and have also performed well since the pandemic.
Image from USA Today of an HSN show.
While livestream shopping makes the transition from the TV to websites and apps on mobile devices, the basic concept remains: buyers watch as hosts discuss, demonstrate and review products in real-time.
Companies usually hire a key opinion leader (KOL) or key opinion consumer (KOC) to host the show and interact with the audience. Celebrities and influencers are the common preference.
Consumers, able to see how the product looks and works in action, can then ask questions and provide feedback through a chat attached to the video. Getting answers gives them the confidence to buy. Meanwhile, brands gain insight regarding consumer needs and uncertainties.
Interacting with audiences in this way, and allowing audiences to engage with each other, helps develop a brand community and better consumer relationships—both important to creating loyal customers.
A crucial element in livestreaming commerce is a level of entertainment or connection to the host, as this is what encourages people to watch. Live shopping videos often include product launches, tutorials, interviews, games, quizzes, or giveaways. They are not meant to be infomercials.
The more a livestream involves the audience, the more successful it will be, which is why many include chat functionalities and reaction buttons. An effective tactic is to let the audience decide what the stream covers by commenting or participating in polls.
Where It Began: The History of Live Shopping
The concept of live shopping blossomed in the late 70s to early 80s with television shopping networks. These networks targeted women and stay-at-home moms who spent their days in the house. By demonstrating and pitching products on TV, they were able to sell more by making shopping errands more convenient for the primary purchasers of the household.
With the advent of the internet (and YouTube in particular), sellers soon learned that they could post product videos and take advantage of promotional product placement through influencers and internet stars.
At the same time, ecommerce took over the convenience of at-home purchasing. Being able to shop online on one's own time while conducting research and comparing products became the most powerful of tools.
Then, the final ingredient: social media introduced social selling. People began to share products they found online and gain inspiration from social media influencers.
Once social media platforms realized the money they could make off social commerce, their transition into live shopping platforms was inevitable. Facebook Shops and Instagram Checkout were among the first to give businesses live shopping options.
Image from Coywolf of FB and IG live shopping.
In turn, other livestream shopping platforms began to pop up, borrowing social and interactive elements like live reaction emojis and commenting.
Now, modern live shopping combines the convenience of ecommerce, the social aspect of social apps, and the real-life imitation of shopping networks.
And while pre-recorded product videos are a great tool for converting users on product pages, livestreams add an interactive element to video marketing that brings buyers in.
From China to the US
Livestream shopping was a Chinese phenomenon first, but its level of success is an indicator of its potential in the US.
Take, for example, Alibaba—a Chinese-based online retailer comparable to Amazon. In 2016, Alibaba launched Taobao Live, a service that combined livestream broadcasts with ecommerce stores.
In 2020, a mere four years later, Taobao Live generated over 400 billion yuan (61.7 billion USD) in gross merchandise volume. The same year, despite China's growing regulation of the live ecommerce sector, the platform's daily active users increased 100%.
But live shopping in China also grew beyond Taobao:
Over 10 million ecommerce livestreams were hosted in the country in the first half of 2020 alone.
And in one 2020 survey, two-thirds of Chinese consumers admitted to purchasing products through a livestream in the past year.
China's biggest livestreaming star is Huang Wei, known as Viya on her show. With record audiences as high as 37 million, Viya sells all kinds of products from makeup, cars and houses to furniture and toothbrushes. She gained a lot of public attention in 2020 for selling a rocket launcher for 5.6 million USD.
Of course, COVID-19 doubled Viya's viewership.
And while livestream shopping is now making fast headway in the US, America's biggest brands weren't waiting for the US to catch up. Tesla, P&G and Kim Kardashian are among those to have sold products on Viya's show.
When Kim appeared as a guest to introduce her new perfume to the Chinese market in 2019, she sold 15,000 bottles in minutes.
Image from Alizila of Kim Kardashian on Viya's show.
As in China, ecommerce stores based in the US will continue to experience a surge in live shopping as the trend picks up and more platforms adopt the technology.
Though a Chinese-owned company, TikTok recently joined the ranks of social platforms with live shopping and product linking capabilities available in the US.
Even now, American brands are learning to take advantage of livestreams on their turf. Both Nordstrom and The Home Depot host sessions on their websites.
Who Buys Live?
In terms of demographics, Generation Z and millennials are the largest contributors to live shopping audiences. If your online store sells to these groups, livestreaming isn't an option.
Still, that doesn't mean businesses targeting older audiences shouldn't start learning as soon as possible. Live video commerce is beginning to draw in middle-aged and older consumers, and it's not an entirely new concept for these generations to adjust to due to their familiarity with televised shopping networks.
A good practice is to keep in mind the demographics and interests of users on each platform. Facebook serves audiences that are older on average than audiences on other social platforms. Always go where your audience is.
As for the industries benefiting, fashion leads the way, but everything from fresh produce to appliances is sold on livestreams.
Popular Livestream Shopping Platforms
If you own or work for an ecommerce brand, there are a few different platforms you can use to host live commerce sessions:
Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and TikTok
Livestream platforms like Twitch
Exclusively live shopping platforms like ShopShops or TalkShopLive
Niche-focused live shopping platforms like NTWRK
3rd-party sites like Amazon with its Amazon Live Creator app
On your website, like Nordstrom does
Ecommerce-specific streaming services like Livescale
The largest and simplest platforms to use are social media platforms with live commerce capabilities. Even so, shopping-specific platforms may help you target niche audiences and reach new consumers, while your website gives you the most control.
What Are the Benefits of Live Selling?
Considering the present and future state of live shopping, you may have picked up on a few natural benefits, like making sales and remaining competitive.
Still, more benefits exist for ecommerce stores that embrace live commerce. For one thing, it has the potential to be more effective and engaging than advertising—and can cost less.
1. Increased Discoverability and Traffic
One of the fastest and most recognizable benefits of live selling is increasing discoverability and website traffic. Whether you host streams on your website or direct viewers there from a livestreaming platform, you ultimately increase your website traffic and the chances of completing a sale.
Discoverability is also a vital component to the number of visitors you have; no one will visit and buy if they don't know you exist. In a huge way, livestreaming on other platforms increases your discoverability by opening you up to the potential buyers on those platforms.
2. Higher engagement and Better Relationships
Livestreaming ecommerce is more than an opportunity to make a sale; it's a chance to form a connection. Many brands are removed from their customers—a mere entity with products they enjoy.
With livestreams, a human element enters the dynamic. Suddenly there are real people behind a product, and customers can interact with someone other than a customer service rep.
It's much easier to form a connection with a living, breathing person. Thus, these interactions breed higher engagement and loyalty.
3. Improved Brand Appeal and Differentiation
The interaction and connection that takes place during a livestream is also an excellent opportunity to further differentiate a brand, creating stronger associations and memories.
After all, we recall what's unique, and we buy what we recall.
4. Shorter Customer Journeys
When a customer purchases from a livestream, they tune in, click a link to a product page, and buy a product, motivated by what they watched. Sometimes this customer is a returning buyer; sometimes, they newly discovered you on the platform.
In the former case, you may have encouraged them to try a new product. In the latter, you just sped up the purchasing journey and skipped the consumer decision-making process.
Either way, it was a streamlined sale.
You can further increase the number of viewers who move from discovery to sale in one session by incorporating limited-time offers and deals.
5. Fewer Returns
Selling with live shopping also results in fewer returns, saving the expense and hassle. It makes sense: people who buy from a livestream have a better idea of what to expect from a product.
According to Coresight founder and CEO, Deborah Weinswig, stores experience 50% lower returns when buyers purchase through a livestream event.
The Face of Your Livestream Matters
It's worth noting that the person who hosts your livestream is a critical consideration. While a few people already interested in your products may tune in to a livestream, a key person of interest is vital to growth.
You may not need a millionaire celebrity or an influencer with millions of followers, but you do need someone who fits your product and that people can recognize or come to love.
In Viya's case, her followers are as into her as the products she promotes.
Whether your brand has its own face already or needs to borrow one, viewers are more interested in livestreams hosted by those they are inspired by or want to befriend.
In most cases, micro-influencers are both cheaper and more effective than large-scale celebrities.
Get Started With Live Video Shopping
To any ecommerce store that hasn't begun live selling: now is the time. And getting started doesn't have to be scary.
Eventually, you may want to try streaming commerce sessions on your website and cycling the data provided into improving your business and marketing strategies. But as you're starting out, it's okay to use a platform like Instagram and track basic KPIs.
The idea is to start somewhere and continue to grow your live sessions from there. Just make sure to keep the viewer at the heart of every choice. Your goal is to add value.
Mike George, president and CEO of Qurate Retail, put it best:
"Too many new players seem intent on flash over substance…Even in the virtual world, it's still about the power of human connection and the joy of discovery—wandering into your favorite shop, having interesting conversations, learning the stories behind the products, and getting inspired."
Moving forward, we can expect more industries to begin selling products and services through livestream shopping. Surely enough, AR and VR will also make a home in this realm.
In other words, it's better to get used to the technology sooner rather than later.
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Some people never get the chance to run the prestigious Boston Marathon. But anyone can watch it, and from what I've heard, that's a sport in itself!
On Monday, April 15, thousands of runners will toe the start line (or at least line up behind the elite runners that get to toe the start line) to run the 2013 Boston Marathon. This year marks the 117th running of the world's oldest annual marathon. In addition to the thousands of runners, the Boston Marathon attracts just as many, or more, spectators.
Stay stationary: No zipping around at this race—it's too crowded.
Watch the finish: Get to Boylston Street very early for a good spot, and know that you'll be waiting a loooong time till the runners come in.
Bring your bike: Allison says the easiest way to get around if you want to change spectating spots during the race is by bike.
It's a good idea to look at the course ahead of time, too, if you can and maybe even drive to the place or places you want to watch from beforehand. Click the link of a map of the Boston Marathon course.
Elite Men & Wave 1: 10 a.m.
The BAA site also has a handy Spectator Guide with road closures, parking areas and even a prediction of the times elites will pass certain locations along the course.
But not everyone can be there in person. Luckily, there are several ways you can virtually watch the Boston Marathon.
Live TV coverage: Watch the marathon on national TV with Universal Sports Television Network's broadcast beginning at 9:30 a.m. (ET) on Monday, April 15.
Live Web coverage: Go to www.BAA.org to watch live web coverage of the race. I watched my fried cross the finish line on the webcast a couple of years ago. I even cried a little.
Have you ever spectated the Boston Marathon? Please share any advice or tips you may have!


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Can catching the bus cure my blogging drought?
Earlier this week my travel arrangements underwent an involuntary upheaval. Now, instead of spending about an hour a day on the train napping, I have the pleasure of spending over two hours a day on a bus not able to nap. Not effectively at any rate. And not without risking missing my stop. Once I… Continue reading Can catching the bus cure my blogging drought?
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There have been many survival tips detailed in this newsletter in the past, and a treasure trove on the Troubled Times pages.
Everyday weeds such as plantain and dandelion have vitamins and minerals, as well as calories. The list is almost endless, and no need to tend the garden. These are hardy vegies!
combined provide the equivalent of red meat! These are grains that can be stored and keep well, as do buckwheat and various legumes. Why haven't you heard about this on TV? It's all about the latest big burgers, making you think you could not SURVIVE without them. Where is the amaranth and corn combo PR campaign?
is of PRIME importance. If you don't properly save seed, you will have a one-time garden. There will be NO running to the store for those little packets. Mother Nature wants her seeds dry and cool, so most seed only needs that preparation and protection. Many seeds will not spout unless gathered from a ripe fruit, so those peppers and squash and melons should be ripe before harvesting. Very ripe, almost to the point of rotting. Tomatoes too, need to have white mold eat away their slime, or the seed thinks it is still in the tomato and simply won't sprout!
works, and produces hot water for washing up as a byproduct. This gets rid of parasites as well as heavy metals. If traveling through the desert, harvest the fog.
use is becoming more popular, using methane from manure or garbage as the source.
For those in a flood zone, consider houseboat living.
lamps lit the streets of London as bright as day in years gone by, and don't require glass light bulbs which can shatter and burn out and are difficult to manufacture. Pencil leads will indeed work in this regard.
The Zetas have described the tilting of the Indo-Australian Plate, pushing under the Himalayas and lifting at the edge near Australian and New Zealand. Primarily this will happen during the hour of the Pole Shift, but is an ongoing plate movement, very much in evidence during the 7 of 10 plate movements unfolding.
Due to the compression of the Pacific during the forthcoming pole shift, India is forced under the Himalayan highlands, with a violent thrust of the Indo-Australian plate, which is strong enough to remain whole, yet the edges of which will separate from the surrounding plates so that it is free to move and slide under the Himalayas. Those in India will find, after the first strong jolts, that water is rapidly rising, coming in from the coast for those who live there, and coming from whatever area might be considered the lowland for those inland. Giant waves will not occur, just a rapid rise in the water, which will force man and animal alike to tread water for as long as possible, then drown.
blog reports, flooding in Pakistan is once again focused on Sindh, which borders the ocean. The Indus Valley lies along the plate border, so as India sinks, the Indus Valley sinks.
National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has said that heavy monsoon rains prompting floods have affected nearly one million people across Pakistan during the last three weeks.
The government must have taken measures to avoid the fourth consecutive flood in Sindh.
The Indus River is one of the points on the Indian sub-continent that is being pushed under the Himalayas range, as a close look at where the mountain building along the northern edge of the Indo-Australian Plate occurs shows. What should be watched is how well the flood waters drain, and whether a drop in elevation is noted along the Indus River and its outlet into the Indian Ocean.
India: Uttar Pradesh Flood Situation Worsens.
Yamuna was also flowing above the red mark at Auraiya, Kalpi, Hamirpu, Chillaghat and Naini, the sources said. River Betwa at Sahijana and Sharda at Palia Kalan were also flowing above the danger mark. Met office said that light to moderate rains and thundershowers took place at isolated places in the last 24 hours.
While basmati export has already plunged to low of 0.6 million tons from 2.1 million ton in 2013, the recent floods have ruined the 50 per cent of the Basmati growing area in the country.
Uttarakhand in India is where the flat land of India dives under the Himalayas. The land is being pushed down, changing the landscape for water that must drain away from this point. Water may drain as it did before, but more slowly, may accumulate at certain points before being released and then break through an earthen dam to be released in a rush.
And to the East, in Bangladesh, land directly on the coastline, bordering the sea, is sinking. This selective flooding is hardly due to rain, it is due to sinking.
overlapping along a ridge from Kamchatka to Hawaii and down to the Society Islands. As the N American bow increases, the Pacific Plate bordering N America must either subduct under the West Coast or shift westward along the mid-Pacific ridge. It clearly did the latter on August 30, 2013 when a magnitude 7.0 quake struck the Aleutian Islands, followed by numerous large aftershocks. This set the buoys rocking in the N Pacific region.
blog details. These trumpets show the rock under tension, vibrating as rock strata is pulled in different directions. Why would Terrance experience this tension just ahead of a quake in the Aleutian Islands? Because the N American bow and the compression in the N Pacific go hand in hand! 7 of 10 plate movements in process.
Whether the sound is a tone, a rumble, a howl, or a hum the etiology is all the same - the ground is vibrating. A tornado is reported to have a freight train sound, produced by the vibrations of the air itself as air masses slam into each other, rapidly.
this rule was put into place to provide the President with deniability.
UFO buffs and believers in alien encounters are celebrating the CIA's clearest acknowledgement yet of the existence of Area 51, the top-secret Cold War test site that has been the subject of elaborate conspiracy theories for decades.
A President of the United States had to threaten a military base with a military invasion if that base did not reveal to him what was going on. Initially, the President was told that what was at the base was too important even for him to know about. It was only under that direct threat of an ordered invasion by the 101st Airborne by the President of the United States Area-51 complied and it's unprecedented.
and promised them technological rewards. This was all a lie, of course, but there were many in the CIA and DOD, members of MJ12, who saw themselves controlling the world. Eisenhower sensed this and demanded regular briefings thereafter. Neither he nor MJ12 wanted a public fight over the issue. Subsequently, any President challenging MJ12 self-determination was killed, ala JFK.
Element 115 is another UFO lore term suddenly in the news. Scientists are claiming they have manufactured, for however brief a time, the artificial and rapidly degrading heavy metal Element 115. Per the Zetas, these topics, suddenly in the news, are a clue that disclosure about the alien presence is in process.
'Ununpentium' is a heavy man-made element and is currently 115th in the periodic table. Some people have claimed ununpentium is used by UFOs as a component in gravity wave generators. However, due to its unstable nature, its uses in the real world are likely to be few and far between.
All elements from atomic numbers 1 to 118 have been discovered or synthesized. The elements from 1 to 98 have been found to exist naturally, although some are found only in trace amounts and were initially discovered by synthesis in laboratories. The elements after 98 have only been synthesized in laboratories.
Element 115 is among the heavy metals that do not occur naturally, but are manufactured.
suddenly in the press at the current time? They relate to UFOs and the alien presence, which will become a white hot topic of discussion soon. The cover-up is currently unraveling, and the announcement over the nearby presence of Planet X, aka Nibiru, will accelerate the process. It will be obvious that ZetaTalk, and only ZetaTalk was correct on dozens of topics, including mankind's science misconceptions. It will be obvious that the ZetaTalk information is not and has not been coming from Nancy.
Now we also have the 1938 Orson Welles scare, redux, in Alabama. Is this once again the CIA trying to prove the public is not ready? The Zetas explain.
The broadcast's joke about aliens taking over the station was only meant to publicize a programming change. But Star 94.9 got more of a promotional boost than they had bargained for when residents took the aliens' threats seriously.
If Area 51 and Element 115 can hit the news without public panic, UFO lore admitted as a reality, is it time for disclosure on the alien presence? The elements within the CIA and DIA who want the cover-up to continue certainly hope not. They hope to avoid facing their years of lying to the public. Hope to continue the mystique that UFOs are somehow secret government air craft. And hoping to prove that the public was not yet ready for disclosure, arranged yet another test.
We have explained that the very reason a mass landing would never be allowed to occur is because it would tend to create panic and anxiety. Thus in addition to scary Hollywood movies about alien invasions, the cover-up utilizes fake mass landings, ie Orson Welles in 1938, to "prove" their point. The Awakening has been slow and steady, with individual contact established first, then building up to group contact. Unfortunately for those clinging to the cover-up, at least half the world's population is now getting the truth directly from the source – the aliens themselves.


Remembering How Evil Saddam Hussein Was… History Matters!
Lt. Col Steve Russell says people forget. Saddam attacked every neighboring country but Syria. He killed 350,000+ Kurds & Arab Shiites, many dumped in mass graves. Gassed entire villages. Other than that, he was a pretty nice guy. Tune in to hear!


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Tag: penny dreadfuls
What do April 1, a sundial and Benjamin Franklin all have in common?
In 19th Century America, Colonial, U.S. History
Answer: The Penny
April first is not just April Fools day, its also National One Cent Day and the penny can trace its lineage to one of America's favorite founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin. Franklin designed the first United States one cent coin minted in 1787.
Fugio One Cent Coin
Franklin's coin was much larger than today's penny, nearly the size of a half-dollar. At that time, people expected coins to contain close to their face value in metal. The first official one cent coin has become known as the Fugio Cent to coin collector's in reference to the Latin phrase "Fugio" (Latin: I flee/fly) engraved on the reverse side of the coin along with the images of a sun shining down on a sun dial. Beneath the sundial appeared the phrase, "Mind Your Business." The image and the words form a rebus meaning that "time flies, do your work."
The reverse side of the coin featured a chain of 13 links, each representing one of the original thirteen colonies. Inside the circle chain was engraved the motto "We Are One". Gold and silver coins transitioned to the motto "E pluribus unum" (Latin: Out of Many, One) from the Great Seal of the United States.
Flying Eagle Penny
By the 1850s, the United States Treasury was looking to reduce the size and composition of the one-cent coin to make it easier to handle and more economical to mint. In 1857 the United States Government introduced the Flying Eagle cent. This was the first one cent coin minted in the exact diameter of the modern penny you have in your pocket. Although somewhat thicker and heavier, the Flying Eagle was also the first penny composed of copper and nickel.
Indian Head Penny
The design changed again in 1859 portraying the Goddess of Liberty wearing an Indian headdress. The Indian head penny remained in circulation until 1909 when it was replaced by the image of President Lincoln issued for the 100th anniversary of the assassinated president's birth and still graces the face of the one cent coin. Today's penny is made of copper and zinc and the Union Shield is engraved on the reverse side replacing the Lincoln Memorial which had been there since 1959.
Although pennies may be the smallest denomination of United States currency, they've had a huge impact on American expressions concerning both saving and spending money. Some of the oldest sayings use the word "penny" as a way of identifying a minimal amount, low-cost or limited value.
The proverb "a penny spar'd is twice got" encourages frugality. By declining to spend a penny and to save one's money instead, you are a penny up rather than a penny down, hence 'twice got'. "A penny saved is a penny earned" is another thrifty axiom often falsely attributed to Benjamin Franklin. First published in Pall Mall magazine in 1899, the maxim implies that even small bits of money are important though many people don't think a penny is really worth saving.
If you're experiencing a bad turn of events, then you might find yourself "without two pennies to rub together." This expression is often muttered by those who tend to spend their money as soon as they get it. Thus, they never seem to have any cash in their pocket.
Here are some other common English phrases using the word penny:
Penny Pincher: a bargain hunter or someone who is always trying to get a good deal
Pretty Penny: an expression used to describe an expensive or extravagant item
Penny wise and pound foolish: someone who watches small expenditures while making unwise investments or squanders money on frivolous expensive purchases
In for a penny, in for a pound: when a good opportunity finally comes your way you're willing to risk whatever you have in the venture
Penny Dreadfuls: serial stories printed on cheap pulp paper selling for one cent per issue
Penny ante poker: a poker game between players not willing to risk much cash
Although I can't afford to give each of you "a penny for your thoughts," I hope you have a little more respect for the smallest coin in your wallet.
Penny Dreadful's Legacy
In 19th Century America, British History, U.S. Civil War, U.S. History, Victorian
"To her and none other. Swear to give the girl to me to do with as I please, and I will agree that for every person now in yonder town, a death notch shall be made."
"Red Hatchet agrees. When he can count the death notches of all his sworn enemies, and is free to go back to his once pretty village, he will deliver Siska to the Devil Dwarf to do with as he pleases."
"Then call the girl. We will tap a vein in her arm, and seal this compact with a draught of her blood!" the avenger said.
~~Excerpt from Deadwood Dick's Doom (or Calamity Jane's Last Adventure)
Sweeney Todd, 1842
If you love to read like I do, you may be surprised to learn that stories like Deadwood Dick's Doom (above) paved the way for your favorite author today. These stories, originally known as Penny Dreadfuls, were the first successful mass market paperbacks. First popularized in Victorian Britain, Penny Dreadfuls, sometimes referred to as Penny Bloods, were lurid serial fiction stories published in weekly eight or sixteen page installments, with each part costing one penny. The term quickly became applied to any publication featuring sensational fiction such as story papers and booklet libraries.
Also known in Britain as Shilling Shockers, these stories could best be described in one word, melodramatic. Filled with what today's editor's would gleefully strike through as purple prose, these tintillating stories drew readers by romanticizing danger and hardship with larger-than-life heroes defeating villains and rescuing damsels in distress. Rambling plot lines emphasized heinous acts of poisoning, strangling, burglary and narrow escapes from sexual assault that by today's standards would be considered racist and misogynistic.
Their authors, who might keep ten of these stories spinning simultaneously, were paid at the rate of a penny a line, which had a direct effect on the text. Skilled practitioners quickly learned that short staccato-like sentences not only were the most profitable but increased the dramatic effect as well.
Penny Dreadfuls were printed on cheap pulp paper and were aimed primarily at the working class who saw a sharp rise in literacy rates with new laws requiring mandatory education for all of Britain's children through age nine. In addition, the proliferation of the railroad made the distribution of Penny Dreadfuls affordable to the masses at a time when traditional full-length novels by authors like Charles Dickens sold for a dollar each.
The fad took hold on this side of the Atlantic as well when brothers Erastus and Irwin Beadle published Ann Stephens' "Maleska the Indian Wife of the White Hunter" in 1860. Promoting the work as "a dollar book for a dime," it was an instant success selling an estimated 300,000 copies in its first year. A feat any author today would would eagerly aspire to repeat.
Beadle's early publications were printed in orange wrapper papers with no illustrations on the cover. Eventually cover art appeared enticing the curiosity of consumers with illustrations depicting scenes of mayhem and bloodshed.
Drawing on the Beadle's success, other publishers quickly followed suit and it seemed the American reading public couldn't get enough of their serialized fiction. Subjects in the early days were pioneer and revolutionary war stories but other adventure genres, such as pirate tales and trapper adventures, also appeared frequently. After the civil war, the focus of the novels turned to the wild west and the detective genres and remained popular through the 1950's. In the twentieth century the genre became known as pulp fiction after the cheap paper they were printed on.
Early cover art for Beadle's Dime Novels
Early full cover art for dime novels
1933 cover, still selling for ten cents
Dime Westerns, as they became known in America, were often based on real people like Jesse James, Buffalo Bill, Kit Carson, and Calamity Jane. Although purely fiction, these stories helped create a new national identity of patriotism and adventure. In addition, they helped level the playing field between the social classes as people began to judge the ideal man by his actions rather than his wallet.
Just like violent video games and movies today, dime novels were blamed for an upsurge in violence in American society. The New York Tribune published this article in June, 1884, blaming societal ills on the popularity of "cheap" literature, particularly dime novels. People complained that the deviant characters in novels influenced real people, particularly young men, to behave aggressively. "The work of the dime novel is being performed with even more than usual success. The other day three boys robbed their parents and started off for the boundless West. More recently a lad in a Philadelphia public school drew a revolver on his teacher, and examination showed that seven other boys present were armed with revolvers and bowie-knives […] The class of literature which is mainly responsible for all this folly is distributed all over the country in immense quantities, and it is distinctly evil in its teachings and tendencies."
While penny dreadfuls and dime novels focused on fantastic, escapist fiction for the general masses, there is no denying they encouraged the working class to read and influenced generations of authors and publishers. British bookseller, C.A. Stonehill, noted in 1935 that "It is highly probably that in its day more people read Thomas Prest's "First False Step" or "The Maniac Father" than had ever heard of a book published in the same decade, entitled Jane Eyre."
Although I may prefer to read of Jane's trouble with the enigmatic Mr. Rochester over "Keetsea, Queen of the Plains," or "Crack Skull Bob," I think it would be fun to write a character who is secretly hooked on the scintillating stories with the melodrama pouring over into her own life as she suspects something heinous has occurred to a missing neighbor. In her novella, "The Husband Maneuver," With This Ring?: A Novella Collection of Proposals Gone Awry , Karen Witemeyer (one of my favorites) created a hero whose adventures as a bounty hunter were immortalized as Dead-Eye Dan in a series of dime westerns. Talk about a fun read!
How would you incorporate a Penny Dreadful into a novel's plot line?


Xxiv + 778 pp. 3 appendiecs and 5 indices at rear8. Edited volume by different authors with 82 articles. White softcvoer with blue lettering. Crease on front cover, as as blue pen signature of previous owner. Some pencil throughout, though concentrated in table of contents. Book is otherwise in good condition.
By: Budge, Sir E. A. Wallis.


(CNSNews.com) – On the day President Obama secured enough Senate support to uphold his planned veto of a resolution rejecting the Iran nuclear agreement, dozens of security experts, including top nuclear and arms verification specialists, urged him Wednesday not to veto the measure.
"The signers of this letter have more direct experience in verification matters regarding all areas of arms control and nonproliferation treaties than any existing anywhere in the world," commented one of the signatories, former assistant secretary of state for verification and compliance Paula DeSutter.
"The JCPOA is not verifiable," DeSutter added.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action is the formal name of the agreement reached between Tehran, the U.S., and five other powers. The administration asserts that the verification and transparency measures in the deal are the most robust in the history of negotiated nuclear agreements.
Republicans in Congress are expected to vote to disapprove the JCPOA after Labor Day, but the administration on Wednesday secured a 34th Democratic senator's support for the deal, meaning Obama's promised veto can now be sustained.
"Guided by our experience with U.S. and foreign nuclear weapons programs – as well as with the history and practice of arms control, nonproliferation, and intelligence matters, we judge the current JCPOA to be a very bad deal indeed," they wrote.
Accompanying the letter was a 14-page attachment detailing what the experts view as "fatal flaws" and weaknesses in the agreement.
On verification – an area of expertise for a number of those who signed the letter – the JCPOA was found to be severely wanting.
"Verification, far from being strengthened to address Iran's 30-year history of noncompliance, is rendered completely ineffective by significant ambiguities in the agreement, the lack of an oft-promised 'anytime, anywhere' inspection regime and the addition of cumbersome bureaucratic procedures that ensure delay or denial of suspect site inspections," they wrote.
Requirements that Iran must cooperate fully with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in its effort to resolve questions about the "possible military dimensions" of its nuclear activities have been set aside, the experts said.
And the administration had done so, the signatories recalled, despite a formal request from Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) and ranking member Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) for Obama to postpone the U.N. vote until after Congress had considered the agreement.
The experts writing to Obama also highlighted other perceived flaws in the JCPOA, among them an absence of credible enforcement mechanisms in the event Iran cheats.
Other concerns ranged from confidential "side deals" between Iran and the IAEA, to Iran's expected use of released funds to boost its military programs and terror-sponsorship.
Several of the signatories have backgrounds including senior positions in the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency – including its former deputy director Stephen Read Hanmer, Jr., former assistant director Henry Cooper, former assistant director for verification and intelligence Manfred Eimer, former assistant director for nonproliferation Kathleen Bailey and former arms control policy advisor Brig. Gen. Larry Grundhauser.
Another prominent signer, C. Paul Robinson, was president and director of Sandia National Laboratories, head of the nuclear weapons and national security programs at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and chief negotiator at the U.S./Soviet Union nuclear testing talks; while Henry Cooper was chief defense and space talks negotiator, and director of the Pentagon's Strategic Defense Initiative organization.
Others include former CIA director James Woolsey, former national security advisor Robert McFarlane, former undersecretary of state for arms control and international security and ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton, and former deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence, Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin, and former assistant secretary of energy for defense programs Troy Wade.


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Leeds v Fulham - Whites loan on hold and head coach explains why
Whites shot stopper stays put for the time being as side goes for win number four on the bounce in tonight's big Championship clash
Hold on: Jesse Joronen has to wait
Jesse Joronen thought he was on his way to another League One or Two club.
Chances are he will be on the bench at Elland Road this evening as Fulham plan to make it three out of three Championship wins against Leeds.
The Whites keeper accepts his development has to take the same path as Marcus Bettinelli before him that saw an apprenticeship served in the lower leagues.
Remember this freak goal when he was at Stevenage?
Joronen has already been to Accrington and Stevenage, co-incidentally Bettinelli also had a spell with Stanley, and after being on the Fulham winning side at Leyton Orient last week, his boss says Joronen's needed back at base as Betts fully recovers from a knock.
"Jesse is a young and very talented keeper and at this age it is necessary for this type of player to have the games, but at the moment I need three keepers," explained Slavisa Jokanovic.
"In September I will have a plan after everything that has happened in front of us and we will try and find the best solution for Jesse in the future.
"He is a fantastic person and a very good keeper. The position of the goalkeeper is always complicated because it is only one who is in the team and I can use only one in the game.
"This is the situation and we have to find some solution in the future."
What's the score going to be against Cardiff?
A close Fulham win
A comfortable Fulham win
A close Fulham defeat
A heavy Fulham defeat
Goalless draw
Slavisa Jokanovic


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Published on September 28th, 2014 | by Curtis Mayfield
The Equalizer – Film Review
Reviewed by Curtis Mayfield M-H on September 22nd, 2014
Roadshow Films presents a film by Antoine Fuqua
Written by Richard Wenk, Michael Sloan (television series) and Richard Lindheim (television series)
Produced by Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Denzel Washington, Alex Siskin, Steve Tisch, Mace Neufeld, Tony Eldridge
Starring: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams
Cinematography: Mauro Fiore
Edited by John Refoua
Rating: MA15+
Release Date: September 25th, 2014
It might already be clear from this movie's title and leading actor that some serious badass moments take place while watching The Equalizer. Unfortunately, for fans of director Antoine Fuqua and actor Denzel Washington, the "hell yeah!" moments in The Equalizer are more humorous than intimidating. Another unfortunate affair is that this movie is the first time Fuqua and Washington have worked together since the amazingly intricate Training Day, which means a high amount of expectation is on the two to create a quality film.
Washington plays Robert McCall, a retired Special Forces officer who leads a quiet life. Right from the jump we can already draw parallels between this and movies like Taken or pretty much any Liam Neeson movie made in the last six years. McCall lives a mundane but happy existence working a blue-collar job and reading classic books at his regular table at a 24-hour diner. In the first 30 minutes of the film McCall is presented as a normal, goodhearted man. This gradual introduction is chosen as if the audience doesn't already know that the movie is going to turn into a gun toting action flick any minute now. This leads to the film's first problem: the introduction is way too slow. The character of McCall is hardly complex enough to require this long and boring beginning. All we find out in this time is that the man enjoys reading well-known novels and drinking tea. This pacing sets the film up to be an unnecessary 2-hour plus groaner instead of a lean 90 minutes. Though it should be noted that the use of corresponding themes between the books McCall reads and the film's overall premise is appealing.
As the movie slowly chugs along we are introduced to under-aged prostitute Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), which begins to give the film the grit that the trailer promised. From here the ball gets rolling. McCall and Teri share brief but deep conversations about books and music and start a friendship. It's not until Teri is put into hospital by her abusive pimp, that McCall pulls his skills out of retirement and decides to level out the playing field. This part of the story is both exciting and cringe worthy. The excitement comes from seeing Washington kicking the crap out of a bunch of Russian mobster. The wincing comes from hearing clichéd Russian bad guys tough talk their way through a scene. It's bad enough that the head of this organisation is called Vladimir Pushkin (played by Vladimir Kulich). Any real life baddies called Vladimir appear in the news lately?
From this point on we receive a blitz of characters that range from intriguing to pointless. The main players in the story are corrupt cop Masters (David Harbour) and unruly hitman Teddy (Marton Csokas) who save the film from total formulated movie foe pitfalls. Csokas has some of the film's most menacing lines which makes him stand tall in a movie filled with shortcoming and formulated bad guys. It's too bad that a talented actor like Washington only gets about three lines of worthy dialogue and uses two facial expressions throughout the whole movie. Washington's character isn't meant to be charming, fair enough, but he could be a little less boring.
By the time we cross the two hour mark and the end credits roll up we have to tally what we've been given: a slow and clunky movie with bad pacing, an over kill of characters ('is that Bill Pullman and Melissa Leo? Oh wait doesn't matter they're gone.'), and stupid slow motion sequences. Most of the film's credibility flies out the window when McCall is shown walking away in slow motion as a tanker explodes behind him. I thought Andy Samberg and Will Ferrell already made this technique laughable and obsolete. Washington is already guilty of this self-indulgent shot with Man On Fire, as is Fuqua with the Mark Wahlberg film Shooter.
To Fuqua's credit he has made a film that still remains somewhat gritty in the face of these missteps. The violence shown isn't sugarcoated like so many other action movies are guilty of doing. Though not realistic of course, the fight scenes don't hold back. The best scene in the movie comes towards the end when McCall and his adversary Teddy sit down in a restaurant similar to Pacino and De Niro in Heat. This calm setting allows for the two intense characters a chance to shine and give the audience a little more than just one-liners and angry glances. As blockbuster action movies go The Equalizer does stand out from the rest since it doesn't fall victim to ALL of the clichés that come with the genre. It's just a shame that the film still has unintentionally comedic moments that take away from the potential grit this film could have provided. Not to say The Equalizer is terrible but it's clear that both parties have made better films in their careers.
The Equalizer – Film Review Curtis Mayfield
Summary: To Fuqua's credit he has made a film that still remains somewhat gritty in the face of these missteps.
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HoR presidency meets its Road Map Committee to put Libya back on course for elections – report and analysis
By Sami Zaptia.
(Logo: HoR).
London, 29 December 2021:
The Presidency of the House of Representatives (HoR) held a meeting yesterday with the HoR's Road Map Committee at the HoR's Tobruk headquarters.
According to the HoR's Official Spokesperson, Abdalla Belheeq, the meeting dealt with the mechanisms of the Committee's work in developing a road map for Libya's next political phase in order to achieve the national entitlement of holding elections according to the will of the Libyan people.
This, Belheeg added, will be done through the current givens of the electoral process and by communicating with all concerned parties and parties.
Road Map Committee holds first official meeting
Separately, yesterday, the HoR Road Map Committee issued what it called its first press briefing in which it announced that it had held its first meeting at the HoR's Tobruk headquarters.
The meeting was held in the presence of Acting HoR Speaker Fawzi Al-Nuweri and his Deputy Ehmid Houma.
The Road Map Committee clarified that its meeting was devoted to discussing its work mechanism to accomplish its assigned tasks on time.
The Committee also said that it intends to communicate with all Libyan parties to expand the base of participation and restore the Libyan cause to the Libyans by finding Libyan solutions to achieve presidential and parliamentary elections and to exit the successive transitional stages.
HoR's Road Map Committee
It will be recalled that following the announcement by Libya's High National Elections Commission (HNEC) on 22 December that the country's elections planned for 24 December 2021 would not go ahead, the HoR announced on the same day decision (13/2021) to form a 10-member committee to work on preparing a proposal for a post-24 December 2021 political road map.
The HoR had demanded the committee submit its report to the office of the Presidency within a week to present it to the floor of the House during its next session.
A week has passed and the HoR held sessions on 27 and 28 December, but the new Road Map Committee did not submit a report as it was only on the 27 December that the full House received the reports on the electoral process delivered to the HoR by its HoR Election Committee, the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) report on the failure to hold the elections and the secret reports delivered to the HoR by the Interior Ministry and Intelligence Service.
It is also now unclear when the HoR Road Map Committee will present its report to the HoR as one of the HoR's decisions (decision 4/5) during its 27 December session was to
''The HoR decided to summon the President and members of the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) to the next session to hear from them about all the obstacles to the electoral process contained in their report.''
summon the HNEC board and its head Emad Sayeh in its next session to question them about the postponement of the elections and the details of their report. As the HoR generally only meets on Mondays and Tuesdays, this is now likely to be on Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 January.
When will the Road Map Committee report?
Given that, it is less likely to think that the Road Map Committee would want to present its report on the new political Road Map for Libya regarding preparing and setting in motion a process for holding the elections before hearing the outcomes of the questioning session of HNEC and its head Emad Sayeh.
In that case, and at best, even if it kept to its prescribed 7 days deadline, the Road Map Committee is unlikely to present its report to the House floor before Monday 10 and Tuesday 11 January.
Are elections likely on the HNEC suggested date of 24 January 2022?
This optimistic timeline would leave only 12 days until elections are held on the HNEC suggested 24 January 2022 date. This would not leave even 30 days of electioneering for candidates.
However, this is a fantasy timeline as the legal problems of the election law and the realms of authority and dynamics between HNEC and the judiciary and the HoR mean that it is very likely that the process will take months rather than 24 January 2022.
Without Ageela Saleh as Speaker, is the HoR more conciliatory with the HSC?
It is notable that the HoR Road Map Committee stated that ''it intends to communicate with all Libyan parties to expand the base of participation and restore the Libyan cause to the Libyans by finding Libyan solutions to achieve presidential and parliamentary elections and to exit the successive transitional stages.''
It is clear that Libyans have failed miserably since 2011 to find inclusive political consensus on major issues such as the constitution and elections. They have failed to find Libyan solutions and have opened themselves up to international mediation and political and military interference through several international conferences and wars.
It is too early to draw any definitive conclusions regarding the real intention of the HoR led by Acting Speaker Nuwairi, but there are early signs of a new dynamics. Nuwairi seems less dictatorial than Ageela Saleh. There are signs that he might put out an olive branch to the High State Council (HSC).
It will be recalled that the breakdown of the positive dynamic between the HSC and Ageela Saleh had very much contributed to the very delayed issuing of the poor election law. The HoR and HSC had gone back and forth in their overseas negotiating over the election law. The HSC had insisted on agreeing on the constitution by putting it to a referendum before holding elections.
Ageela Saleh wanted to – and did – go ahead to elections without a referendum on a constitution he suspected would either be rejected by the public or the courts. He had acted unilaterally by ''passing'' the 24 December 2021 election law without consulting the HSC. He had even bypassed the HoR floor by presenting the law to HNEC directly from its Committee stage.
This analysis assumes that Nuwairi is relatively free from Ageela Saleh's background influence and is able to navigate a more conciliatory course.
Will the HoR and HSC allow elections to take place?
It is unclear if a more positive dynamic between the HoR and HSC will lead to the holding of Libyan elections. Critics, it will be recalled, accuse both the HoR and HSC of postering on the holding of elections. They accuse both of wanting to postpone elections indefinitely to maintain the political status quo. They are accused of putting their highly paid jobs above the political stability of Libya.
Indeed, critics accuse Saleh of deviously and premeditatively creating a defective election law and counting on it to fail down the line.
HoR makes some decisions following hearing and debating several reports on the failed 24 December 2021 election process | (libyaherald.com)
HNEC report to HoR sets out legal reasons why final candidates' lists could not be announced – which led to the postponement of the elections | (libyaherald.com)
HoR unable to reach agreement on progress towards another election date | (libyaherald.com)
HNEC proposes postponement of Libya's elections until 24 January 2022 – blames ambiguous election law | (libyaherald.com)
HoR creates committee for a new post-24 December 2021 roadmap | (libyaherald.com)
HoR will discuss elections, the HoR's Election Committee report and HNEC's election report in today's session | (libyaherald.com)
Williams strongly urges relevant Libyan institutions and all political actors to focus on the electoral process | (libyaherald.com)
UN continues to support the holding of Presidential and parliamentary Libyan elections as soon as possible | (libyaherald.com)
Ten former antagonists, now presidential candidates, including Hafter, Bashagha and Maetig gather in Benghazi | (libyaherald.com)
UNSMIL warns that political tensions should be resolved through dialogue | (libyaherald.com)


A suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred at around 5:15 p.m. Saturday in a residential neighborhood outside Loveland.
Eric David Gray, 36, of Loveland, was arrested at 7:47 p.m. Saturday.
He was booked and is being held at the Larimer County jail on investigation of first degree murder, a Class 1 felony. The pending charges are allegations only.
The Larimer County Sheriff's Office received a call of a shooting in progress Saturday in the 5600 block of Thomas Court at a Loveland address just outside city limits.
An injured man had been shot and was lying on the ground in a driveway. The suspect was in a nearby home.
Patrol deputies located the wounded victim, pulled him to a safe location, and medical personnel attended to his injuries. The wounded victim died soon after at the scene.
The identity of the victim and cause and manner of his death have not been released yet by the Larimer County Coroner's Office.
Deputies made contact with the suspect in his home and an emergency response by SWAT was initiated in case he chose not to come out of the house. However, he cooperated after some time and came out to meet deputies, who placed in him custody.
Lt. John Feyen of Larimer County Sheriff's Office Investigations said the incident was likely a dispute among neighbors.
"This unfortunate isolated situation is the result of one neighbor being unable to communicate appropriately with another. Engaging a mediator to help reduce tensions and de-escalate disagreements is always preferred to avoid such tragic results," he said in a press release. No additional details are currently available.
The investigation is still pending. The investigators said it is clear that this case has no relationship to the recent shootings already under investigation in Northern Colorado.


ALEXANDRIA, Va. - 18 August 2018: Weighing in even as a Virginia jury deliberates for a second day, U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called the bank and tax fraud trial of his former campaign chairman Paul Manafort "very sad" and described the defendant as a "very good person."
U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis, presiding over the case, said he personally had received threats related to the trial and was being protected by U.S. marshals. The judge also rejected a motion by some news organizations to make public the names of the jurors, saying he was concerned about the jury's "peace and safety."
"I had no idea this case would excite these emotions ... I don't feel right if I release their names," the judge said.
In an indication that the six women and six men of the jury may not reach a verdict on Friday, they sent the judge a note asking that they be permitted to finish their work for the day at 5 p.m. (2100 GMT) because one juror has a social engagement.
Trump made his comments while the jurors deliberated behind closed doors on Friday morning. The jurors met for about seven hours on Thursday without reaching a verdict on 18 criminal counts with which Manafort is charged.
As president, Trump has the power to pardon Manafort on the federal charges. He has already issued a number of pardons, including for a political ally, former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. Asked by a reporter on Friday if he would pardon Manafort, Trump said, "I don't talk about that now."


Android developer roadmap|It's easy to be an Android developer, but it's not easy to find Creative Android app ideas and be a successful Android developer. It is always difficult to stand out if you are not serious enough. It requires hard work, passion, dedication, and perseverance.
I can't give you any shortcuts, but if you are willing to work hard, you will definitely get all the success you deserve.
To help you find a better Android developer, I have compiled some useful professional skills from my experience.
So whether you have just decided to enter the Android development phase, or an experienced Android developer, these tips will surely help you to transform to the next level..
I am not talking about documentation, but the actual framework code. I see a lot of developers afraid to go deep inside the Android framework. Don't be one of them! It's an amazing thing when you see how the code works and how the different parts fit together properly.
If you plan to start your Android journey, don't be afraid to work inside the Android SDK and start paying attention to it.
Android is very big and very big. You can't fully learn it in a month or three. And the more you learn,the more you will understand how much you don't know. As a beginner, it is normal to miss learning important information and build something while still ignorant, trying to overcome this problem!
Know your real focus on the app you are currently building and then slowly expand your horizons.
Most developers don't have time to read what other developers are writing. They spend most of their time writing what they already know.
But this won't help you grow into a perfect Android developer. The only way to truly become a better developer is to read the great code of a more experienced developer. You should start thinking about other open source apps and libraries, where you'll find many coding techniques and feature implementations that you didn't know before.
Tip: Here are some excellent open source application resources to help you get started.
Obviously, I am not telling you to learn Spanish or Chinese. I am saying that you should learn a new programming language. You need to update what is happening in the industry yourself, rather than limiting your thoughts to the Android space.
This will open your point of view, inspire new ideas, and help you significantly improve your Android development skills. Make up your mind to learn a new programming language every year.
I can't stress your importance in the Android development business. Design patterns can be lifeguards whenever a critical programming problem is encountered.
You also need to be on the same page as other developers, so that when you talk about using factory mode, decorator mode or facade mode, you immediately know what they mean.
Commit yourself to learn a new design pattern every week until you know most of the design patterns.
If you have developed a library, plugin or other useful code and you use it in your own application, consider open source.
There is a lot to learn in an open source project or in maintaining your own project. This is an excellent knowledge collision in open source development that greatly enhances your value as a developer.
If you don't have any open source resources, consider reviewing other open source projects of interest and fixing some bugs, improving the documentation or writing some tests in it.
Even the smallest contribution (such as fixing some syntax errors in the documentation) will help the project maintainer keep the project running.
Start spending more time learning about the IDE you are using: Android Studio. It can do more than you think. There are a lot of cool features and shortcuts hidden in the IDE, and most developers don't even try to find out.
Develop a habit to discover new and better ways to make your tools work for you, thereby improving your workflow and productivity.
Tip: This is an amazing article to help you master the Android Studio.
Most of the time, we write all of our code in Activities or Fragments (I also made this problem), turning them into huge objects that are almost impossible to maintain and test.
It is very important to adopt a good architecture for your application, such as MVP or MVVM. The application's business logic, View interaction, and data interaction are divided into different levels for easy management and testing.
You can't ignore this, because it's hard to keep a standard coding guide for Android development when working with developers who don't write clean code.
This is not rocket science, it shouldn't take you more than a few hours to learn most basic Android coding guides.
To make yourself more competitive than other developers and build an application that looks good and works well, you need to start learning some of the best practices for Android development.
Learn about other things that can help you become a better developer and help your app stand out.
Try to use your time correctly and effectively. When you go to work, an exercise in the gym, drive or cook, your genius brain won't do too much.
At this time, you can do multitasking by listening to some Android blogs.
PS: Listening to the blog (audio to podcasts) At first I thought the translation was wrong. I saw the audio that I could listen to when I clicked on the resource. It was only in English.
I found that this happened not only to me but also to several peer developers.
It's good to think about it before you start working (actually good), but over-thinking and over-analysis can lead to unnecessary confusion, delays, and anxiety.
First, do what seems to be good for the project right now, and you can adjust to the changing situation at any time in the future.
I can understand that as a developer, your main focus is to learn to write better code. However, if you want to be a complete developer, you should start spending time learning and understanding the user interface (UI) and user experience (UE/UX).
This will change the way you look at the app being encoded. Try to communicate and interact with the team's UI and (UE/UX) designers to better understand the application design.
"Perfect" is a subjective term, but based on experience, try to achieve the product you need to provide the best version.
Never give up, don't work for this. Be passionate about what you are doing and do better than the best. This will help you grow and become a better developer in the long run.
If you want to be a good developer (or anything else in your life), you need to stay focused.Doing it for a few days or weeks and then giving up will not bring you anything.
Don't be impetuous, try to imagine what you want to be as a developer in the next few years, no matter what the challenge is, stick to your goals.
It's easy to start doing something, but it's hard to continue doing it with the same passion and dedication.
As a developer, you should always try to break down any complex issues or features you're working into small, simple, and independent components that can quickly and easily understand and solve problems.
Don't be overwhelmed by the initial size or complexity of the project. Once you are on the right track, everything can be solved. Start small, take a small step, and then slowly expand.
Writing a test demo can completely change the way you learn. If you encounter something new on Android, get into the habit of writing a test demo immediately.
If you encounter an interesting Android library somewhere, you don't have to just browse the documentation and APIs, but you should write a demo to test. This will give you a deeper understanding of the library.
This is very important. You can't treat a feature as complete until you write a detailed test case. Testing will help you build confidence in your code.
Don't make mistakes or ignore mistakes and make your life more painful. Returning to bugs will make your life more painful.
As you develop your application, consider choosing to build your application in a powerful and efficient way so you can stand the test of time.
Consider following the "red-green refactoring" loop of test-driven development (TDD). First write the test case that will fail (red), then write the actual code, pass the test (green), and finally clean up the optimization (refactor).
"Test-driven development is a way to manage fear during the programming process.
As a developer, spend as little time as possible on things that should be automated, such as application quality checks and releases.
You should use CheckStyle, PMD, Lint and FindBugs and other tools to automate quality inspection mechanism. Prior to the merger any significant changes, run all unit and instrumentation tests is necessary.
When all these checks pass, you will get a green signal, post the APK to the Play Store, or distribute it in any other way.
Tip: Automate the Play Store publishing process with open source tools like Gradle Play Publisher.
If you want to improve your Android development skills, you must consider a responsive approach. This will allow you to build your apps in a completely different way.
Responsively, it will help you write interactive apps faster, making your development life more fun and easy.
Our developers are often introverted and like to sit in our own world with our computers.
Try to move out of your comfort zone and interact more with other developers. When you attend a developer conference and social gathering or you just talk to other developers who are similar to your interests, there is a lot to learn.
Most of the operations in Android Studio have shortcuts. Knowing which shortcuts will significantly reduce your development time and improve your workflow, remembering that shortcuts can take a while, but in the long run, this will help you move toward a workflow that uses less mouse.
Tip: If you don't want to remember shortcuts in an outdated way, here is a very good Android Studio plugin to help you deal with it.
In the huge world of Android, there are many things to learn and understand, and when you first step into it, it is enough to hit you. Things will become easier as you promise to learn a new Android thing every week.
Make a list that you don't understand, assign them a priority, and start one by one every week. After a few months, you will see your way ahead of your start.
Our engineers are born lazy and always find an easy way to work in tedious work.
So you need to do some repetitive and boring things every day, consider automating him. He will save a lot of time each week and you can use it to do more effective and useful things.
Tip: Try Zapier, a great job that can help you connect and automate several of the tools you use almost every day.
Always maintain a stable version of Android Studio to perform all the important things you need to do every day. But also consider keeping the latest Android Studio, Canary or Beta version installed.
Sometimes there are many new and exciting features to try these early versions as early as possible.
We all like to use libraries, which is great when we need them, but develop the habit of reviewing all added third-party libraries and deleting third-party libraries that are no longer needed for a while.
Don't make a mistake in refactoring many old codebases. Doing so will trap you in an inescapable trap.
Instead, consider refactoring the parts of the codebase that you need to work with now, and then slowly extend to other parts if necessary.
Also, consider writing a test case for the screen you want to refactor, and then touch any code that you suspect might break existing functionality.
If you want to develop a professional application, never make mistakes in developing and testing applications on high-end devices. In general, our developers have high-end flagship products and use them to develop applications. But this is something you should definitely avoid.
Try to buy the cheapest, lowest-end device you can find on the market and make it a habit to develop applications. You will start to see a lot of bugs in your app, and you have no clues before. This way, you can prepare apps for the world's largest group without the best Android devices.
Don't make mistakes in buying low-end work machines, which will ruin your development experience every day.
Consider developing with a Mac instead of Windows. You will fall in love with its simplicity and stability.
If you are buying a MacBook, consider using the best specs to get this feature. You will always thank you for making this decision.


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Seeds of Hope: Ruth Dugan
Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, Bayonne Medical Center
By Jessica Kitchin | | August 6, 2008
Photo by John Emerson
When people talk about what Ruth Dugan has accomplished in the past year, the word "impossible" usually comes up. Dugan, 61, a mother of six from Saddle River, joined the board of the Bayonne Medical Center in 2006 because her husband grew up in the city and her son lives there. She ended up saving the hospital from bankruptcy.
"We built the case that it's not just about money, it's about people's lives and the safety of a whole community," says Dugan, who became chairwoman of the board of trustees in August 2007, when the hospital was on the verge of being shuttered. She jumped right into the crisis, researching the area's medical needs, gathering 40,000 signatures on a petition to the governor, holding public meetings, getting local media coverage, and pleading in bankruptcy court. "I thought that having medical care available was so important that I couldn't imagine any circumstance that would leave the community without it," she says. "So I took it on—not realizing, of course, that the task would be Herculean."
A lifelong volunteer, including a stint as president of the Saddle River Board of Education, Dugan says she was always inspired by her Holocaust-survivor parents. "I always believed you should be involved and could make a difference," she says. "And that's an idea I want to pass along to my children."
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Northern Ireland defender Gareth McAuley has spoken of his delight after signing for his boyhood club Rangers.
McAuley, 38, has been a free agent since leaving West Bromwich Albion in the summer following their relegation from the Premier League.
On the other hand, Stiff Richard refuted fears of McAuley's age being a factor by citing the example of former Rangers man David Weir, who played well into his forties.
It is massive for me personally. "My family support the club and me myself as well", McAuley said. "The street I was born on (in Northern Ireland), the curbs are painted red white and blue so to get the opportunity to come and play at this famous club is wonderful".
Whether Gerrard feels this a signing that can come in right away and make a difference is doubtful.
For the majority of Steven Gerrard's tenure as manager, Rangers have had Connor Goldson and Nikola Katic as their only options at the heart of the defence - before signing Joe Worrall on loan from Nottingham Forest. This would leave chances for McAuley as limited as possible.
He told RangersTV: "I have been watching the games and (Goldson and Katic) are good players who have been doing really well and the manager is really pleased with them as well. There is a young group of players here and hopefully I can help them with my knowledge, develop them and challenge them to play in the team".
Many Celtic supporters vowed never to get behind the Belgian defender again and wanted him out, but Brendan Rodgers allowed the powerful centre-back back into his squad, and he has been rewarded already.
He has signed a deal at Ibrox until the end of the current season.
Dedryck Boyata irked the Bhoys fan base when he refused to play in the Champions League qualifier in Athens last month, and it looked as though his time at the club was over.


Boxed Up Events is an Oxfordshire based company, initially, the kitchen table project of two determined mums with a strong background in marketing, PR and events management. We took some time out to raise our families, but it turns out that they have been helping us grow. Once successful, organized, creative and well networked professional women we have become the ultimate multi-taskers, risk assessors and financial planners. For a while out network may have carried less business cards but we soon found out PTA are more connected than the mafia. Our children have reawakened a sense of fun and imagination in us. We are more creative and positive than ever before and firmly believe that our new enthusiasm and experience help us make truly memorable events very achievable on every budget.
We set out Boxed Up Events as a way to help busy families like ours save time and money on their special occasions. We recognized that what we did successfully with our own families and PTA could be done for others and we would all benefit from the savings of scaling up and sharing. We realized we were really quite brilliant at making things happen and that those dynamic ladies who used to wear heels and sharp suits were no less talented in jeans and converse - just a lot more fun, inventive and determined to get the job done before school let out. We thought that if we played to our strengths, did the hard work and research then our clients would not have to and it worked with parents returning to us after successful parties and using us again.
A Boxed Up Event was and still is just that, everything you need, for the exact number you need in one simple delivery. No trawling the internet for bits n bobs, we have done it, we have got the best deal by buying in bulk so can pass on the saving and we can send you a bespoke package with no waste, delivered at a time to suit in one shot. We can advise on entertainment, venues and caterers or we can arrange them on your behalf. Every Boxed Up Event even comes with instructions, hints and tips. We love a chat and listen to your ideas offering solutions born of our experience but we are never daunted by something new and love a challenge.
Parties are not just for kids and like them we have grown. Baby showers, hen parties, Aunties 80th, graduations and weddings we have it covered. It is not just family events either, we cut our teeth in the office and boardroom and have found our way back to where we began. From product launches and PR events to team building and staff reward days we have been bringing a refreshing element of fun to an increasing number of corporate clients. We have Morris Danced by the river on the Solstice with some very distinguished international research scientists, introduced American guests to Welly wanging and cream teas at a bespoke village fete, and transported bus loads of delegates to a secluded venue on the Ridgeway for an out of office conference they are sure to remember and look forward to becoming an annual event.
When we started out we aimed to support other busy families doing what we loved while working hours that fitted with our own childrens needs. We now support busy companies producing exemplary events without causing break downs amongst the PAs or overstretching in house events teams. We support local and charity contractors where we can and the relationships we have built with emerging talented entertainers, enthusiastic foodie caterers and eco friendly suppliers make us ideally placed to create great value, seamless events with a little something special and unique. Whether you just need a little nudge in the right direction and a quick consultation to get your event going or you want us to create a bespoke event and deliver it on the day we are happy to talk and find the solutions right for you.
Looking ahead, some of our events have been so memorable we would like to do them again and share them with others so over the coming months we are taking a leap and will be bringing some pop up events to some unexpected locations throughout Oxfordshire. We are really excited to be working with some amazing venues and privileged to introduce some of our wonderful friends, actors, musicians, chefs, and artists (as well as sheep) to a wider audience. We love a new project so if you are a new venture, passionate about what you do and looking to find your niche or a busy client needing some help creating a special occasion or streamlining and important event no matter the scale then get in touch, we would love to hear from you.


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Hazards

Terbium(III) chloride causes hyperemia of the iris.
Conditions/substances to avoid are: heat, acids and acid fumes.

References

Chlorides
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FIREDOOR
Sydney, New South Wales
2017 SMH Good Food Guide Awards - One Chef Hat
Surry Hills is home to Australia's first solely fire-powered restaurant kitchen at the aptly named Firedoor. Fitted with two ovens, four grills and a wood burning stove, Firedoor's dishes are infused with the distinctive aromas of the timber chosen for fuel. The restaurant is the brainchild of Lennox Hastie, the British Chef who spent a number of years at world-renowned Asador Etxebarri in Spain, where his fascination with coals began.
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Lunch: Thu-Fri from 12pm
Dinner: Tue-Sat from 5:30pm
23-33 Mary Street,
Modern Australian, Woodfired Cooking
Firedoor presents Australia's first fire-powered menu, eschewing efficiency and convenience to showcase the natural beauty of wood fired cooking. Situated in the back streets of Surry Hills and housed within the former Silknit House, a 1911 heritage building on Mary Street, the urban space features an open kitchen that centres around two custom-made wood-fired ovens, four grills and an Australian-made Aga.
Firedoor serves seasonally driven food that has been cooked over wood coals, allowing the quality of the produce and aroma of the embers to do the talking. The entire menu is powered by fire, treating wood as a central ingredient with a focus on delicate produce such as shellfish and vegetables. Dishes are listed in ascending order from light to rich. The Firedoor menu is created daily based on seasonal produce, the daily catch from the sea and the best livestock of the land. Hastie works closely with producers to bring the finest Australian produce to the kitchen. A butcher's block and a fish tank feature in the kitchen allowing the chefs to use the freshest ingredients possible. From cutting meat to order, to pulling seafood from the tank, Firedoor emphasises the importance of premium Australian ingredients cooked to order and served direct from the grill.
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Two wood-fired ovens, four grills and a cast-iron Aga oven. That's it. For most chefs of a certain calibre, this almost-archaic kitchen would be like stepping back in time. For Lennox Hastie, head chef at Firedoor, this is the type of kitchen that dreams are made of.
The Fink Group have opened two of the most anticipated restaurants across Australia within months of one another – and they couldn't be more different. Bennelong, residing in the iconic Opera House is a multileveled glamour-house with all the trimmings of a fine dining restaurant, while the pared-back Firedoor, tucked away on Mary Street in Surry Hills, prides itself on simplicity.
The kitchen burns five to six different types of wood a day; hay, ironback, pecan, orange, wine barrels and pear, to name a few, each used to infuse the various dishes on the menu that night. Prawns, butterflied and grilled on orange wood, are unadulterated – perfect in their no-frills state. Brussels sprouts pop up on almost every on-trend restaurant but these, char grilled and served in a thick pool of rich stock with chunks of smoked ham hock, put others I've tried to shame. Unsurprisingly, sea fare dominates the menu however a Ranger's Valley Wagyu rib eye will make anyone believe they could happily go paleo for the rest of their lives. At Firedoor the produce is served as-is, in all its flawless glory. This philosophy has challenges though - there's nowhere to hide even the smallest mistake. Thank goodness Hastie is a genius.
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The Big Night Out Dining Experience @ Firedoor
Dates Mon 01 Jul 19 to Sat 31 Aug 19
Location Surry Hills, New South Wales
Category Special Event
Description Vegetables are the Hero A specially curated five course menu this July and August will be available at Quay, Bennelong, Otto, and ...
Beverage Menu
SMH Good Food Guide Awards - 2017
One Chef Hat
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Ali - 3/05/2015
An AMAZING dining experience. The love and care that goes into the preparation and cooking of the food translates into the most amazing flavours - you really can taste the flavour of the woods used in the food. It is all open plan so you can watch the chefs and their craft. I love that all the produce is fresh and whatever is in season and at its best for the day. The steak knives are also very cool. Can't wait to go back - awesome dining experience :
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