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The Lincoln Assassination On This Day (September 27 – October 3)
Posted on October 3, 2021 by Dave Taylor
#OTD Sept. 27, 1864: #JohnWilkesBooth was getting ready to leave Franklin, Pennsylvania for the last time & began the process of closing out his investments in the oil region. JWB had lost about $6,000 in failed oil ventures as was later testified to by his agent, Joseph Simonds. pic.twitter.com/eqNgJhLajb
#OTD Sept. 28, 1858: #MarySurratt wrote a letter to Father Joseph Finotti seeking his help to find a school to send her son, #JohnSurratt. Mary's husband had grown increasingly alcoholic & abusive which motivated her to get her children away from their home in Surrattsville. pic.twitter.com/Qp36jmC1CF
Also #OTD Sept. 28, 1886: #EdwinBooth, on tour in Minnesota, took a sight-seeing visit to Minnehaha Falls with members of his acting troupe. Edwin bought his companions souvenir canoes and baskets as mementoes of the visit. pic.twitter.com/PxGFEf5wZ0
#OTD Sept. 29, 1914: D. Eldridge Monroe died at 69. He testified for #DrMudd's defense that he heard on April 15 that it was #EdwinBooth, not #JohnWilkesBooth, who assassinated Lincoln. Years later, Monroe, a 61 year old widower, married Mudd's daughter Nettie Mudd who was 28. pic.twitter.com/JILV99tHov
#OTD Sept. 30, 1865: Rev. George Powell, the father of executed conspirator #LewisPowell, wrote to his son's attorney, William Doster. Lewis had been so tight lipped about his past that by the time he opened up to Doster & his father was summoned to D.C., Lewis was already dead. pic.twitter.com/QRHTHPs1qm
#OTD Oct. 1, 1867: The bodies of #JohnWilkesBooth, #DavidHerold, #GeorgeAtzerodt, #LewisPowell, #MarySurratt & Henry Wirz were disinterred, moved, and reburied at Warehouse No. 1 at the Old Arsenal Penitentiary. Their bodies would not be released to their families until 1869. pic.twitter.com/DPTDmm5rBS
— Dave Taylor (@LinConspirators) October 1, 2021
#OTD Oct. 2, 1820, Thomas A. Jones was born near Port Tobacco, Maryland. After the assassination, Jones hid #JohnWilkesBooth & #DavidHerold in a pine thicket before providing them with a boat & sending them towards Virginia. Though offered $100,000, Jones refused to give them up. pic.twitter.com/0Qx3fEsjl0
Thomas Jones' home of Huckleberry, which the trio passed as they travelled from the Pine Thicket to the banks of th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Dave Taylor (@LinConspirators) October 02, 2021
#OTD Oct. 3, 1977: The @FBI Laboratory transmitted their report on #JohnWilkesBooth's diary to the NPS. After examining & photographing the diary under different settings, the FBI found no "invisible writings, unusual obliterations or alterations". pic.twitter.com/kBErK3wcZV
The reason the FBI examined JWB's diary was due spurious claims being made by a 1977 book & movie, The Lincoln Cons… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The rocking chair in which Lincoln was sitting when he was shot is on permanent display at The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Henry Ford purchased the chair for $2,400 in 1929. https://t.co/eXNpPCeOmK pic.twitter.com/dzbSppTveq
— Presidential Trivia (@triviapotus) September 27, 2021
The prison hoods worn by the accused conspirators of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln 🇺🇸.#POTUS pic.twitter.com/tFqWpj6U2G
— Presidential Wisdom (@PrezWisdom) September 27, 2021
When Ford's Theatre was restored to its 1865 appearance in the mid-1960s, the restoration replicated Civil War-era theatrical rigging. As you can see, this proved quite cumbersome and was later replaced by 20th Century technology. #FordsTheatre #LincolnLegacy pic.twitter.com/sZCFdx8kGr
— Ford's Theatre (@fordstheatre) September 29, 2021
Thought not mentioned by name in this article, Lettie Hall was the woman enslaved by #DrMudd who is associated with this church. Lettie made #JohnWilkesBooth breakfast on the morning of April 15, 1865.
SRU Exploring Moving Historic Shiloh Church To Campus https://t.co/ojoRJpKSmk
This sold for $275,000, the highest price yet for one of these wanted posters. antiquesandthearts.com/100000-wilkes-…
On the first Friday of the month, the National Archives hosts an #ArchivesHashtagParty on Twitter. They encourage other archives and museums to tweet out pieces in their collection based around a different theme. This month's theme was #ArchivesArt. Even though I'm not an archive, I sometimes take part in the fun showing off things in different collections.
Today's #ArchivesHashtagParty is #ArchivesArt! In the collection of the @ALPLM is this ornate mourning fan with painted vignettes of the assassination of #Lincoln & #JohnWilkesBooth's unsuccessful escape. pic.twitter.com/a0OxdzLh5P
In the collection of @theValentineRVA are several copies of a bust of #EdwinBooth. On Oct. 2, 1858, Edwin sat for this bust by sculptor Edward Valentine. Edwin was performing in Richmond alongside his brother, #JohnWilkesBooth, who was a part of the stock company. #ArchivesArt pic.twitter.com/vixmsJGv2c
Sarah Dyer Mudd, the future wife of #DrMudd, painted this picture of "The Sleeping Beauty" in 1853 when she was a student. It is on display in the same room #JohnWilkesBooth slept in at the @DrMuddHouse. #ArchivesArt pic.twitter.com/nEzOumzLAz
While I don't know the location of this amazing folk painting of conspirator #MichaelOLaughlen shooting lasers out of his eyes, the @artbma does have an album quilt in their collection with a square made by ol' Cyclops himself. #ArchivesArt pic.twitter.com/koPXgHXEBg
The collection of @FolgerResearch is really phenomenal. Here are two incredibly detailed artistic depictions of #EdwinBooth in his most famous role of Hamlet. The detail on Edwin's face is really very accurate. #ArchivesArt pic.twitter.com/vITRq3EAmS
Categories: History, OTD	| Tags: Booth Family, Conspiracy, Dr. Samuel Mudd, Edwin Booth, Execution, Ford's Theatre, john Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt, Michael O'Laughlen, Museums, Oil, Relics, Thomas Jones	| 2 Comments
"Treason Chokers" and "Wooden Overcoats": An Eyewitness Account of the Conspirators' Execution
Posted on January 29, 2021 by Dave Taylor
On July 7, 1865, four of the convicted conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln were put to death on the grounds of the Old Arsenal Penitentiary in Washington, D.C. The condemned prisoners consisted of Lewis Powell who had attacked and nearly fatally wounded Secretary of State William Seward, David Herold who had assisted and joined John Wilkes Booth on his ill fated escape after the shooting of the President, George Atzerodt who had been commissioned to kill Vice President Andrew Johnson but failed to make the attempt, and Mary Surratt the owner of a D.C. boardinghouse who assisted Booth by transporting field glasses to her Maryland tavern on the afternoon of the assassination.
The execution of these three men and one woman marked an ending in the country's quest for vengeance after the death of the Chief Executive. Coming after a military trial which lasted for 8 weeks and heard from 347 witnesses, the end of the conspirators was well documented in the press of the day. Vivid descriptions of the hanging on that hot July afternoon were published in newspapers nationwide from Associated Press reporters and others on the scene.
But perhaps one of the most compelling accounts of that day's events comes from one of the soldiers who was present at the Old Arsenal when the drops fell. This soldier's name was William D. F. Landon. Originally a private with the 14th Indiana Infantry, he was wounded at the Battle of the Wilderness and then transferred to the 1st U.S. Veteran Volunteers. In this way he was a member of General Winfield Scott Hancock's corps with duty in and around Virginia and Washington. One thing that was unique about Sgt. Landon was his role as an unofficial field reporter for his local newspaper back in Indiana, The Weekly Vincennes Western Sun. Over the course of the war, Landon wrote many letters to the editor of the Western Sun documenting the life of a soldier along with the events and battles he took part in. He wrote all of these letters under the pen name of Prock, affording him a degree of anonymity to speak honestly about what he was witnessing.
From July through November of 1865 alone, Prock wrote a series of nine letters to the Sun about his experiences. Most notably is the letter he wrote on July 11, 1865 documenting his recent duty at the execution of the conspirators. This letter was published in the July 22, 1865 edition of The Weekly Vincennes Western Sun. If you would like to read Prock's account in its original form, click here, otherwise what follows is a transcription made from the article.
This account provides us with a unique perspective on the execution of the conspirators written in a tone that is not to be found in any other descriptions of the event. There is a surprising amount of humor in what Prock writes. But it's also an honest accounting, adding a degree of human realism to the otherwise stark proceedings.
"Camp First Regiment U.S. Veteran Vol.
Hancock's Corps.
Near Washington, D.C., July 11, 1865
Dear Greene:
At 4 o'clock on the morning of the 7th inst. we marched with one day's rations and "forty rounds" to the Arsenal, or Old penitentiary building, to take part in the "drop game." As we filed into the enclosure and formed two sides of a square (the prison wall and the high brick parapet forming the other two) I observed first four graves and four "wooden overcoats;" then the scaffold, with two drops, and the four "treason chokers" swaying to and fro in the wind. I had not anticipated all this so soon, presuming the XEQtion would of course be a public one, and that having already marched five miles in a broiling July sun and through dense clouds of stifling dust, fancied our troubles but begun, and that we were to escort the wretches to some of the high and barren hilltops surrounding the city; we were all most agreeably disappointed and stood at ease, leaning on our well burnished arms and gazing with mere curiosity at the workmen putting the finishing touches to the "assassins' derrick." Guards being posted everywhere, we stacked arms and broke ranks. Some of the carpenters in the regiment lent a hand in adjusting beams and traces, occasionally tossing the boys a block that was sawn off, or a strip of scantling for a walking stick. A grand rush was always made for these by the "relic hunters of the Wilderness," occasioning much amusement amongst the soldiery. In removing some caisson boxes, &c., from one part of the yard, a fatigue party captured a huge rat. He was immediately court-martialed, sentenced and (a miniature gallows being erected and a piece of fish line procured) hung – his carcass chucked into one of the pits near the coffins.
A piece of the conspirators' gallows. From the collection of the Smithsonian Museum of American History.
The prison wall is at least eighteen feet high and shut out not only the view from the Potomac, but the "ten knot" breeze that was filling more than one white sail on the broad stream. Occasionally a circling puff whirling over the enclosure would stir up everything that was laying around loose, dust included, and cause the "human hawsers" to writhe as I have seen wounded snakes before now.
Some hundred citizens were admitted – not twenty-five of them but what were attached to either the "press gang" or detective's force of Washington City. All these "roosters" carried umbrellas, and soon had them spread skywards. The sentinels took revenge by quietly punching their sharp glittering bayonets through the "silk Sibleys;" so, had it rained, many a chap would have wondered why his "round-house" leaked so badly.
Finally, everything was in readiness and "Time!" called. The soldiers stood to their arms and the four culprits appeared on the scene. The usual formula was gone through with, lasting perhaps twenty minutes, when the ropes were adjusted, the white caps pulled over their heads, and they were literally jerked into Eternity. I have an idea that from the time a fellow feels the rope coiling round his neck till he is "hood-winked" and actually "rubbed out" of existence, ye past presents the finest – aye, perhaps the most terrible – panorama he ever witnessed. I have no desire to see it (when my turn comes for "going under") "roped in," with a frame of bayonets and bronzed, unsympathising faces.
Life having been pronounced extinct by the U.S. surgeons present, the yard was cleared of all but members of our regiment or division by order of Major Gen. Hancock; a "detail" was then made to take down the bodies and bury them. The soldiers performing this task whacked off as much rope from each dangling quirl as they could reach, and, cutting it into small pieces, threw it among their comrades below. The scramble for the twine far exceeded that for the blocks and scraps of wood an hour or two before.
Pieces of the ropes used to hang the conspirators. From the collection of the Ford's Theatre Museum.
Two men scuffling good humoredly for a "rope-relic," rolled into one of the freshly dug graves, and before they could extricate themselves half a dozen shovel fulls of earth had been thrown upon them by laughing comrades.
The bodies were placed in the "wooden overcoats" just as they fell, with the exception that the fatal nooses were taken off – the white "death-hoods" were not removed. I noticed the rope in every instance had cut to the bone.
Mrs. Surratt died without a struggle, merely a clenching of the left hand. Payne or Powell was on the "drop" next in order. He took great pains to place his toes right on the edge – stood straight as an arrow – said nothing to the lookers-on – gave a slight shrug of the shoulders when the coil fell about his bare neck, but not a tremor of a nerve or winking of an eye could be noticed. He died, to use the slang term, "game to the last." Harrold and Atzerott were both half dead with terror and the consciousness of their awful situation. Their knees knocked together as they bade each other "good bye." There was but a single disturbance that I saw during the day. One of the 6th regiment, U.S. Veteran Volunteers, Hancock's corps, attempting to pass the guard at the outer gate with an empty canteen for water, was halted, and some words passed, when the sergeant of the guard coming up drew his sabre and stabbed the unarmed soldier in the face, putting out his right eye and giving him a dangerous if not fatal wound. The sergeant and the guard on at this post are from the "Veteran Reserve or Invalid corps" (our boys call them the Diarrhea Corps,") and no troops "in the field" are on good terms with these d—-d overbearing "Invalids and hospital bummers" – that's what's the matter. Well my item is not finished yet: a brother of the wounded man, hearing of the uncalled for and cowardly act, came up and put an ounce and a half of cold lead into the brain-pan of the "reserve sergeant," killing him instantly, and then walked cooly on to see after his brother's wounds. That's the right kind of vengeance, for you! – he had heard that his brother was mortally wounded and was determined on revenge first – that is as it should be!
Truly Yours,
Prock"
In an odd twist of fate, it seems that Prock unknowingly predicted his own death when he wrote, "when my turn comes for 'going under'" in this letter. One year after the conspirators' execution, then Lt. William D. F. Landon completely disappeared while stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. While the army originally thought Lt. Landon may have just gone AWOL, he was never heard from again, not even among his friends and relations in Indiana. After an investigation by the army in 1867, it was concluded that Landon had met with an accident and died around July 8, 1866. According to a letter written by the Assistant Adjutant General to an inquiring Indiana congressman, "it is supposed that he was drowned while bathing in the Missouri river." Seems like ol' Prock went under the waves himself, almost a year to the day that he witnessed the conspirators bade their own final good byes.
"Letter from 'Prock'," The Weekly Vincennes Western Sun (Vincennes, IN), July 22, 1865, 1.
"Prock's Last Letters to the Vincennes Western Sun," Indiana Magazine of History 35, no. 1 (1939): 76-94.
My thanks to Monique Howell at the Indiana State Library for directing me to the digitized copy of Prock's letter in the Vincennes Western Sun.
Categories: History	| Tags: David Herold, Execution, George Atzerodt, Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt	| 8 Comments
The Execution and Burial of Lewis Powell
Posted on July 7, 2020 by Dave Taylor
Though I have already published a post today about the 155th anniversary of the execution of the four condemned conspirators in the death of Abraham Lincoln, I have another quick one to mark the occasion. Over the last three days I have been in Florida visiting sites connected to conspirator Lewis Powell. Someday in the near future, I will be publishing a very long post all about Lewis Powell's early life and the post-assassination lives of his parents here in Florida complete with images I have taken during this trip. In the meantime, I wanted to share with you all a video I shot today at Lewis Powell's grave in Geneva, Florida. In the video, I read accounts of the execution on this day and discuss the post-execution wanderings of Lewis Powell's skull. I hope you enjoy it.
Categories: History	| Tags: Execution, Graves, Lewis Powell	| 24 Comments
The Testimony Regarding Mary Surratt
155 years ago on this day, four of the eight conspirators tried in the death of Abraham Lincoln ascended a hastily constructed set of gallows. Just one week earlier they had been convicted and sentenced to their death but had only learned about their fates the day before. The three men and one woman who climbed those stairs to meet their maker were Lewis Powell, David Herold, George Atzerodt and Mary E. Surratt. When the drop fell right around 1:25 in the afternoon, Mrs. Surratt became the first woman executed by the federal government.
Over May and June of this year, I presented a day-by-day look at the Trial of the Lincoln Conspirators that led to this execution. I tried to make sense of the military trial that saw different witnesses haphazardly take the stand against different conspirators one after another. Today, I'm releasing the first of eight helpful resources that organizes the trial not chronologically as we experienced before, but this time based on the testimony against each of the individual conspirators. Rather than having to look through the entirety of the trial to gain an understanding of the specific evidence against a single person, all of the relevant testimony regarding each conspirator has been organized into an easily accessible and hyperlinked table. For the anniversary of her execution, I have decided to start with the testimony regarding Mary Surratt. The text that follows this paragraph contains the same information that will always be found on a standalone page of the trial project called Mary Surratt Testimony and can be accessed by clicking the picture of Mrs. Surratt on The Trial homepage. The organized testimony regarding the other conspirators will be published over the next month.
The following table shows all of the testimony given at the Lincoln conspiracy trial concerning Mary Surratt. Clicking on any of the witnesses' names will take you to their corresponding testimony in the chronological Trial project.
The default arrangement of the witnesses in the table is by Relevant Testimony. This organizes the witnesses based on what specific aspect of the conspirator's case was discussed. In the case of Mary Surratt, I organized the testimony into seven categories, labeled A – G. Descriptions of what each category means can be found after the table. The tabs on the bottom of the table allow you to view the witnesses arranged by Date and Alphabetically by last name.
Mobile users: Due to the smaller screen size on mobile devices, you will likely have to scroll left and right on the table to see the Relevant Testimony column.
Relevant Testimony descriptions:
A. John Wilkes Booth and the other Conspirators' Presence at Mrs. Surratt's Boardinghouse
In establishing Mrs. Surratt's connection to John Wilkes Booth's plot, the prosecution relied heavily on the testimony of Louis Weichmann, one of the lodgers at Surratt's D.C. boardinghouse. Weichmann testified at length about the presence of Booth and some of the other conspirators at the boardinghouse and how Mrs. Surratt sometimes met with Booth when her son, John, was not at home. The defense tried to show that, as a boardinghouse owner and hospitable woman, Mrs. Surratt's interactions with Booth and the others was nothing more than politeness.
B. Mrs. Surratt's Trips to her Tavern in Surrattsville on April 11th and April 14th
The other key witness against Mary Surratt was the tenant of her tavern property in Maryland, John M. Lloyd. Lloyd testified about Mrs. Surratt traveling down to Southern Maryland on April 11th and telling him that weapons hidden at the tavern would be needed soon. On April 14th, the day of Lincoln's assassination, Mary traveled to her tavern with a package she had been given by Booth. She gave that package to Lloyd and allegedly told him to, "have the shooting irons ready, a party will call for them tonight." Mrs. Surratt's defense brought evidence to show that Mrs. Surratt was attempting to settle some debts during this period of time and that was the reasons she made these journeys.
C. The Reputations of Louis Weichmann and John M. Lloyd
As the two key witnesses against Mrs. Surratt, the defense made a great effort to show the questionable reliability of Weichmann and Lloyd. Evidence was presented to suggest that Weichmann may have been disloyal (or even part of Booth's plot), while Lloyd was portrayed as a drunk of dubious trustworthiness.
D. The Reputations of Defense Witnesses Joseph Knott and John Zadoc Jenkins
In the same way that the defense attacked the credibility of two prosecution witnesses, the prosecution spent a lot of time attacking the character and loyalty of two defense witnesses, one of whom was Mrs. Surratt's brother.
E. Pictures of John Wilkes Booth and Confederate Generals Found in Mrs. Surratt's Boardinghouse
During the manhunt for Booth, Mrs. Surratt's house was searched multiple times and during one of these searches images of Confederate leaders and a hidden photograph of John Wilkes Booth was found in Mrs. Surratt's room. The prosecution wanted to use this to show Mrs. Surratt's disloyalty. The defense got Mrs. Surratt's daughter, Anna, to testify that the photographs belonged to her.
F. The Arrest of Lewis Powell at the Surratt Boardinghouse
Conspirator Lewis Powell, who had attacked Secretary of State William Seward, had been arrested at the Surratt boardinghouse on April 17th, while detectives were there searching and making plans to take Mrs. Surratt and the rest of the household into custody. During this arrest, Mrs. Surratt denied ever having seen Powell before. It was later shown that Powell had stayed at the boardinghouse for a few days. The defense attempted to show that Mrs. Surratt suffered from bad eyesight in an attempt to explain her lack of identification.
G. Mrs. Surratt's Loyalty and Christian Character
Mary Surratt's defense called several individuals to testify about her reputation as a good, Christian woman and about times where she had demonstrated pro-Union attitudes. The purpose was to persuade the commissioners that Mrs. Surratt was not capable of being involved in such a plot as the assassination of Lincoln.
For the closing arguments in defense of Mary Surratt please click here.
Please remember that the Relevant Testimony descriptor is not meant to be definitive. In some instances, a witness might cover material from more than one category. For example, many of the witnesses were asked about Mary Surratt's eyesight in the course of their other testimonies. Still, the attempt has been made to determine the most applicable category for each witness's overall testimony.
Categories: History	| Tags: Conspiracy Trial, Execution, Mary Surratt	| 9 Comments
"Helped to Guard the Conspirators"
While doing a little searching tonight, I came across an interesting article from the December 15, 1902 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. It highlights a Philadelphia resident named Isaac M. Marshall who claimed to have been among the guards detailed the watch over the Lincoln assassination conspirators during their trial and imprisonment. The article gives some candid thoughts that Corporal Marshall had about the conspirators, which I thought would be worth sharing.
Living at 3213 Mt. Vernon street is a veteran of the Civil War – Isaac M. Marshall – who was one of the guards of the conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln, and who has still a vivid recollection of how they looked and acted when on trial for their lives at the old Arsenal in Washington. "I was a member of Company I, of the Third Regiment, Hancock's Veteran Corps, at the time," he said yesterday to a reporter of The Inquirer. "We were camped outside the capital in 1865, and the morning after the great crime had been committed we got orders to watch all the approaches leading from the city. The entire regiment was given this duty and no one was allowed to go through the lines without establishing his or her identity, and that they had a right to pass on.
"Later on our company was at the Arsenal during the trial of the men and Mrs. Surratt. I remember all of the conspirators well. Lewis Payne, one of those who were hanged, always wore a knit shirt. He was stalwart and of athletic build and had an eagle eye. The stern look on his face never appeared to change. David E. Herold was handsome, and he knew it. He had long black hair and he frequently pushed it above his forehead. There were many young women present – admitted by card – and to some of these he frequently bowed. One of his peculiar actions was to raise his hands so that they could see his manacled wrists.
"Of Samuel B. Arnold, whose story of alleged cruel treatment I have read with deep interest, as it appears from day to day in The Inquirer, I want to say this: Whatever may have happened to him at the Dry Tortugas, he did not look as if he had suffered any before his trial occurred. On the contrary, he appeared to have been well fed and otherwise well cared for. You could scarcely tell what kind of a man he was. At times his countenance wore a look of defiance; then of sternness and again of unconcern. He was neatly attired, as were all the others, save Payne, who managed to change his clothes after the crime, assuming the garb of a laborer.
"Michael O'Laughlin, who also went to the Dry Tortugas, was the only one who seemed to be affected and sorry. George Atzerodt I didn't pay much attention to. Dr. Mudd did not have the appearance at all of a physician or professional man. Mrs. Surratt was always veiled; sat immovable and looked like a statue. After the trial the Third Regiment was sent to Camp Butler, at Springfield, Ill., and I was there when the lamented Lincoln was buried…"
Marshall's extended comment about Samuel Arnold is due to the fact that this article came out in 1902, the same year that Arnold allowed his lengthy memoirs to be printed in the newspapers after he had read his own obituary. In his memoir, Arnold complained at length about the treatment he received at the hands of the government. Marshall provides a small rebuff to Arnold's claims that he was mistreated while in Washington (though considering the hoods Arnold and the others were forced to wear, you can't blame him too much for complaining). The other descriptions of the Lincoln conspirators are very much in line with what other visitors of the trial observed.
While I can't positively confirm that Isaac Marshall was one of the guards at the trial of the conspirators, it seems fairly likely he is telling the truth. The Old Arsenal Penitentiary, where the conspirators were imprisoned and tried, was largely manned by members of the Veteran Reserve Corps, which Marshall was a member. On the day of the execution of the conspirators, Marshall's specific group, the Third Regiment, was assigned duty as sentinels from the northeast corner of the arsenal grounds extending along the east bank of the river. Members of the 3rd regiment were also stationed in a line 100 yards south of the prison grounds. So, at the very least, Marshall did have guard duty on the day of the conspirators' death. Even Marshall's claim to have been in Springfield when Lincoln was buried is possible. The Third Regiment wasn't officially mustered out of service until December of 1865 and Abraham Lincoln's remains were "buried" in a temporary vault in Oak Ridge Cemetery on December 21, 1865. Isaac Marshall may have had the unique experience of being present at both the execution of the conspirators and at one of Abraham Lincoln's many burials.
Isaac Marshall died on July 6, 1919 and is buried in Fernwood Cemetery, outside of Philadelphia.
(1902, December 15) Helped to Guard the Conspirators. Philadelphia Inquirer, p 5.
Categories: History	| Tags: Conspiracy Trial, David Herold, Dr. Samuel Mudd, Execution, George Atzerodt, Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt, Michael O'Laughlen, Prison, Samuel Arnold	| 5 Comments
The Execution of the Lincoln Conspirators
The sun was bright and hot as Alexander Gardner tended to his equipment on July 7, 1865. The noted Civil War photographer had brought two cameras with him, one wet plate and one stereoscopic, with which to capture the day's event. Gardner was lucky, due to his prestige he was able to set himself up in the cool shade of a nearby building overlooking the scene. From his vantage point, facing out of two windows on the second floor of an old shoe factory on the property, Gardner could take in the entire scene.
Men began trickling into the courtyard below. Most were soldiers on assigned guard duty, but there was also a notable contingent of civilians. Many were newspapermen, here to commit to writing what Gardner would record on glass. A few others had come, in spite of the oppressive heat, to see justice meted out. Gardner focused his cameras on the object around which all the men had gathered – a hastily built gallows. Over the course of the next thirty minutes or so, Gardner would take at least 10 photographs of the proceedings. Through his lens, the execution of Mary Surratt, Lewis Powell, David Herold, and George Atzerodt was recorded in haunting clarity.
By using high resolution versions of Alexander Gardner's photographs available through the Library of Congress, one can splice most of the execution photographs together to recreate the final moments of the four condemned conspirators in Abraham Lincoln's assassination in vivid detail. NOTE: The animation is below but is a bit large so it might take a second to load, especially on mobile devices.
Alexander Gardner's photographs of the hanging provide us with a glimpse of the past that no newspaper report can equally replicate. Combined with modern technology, these photographs bring realism to a story whose epilogue was written 153 years ago today.
Click to view the full sized composite image
The post was inspired by the work of Barry Cauchon and John Elliott
Categories: History	| Tags: Alexander Gardner, Conspiracy Trial, David Herold, Execution, George Atzerodt, Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt, Media	| 8 Comments
"You know best, Captain" The Executed Conspirators in Lincoln's Assassination
Posted on July 21, 2017 by Dave Taylor
On June 27, 2017, I was fortunate enough to return to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in order to speak to their volunteers and members of the public. The topic of my talk revolved around the four conspirators who were executed for their involvement in John Wilkes Booth's plot against Lincoln. The following is a video of that talk that the ALPLM was kind enough to put on YouTube:
In the process of researching and writing this speech I consulted many excellent books. Specifically, I'd like to point out the vital scholarship of Betty Ownsbey in her book on Lewis Powell and the research of Kate Clifford-Larson in her book about Mary Surratt. These texts are a wealth of information and proved invaluable in preparing for this speech. I would also like to thank Betty Ownsbey and Dr. Blaine Houmes for allowing me to use some of their images in this speech.
The day before the speech I gave a radio interview to WTAX, the local Springfield station, about the speech and my interest in the Lincoln assassination. It's only about 5 minutes long and can be heard here: https://soundcloud.com/news-radio-wtax/6-26-17-dave-taylor-lincoln-assassination-expert-podcast
I'd like to thank the folks at the ALPLM for allowing me to come back and speak to their volunteers. I must admit that I definitely feel a strong sense of pride at being able to tell people that I've spoken at the Lincoln library. I had an amazing time touring the museum and being taken into the vault to see their treasures.
I hope you all enjoy the speech.
EDIT: For ease of access I'm also going to embed the video of my prior speech for the ALPLM in which I discussed John Wilkes Booth's history:
Categories: History, News	| Tags: Abraham Lincoln, ALPLM, Conspiracy, Conspiracy Trial, David Herold, Execution, George Atzerodt, john Surratt, John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Powell, Mary Surratt	| 16 Comments
An Assassination Vacation in the Midwest
I am visiting my family here in Illinois and decided to use the opportunity to make use of the newly updated Lincoln assassination maps here on BoothieBarn. I planned and executed a two day excursion to visit some of the sites on the Lincoln Assassination in the Midwest map. The following is an overview of my trip composed using the tweets I sent out en route along with a couple of short videos I made.
After leaving Chicagoland, we headed straight to Keokuk, Iowa, a bit over 4 hours drive. There, we did what we do best, look for a grave.
— Dave (@BoothieBarn) July 8, 2015
In the rain we trudged through Keokuk's Oakland Cemetery, looking for the grave of Mark Gray Lyons, who tried to shoot #EdwinBooth in 1879.
We weren't sure if Mark Gray Lyons had a marker but luckily for us his name was on a fallen family stone. #EdwinBooth pic.twitter.com/vQ1ELHV5nQ
Here's the grave of Mark Gray Lyons, the attempted assassin of #EdwinBooth: pic.twitter.com/QyRFkzLwW5
You can read more about the dramatic encounter between #EdwinBooth and Mark Gray Lyons here: http://t.co/eLQWcT14cn
From Keokuk, we then drove south about an hour to Quincy, IL to visit the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County (@HSQAC).
Detailed interpretative panels discuss Lincoln's relationship to the community of Quincy and Adams County. @HSQAC pic.twitter.com/hwI2I6wgu7
Our purpose for visiting the @HSQAC was to see their unique collection of relics concerning the imprisonment of the Lincoln conspirators.
The @HSQAC has 3 keys from the Old Capitol Prison and the Old Arsenal Penitentiary which held the conspirators. pic.twitter.com/EFOt3WCX2W
The @HSQAC also has a pair of Lilly irons, which is reported to have been worn by conspirator #GeorgeAtzerodt. pic.twitter.com/pR2dmv9CsF
But, the centerpiece of the @HSQAC's assassination display is the padded hood worn by conspirator #LewisPowell. pic.twitter.com/vXfk5O8HbJ
All of the conspirators, except #MarySurratt and #DrMudd, had to endure hoods like this. pic.twitter.com/dZmpsZZQ70
From May 1st to June 10th, the conspirators wore these suffocating hoods except when in the courtroom. pic.twitter.com/3j9PwVgNTa
Once, the conspirators entered the courtroom hooded but the judges were very disturbed by this and ordered the hoods always removed before.
The conspirators still had to wear them while in their cells. Even when eating. pic.twitter.com/gctze4bGXT
The @HSQAC tries to answer the question of how they got #LewisPowell's hood and other items, though they don't know: pic.twitter.com/mgq8OxJRPC
It was very cool to see this hood in person and definitely worth visiting the @HSQAC to see it. pic.twitter.com/58z4HD7zIv
You can read more about the padded hoods worn by the Lincoln conspirators here: http://t.co/OCJhE51NaH
Currently we're driving across Missouri, retracing, backwards, the train route #JohnWilkesBooth wanted to take when he was snowbound in '64.
Our next stop is a cemetery in Kansas where we will pay our respects to a generous colleague and friend, Art Loux. pic.twitter.com/m4iLO03v7P
Art passed away in 2013, right after receiving a contract to publish his life's work, #JohnWilkesBooth: Day by Day. pic.twitter.com/kNi4RotpRL
Art is buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Overland Park, Kansas. pic.twitter.com/PjFn4rEYnJ
Art was a generous man who shared his research with everyone, even this scrappy young Boothie. http://t.co/G4b7DaBGBx pic.twitter.com/yOYz08MXcU
From Overland Park, KS we then drove three and a half hours to Aurora, KS just southeast of Concordia. Here we visited a hole in the ground.
Way out in the middle of nowhere, off of Key Rd. in Aurora, KS, is the site of Boston Corbett's dugout home. pic.twitter.com/CAUT3gA1wp
Boston Corbett is the slayer of #JohnWilkesBooth and later moved to Cloud County, KS. He lived in this dugout home: pic.twitter.com/bbTuCccBgK
Here's the plaque on the Boston Corbett monument. pic.twitter.com/yEaetuitGR
Dugouts were common homes in the prairie states where lumber was scarce. pic.twitter.com/GZFY9aI6Sb
So if you're ever driving through Kansas, make a stopover at the site of Boston Corbett's dugout. pic.twitter.com/HeNx7VG5mu
.@kansashistory's museum in Topeka is very large and does a wonderful job of teaching Kansas history and its ongoing impact on our nation.
.@kansashistory owns this bloodstained piece of playbill from @fordstheatre. pic.twitter.com/khE467Dh0R
The man who gave the playbill to @kansashistory was at @fordstheatre the night of Lincoln's assassination. pic.twitter.com/1HyARPreQW
He made photographic souvenirs of the playbill then donated the piece to @kansashistory. pic.twitter.com/pmx0Fzm2UQ
It is a genuine @fordstheatre playbill from the assassination and the stains are said to be Lincoln's blood. pic.twitter.com/lwCcX4sAwp
Another item in the collection of the @kansashistory is this mirror which belonged to Boston Corbett. pic.twitter.com/Ft7kGgvKjj
.@kansashistory also has Boston Corbett's gun belt and cartridge box, which are on display. pic.twitter.com/Zgna9wR0Fz
Here are some more shots of Boston Corbett's belt and cartridge box at @kansashistory. pic.twitter.com/u2zvIsFoBb
You can look through @kansashistory's collection of Boston Corbett's papers by searching here: http://t.co/hF9R3Rk824 pic.twitter.com/0vBgy37BLB
This is a piece of the scaffold that executed #MarySurratt, #LewisPowell, #DavidHerold, and #GeorgeAtzerodt on 7/7/65 pic.twitter.com/1xf52mHAjs
In 1885, a secretary of the KSHS heard the lumber from the scaffold was being stored in a warehouse in D.C. pic.twitter.com/jr28EbjdNA
A sympathetic soldier who had been stationed at Fort Leavenworth assisted her in getting a piece for the collection. pic.twitter.com/i5xX0mrcfE
Author and execution photo expert, Barry Cauchon, verified this piece came from the gallows. pic.twitter.com/P3jdt5qUV4
This is a piece of the top crossbar from which the nooses were tied, close to #MarySurratt's end. pic.twitter.com/B4IZyyw2ne
This hole, chiseled and drilled into the wood, is where the vertical strut went into the crossbar. pic.twitter.com/dzRiteqvXy
Once a label had been pinned to the piece of scaffold with this tack, now stuck. Ironically it says "President". pic.twitter.com/lvmUlkIOpk
The piece is 35.5 inches long and has been on display at @kansashistory for exhibits on Lincoln and others. pic.twitter.com/tbOsGZzXXp
In January of 1864, #JohnWilkesBooth was trapped in St. Joseph due to a huge snow storm. You can read about it here: http://t.co/MRALSjXke4
This parking lot was once the site of the Pacific House Hotel where #JohnWilkesBooth stayed. pic.twitter.com/dBKDtn32F0
This grassy space was Corby's Hall where #JohnWilkesBooth gave dramatic readings while trapped here. pic.twitter.com/H3FhA8EVUw
60 miles east of St. Joseph is the small town of Breckenridge. #JohnWilkesBooth made it here by sled in 1864. pic.twitter.com/KX6cvwF6cn
The track is gone but in 1864 #JohnWilkesBooth caught a Breckenridge train here since all lines west were snowed in. pic.twitter.com/JzbiXgaZSl
Our last stop before heading home was a cemetery in the rural town of Oneida, IL. pic.twitter.com/QKdxZQzCIA
Buried in Oneida Cemetery is Col. David Ramsey Clendenin. pic.twitter.com/8e5sPl83Wx
In 1865, Lieutenant Colonel Clendenin was selected to serve as one of the military commission members for the trial of the conspirators.
Clendenin was one of the 4 commission members who did NOT sign the clemency plea for #MarySurratt. pic.twitter.com/tWgfOYwyZV
So far, none of the commissioners I've visited (Lew Wallace, Albion Howe, Clendenin) signed #MarySurratt's clemency plea. 5 out of 9 did.
While the trip mainly consisted of two long days of driving, I enjoyed myself and it was a lot of fun to see so many Lincoln assassination places, graves, and artifacts all at once. Thank you to the Historical Society of Quincy and Adams County, Mr. Blair Tarr, curator of the Kansas State Historical Society Museum, Nikaela Zimmerman, Barry Cauchon, and Steve Miller for all your help in making this trip possible. Also, thank you to my parents for letting me use (and put a considerable number of miles on) their car.
Now you all get out there, take your own assassination vacation, and tell me about it in the comments below!
Categories: Uncategorized	| Tags: Acting, Art Loux, Booth Family, Boston Corbett, Conspiracy Trial, Execution, John Wilkes Booth, Lewis Powell, Maps, Research	| 19 Comments


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All options on the table in coronavirus crisis, French minister says
FILE PHOTO: French Economy and Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire speaks during a press conference to present the details of new restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), announced the day before by the president, in Paris, France, October 15, 2020. Ludovic Marin/Pool via REUTERS
PARIS (Reuters) -Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday that health conditions were worsening during a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic in France and "all options are on the table" to protect the public.
Le Maire also told France Info radio that France should avoid adopting stricter COVID-19 restriction measures for as long as it could, and ruled out changing the list of shops and businesses that have been allowed to stay open.
"This list will not change," Le Maire said. "Today sending the signal that we would reopen some businesses while the situation deteriorates, it's not in the country's interest."
Under COVID-19 restrictions in place in 19 high-risk zones, including Paris, stores allowed to stay open include those selling food, books, flowers and chocolate, and hairdressers.
Clothes, furniture and beauty shops are not allowed to open. This has led to frustration among the so-called non-essential shop owners forced to stay closed.
President Emmanuel Macron last week defended his decision not to impose a third full lockdown and to keep schools open, but said further restrictions would probably be needed.
Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Alex Richardson and Timothy Heritage

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


MUNCIE, Ind. – A former Delaware County sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty in connection with a drug case.
According to court records, Jerry Parks withdrew his previous not guilty plea last week and pleaded guilty to one count of aiding, inducing or causing dealing in marijuana. Parks was arrested in September 2017 as part of a wide-ranging drug investigation after police said he provided drugs for his nephew to sell.
He resigned from the sheriff's department after his arrest.
Under the terms of the plea deal, other charges against Parks would be dropped, including attempted dealing in marijuana, neglect of a dependent, possession of a narcotic drug and maintaining a common nuisance.
Investigators said Parks' nephew, Danny Terry, was part of a major drug organization operating in Delaware and Marion counties. Police undertook a six-month investigation into the drug ring, resulting in the arrests of Terry, Parks and more than a dozen other people.
Terry told investigators Parks provided him with drugs he seized while working as a deputy and gave him confidential information about how undercover officers operated. In court documents, investigators said Terry used a shoe store at the Castleton Square Mall as a front for the drug operation.
Terry was sentenced to 16 years in the Department of Correction for dealing methamphetamine and heroin.
Parks' sentencing hearing is scheduled for May 6, according to court records.


text:
Австралийските торбести (Australidelphia) са надразред австралийски торбести бозайници.

Географско разпространение
Видовете са разпространени основно в Австралия, Тасмания и Нова Гвинея. Единични видове се срещат на съседните острови включително Сулавеси и Молукските острови. Единствено чилийският посум е вид, който е разпространен в Южна Америка. На различни острови в Океания са интродуцирани също различни видове, които в Нова Зеландия са се превърнали в инвазивни видове и са обект на лов.

Характеристики
Австралийските торбести, за разлика от американските, които са основно насекомоядни, са се специализирали към приемането на различна храна. Различават се растителноядни, всеядни, насекомоядни и хищни. Видовете представляват около 75% от всички торбести и притежават значително по-голямо разнообразие и приспособителни особености от американските си роднини. В зависимост от начина на придвижване и местообитанията, в които се срещат, са развили и различни умения, като скачане, ровене, катерене, планиране. Видовете водят дневен и нощен начин на живот.

Изследване на митохондриалната ДНК показва, че цялото това разнообразие на надразреда е възникнало от базисен вид родствен на съвременния чилийски посум. Проучване на американските торбести сочи, че те също много се доближават до базисния вид. Това говори, че вероятно предците на днешния надразред са възникнали на територията на съвременна Южна Америка, мигрирали са на територията на днешните си местообитания и в резултат на дрейфа на континенталните плочи са се оказали в изолация.

Класификация
Днес надразреда включва пет съвременни разреда като най-многочислен е този на звурезцовите торбести:

надразред Australidelphia – Австралийски торбести
 разред Microbiotheria (Ameghino, 1889)
 семейство Microbiotheriidae – с единствен съвременен представител чилийският посум
 разред Dasyuromorphia (Gill, 1872) – Хищни торбести
 семейство Dasyuridae – мишевидни и пороподобни хищни торбести (61 вида)
 семейство † Thylacinidae – Тилацинови с единствен изчезнал представител тасманийският вълк
 семейство Myrmecobiidae – Нумбати или торбести мравояди (1 вид)
 разред Peramelemorphia (Ameghino, 1889) – Бандикутоподобни
 семейство Peramelidae – Бандикути или торбести язовци (20 вида)
 семейство † Chaeropodidae (Gill, 1872) – с единствен представител вероятно изчезналия Свинекрак бандикут *
 семейство Thylacomyidae (Bensley, 1903) – Билбита или зайцеухи бандикути (2 вида) *
 разред Notoryctemorphia (Kirsch, in Hunsaker, 1977) – Торбести къртици
 семейство Notoryctidae – Торбести къртици (2 вида)
 разред Diprotodontia (Owen, 1866) – Двурезцови торбести
 семейство Phascolarctidae – с единствен съвременен представител Коалата
 семейство Vombatidae – Вомбати (3 вида)
 семейство Phalangeridae – Кускусови (28 вида)
 семейство Burramyidae – Посуми джуджета (5 вида)
 семейство Tarsipedidae – с единствен съвременен представител Посумът медоед
 семейство Petauridae – Торбести летящи катерици, посуми планьори (11 вида)
 семейство Acrobatidae – Пероопашати посуми планьори (2 вида)
 семейство Pseudocheiridae – Пръстеноопашати посуми (17 вида)
 семейство Potoroidae – Плъховидни кенгурута потору (8 вида)
 семейство Hypsiprymnodontidae (Collett, 1877) – с единствен съвременен представител мускусното плъхово кенгуру **
 семейство Macropodidae – Кенгурови (53 вида)

Източници

Двуутробни

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


Advanced Antonia Morphs [Exclusive] - FREE! : Fantasies Realm Market!, Quality and affordability!
- A .cr2 for easier use.
-Antonia by ODF. This was made to work better with Antonia ~ Standard version.
NOT tested in Daz but may work. If you try it out please use the contact form to let us know if it is working or not.
-These morphs are in PMD format, meaning only the versions of Poser above 6 can read them. I cannot give you any support for this, as I do not use Daz Studio.
-The Injection (and Remove) pose is located in the Pose library. It already injects extra information, such as morph limits, morph grouping, etc. If you save a character in Character library with them injected, they will be injected and working if you reload that character; however, such a file is for your use only.
-The morphs have forced limits to avoid them causing distortions. However, some combinations of morphs can cause distortions as well, even with limits. Please use your discretion when combining morphs.
-The Anime Face can't blink with Antonia's regular blink morphs due to the shape of the eyes with that morph. In this package there are blink morphs included specific for the Anime Face morph, located right next to Antonia's regular blinks. When using Anime Face with a value lower than 1, please use a combination of the regular and Anime specific blinks to make that character blink.
-To use most character packs that use these morphs, you will need to inject the morphs first. If you wish, you can inject the morphs to Antonia Standard and save that to your library as a new character, so you can load her already with the morphs to make it easier for you. That saved character is for your personal use - do not distribute it.


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        getlantern / lantern
](https://github.com/getlantern/lantern):

🏮 Open Internet for everyone. Lantern is a free application that delivers fast, reliable and secure access to the open Internet for users in censored regions. It uses a variety of techniques to stay unblocked, including domain fronting, p2p, and pluggable transports.

* [
        derekstavis / go-qs
](https://github.com/derekstavis/go-qs):
        A Go port of Rack's query string parser

* [
        grafana / grafana
](https://github.com/grafana/grafana):
        Gorgeous metric viz, dashboards & editors for Graphite, InfluxDB & Prometheus

* [
        avelino / awesome-go
](https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go):
        A curated list of awesome Go frameworks, libraries and software

* [
        minio / minio
](https://github.com/minio/minio):
        Minio is an Amazon S3 compatible object storage server.

* [
        iron-io / functions
](https://github.com/iron-io/functions):
        IronFunctions - the serverless microservices platform.

* [
        sourcegraph / appdash
](https://github.com/sourcegraph/appdash):
        Application tracing system for Go, based on Google's Dapper.

* [
        prometheus / prometheus
](https://github.com/prometheus/prometheus):
        The Prometheus monitoring system and time series database.

* [
        astaxie / build-web-application-with-golang
](https://github.com/astaxie/build-web-application-with-golang):
        A golang ebook intro how to build a web with golang

* [
        spf13 / hugo
](https://github.com/spf13/hugo):
        A Fast and Flexible Static Site Generator built with love in GoLang

* [
        gogits / gogs
](https://github.com/gogits/gogs):
        Gogs (Go Git Service) is a painless self-hosted Git service.

* [
        hashicorp / consul
](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul):
        Consul is a tool for service discovery, monitoring and configuration.

* [
        xtaci / kcptun
](https://github.com/xtaci/kcptun):
        A Simple UDP Tunnel Based On KCP

* [
        hashicorp / vault
](https://github.com/hashicorp/vault):
        A tool for managing secrets.

* [
        kubernetes / kops
](https://github.com/kubernetes/kops):
        Kubernetes Operations (kops) - Production Grade K8s Installation, Upgrades, and Management

* [
        containous / traefik
](https://github.com/containous/traefik):
        Træfɪk, a modern reverse proxy

* [
        tockins / realize
](https://github.com/tockins/realize):
        Go build system with file watchers, live reload and output streams. Run, build and watch file changes with custom paths

* [
        apex / apex
](https://github.com/apex/apex):
        Build, deploy, and manage AWS Lambda functions with ease (with Go support!).

* [
        coreos / etcd
](https://github.com/coreos/etcd):
        Distributed reliable key-value store for the most critical data of a distributed system

* [
        hashicorp / terraform
](https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform):
        Terraform is a tool for building, changing, and combining infrastructure safely and efficiently.

####javascript
* [
        googlesamples / md2googleslides
](https://github.com/googlesamples/md2googleslides):
        Generate Google Slides from markdown

* [
        FreeCodeCamp / FreeCodeCamp
](https://github.com/FreeCodeCamp/FreeCodeCamp):
        The https://FreeCodeCamp.com open source codebase and curriculum. Learn to code and help nonprofits.

* [
        jpuri / react-draft-wysiwyg
](https://github.com/jpuri/react-draft-wysiwyg):
        A Wysiwyg editor build on top of ReactJS and DraftJS. https://jpuri.github.io/react-draft-wysiwyg

* [
        jaywcjlove / awesome-mac
](https://github.com/jaywcjlove/awesome-mac):
         This repo is a collection of awesome Mac applications and tools for developers and designers.

* [
        ruanyf / jstraining
](https://github.com/ruanyf/jstraining):
        全栈工程师培训材料

* [
        witheve / Eve
](https://github.com/witheve/Eve):
        Better tools for thought

* [
        samyk / poisontap
](https://github.com/samyk/poisontap):
        Exploits locked/password protected computers over USB, drops persistent WebSocket-based backdoor, exposes internal router, and siphons cookies using Raspberry Pi Zero & Node.js.

* [
        threepointone / markdown-in-js
](https://github.com/threepointone/markdown-in-js):
        inline markdown for react/jsx

* [
        vuejs / vue
](https://github.com/vuejs/vue):
        Simple yet powerful library for building modern web interfaces.

* [
        vuejs / vue-hackernews-2.0
](https://github.com/vuejs/vue-hackernews-2.0):
        HackerNews clone built with Vue 2.0, vue-router & vuex, with server-side rendering

* [
        i-break-codes / scrum-board
](https://github.com/i-break-codes/scrum-board):
        JavaScript Scrum App to manage tasks with ease

* [
        zeit / next.js
](https://github.com/zeit/next.js):
        A minimalistic framework for universal server-rendered React applications

* [
        GoogleChrome / lighthouse
](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse):
        auditing and performance metrics for Progressive Web Apps

* [
        facebook / react
](https://github.com/facebook/react):
        A declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

* [
        facebookincubator / create-react-app
](https://github.com/facebookincubator/create-react-app):
        Create React apps with no build configuration.

* [
        twbs / bootstrap
](https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap):
        The most popular HTML, CSS, and JavaScript framework for developing responsive, mobile first projects on the web.

* [
        developit / preact
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⚡ Fast 3kb React alternative with the same ES6 API. Components & Virtual DOM.

* [
        airbnb / javascript
](https://github.com/airbnb/javascript):
        JavaScript Style Guide

* [
        yarnpkg / yarn
](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn):

📦🐈 Fast, reliable, and secure dependency management.

* [
        facebook / react-native
](https://github.com/facebook/react-native):
        A framework for building native apps with React.

* [
        AlloyTeam / AlloyFinger
](https://github.com/AlloyTeam/AlloyFinger):
        super tiny size multi-touch gestures library for the web.    You can touch this →

* [
        nuxt / nuxt.js
](https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt.js):
        A minimalistic framework for server-rendered Vue.js applications (inspired by Next.js)

* [
        getify / You-Dont-Know-JS
](https://github.com/getify/You-Dont-Know-JS):
        A book series on JavaScript. @YDKJS on twitter.

* [
        bodymovin / bodymovin
](https://github.com/bodymovin/bodymovin):
        after effects to html library

* [
        nodejs / node
](https://github.com/nodejs/node):
        Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

####ruby
* [
        Gargron / mastodon
](https://github.com/Gargron/mastodon):
        A GNU Social-compatible microblogging server

* [
        fastlane / fastlane
](https://github.com/fastlane/fastlane):
        The easiest way to automate building and releasing your iOS and Android apps

* [
        mipearson / webpack-rails
](https://github.com/mipearson/webpack-rails):
        Integrate webpack with your Ruby on Rails application

* [
        Homebrew / brew
](https://github.com/Homebrew/brew):

🍺 The missing package manager for macOS

* [
        jondot / awesome-react-native
](https://github.com/jondot/awesome-react-native):
        An "awesome" type curated list of React Native components, news, tools, and learning material

* [
        rails / rails
](https://github.com/rails/rails):
        Ruby on Rails

* [
        discourse / discourse
](https://github.com/discourse/discourse):
        A platform for community discussion. Free, open, simple.

* [
        jekyll / jekyll
](https://github.com/jekyll/jekyll):

🌐 Jekyll is a blog-aware, static site generator in Ruby

* [
        cesarferreira / dryrun
](https://github.com/cesarferreira/dryrun):

☕ Try the demo project of any Android Library

* [
        antisnatchor / phishlulz
](https://github.com/antisnatchor/phishlulz):
* [
        rapid7 / metasploit-framework
](https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework):
        Metasploit Framework

* [
        gitlabhq / gitlabhq
](https://github.com/gitlabhq/gitlabhq):
        GitLab CE | Please open new issues in our issue tracker on GitLab.com

* [
        Thibaut / devdocs
](https://github.com/Thibaut/devdocs):
        API Documentation Browser

* [
        stympy / faker
](https://github.com/stympy/faker):
        A library for generating fake data such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.

* [
        skywinder / github-changelog-generator
](https://github.com/skywinder/github-changelog-generator):
        Automatically generate change log from your tags, issues, labels and pull requests on GitHub.

* [
        Tim9Liu9 / TimLiu-iOS
](https://github.com/Tim9Liu9/TimLiu-iOS):
        iOS开发常用三方库、插件、知名博客等等

* [
        christopheradams / elixir_style_guide
](https://github.com/christopheradams/elixir_style_guide):
        A community driven style guide for Elixir

* [
        mitchellh / vagrant
](https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant):
        Vagrant is a tool for building and distributing development environments.

* [
        CocoaPods / CocoaPods
](https://github.com/CocoaPods/CocoaPods):
        The Cocoa Dependency Manager.

* [
        beweinreich / mlooper
](https://github.com/beweinreich/mlooper):
        The sp@mlooper

* [
        caskroom / homebrew-cask
](https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask):
        A CLI workflow for the administration of Mac applications distributed as binaries

* [
        cantino / huginn
](https://github.com/cantino/huginn):
        Create agents that monitor and act on your behalf. Your agents are standing by!

* [
        ruby / ruby
](https://github.com/ruby/ruby):
        The Ruby Programming Language

* [
        Homebrew / homebrew-core
](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core):

🍻 Core formulae for the Homebrew package manager

* [
        jordansissel / fpm
](https://github.com/jordansissel/fpm):
        Effing package management! Build packages for multiple platforms (deb, rpm, etc) with great ease and sanity.

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Q: Select by attributes for Arabic fonts in SDE/ file geodatabases? I have a layer with names of electrical substations in Arabic language.  there is no any problem when searching any Field names in English language whether from the SDE of file goedatabase
I got the same feature class in SDE and file geodatabase. Searching the Arabic names in file geodatabase works very well and has no problem. Searching the Arabic names from the SDE geodatabase has a problem. It doesn't recognize Arabic languages and thus ends up finding nothing.
I am using Arcgis desktop 10.2.1 with arcfm 10.2.1a and Oracle 11G
What might be the issue here?

A: I would recommend to create a new database with "AL32UTF8" charset in oracle database; Then import your data into it. If worked fine then drop your existing database. Most of the problems with finding text attributes is from dbms charset.

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Home News Atos collaborates with C-DAC to deliver India's fastest HPC-AI Supercomputer
Atos collaborates with C-DAC to deliver India's fastest HPC-AI Supercomputer
Atos, a global leader in digital transformation,
today announces that the "PARAM Siddhi – AI", India's fastest HPC-AI supercomputer, at the C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), an organization under MEITY (Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India) is ranked 63 on
the TOP500 ranking, making it officially India's largest and fastest Supercomputer.
As the integration partner, Atos, and experts from C-DAC ensured that the system was implemented and operationalized in an optimal timeframe. Named 'PARAM Siddhi – AI', this initiative is established with focus on Artificial Intelligence (AI) computing under the National
Supercomputing Mission (NSM), an initiative jointly steered by Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) and Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India to
strengthen national technological capabilities in High Performance Computing.
"The state-of-the-art largest HPC-AI infrastructure of the country PARAM Siddhi – AI, equipped with the latest Next Generation technologies and C-DAC indigenous solutions implemented under National Supercomputing Mission will be dedicated for research to the Academia, Scientific and Research Community, MSMEs, Industry and the Start-ups encompassing all the areas of Artificial Intelligence including Natural Language Processing, Surveillance and Image Processing, Automotive industry, Healthcare, Robotics, Computer Vision, Recommender Systems, Education,
Agriculture, Space, Defence and National Security. With C-DAC three decades expertise AI and HPC, it will result in developing innovative indigenous solutions, products and ecosystem creation for the country in line with the Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative of the Government of India." said Dr. Hemant Darbari, Director General, C-DAC.
"We are proud to be working with C-DAC to deliver the largest and fastest HPC-AI infrastructure in India." said Pierre Barnabé, Senior Executive Vice-President,
Head of Big Data & Cybersecurity at Atos. "This powerful machine combined with our experience and AI capabilities, and those of the experts at C-DAC, will give researchers the computing power and AI tools and expertise required to empower new scientific breakthroughs."
"With our vast experience and expertise in high-performance computing and AI, and as a technology partner to C-DAC, this HPC-AI infrastructure will accelerate the
research and outcomes for India-specific problems in the most critical areas of society, including healthcare, education, energy, space, transportation, agriculture
and safety and security." said Arvind Bajaj, Senior Vice President and Head Big Data & Security at Atos in India.
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Obama Announces Formation of the Atrocities Prevention Board
Jonas Claes
On April 23, 2012, President Obama announced the formation of the Atrocities Prevention Board and other steps to help the United States prevent and respond to mass atrocities. USIP's Jonas Claes discusses the impact these initiatives will have on U.S. atrocity prevention efforts.
What is the significance of President Obama's announcement for the U.S. Government's atrocity prevention policy?
Since the Rwandan genocide, consecutive U.S. administrations have expressed their frustration about our collective ill-preparedness to prevent genocide and mass atrocity crimes. In today's speech at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, President Obama confirmed that atrocity prevention is "a core national security interest and core moral responsibility." The President's speech outlined an unprecedented effort to institutionalize normative commitments to atrocity prevention by creating a high-level interagency Atrocities Prevention Board. (…) Apart from identifying threats, the Board will oversee the development and implementation of atrocity prevention and response policy. The President's announcement also represents an important step in the implementation of the Responsibility to Protect at the national level.
How can this new interagency board contribute to the prevention of atrocities on the ground? Will the new board be able to prevent future Syria-type situations?
The creation of the Atrocities Prevention Board will not result in the immediate cessation of ongoing atrocities. (…) Over the long-term, the APB may enable the U.S. Government to move away from its traditional ad hoc approach to imminent or ongoing atrocities. When confronted with a specific atrocity context, the Board will assess the utility of available tools at the national and international level to present senior decision-makers with a range of integrated and timely response options. In addition, new tools will be introduced, including targeted sanctions against those using information technology to commit grave human rights abuses. (…)


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Security is often cited as a key customer objection to cloud computing. Vendors have been working to allay those concerns and two developments in that regard are taking place in over the pond. First, a European consortium recently launched Trustworthy Clouds (TClouds) as a virtual infrastructure project.
Security is often cited as a key customer objection to cloud computing. Vendors have been working to allay those concerns and two developments in that regard are taking place in over the pond. First, a European consortium recently launched Trustworthy Clouds (TClouds) as a virtual infrastructure project. Consortium members include IBM, Philips Electronics, and security solutions provider Sirrix AG among other corporate and academic participants. Second, Hewlett-Packard has opened a security-centric cloud demo center in England. Here are the updates.
The TClouds project Web site indicates that the initiative will run through September 2013 and has obtained 7.5 million Euros (about US$10 million) in funding.
Earlier this month, HP debuted its G-Cloud Theatre, a demo center in Bristol, England. The theater, an HP spokeswoman said, will demonstrate how a government-oriented, cloud-based security system would fend off a security incident. HP, for example, runs simulated botnet attacks through its cloud system to show how it responds.
The demo center is built around HP Labs intellectual property.
Why the current focus in Europe? Security and privacy have become issues in the development of cross-border clouds. Privacy laws currently place limits on the flow of information among countries, a situation that has slowed the growth of cloud computing in Europe.


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Amid changing demographics, will Austin retain a African-American council seat?
Elizabeth Findell @efindell
Sep 30, 2018 at 6:10 AM Sep 30, 2018 at 12:58 PM
As Ora Houston prepares to leave behind her District 1 seat, a strong early showing by a Hispanic candidate raised possibility that council might no longer include a black representative.
Four years ago, Ora Houston became one of the first Austin City Council members elected under a system of geographic districts that included an "African-American opportunity district."
Now, as Houston prepares to leave office and a bevy of candidates competes to replace her, a strong early showing by a Hispanic woman raises the possibility that the council might no longer include a black representative.
Among the seven candidates seeking to replace Houston, three are widely considered to be the front-runners: former Travis County Democratic Party Chairman Vincent Harding, small-business consultant Natasha Harper-Madison and Mariana Salazar, a former advocate for homeless people. Lewis Conway Jr., a Grassroots Leadership organizer, also has drawn support in some corners in the wake of his challenge to Texas' ban on felons holding public office.
The Venezuelan-born Salazar is the only non-African-American among the four. She moved to the U.S. at 18 to attend college, became a citizen after marrying a Navy corpsman and, until recently, worked as director of the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition. If elected, it appears she would be the first immigrant on the City Council since Margret Hofmann, a German refugee, in the mid-1970s.
In recent campaign posts, Salazar has touted that she led a districtwide poll conducted by the Austin Police Association. The association would not release its poll to the American-Statesman or discuss its findings or methodology. Salazar says a representative of the police union told her she topped the poll.
Harding said in an interview that his campaign also recently did a poll, but he likewise declined to share details about it.
Regardless, Salazar's campaign has caught the eye of local NAACP President Nelson Linder. Last week, Linder said he suspects Salazar will be one of two candidates in a Dec. 11 runoff for the District 1 seat. That will be the time to mobilize black voters, he said.
"We have attrition by population, and one of my concerns is that we have a lot of African-American candidates running and it splits their support," Linder said. "In the runoff, we're going to consolidate the vote and win the election. Of course, right now we're concerned that our seat is under attack."
Houston has endorsed Harding for the seat. She did not return phone calls to discuss the dynamics of the race.
The lesser-known District 1 candidates include grant monitor Reedy Spigner, former child actor Mitrah Avini and write-in candidate Misael Ramos.
Before 2015, Austin had a seven-seat City Council, with all seats elected at-large. For decades, the city recognized a nonbinding "gentlemen's agreement," struck by two white men in the 1970s, that reserved one seat on the council for a Hispanic member and another for an African-American.
The system, enforced through the endorsements and donations of the city's powerful political groups, ensured minority representation on the council, but essentially restricted it to only two seats. The approach also ensured that candidates for those seats received the blessing of the white political establishment.
The move to the 10-1 system in advance of the 2014 election allowed for more diversity on the council with the creation of 10 geographic districts. They included Houston's District 1, which was then 28 percent African-American, and three districts where the population was more than 60 percent Hispanic. The seats in those districts are now held by Greg Casar, Sabino "Pio" Renteria and Delia Garza, who are Hispanic.
Austin demographics are changing, though, and the percentage of African-Americans, both in District 1 and citywide, is shrinking. It's unclear exactly what the demographic breakdown of the district is now, said city demographer Ryan Robinson, but it's virtually certain that the percentage of black residents has declined.
"Even when they drew (District 1), there were more Hispanics than African-Americans, but, of course, it's the non-Hispanic whites that are skyrocketing," Robinson said.
Harper-Madison likes to note that, of 29 candidates running for six city seats, she is the only black woman, saying, "This is a problem, y'all."
"I hate to say we need to uphold the vestiges of the gentlemen's agreement, but until we have a chance to win in other districts, we have to uphold it," Harper-Madison said. "What are the implications of not having black representation at City Hall?"
Harding is optimistic about his and others' political chances.
"While it may be more challenging for an African-American to run for other (City Council) seats, it is not impossible," he said. "I am of the opinion we will see African-Americans run for other seats, maybe even the mayor's seat. And I think District 1 will stay African-American for the near future."
Salazar called the entire district disenfranchised.
"I recognize the diversity, and I recognize that blacks have had it even harder than other populations," she said. "I'm really trying to acknowledge that, but let people know ... I'm running for everybody."
Austin political pollster Mark Littlefield said turnout for the Nov. 6 election is expected to be heavy, and diverse, but it's difficult to predict which voters will make it all the way to the City Council races at the end of the ballot. If no candidate gets more than 50 percent of the vote and the District 1 race goes to a runoff — a likely scenario — voter turnout will drop significantly, and those voting will be older and more politically engaged, he said.
"Younger voters are excited about (President Donald) Trump and Beto (O'Rourke) and everything and they're going to come out, but for a December runoff, they're not going to make it," Littlefield said. "I think (a runoff) helps an African-American candidate. … It's not African-American voters who select African-American candidates; it is a coalition of Anglo and African-American voters."
The NAACP doesn't endorse candidates as an organization, but Linder is personally supporting Harding — and is working to get others influential in local politics to rally around him as a consensus candidate. That's more of a challenge with so many newcomers in the district and no guarantee of ultimately winning the seat.
"I remind folks that we no longer have an at-large system," Linder said. "We need to make sure we unify and put forward the best possible candidate. … We are going to retain African-American representation for District 1, as we should."


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Drawing and Painting in Flash
Understanding Vector Graphics
Using the Drawing Tools
Editing and Adjusting Shapes
Working with Fills
Erasing
Using Layout Aids
Creating a Mask
Flash at Work: How Big Is My Shape?
Special Edition Using Macromedia Flash MX
Flash was originally designed as an animation application to translate old-style, incremental animation to the Web. Given its roots in early cel animation, drawing has always been at the core of Flash. Although perhaps not as sexy as the scripting and complex interaction now possible in MX, drawing is still essential to getting the most out of Flash.
Computers display graphics in two formats: vector and bitmap. Bitmaps are made up of discrete units called pixels. Each pixel contains a single color. When combined, the variations in pixel color create the patterns that make up an image. Bitmaps contain color information for each pixel in an image plus the dimensions for the image, and transmit images pixel by pixel. Bitmaps are great for displaying subtle variations in color, such as photographic images. But what if you want to change the size of a bitmap image? Well, you either have to re-create the image at the desired dimensions or stretch the image, usually with undesirable results.
By comparison, vector graphics store a series of commands necessary to create an image using lines and curves. The commands, called vectors, dictate attributes of lines and curves such as thickness, direction, color, and position, which are then calculated by your computer. Vector graphics allow for much finer detail and can easily be resized without losing definition. When you edit a vector graphic, you simply change the attributes of your lines and curves. Vector graphics are best for displaying simple shapes with flat areas of color, such as icons, logos, and cartoon-style drawings. Both vector and bitmap graphics are drawn on request, but vectors have much smaller file sizes and can be drawn much more quickly. Bitmaps have to be transmitted pixel by pixel, so file size and download time are directly tied to an image's dimensions. Vector graphics transmit instructions, which are then carried out by your processor, so that file size and rendering speed are determined by the complexity of the instructions, not the size of the graphic.
Given its history as an animation program, it's not surprising that Flash is vector-based. Flash can display bitmaps as well but is designed to take advantage of vectors.


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Dr. Walton was born in San Antonio Texas at Brooke Army Medical Center. He grew up in Louisiana where he attended LSU and then Tulane School of Medicine graduating in 1986. In medical school he was selected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society for top medical school students. He completed his Ophthalmology training in the military at Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. Dr. Walton remained on active duty for 9 years finishing his commitment to the Army as Chief of Ophthalmology at Ft. Carson, Colorado. He served an additional 13 years in the US Army Reserves retiring as a Lt. Colonel in 2004. Dr. Walton is Board Certified in Ophthalmology and has been in private practice in San Antonio since 1996. His practice focuses on comprehensive eye care including cataract surgery, eyelid surgery, glaucoma treatment, diabetic eye care, macular degeneration management, and both pediatric and adult routine eye exams. In Dr. Walton's 25+ years of clinical practice he has performed thousands of eye surgeries. He continues to maintain his current expertise by attending local and national medical meetings. Dr. Walton is also an active participant in community medical leadership having served as past Chief of Staff at N.E. Methodist Hosptial and past President of the San Antonio Society of Ophthalmology. He is also an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, Texas Ophthalmology Association, and Society of Military Ophthalmology.
Dr. Walton also volunteers his time for Medical mission work both in San Antonio and Mexico. Dr. Walton is married with three adult children (a doctor, a teacher and a nurse). He and his wife enjoy the outdoors, traveling, snow skiing and time with family.
Alpha Omega Alpha honor society 1985,
Physicians Recognition Award AMA 1996
Lifetime Education Award American Academy of Ophthalmology 1996
retired Lieutenant Colonel US Army Reserves 2004
past member Texas Medical Assn Physician Distribution Committee
former assistant clinical professor Tulane Department of Ophthalmology,
past President San Antonio Society of Ophthalmology
past Chief of Staff NE Methodist Hospital
former School Board Member San Antonio Christian Schools
American Academy Ophthalmology
Texas Ophthalmology Association
Bexar County Medical Society
Society Military Ophthalmology
San Antonio Society Ophthalmology
Texas Medical Association


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And we would be honored to be your choice for your New Orleans adventure.
After a day of exploring, and a night of great food and music, kick back in the relaxed charm of our guest rooms and suites. Each features its own private bath, free Wi-Fi, and daily maid service. Enjoy free and easy public street parking, and of course our delicious complimentary breakfast.
A peaceful and inviting room, come and go as you please with your own private entrance. This is a lovely place for a couple to retreat after an exciting day in the Marigny and French Quarter.
Hazy cypress tree silhouettes in blue & green lend this serene and lovely room the ambiance of a lazy bayou. Cypress-knee accents add to the effect.
A sweet and private room, the walls are lovingly hand-painted to make you feel as if you were in a lush palmetto grove.
Our lovely, two-bedroom suite is the best value for a family, friends, or two couples traveling together. The connecting door between the rooms can be kept open or locked for privacy.
The Magnolia room's blue-green walls are adorned with magnolia blossoms; an antique marble dresser and grand mirrored armoire complete the furniture. The bathroom includes a standing shower.
Lovingly hand-painted with a faux bois treatment throughout, this room features oak antiques. The bathroom includes a corner shower.
The Courtyard Suite is essentially a studio apartment, and twice as large as our other rooms. It is also our honeymoon suite!
"We had a very positive experience in this B and B. We appreciated that it was not right in the French Quarter. The Marigny is a charming neighborhood to wander through. Great coffee shops and places to get a drink nearby."
"Really liked the organic shampoo and conditioner and the green thinking in general, with the breakfast and recycling of bottles."
"My boyfriend and I had a great stay at Sweet Olive. It's located walking distance to frenchman's street and the French quarter."


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