269, winning the title ‘Gothicus Maximus’. He quickly defeated the invading Alemanni tribe, then the invading Goths in A.D. He took the city of Milan and suppressed the rebellion. When Gallienus was murdered at the siege of Milan, Claudius was swiftly proclaimed emperor by the troops and approved by the Senate. 214 he had held several important military commands during the reigns of Valerian I and Gallienus. The reverses will be of our choice, and there are a variety of reverse types available most with standing figures but a limited number available in this grade.īefore the Crisis of the Third Century, most cities in the Roman Empire did not have walls, dried fruit from Syria could be bought in Britain and copper from Cornwall was traded in Egypt! Sadly this did not last and continuing with our series we offer one of the harder major Emperors to get from the Crisis, Claudius II Gothicus. New plantations sprang up across Europe and there is mention in some records of Probus authorising the planting of vineyards in Britain too so we may still be enjoying the fruits of his labours today! These Antoninianus, or ‘Ants’ as we call them, are as good as they come, virtually as struck and with original lustre. He realised that the best way to keep his soldiers out of trouble was to keep them busy so, with the frontiers of the empire stabilised, he set his men to the task of rebuilding the shattered infrastructure of key provinces that had crumbled under previous emperors by building roads, bridges and fortifications, draining marshes, digging canals and, interestingly, planting extensive vineyards. In AD 277/8 his armies defeated the Goths, Alamanni, Longiones, Franks, and Burgundians. A native of the city of Sirmium in what is now Serbia, he rose to prominence and proved himself a capable administrator and commander and is recognised as an emperor who contributed to the revival of the Roman Empire at a time of severe turmoil and crisis. Probus became emperor in AD 276 after overthrowing the emperor Florianus. The selection of coins from this hoard will be of our choice, but if you order more than one coin, we will try to provide you with different coins featuring the portraits of different emperors. 253 and 287 and are mostly of the emperors Gallienus, Claudius, Victorinus, and Tetricus I and II and grade Very Fine. The coins were largely struck between A.D. We have been fortunate to acquire a small number of coins from this hoard. The hoard was immediately sold by the owner to a coin dealer and has been gradually dispersed in the trade. The hoard was delivered to the British Museum for cleaning and study and was the subject of a Treasure Inquest on, where it was found not to be Treasure Trove, in view of the low silver content of the coins, and consequently became the property of the land owner. It was discovered by a metal detectorist in December 1985 in the parish of Normanby, about twelve miles north of Lincoln. bronze Antoniniani is one of the largest ever found in Britain. The coins are billon Antoninianus of the emperors Victorinus and Tetricus and grade About Very Fine. These coins have been tucked away since then and we are able to offer you a very limited quantity that we were able to purchase. In 1975, the 4th Earl of Selborne decided to sell what he still had left of the hoard when it was auctioned by Christie’s on 9 December 1975. Close to the location of the main coin find several other items have been found including bronze swords, spearheads, axe-heads, pottery, and other articles in metal including more coins. The hoard could be the unrecovered pay chest for the defeated armies of Allectus. 296, the year of a battle near Woolmer, where the troops under the Emperor Constantius Chlorus defeated the army of the famous usurper Allectus to retake control of Britain. The hoard consisted of coins dating up to around A.D. The coins were closely packed and caked together with dirt so had to be carefully excavated, cleaned, and studied. On the 30th of October 1873, two large pear-shaped pots containing 29,802 Roman coins were dug up in Blackmoor Park in the parish of Selborne, Hampshire, halfway between Alton and Petersfield.
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Philippe Pétain ordered there to be no retreat and that German attacks were to be counter-attacked, despite this exposing French infantry to the German artillery. By 6 March, 20+1⁄2 French divisions were in the RFV and a more extensive defence in depth had been organised. The advance then slowed for several days, despite inflicting many French casualties. Poor weather delayed the beginning of the attack until 21 February but the Germans captured Fort Douaumont in the first three days. The Germans hoped that the French would commit their strategic reserve to recapture the position and suffer catastrophic losses at little cost to the German infantry. Using the experience of the Second Battle of Champagne in 1915, the Germans planned to capture the Meuse Heights, an excellent defensive position, with good observation for artillery-fire on Verdun. The German 5th Army attacked the defences of the Fortified Region of Verdun (RFV, Région Fortifiée de Verdun) and those of the French Second Army on the right (east) bank of the Meuse. The battle was the longest of the First World War and took place on the hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse. The Battle of Verdun was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France. This is in excellent condition with all postcards complete. These postcards show the horrifying aftermath of the devastation of the city. In this little book are 20 detachable postcards. For sale is a early post WW1 French postcard publication showing photographs of The Ruins Of Verdun, the Aftermath Of The Great War. There are new staff ghosts for 200cc, while some of the 150cc staff ghosts have slightly different times compared to the original. This new level of Mini-Turbo can only be used if Smart Steering is off.Ģ00cc engine class for Time Trials has been added (separately recorded from the 150cc Time Trials). There is also an additional level of Mini-Turbo, called Ultra Mini-Turbo, denoted by purple sparks (referred to as pink in the British English version) that appear after the orange sparks. Smart Steering and Auto-Accelerate can be toggled on and off individually for each player in the vehicle part selection menu and in the pause menu. If the Smart Steering mode is on, the player's vehicle will have a black antenna sticking out of its rear end this antenna blinks yellow and bends when Smart Steering is in effect. The game also introduces Smart Steering and Auto-Accelerate for beginners the former makes staying on the track easier by automatically steering the vehicle away from edges on the track, while the latter makes the vehicle automatically accelerate (though this is not available in Battle Mode). Battle Mode has been significantly altered.Ĭharacters that were originally unlockable or exclusive to downloadable content in Mario Kart 8 are available from the start in this game, marking the largest starting roster of any Mario Kart game.Ĭharacters can now carry up to two items at once, even if they do not equip the first item, and the game features the return of the Double Item Box from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. Content excluded includes Miiverse compatibility, stamps, and the ability to upload Highlight Reels on YouTube - all of which were discontinued on the Wii U version when Miiverse was terminated on November 7, 2017. The game features most of the base and DLC content of Mario Kart 8. Mario driving with Smart Steering activated, indicated by the antenna at the back of the kart
It also gives Jen Taylor the chance to do more of the work herself. Theoretically, I can see why the show would find a human-sized Cortana with a relatively neutral skin tone more readable than the little, blue hologram from the games. Writing intentionally formal dialogue that still lets glimmers of emotion in must be a difficult thing to do, and the show doesn’t make it work when it comes to Silver Team or Chief’s emotional arc in “Emergence.” While they don’t have conventional lives, they are capable of kindness (see Jorge-052), shell-shock (see Chief himself), and fun (see the Ferrets). The show’s Spartans are, in general, colder than the ones in the books and games. (“Would you like to meet her?” “Not particularly, no.”) There’s little drama in Chief’s rejection and then acceptance of Cortana’s help. I enjoyed how chirpy she is, and Taylor confidently injects energy into sterile dialogue. Perhaps the show has something to say about the way the two are interwoven in the military industrial complex, but, then, perhaps not.Īt other times, Cortana is more human. (Did they really have to physically lift the clone? Is she dead?) The tone can’t seem to fully decide whether this is horrific or glorious, a triumph of science or a human rights violation. Instead, the surgical processes are both over-dramatic, clearly made for an audience, and unclear. Despite the effective grossness, the pristine scene of Cortana’s “creation” features the odd ambivalence that I had hoped would become the show’s hidden strength. This episode features two striking gross-out scenes, one of a needle in the proto-Cortana clone’s eye and one of Chief slicing out his own implant with a pocket knife. The process to create her, though, is all Apple-colored far-future horror. She’s literally a search engine, answering Chief’s questions about his home world in a way not too far from the natural language processing available at the higher end of the tech spectrum today. On top of all that, the episode seems to want to remind us that Cortana is also the name of a Microsoft product. And (deep breath) Paragonsky is trying to recruit Miranda for her own secret plans. Another encounter with the artifact (and some help from Cortana) sparks Chief’s memory of his childhood on a planet claled Eridanus II, the site of a terraforming project where his parents may or may not be alive. Makee is on her way there, too, after wiping out the crew of a UNSC battleship with the show’s first appearance of the alien Lekgolo (the snake-like species that can group together to form the Hunters from the games). Back at The Rubble, Kwan bribes a threatening Soren to rendezvous with the rebels on Madrigal. Halsey’s manipulations continue as she prompts Cortana to help John break protocol specifically so that the Spartan is more likely to trust his onboard AI later. The book she holds is the only one she could find, a romance novel that almost gives her an opening for a first kiss before the massacre. The opening minutes of “Emergence” explain why her abduction by the Covenant was more of a rescue: she lived as a slave in a recycling-processing junk yard. Meanwhile, we also learn more about Makee. Seeing more of the vision triggered by the artifact prompts Chief to remove the “emotional regulator” all Spartans receive, which gives him a new perspective on what his life could be outside the military. Turns out it needs “John as John” to work. Once inside Chief’s brain, his new AI partner quickly gains access to her abilities, which include putting Chief in “stasis” to test whether the mysterious artifact responds to his touch or his brain. While Chief doesn’t want a voice in his head, Cortana doesn’t give him much of a choice. Halsey goes ahead with the Cortana program now that John-117 is back on Reach. While original voice actor Jen Taylor gives her all in challenging mo-cap scenes, the script and the production design mostly fail to cohere. Unfortunately, her role, appearance, and relationship with Master Chief are significantly changed for the TV series in a slow third episode. That was true for a large portion of the Halo games and it’s true for TV. Kelly fired him.īlackground records (Barry Hankerson) is known for giving artists unfair contracts. Kelly sextape (of Kelly with an underaged girl) to the Chicago police after R. Kelly’s former manager and rumored to have leaked the R. Static was signed with Blackground Records, the same record label that Aaliyah was signed to and happens to be owned by her uncle, Barry Hankerson. Hankerson introduced Aaliyah to R. According to conspiracy theories, the 25th is the day chosen for ritual killings in the entertainment world. This is primarily because several celebrities have died on the 25th including, Aaliyah, Left Eye, James Brown, Micheal Jackson, Farrah Fawcett and Eartha Kitt, to name a few. Since it was the 25th day of February that Static died, conspiracy theorists’ believe there is something strange surrounding his death. The case resulted in a multi-million dollar settlement with the hospital and doctor prior to trial. Static’s wife, Avoni Garrett, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit in 2009 against the Baptist Hospital East in Louisville. After a nurse was instructed to remove the catheter, Static’s body went into distress and did not recover. On the day of his death, doctors called for a treatment similar to dialysis to remove the autoantibodies from this blood by placing a catheter in his neck. Static was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disorder with hallmark symptoms of muscle weakness and fatigue. Static was born Novemand passed away on Februin a hospital in Louisville, KY due to medical malpractice. He is known mostly for writing for the late R&B singer Aaliyah, but he has written for other artists including Beyonce, Ginuwine, Lil Wayne, Jay Z and Brandy. He was referred to as “Hip Hop’s best kept secret”. He was one of the best song writers in the music industry. Stephen “Static Major” Garrett was a Grammy Award winning singer, song writer, rapper and producer. To get connected to IPVanish and start protecting your internet connection and privacy, click Connect on your IPVanish home screen and you will be connected to the fastest available location by default, as shown below:Ĩ. Provide your IPVanish login credentials and then click the Log In button.ħ. After you click Run, your IPVanish will open and you can log in as shown below. 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Alcoholic beverages (think valuable old wine).Musical instruments and historical objects.The IRS classifies collectible assets as: Remember, short-term capital gains from collectible assets are still taxed as ordinary income. If you realize long-term capital gains from the sale of collectibles, such as precious metals, coins or art, they are taxed at a maximum rate of 28%. Typically, you can’t take this exclusion if you’ve taken it for another home sale in the two years before the sale of this home. The two-year periods for owning the home and using the home don’t have to be the same two-year periods. This means you must have owned and used the real estate as your main home for a total period of at least two years out of the five years before the sale date. To qualify, you must pass both the ownership test and the use test. But you may be able to exclude up to $250,000 of that gain from your income, or up to $500,000 if you and your spouse file a joint tax return. If you sell your home for a profit, that’s considered a capital gain. Capital Gains Taxes on Owner-Occupied Real Estate These include capital gains from the sale of collectibles (like art, antiques and precious metals) and owner-occupied real estate. Then copy the results to your tax return on Form 1040 to figure your overall tax rate.įor some kinds of capital gains, different rules apply. Next, figure your net capital gains using Schedule D of IRS Form 1040. Record each sale, and calculate your hold time, basis, and gain or loss. To calculate and report sales that resulted in capital gains or losses, start with IRS Form 8949. You can calculate capital gains taxes using IRS forms. Unused capital losses can be carried forward to future tax years. You also may use capital losses to offset up to $3,000 of other income, such as earnings or dividend income. Any excess losses after that can be used to offset short-term capital gains. 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The “basis” is what you paid for the asset, plus commissions and the cost of improvements, minus depreciation. A capital gain happens when you sell or exchange a capital asset for a higher price than its basis. These missions are free for all players, allowing one chance to assassinate the target and if not successfully completed, the contract cannot be retried. In HITMAN 2, Elusive Targets are unique, high-stakes contracts that are only available for a limited time. HITMAN 2 introduces new ways to play, new game modes and new features, including the new Sniper Assassin mode with franchise first co-op play. Hugely complex environments provide you with endless opportunities to take out your targets in creative ways. HITMAN 2 brings you brand new sandbox locations to plan out the perfect assassination. Your mission is to eliminate the elusive Shadow Client and unravel his militia, but when 47 learns his target's true identity and the truth about his past, it changes everything. 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Marketings in January (1.75 million head) were 10% more.īeginning with this COF report, placement weight categories are expanded. Placements in January (1.98 million head) were 11% more than a year ago. The on-feed inventory at the beginning of February (10.8 million head) was 1% more than a year earlier. “There is no certainty consumer demand and exports market will hold the market or push it higher, but cash markets are indicating strength in the near term.”Ĭattle on feed mirror pre-report estimatesĮstimates in the monthly Cattle on Feed (COF) report issued by USDA on Friday were in lockstep with pre-report projections. Moving cattle through quickly will keep feedlots current and should support cattle and beef prices in future months,” Griffith says. “Packers will continue to run quick chain speeds if the margins are positive. Instead of a repeat surprise of more placements than anticipated, the report was in line with expectations.Įxcept for marginally lower in the back two contracts, Feeder Cattle futures closed an average of $1.96 lower week to week on Friday ($1.25 to $2.65 lower).Įxcept for $5.82 higher in spot Feb, and fractionally higher in near Apr, Live Cattle futures were an average of 75¢ lower week to week on Friday (52¢ to $1.02 lower). Cattle slaughter (2.58 million head) for the month was 9% more than last year.ĭespite the higher wholesale beef values and active cash trade, cattle futures moved sharply lower on Friday-led by Feeder Cattle futures (an average of $2.94 lower) and apparent fretting over the monthly Cattle on Feed report (see below). The average dressed weight for heifers was also 7 pounds less at 828 pounds.īut, none of that erases the increasing cattle numbers associated with expansion.īeef production in January (2.12 billion pounds) was 8% more than the previous year with one extra weekday in the month. The average dressed steer weight in January of 893 pounds was 7 pounds less than the same month a year earlier, according to the most recent USDA Livestock Slaughter report. Fewer days on feed beget lower average carcass weights. On the one hand, lower breakevens combined with relatively higher sale prices are encouraging feedlots to keep turning pens. More than anything, though, feedlot currentness and snugger beef supplies seem to be the drivers. Select was $6.24 higher at $195.48 the highest since last July.ĭomestic demand and resilient international trade (see “Beef exports gain momentum,”) are part of it. There is no doubt the April contract price and the cash price will converge to close some of the gap over the next couple of months, but which market will move the most?”Ĭhoice boxed beef cutout value was $8.47 higher week to week at $190.49 per cwt on Friday. “The million dollar question is if the current price level can be maintained or pushed higher. Griffith, agricultural economist at the University of Tennessee, in his weekly market comments. A second strong argument to support moving cattle out of pens and into packers’ hands is the close to $8 discount from February to April Live Cattle,” explains Andrew P. “The positive basis gives cattle feeders a strong argument for moving cattle out of pens and onto a rail. Clean-up sales in Kansas and Colorado on Friday were steady with the top at $125. Dressed trade in Nebraska and the western Corn Belt was $6 higher at $196. By the time country trade finished that day, live prices were $4-$5 higher in the Northern Plains and Southern Plains at $124-$125 ($123-$125 in Iowa-Minnesota). Superior’s Fed Cattle Exchange set the stage for higher money early Wednesday with a weighted average of about $122 per cwt on more than 3,000 head. Analysts there point out there were instances of $6-$10 higher in parts of the country where calves are headed south for grazing.ĭemand remains good for calves and stocker cattle weighing 500-700 pounds, with the best demand for those that are long-time weaned with good weighing conditions, analysts say.Ī surge in cash fed cattle prices underpinned market optimism. Steers and heifers traded mostly steady to $4 per cwt higher, according to the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS). Cattle Market Weekly - Aggressive feedlot marketing and continued demand for calves aimed at grass turnout helped lift calf and feeder cattle prices this week. |
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