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Despite not being mainstream payment solutions yet, cryptocurrency-based payments (also known as Web3 payments) already bring benefits such as lower transaction fees, Robert Miller, the vice president of growth at Fuse, a layer 1, EVM-compatible blockchain for launching dapps, has asserted. For merchants, Web3 payments come with the added benefit of what Miller called protection from “fraudulent chargebacks.”
Crypto Payments Trump Traditional Payment Methods
To back his assertions, Miller claimed many of the merchants that are presently experimenting with or encouraging their customers to use Web3 payments are doing so because they are seeking a better deal than what they are getting from traditional payment providers.
Miller, however, conceded that Web3 payments are still at their infancy stages and as such they come with certain limitations which hinder their adoption. In his written responses to questions from Bitcoin.com News, Miller also highlighted the security challenges that users of Web3 payment methods must expect. In addition, the Fuse senior executive also reiterated the argument that self custody of private keys is the most ideal and safe method of storing one’s digital assets.
Bitcoin.com News (BCN): What are Web3 payments and why should online merchants care about Web3 payments at all?
Robert Miller (RM): Web3 payments refer to payments made using cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Online merchants should care about Web3 payments because they offer several benefits over traditional payment methods.
Firstly, cryptocurrency payments are faster and more secure due to the immutable nature of blockchain technology. Secondly, they have lower transaction fees, which can significantly increase a merchant’s profit margins. Thirdly, they allow for global reach and expand the customer base beyond geographic locations. Fourthly, accepting cryptocurrency payments can increase customer loyalty, as cryptocurrency enthusiasts prefer to support merchants who accept their preferred form of payment. Finally, in a world where money is being reinvented, accepting Web3 payments can enhance a merchant’s brand image as an innovative business that values cutting-edge technology and customer privacy.
Using a Web3 payments solution, we’re cutting off the middleman to our transactions – the banks, the payment processors, and the brokers. Web3 payments are entirely peer-to-peer and are built on trustless logical systems, meaning no one has to rely on a third party to facilitate the transaction. More vitally, businesses and online merchants allow instantaneous, borderless transactions with low fees depending on the amount sent or received.
BCN: Can you explain why an online buyer should opt for crypto payments over say Visa, Stripe or other traditional payment methods that are supported by merchants?
RM: Buyers should do whatever is most beneficial to them as a consumer at the time. If the offer is the same as yours and you prefer to use Visa, then you should use Visa. The merchant, in this case, will pay 3.5% on the transaction. Consider a business doing $1M/year in revenue – this is a potential $35,000 in Visa transactions fees alone, which is an insane amount of money.
This is why merchants are increasingly opting to experiment with Web3 payments, often offering discounts or loyalty programs through NFTs or tokens to encourage consumers to use the payment option that helps them save money and enhance the user experience.
BCN: The Bitcoin network has of late seen the number of unconfirmed transactions climb to over 200,000, something that has pushed the average network fee to nearly $20. Some have said such high fees render moot the argument supporting the use of crypto as a means of payment. Do you agree with this assertion?
RM: The high fees and long confirmation times of Bitcoin transactions have been a source of criticism for the cryptocurrency. However, it’s important to note that Bitcoin was not designed primarily as a payment system, but rather as a decentralized store of value.
While it’s true that the high fees and slow transaction times may make Bitcoin less attractive for small and everyday transactions, there are still many use cases where it can be valuable. Additionally, there are other cryptocurrencies and blockchain networks that are specifically designed for fast and low-cost transactions, such as Fuse, Polygon and Binance Smart Chain. These networks are more suitable for payment use cases.
BCN: Your blockchain project Fuse is said to be aiming to enable seamless and affordable crypto payments in daily life. From your standpoint, what do you think are the benefits of accelerating the mainstream adoption of Web3?
RM: When big companies like Starbucks, Nike, Adidas, and Mcdonald’s announce plans to experiment with Web3 payments, they typically throw down a multi-million dollar POC (proof of concept) budget and assign a dedicated team to run the project without it necessarily impacting other parts of the business in a big way. SMBs and startups cannot do this. So how do they ensure they participate in the paradigm shift of money?
Fuse provides simple-to-deploy, end-to-end integrated products, including a wallet SDK, ready-to-use APIs, and mobile wallet tools and infrastructure to level out the planning field and ensure that businesses that are the backbone of the economy can play a role.
BCN: What advantages do Web3 native solutions such as yours have over those offered by giants like Visa, Paypal, and Stripe?
RM: The future of digital payments lies in Web3 payment services. They offer a range of benefits over legacy payment systems, including reduced transaction fees, faster settlement times, increased security, borderless payments, and greater transparency and privacy. As Web3 payments continue to gain traction and become more widely adopted, they have the potential to transform the way we conduct transactions, making them more efficient, secure, and accessible.
Compared to traditional point-of-sale (POS) systems, accepting crypto payments offers several benefits, including lower transaction fees, merchant protection from fraudulent chargebacks, increased sales potential, and increased customer convenience. Additionally, there is a level of anonymity with crypto payments that some merchants and customers may find appealing.
The Fuse ecosystem includes 100 integration partners and has been built over three years to provide vital services and infrastructure designed to create a robust platform for mainstream crypto and Web3 payments adoption.
BCN: Your startup is said to have recently launched a $10 million Ignite Funding Program. What is the purpose of this fund and who are the intended beneficiaries?
RM: As part of our ongoing mission to bring Web3 payments to mainstream business adoption, we are dedicated to supporting both real-world and defi projects. The Ignite program comprises two main funding areas. The first is an on-chain defi incentives fund of $10 million, designed to improve the general financial health of the fuse ecosystem. The second is to support early-stage real-world builders on Fuse. The strong on-chain economic activity supports innovation aligned with our north star of achieving mainstream crypto adoption with payments. Innovation, in turn, supports strong economic growth and activity, creating a fly-wheel effect.
BCN: Just like any technology that is still in its infancy stages, Web3 payment platforms are susceptible to security threats and high costs. What is your word of advice for those using Web3 payment solutions for the first time?
RM: Web3 payments are still in their early stages and have certain limitations that must be considered before using them. Web3 payments may be prone to security threats and high transaction costs as several networks are yet to deal with these issues successfully. Luckily, Fuse does not have these issues and can process transactions in under 5 seconds for a cost of less than a cent.
Furthermore, acceptance by merchants is still a challenge, and there is a lack of understanding of the importance and impact of blockchain-related concepts. Scams and fraudulent activities occur everywhere, and staying safe and vigilant is essential while dealing with Web3 payment solutions. Never share private keys, double-check wallet addresses and networks before sending any crypto, and look out for scams or fake sales on social media.
Additionally, centralized exchanges may disappear and take your crypto with them, so owning your keys and using non-custodial wallets is vital. Finally, taxation is essential, and everyone dealing with Web3 payments must know how it is taxed in their region.
What are your thoughts on this interview? Let us know what you think in the comments section below.
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NCAA Finds Baylor Guilty of Infractions
On Wednesday, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) found Baylor University guilty of violating recruiting rules.
The NCAA mainly focused their three-year investigation on the men’s and women’s basketball teams.
In a statement by the NCAA, Baylor men’s basketball coach, Scott Drew, was cited for failure to monitor the program and will be suspended during the first two conference games.
Mulkey, was found guilty of "impermissible contact with two possible recruits and employing prospects at university camps." Mulkey is restricted from participating in off-campus recruiting and placing recruitment phone calls and will lose two scholarships.
The investigation found 738 recruiting text messages and 528 phone calls made by the men’s and women’s coaches to be impermissible. The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions reviewed over 900,000 phone and text message records.
Baylor University cooperated with the investigation and provided self-imposed penalties which the NCAA accepted. There will be no appeal and the case is considered closed.
Endorsements Highlight Labor Tensions at Cap Metro
Austin City Council member and Capital Metro board chair Mike Martinez is running for reelection against political newcomer Laura Pressley. Martinez has garnered the lion’s share of endorsements, but a few have eluded him: nods from Cap Metro union Amalgamated Transit Union 1091, which endorsed Pressley, and the Central Labor Council, which didn’t endorse.
The Austin Chronicle notes ATU 1091’s dissatisfaction with labor changes at Cap Metro lead the union to essentially block the CLC’s endorsement of Martinez – and ATU has more pointed words for Martinez:
[ATU 1091 President Jay Wyatt] says his union's support of Pressley is genuine, but that it also reflects the general distaste membership has for Martinez. "Mike Martinez has been behind this new labor structure from the beginning," Wyatt says. "He may say he's a Democrat, but he looks like a Republican … We believe Laura Pressley is a nice lady who will do well, but this is a protest endorsement. If a dog had run against Martinez, we would have endorsed that dog."
Martinez and Wyatt agree that the beef stems from an ongoing labor dispute at the transit authority; action by the Texas Legislature required the agency to change its contracting structure, and a recent decision from an arbitrator stated Cap Metro’s new contractor (not yet named) does not have to honor the employees’ current pension and retirement benefits.
Martinez tells the Chronicle that Cap Metro has offered terms beyond the arbitrator’s decision – an extra year of service credit to employees.
“The arbitration shows that Cap Metro is not obligated to offer the pension conditions we have as part of the settlement – still, we did it," Martinez says. "We've been in arbitration since March, and we've offered multiple concessions, including the one year of service, which will bring all employees one year closer to retiring with a full pension. They've rejected all settlement offers.”
The Texas Dental Board Faces Accusations of Inadequacy
From the Texas Tribune, the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners has been accused of being inadequate in their regulation of fraudulent dental clinics.
The Dental Board met with accusations of failing to discipline corporation-run dental clinics that commit Medicaid fraud as well as withholding negative information about dentists, says the Tribune. The accusations came from members with Texans for Dental Reform at a House Public Health Committee hearing yesterday
The Medicare fraud in question stems from corporate-run and owned dental clinics that pay a dentist to act as the owner by name. The clinics only serve Medicaid patients and “encourage over-utilization of Medicaid services by dictating a 'one-size-fits-all treatment plan' or setting quotas for the number of procedures that dentists should perform,” reports the Tribune.
In their defense, the Dental Board suggests that under their new management they are trying their best to fix these inadequacies within their agency while being underfunded and understaffed.

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Bitcoin started to suffer big losses last week.
The pressure has increased over the past few days, and now the cryptocurrency is threatened with a rollback below $42,000. At the time of publication of this review, the largest digital currency was trading at around $42,930. BTC capitalization fell by almost 9% over the week to $804.62 billion.
All leading altcoins start the new week in the red zone. Terra (LUNA) and Avalanche (AVAX) suffered the greatest losses, they fell by 5% per day to $88.71 and $79.97, respectively.
Ether (ETH) and Binance Coin (BNB) on Monday, April 11, rolled back 2% to $3180 and $417. Solana (SOL), XRP and Cardano (ADA) dropped to $110.6, $0.743 and $1.02. The capitalization of the crypto market has decreased to $1.94 trillion.
According to Bloomberg analysts, bitcoin is at high risk. Already today, the coin may fall below $42,000 if the US stock market opens trading with a drop in business activity indices.
The correlation between BTC and Nasdaq reached record highs at the end of last week (0.6945).
Most likely, in the coming days, the dependence will continue, and BTC correction will become inevitable in the event that capital exits risky assets, experts predict.
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When it comes to smartwatches, one size most definitely does not fit all. The best option for you depends on a number of factors, including the smartphone you use; whether you want strong activity-tracking features; your budget; and your aesthetic tastes. For example, many people prefer a smartwatch with a round display because it looks more like a standard wristwatch than a piece of tech. You'll want to take all these factors into consideration when you begin the search for the best smartwatch for you. So whether you’re looking for something appropriate for dinner parties or back-country trails, high-end, budget or something in between, we’ve tracked down the best smartwatches on the market this year.
On 9 September 2014, Apple Inc. announced its first smartwatch called Apple Watch to be released in early 2015. On 24 April 2015, Apple Watch began shipping across the world. Apple’s first try into wearable technology was met with considerable criticism during the pre-launch period, with many early technology reviews citing issues with battery life and hardware malfunctions. However, others praised Apple for creating a potentially fashionable device that can compete with "traditional watches," not just the smartwatch industry in general. The watch only turns on when activated (either by lifting one's wrist, touching the screen, or pressing a button). On 29 October 2014, Microsoft announced the Microsoft Band, a smart fitness tracker and the company's first venture into wrist-worn devices since SPOT (Smart Personal Objects Technology) a decade earlier. The Microsoft Band was released at $199 the following day, on 30 October 2014.
My personal favorite watch for Android on the market today actually isn’t an Android Wear device, rather coming from Samsung and running atop Tizen. The Samsung Gear S3 Frontier is all the smartwatch you’ll ever need, with a sporty, circular gray design with a 1.3-inch Super AMOLED display that is the best I’ve personally ever used and is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass SR+.
That’s the big downside of relying on your phone as a tracker, unless it is somewhere on your body, whenever you are moving about or exercising, all that effort won’t be counted. For some people - say joggers who wear their smartphone on an arm band, that’s not a big issue, but you really aren’t getting the full picture of your activity, including the things you do in your sleep, without having a gadget mounted on your wrist.
Waterproof to 165 feet and tested to military standards for durability, it includes features like a digital compass, altimeter, and barometer that you won’t find in most other smartwatches, as well as more standard tools such as GPS. The WSD-F20 can also function as a flashlight — handy in an emergency — and lets you download maps for offline navigation when you’re far from the nearest cell signal.
In addition, the TicWatch Pro has an IP68 rating for water and dust resistance, along with its own heart rate monitor and GPS hardware. It has the Qualcomm Snapdragon 2100 processor inside, along with 512MB of RAM and 4GB of onboard storage. It’s available now in either black or silver colors on Amazon for $249, but at the moment it’s exclusive for members of Amazon Prime until August 15. You can read a lot more about the TicWatch Pro in our extensive review.
To charge the watch, you have to clip on the charger and align it with contacts that you can't see when you're clipping. Why make it so complicated? There's no NFC for easy pairing, and you have to find the smartwatch app in the app market, download it, and install it on your mobile device. The Frame's display readability in bright sunlight was judged to be only good. It's relatively heavy, at 2.7 ounces (only the Toq is heavier).
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The Misfit Vapor was originally launched with a proprietary operating system, but that was ditched for Android Wear 2.0. The Vapor has a 1.39-inch AMOLED display, Snapdragon Wear 2100 processor, 4GB of storage, 512mb of RAM, and a heart rate sensor. Those specs are fairly standard for Android Wear, but the Vapor also includes 5ATM water resistance which is a huge plus, and an assortment of software features added by Misfit.
At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, a large number of new smartwatches were released from various companies such as Razer Inc, Archos, and several other companies, as well as a few startups. Some had begun to call the 2014 CES, a "wrist revolution" because of the number of smartwatches released and the huge amount of publicity they began to receive at the start of 2014. At Google I/O on 25 June 2014, the Android Wear platform was introduced and the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live were released. The Wear-based Moto 360 was announced by Motorola in 2014. At the end of July, Swatch's CEO Nick Hayek announced that they will launch a Swatch Touch with smartwatch technologies in 2015. In the UK, the Wearable Technology Show had its début in London and was host to several smartwatch companies exhibiting their newest models.
Built-in GPS and a great workout coach make the Huawei Watch 2 a great companion on long runs and intense workouts. You can leave your phone behind, too, thanks to onboard music storage and the ability to connect Bluetooth headphones to the watch. Like the LG Watch Sport, the Huawei Watch 2 has an LTE version, but unfortunately, Huawei isn't selling that model in the US yet.
Other reviewers also like the Q watches. Simon Hill at Digital Trends writes that the Q Explorist is “an attractive smartwatch to use with an Android phone that will blend in at work or play at an affordable price,” and that, aside from the Apple Watch and the Gear Sport (for Samsung phone owners), the Q Explorist “compares favorably with the rest of the field.” Gerald Lynch at TechRadar summarizes the Venture as “a sharp-looking, comfortable smartwatch with a great display and responsive processor,” but knocks it for lacking GPS and a heart-rate monitor. Matthew Miller at ZDNet believes the Explorist and Venture are “priced fairly for nice looking fashion watches that also serve as smartwatches.”
The Gear 2 also includes a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a heart-rate sensor. It also can control a TV or set-top box remotely using a built-in IR blaster, and it has the ability to function as a stand-alone music player. And its built-in camera—handily built into the watch itself rather than on the band, like the original Galaxy Gear—takes 2-megapixel stills and 720p video.
Google confirmed to Tom's Guide that the company won't be releasing its own Wear OS smartwatch this year. The news comes after months of rumors that a Google-branded Pixel Watch running on Qualcomm's latest processor would be launched at Google's October hardware event. Instead, Google plans to focus on adding features to Wear OS on the software side and support the companies who are currently making Android smartwatches. Google's hardware event is Oct. 9.


The HR824 in action really is a revelation. The stereo sound field is wide, deep, and incredibly detailed. High frequencies and midrange are clean and articulated. Low frequencies are no more or less than what you recorded - you can actually hear the distinct tonal qualities (and harmonic quantities) of a particular bass instrument - instead of just a "generic" bass note. Most important, the sweet spot is a broad, 3-dimensional area that gives you room to move up, down, and across the console. In short, instead of having its own distinctive "sound," the HR824 sounds like the outputs of your mixer.
Part of the reason the HR824 has such a transparent stereo image and large sweet spot is the gently curving wave guide that encloses its alloy dome high frequency transducer. This waveguide greatly improves vertical and horizontal dispersion. In effect, it "nurtures" high frequencies created by the tweeter, guiding them as they expand out into the listening field. In comparison, a flush-mounted high frequency transducer on a passive monitor's front board has trouble coupling with the air mass of the room. It does OK directly on-axis, but can't disperse high frequencies to create a wide panoramic stereo image.
There's more. In a conventional monitor, treble (high frequency) and bass (low frequency) transducer dispersion patterns often differ significantly. Since midrange is spread between both high and low-frequency transducers, audible anomalies can occur at the crossover point. The HR824's wave guide lets us match the high frequency dispersion pattern to that of the bass transducer for a seamless midrange transition. It also recesses the high frequency transducer so that its active area is on the same axis with the woofer, providing acoustic alignment of high and low frequencies.
Shouldn't a soft, light fabric dome tweeter perform better than a metal dome? Our exotic FFT laser vibration analysis proves otherwise. Fabric tweeters undulate and ripple like a pond disturbed by a big splash. After performing about a zillion tests, we found a 1 in. alloy dome tweeter that has unusually smooth response along with excellent power handling. It creates true, pistonic motion up to 22kHz and couples perfectly with our logarithmic wave guide. You get pristine, uncolored treble that defines the finest details and upper harmonics of your recordings and mixdowns.
The visible portion of the HR824's low frequency transducer system is an 8.75-inch woofer with a mineral-filled cone and extra-long-throw voice coil with an exceptionally long peak-to-peak excursion. On the business end is a massive magnet structure far larger than what could be effectively used on a passive monitor. This mono bass transducer is directly coupled in a servo loop with a 150-watt FR Series amplifier. Amp circuitry constantly monitors the LF transducer's motional parameters and applies appropriate control and damping. This constant correction produces tight, articulate bass that accurately delineates individual bass notes and kick drum impacts - without the tubbiness, distortion, or overhang common among small monitors.
Like other near-field monitors, the HR824 augments bass transducer output by constructively adding the woofer's back wave 180 degrees out of phase. Unlike other monitors, the HR824 avoids the drawbacks of ducted ports or slots that can induce power compression and low frequency distortion or cause audible vent noise. Instead, the HR824's low frequency transducer is coupled to a composite honeycomb, mass-loaded 6x12-inch elliptical passive driver that "fires" out the rear of the enclosure. With a radiating area equivalent to a 12-inch woofer, it efficiently couples the servo-controlled woofer with your control room's air mass to deliver honest, verifiably-flat response to 42Hz with a 38Hz 3dB-down point.
Naturally, the HR824's enclosure is built like a proverbial tank with 0.75 and 1 in. high-resin wood composite. But our damping extends even farther
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Delhi court extends Chidambaram's judicial custody for 14 days in INX Media case
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, opposed the investigative agency's plea to extend his judicial custody, citing his poor health condition.
New Delhi: The Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Delhi on Thursday extended Congress leader P Chidambaram's custody for another 14 days and ordered him to stay inside the prison till October 3 in the INX Media case.
The CBI had sought an extension of Chidambaram's judicial custody from the court.
Special judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar also allowed medical examination of Chidambaram, besides allowing the former Union Minister to write to Punjab National Bank manager for his account statement.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Chidambaram, opposed the investigative agency's plea to extend his judicial custody, citing his poor health condition. Moving an application on behalf of his client, Sibal sought regular medical check-up and adequate supplementary diet for Chidambaram during his stay inside the jail.
The 74-year-old Chidambaram is facing probe in cases registered by both the CBI and the ED pertaining to alleged irregularities in the Foreign Investment Promotion Board clearance given to INX Media to the tune of Rs 305 crore in 2007 when he was the Union Finance Minister.
He was arrested on August 21, 2019 by the CBI and sent to its custody for interrogation till September 4. A day later, on September 5, the former Finance Minister, was sent to 14 days' judicial custody by the Delhi court.
Last week, a CBI court sent Chidambaram to judicial custody in Tihar Jail till September 19.
Chidambaram will next be produced before the Delhi High Court on September 23.


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PROD 3-2: Employee Safety
Under this standard, the pharmacy must take certain steps to ensure employee safety. Specifically, the pharmacy must make available to employees and train employees on how to use
- Safety Data Sheets
- Spill kits
- Eye wash stations.
Now, if your pharmacy has conducted a risk assessment and has determined that there is zero risk of exposure to hazardous drugs and materials, it may be that only the Safety Data Sheets component of this standard applies to your pharmacy.
If you believe that the pharmacy may be excluded from the requirement for spill kits and eye wash stations, you should conduct an analysis that includes a determination of potential exposure to drugs (on the NIOSH or other list of hazardous drugs) or other hazardous materials.
We recommend that you consult USP 800 (see link, below) for guidance on how to conduct such a risk assessment and how to maintain a list of hazardous drugs.
One note -- eye wash stations that are self-contained meet the intent of element (c).
Submit a policy and procedure that both prescribes the availability and training in the three areas described in the standard, and describes in detail who is responsible for the fulfilling the requirements of this standard. If you have conducted a risk assessment that there is zero risk of exposure to hazardous drugs or materials, execute a signed attestation on the organization's letterhead that the pharmacy has conducted such a risk assessment and has concluded that there is zero such risk.
The URAC reviewer will observe the accessibility of safety data sheets, spill kits, and eye wash stations in the pharmacy.


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(PIX11) — An asteroid the “size of a house” narrowly missed Earth as it passed by this afternoon, according to NASA.
The space agency said the object, named 2014 RC, passed over New Zealand at its closest approach about 25,000 miles from Earth, just a tenth of the distance between the Earth and the Moon and close to the band the satellites that orbit Earth at about 23,000 miles.
The asteroid is about the same size as the one that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013, causing widespread damage and injuring about 1,000 people. It measures around 60 feet across.
Astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey, near Tucson, Arizona, first detected the asteroid on Aug. 31 with a telescope used exclusively to detect potentially hazardous near-Earth objects. Experts say it offers an opportunity to research future tracking methods.
“While this celestial object does not appear to pose any threat to Earth or satellites, its close approach creates a unique opportunity for researchers to observe and learn more about asteroids,” NASA said in a statement.
The asteroid passed over New Zealand around 2:18 p.m. EDT. Amateur astronomers may have been able to see it pass with a telescope, but it was be too dim and small from that distance to see with a naked eye.
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The Hobbit 75th Anniversary Edition PDF is a fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on February 15th 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The book remains popular and is recognized as a classic in children’s literature.
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The Hobbit 75th Anniversary Edition Details
- Book Title: The Hobbit PDF
- Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
- Goodreads Link: The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Publish Date: February 15th 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- ASIN: B0079KT81G
- Format: PDF
- Setting: Middle-earth
- No. of pages: 322 pages
- Size: 1 MB
- Genre: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Fantasy
- Language: English
- File Status: Available for Download
- Price: Free
The Hobbit 75th Anniversary Edition PDF Book Description
A great modern classic and the prelude to The Lord of the Rings.
Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely traveling any farther than his pantry or cellar. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard Gandalf and a company of dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an adventure. They have launched a plot to raid the treasure hoard guarded by Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.
Bilbo reluctantly joins their quest, unaware that on his journey to the Lonely Mountain he will encounter both a magic ring and a frightening creature known as Gollum.
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien Book Summary and Review
The Hobbit Summary
Gandalf tricks Bilbo Baggins into hosting a party for Thorin Oakenshield and his band of dwarves, who sing of reclaiming the Lonely Mountain and its vast treasure from the dragon Smaug.
When the music ends, Gandalf unveils Thrór’s map showing a secret door into the Mountain and proposes that the dumbfounded Bilbo serves as the expedition’s “burglar”.
The dwarves ridicule the idea, but Bilbo, indignant, joins despite himself.
The group travels into the wild, where Gandalf saves the company from trolls and leads them to Rivendell, where Elrond reveals more secrets from the map. When they attempt to cross the Misty Mountains they are caught by goblins and driven deep underground.
Although Gandalf rescues them, Bilbo gets separated from the others as they flee the goblins. Lost in the goblin tunnels, he stumbles across a mysterious ring and then encounters Gollum, who engages him in a game of riddles.
Gollum will show him the path out of the tunnels as a reward for solving all riddles, but if Bilbo fails, his life will be forfeit.
With the help of the ring, which confers invisibility, Bilbo escapes and rejoins the dwarves, improving his reputation with them. Goblins and Wargs give chase, but the company is saved by eagles before resting in the house of Beorn. …
The Hobbit Book Review
Some books are almost impossible to review. If a book is bad, how easily can we dwell on its flaws! But if the book is good, how do you give any recommendation that is equal to the book? Unless you are an author of equal worth to the one whose work you review, what powers of prose and observation are you likely to have to fitly adorn the work?
“The Hobbit PDF” is at one level simply a charming adventure story, perhaps one of the most charming and most adventurous ever told. Here, see how simple that was? If you haven’t read it, you should, because it is quite enjoyable. At some level, there is little more to say. Enjoy the story as the simple entertainment it was meant to be. Get The Hobbit PDF Download Free and read it to your children and luxuriate in the excitement and joy that shines from their faces. That’s enough.
But if it was only simple entertainment, I do not think that it would be anything more than just a good book. Instead, this simple children’s story resonates and fascinates. It teases and hints at something larger and grander, and it instructs and lectures as from one of the most subtle intellects without ever feeling like it is instructing, lecturing, or being condescending.
At its heart, the complaint I opened the review with is just a variation on one of the many nuanced observations Tolkien makes in ‘The Hobbit’ when he complains that a story of a good time is always too quickly told, but a story of evil times often requires a great many words to cover the events thereof. How often has that idea fascinated me?
Consider also how the story opens, with Bilbo’s breezy, unreflective manners which are polite in form but not in spirit, and Gandalf’s continual meditation on the meaning of ‘Good morning.’ How much insight is concealed within Gandalf’s gentle humor! How often do we find ourselves, like Bilbo, saying something we don’t really mean and using words to mean something very unlike their plain meaning! How often do we find ourselves saying, “I don’t mean to be rude, but…”, when in fact we mean, “I very much mean to be rude, and here it comes!”
If we did not mean to be rude, surely we wouldn’t say what we say. Instead, we mean, “I’m going to be rude but I don’t want you to think I’m normally rude…”, or “I’m going to put myself forward, but I don’t want you to think of me as someone who is normally so arrogant…”, or even, “I’m going to be rude, but I don’t want to think of myself as someone rude, so I’m going to pretend I’m not being rude…”
I think that is what makes this more than just a good book, but a great one. Tolkien can gently skewer us for our all too human failings. He does so without adopting any cynicism or self-loathing so common with those seeking out to skewer humanity for its so evident failings.
We fantasize about heroes who are strong and comely of form, and we have for as long as we’ve recorded literature. Our comic books are filled with those neo-pagan mythic heroes whose exaggerated human virtues always amount to, whatever else may be true of them, ‘beats people up good’. These modern Ajax, Helens, and Achilles dominate the box office, and I would imagine dominating our internal, most private fantasy lives as well.
Oh sure, the superhero of our fantasy might have superhuman ethics to go along with his superhuman ability to kick butt, attract the opposite sex, and enforce their will upon others, but it is always attached to and ultimately secondary to our fantasy of power and virility. Tolkien’s protagonist is different from Heracles, Lancelot, Beowulf, or Batman – short, small, mundane, and weak. Of all the principal characters in the story, he possesses probably the least of that quintessential heroic attribute – martial prowess.
And yet, he is not merely an ‘average Joe’. Bilbo is just as much an exaggerated, idealized hero like Heracles, it’s just that those attributes in which Bilbo is almost transcendently inhuman aren’t the sort of attributes we normally fantasize about having ourselves. Bilbo is gentle. He is simple. He is humble. Power and wealth have little attraction for him. He is kind. He takes less than his share, and that that he takes he gives away. He is a peacemaker.
Though wrongly imprisoned, he bears no grudge and desires no vengeance for the wrongs done to him. Rather, he apologizes for stealing food and offers to repay far more than he took in recompense. Though mistreated, he harbors no enmity. He never puts himself forward, but he never shirks when others do.
How often do we fantasize about being this different sort of hero, and yet how much better would we be if we did? How much better off would we be if we, like Thorin, could declare in our hearts, “There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” How often is it that we hunger after all the wrong things?
What profit would we really have if we had in great measure the power to ‘beat people up for good’? What real use could we put it to? How much better off would we be individually and as people if we most desired to be graced with Bilbo’s virtues, rather than Achilles’ speed, strength, and skill with arms? How much less mature does this mere children’s book of a well-lit world cause our darker fantasies to seem?
Now, I admit I am biased in my review. I read this book 36 times before the age of 16. I broke the spines of three copies of it with continual reading. Yet in my defense, I will say that I’m considered only a moderate fan of the book by many. I’ve known several devotees of the book who, like the protagonist of Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’, can recite whole chapters from memory – ensuring that this would be one of the few books that would survive the sudden destruction of all the world’s technology is only the world’s storytellers survived.
If you are inclined to think no book can be that good, and that my review overhypes it, so much the better. Get The Hobbit PDF Free Download and go in with low expectations to be certain that they will be met or exceeded. Forget all I have said save that, “If you haven’t read it, you should because it is quite enjoyable.”
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