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is a real-time pet simulation video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. It was released in Japan, and was later released in: North America, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and other regions. It was originally released in three different versions: Dachshund & Friends, Lab & Friends (Shiba & Friends in Japan) and Chihuahua & Friends. It has been re-released twice, first as a bundled release with a special edition Nintendo DS with a new version called Nintendogs: Best Friends and later as Nintendogs: Dalmatian & Friends.

Nintendogs uses the DS's touchscreen and built-in microphone. The touch screen allows the player to pet a dog, as well as to use various items that can be found or purchased. These range from balls and frisbees, to toys, to grooming supplies to keep the dogs happy. The microphone is used to call to the player's dog by speaking the name given to the dog in the beginning of the game as well as to teach the dog tricks such as "sit" or "roll over". Players can bring their dogs on walks and to the park if they so choose. They may interact with other players in multi-player by using the DS's wireless linkup. It also uses the DS's internal clock and calendar to allow the dog to grow hungrier or dirtier based on the elapsed time.

Nintendogs received critical acclaim and won many awards, including the 2006 Innovation Award from PC World and Best Handheld Game from the Associated Press. All versions of Nintendogs have sold a combined 23.96 million copies worldwide, making it the second highest-selling game on the Nintendo DS, behind New Super Mario Bros. Because of Nintendogs success, Nintendo has made several related products, including Nintendogs toys and a series of Nintendogs trading cards. A sequel, titled Nintendogs + Cats, was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2011.

Gameplay

Nintendogs uses the DS' touchscreen, where the owner can: play with, train, pet, walk, brush and wash a virtual dog. The game also utilizes the built-in microphone, where the player can call their puppy or teach the puppy tricks. Money can be earned by placing in competitions or selling items at the secondhand shop and can be used to purchase supplies, puppies and home decor. Dogs can be walked and can be taken to the park where they can practice disc catching skills for disc competitions and to the gymnasium to practice dog agility for agility trials. While walking, question mark icons on the map point out areas that may contain neighborhood dogs or presents, though presents can be found unmarked as well.

Only three dogs may be kept at the player's house at one time and up to five dogs can stay at the dog hotel, where dogs can be swapped, dropped off and picked up at any time. The player can also choose to part ways with a dog by donating a dog to the hotel.

As time passes without the dog being cared for, its condition will slowly deteriorate as it becomes more hungry and dirty. The condition of the player's dogs can be found by clicking its name. Hunger is listed as: Full, Normal, Hungry and Famished. Thirst is listed as: Quenched, Normal, Thirsty and Parched. The condition of the dog's coat is listed as: Beautiful, Clean, Normal, Dirty and Filthy.

Nintendogs features a variety of contests, which are the player's main method of earning money and trainer points. There are three contests Disc Competition, Agility Trial and Obedience Trial. In each of them, there are 5 classes: Beginner, Open, Expert, Master and Championship. Each contest is commented on by two men, named Ted Rumsworth and Archie Hubbs. If the player's dog places 3rd or higher in its class, the dog will proceed to the next class, where the contest increases in difficulty level. Prize money earned differs depending on which contest has been entered, what place is finished and the class the dog is in. If the player does not place in the top three, they will be dropped to the previous difficulty level.

Nintendogs allows users to communicate wirelessly to other Nintendogs users through Bark Mode. Before activating Wireless Mode, the player can choose to give the other user a present. When another user with Bark Mode activated is nearby, the player will have an opportunity to play with the other trainer's dog and if the user has recorded a voice message on their White Record, the other user will hear the voice message.

Dogs do not die, have puppies or age (meaning they remain as puppies).

Development
First publicly mentioned in 1997, Shigesato Itoi (designer of EarthBound), Tsunekazu Ishihara (designer of Pokémon) and Shigeru Miyamoto codeveloped a Nintendo 64 prototype of a pet creature breeding game called Cabbage. Its four-year development was fundamentally enabled by the real-time clock and mass writability introduced in the requisite 64DD peripheral "such that even if the power is cut, [the game] can still raise the creature" and with optionally purchasable enhancement data. A subset of creature maintenance functionality is made portable on the Game Boy and can be synchronized back to the 64DD disk, via the Transfer Pak. It was expected for release in 1998 and then, in 2000, but all further development was distracted. In 2006, Miyamoto concluded: "It disappeared, didn't it ... However, the conversations and design techniques that popped up when we were making Cabbage are, of course, connected to Nintendogs and other things that we're doing now."

The project which ultimately became Nintendogs began as a technical demo on the Nintendo GameCube long before it was considered for the DS. It was migrated to the DS when the handheld was still in development. Shigeru Miyamoto originally came up with the idea for the game when he and his family bought a dog, which inspired him to create the project. The game's producer, Hideki Konno, looking for a game to take full advantage of all of the Nintendo DS's features, decided on a dog simulation game. Nintendogs, first called Puppy Times, was originally designed to have fifteen different versions, one for each breed of dog. Satoru Iwata suggested this to convey the feel that the player was choosing a dog from a kennel. However, the debugging process for each version was deemed too time-consuming to be feasible. After going back and forth between several versions, they eventually settled on three, with six dogs each and the rest available after completing in-game goals.

Merchandise
In late 2005, Nintendo of America released the first series of Nintendogs "6-Card Fun Paks". Three different pack designs (each based on the US-released designs of the DS game) contains an assortment of "Collectible cards, stickers & more!". Each pack randomly contains two of 18 different Breed cards, one of nine different Dog in Training tip cards, one of six different Miscellaneous cards, one of 18 different Pop-Up Cards, one of six sundry sheets of stickers, one of four temporary tattoos and one Sweepstakes card. Another series of these cards were released in early 2007 by Enterplay, LLC. These cards, officially licensed by Nintendo, were created by the same individuals who worked on the first series. As such, the cards greatly resemble the first series. Keeping the "6-Card Fun Pak" name, each package contains two of 20 different At the Kennel cards (which feature all eighteen breeds from the games, including the Dalmatian and Jack Russell Terrier), one of nine Dog in Training tip cards, one of four Miscellaneous cards, one of 20 Pop-Up Cards, one of six sheets of stickers, one of four temporary tattoos and one Sweepstakes card. The next series also features three sundry packages, this time with a Dalmatian, Beagle and Pug on the front of the package.

A line of Nintendogs plush toys were released in Japan, featuring the most popular breeds in each game. They are also available at the Nintendo World Store. Various Nintendogs T-shirts were also made available at the Nintendo World Store. In Europe and Australia, a series of plush toys with an electronic sensor were released, and when the owner shook the bone, the dog would walk and bark. Nintendo has also released a set of plushes through Earthwood Toys.

Reception

The game has been well received by critics, with an average score of 85% at Game Rankings. In the May 2005 edition of the Famitsu, Japan's most popular gaming magazine, Nintendogs received a perfect 40/40 score. Only four other games had attained this score at the time. It also received an 8.5 out of 10 in Nintendo Power. Game Informer gave Nintendogs an 8 out of 10, reflecting on the game's lack of an ending. Game Oracle gave it 85% and a recommendation saying that unlike most sims, it has a lot of depth.

Sales
In the first week of its release in Japan (April 18, 2005 to April 24, 2005), the three versions, Shiba Inu & Friends, Miniature Dachshund & Friends and Chihuahua & Friends, sold 75,000, 49,000 and 44,000, respectively, totalling 168,000 units. This title game also boosted the Nintendo DS system sales by over 4.2 times the previous week to 95,000 units, up from 22,000. It was the 91st best-selling game in Japan in 2008, selling 142,591 copies combined, with cumulative Japanese sales of 1,850,984 combined by 2008.

In Europe, it was the top-selling Nintendo game of 2005 with  copies sold that year. The game went on to sell  copies worldwide, making it the second best-selling Nintendo DS game of all time. According to Nintendo, the majority of Nintendogs owners were female.

Awards
In addition to recognitions from publications such as Entertainment Weekly, BusinessWeek and the Chicago Sun Times, Nintendogs also won a wide variety of awards.
 E3 2005 Game Critics Awards: Best Handheld Game.
 TheG33ks Bronze Award for best Nintendo DS game.
 Associated Press: "Best Game of 2005"
 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival: Excellence Prize
 PC World: "2006 Innovation Award"
 D&AD: Yellow Pencils Award 2006
 PETA: Best Animal-Friendly Video Game 2006
 IGN: Editors' Choice Award
 IGN: Best use of touch screen for Nintendo DS
 GameSpot: Editors' Choice award

Nintendogs also had very successful launches in North America and Europe, with first week sales of over 250,000 and 160,000 respectively. Lab & Friends received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom. ELSPA also gave Dalmatian & Friends a "Platinum" award, for at least 300,000 sales in the United Kingdom.  By August 2006, in the United States, Chihuahua & Friends had sold 570,000 copies and earned $17 million; Labrador & Friends had sold 620,000 copies and earned $19 million; and Dachshund & Friends had sold 730,000 copies and earned $22 million. During the period between January 2000 and August 2006, the games were respectively the 50th, 44th and 32nd highest-selling games launched for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS or PlayStation Portable in the United States.

On March 23, 2006 at GDC 2006, Nintendo's president Satoru Iwata announced that international sales of Nintendogs sales had reached 6 million. By March 31, 2008, the game was the best-selling Nintendo DS game published by Nintendo. As of March 31, 2015, the combined sales of all versions has reached 23.96 million and it is now second on the Nintendo DS best-sellers list behind New Super Mario Bros..

Legacy
In 2010, 1UP.com included Nintendogs in their list of five "Essential Newcomers" of the decade, describing it as one of "five revolutionary new games" of the past 10 years, for its impact on drawing "non-gamers to console and portable systems" and establishing the "new" Nintendo. Despite derision from many hardcore gamers, Nintendogs sold tens of millions, mostly among casual gamers and paved the way for the Nintendo DS's worldwide success. This gave rise to a non-game trend, previously limited to PCs, on consoles and portables. Nintendo followed it up with more casual games such as Brain Age, Wii Sports and Wii Fit, establishing Nintendo as the most successful developer and publisher of the decade.

Sequel

It was announced during Nintendo's 2010 E3 presentation that Shigeru Miyamoto was working on a new Nintendogs project, involving some new innovations. The game, titled Nintendogs + Cats was finished in 2011 for the Nintendo 3DS and was released as a launch title in all regions.

A microgame based on Nintendogs appears in the game WarioWare: Smooth Moves. A Nintendogs Labrador Retriever puppy also appears in Super Smash Bros. Brawl as an assist trophy; owing to the nonviolent nature of the Nintendogs game, rather than fighting actively, the dog "plays" in front of the screen, blocking view. Also, there are multiple Nintendogs downloadable content available in the game Animal Crossing: City Folk. A French bulldog appears in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, taking the role of the Labrador Retriever. There is also a Nintendogs + Cats stage on the 3DS version. Both the assist trophy and the stage from this game reappear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Notes

References

External links
 Official website

2005 video games
Interactive Achievement Award winners
Nintendo DS games
Nintendo DS-only games
Nintendo franchises
Nintendo Entertainment Analysis and Development games
Touch! Generations
Virtual pet video games
Video game franchises introduced in 2005
Video games about dogs
Video games developed in Japan
Video games with alternative versions
Casual games

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Panasonic moving towards a hydrogen society
Panasonic showcased its innovative eco-conscious products and technologies under the theme, "A Better Life, A Better World" at Eco-Products 2015. This event was held at the Tokyo Big Sight from December 10 to 12. It was an opportunity to unveil initiatives for realizing a hydrogen society. In addition to "ENE FARM," the residential fuel cell that extracts hydrogen from city gas, a prototype of a hydrogen fuel cell (currently under development) that can efficiently create power directly from hydrogen was on display. Panasonic also introduced sensor devices that support a hydrogen society, as well as its vision of a carbon-free, comfortable, and safe hydrogen society.
Panasonic made household fuel cell commercially available in the Japanese market in 2009. This product uses hydrogen extracted from utility gas to make electricity and hot water in homes. The household fuel cell, currently being used in many houses and facilities, is contributing to the increasing popularity of this application.
Assuming that a society where hydrogen is supplied to each home will be realized in the near future, Panasonic is working to develop a pure hydrogen-type fuel cell that allows us to produce electricity directly from hydrogen with high efficiency and low cost. The company has installed prototype devices inside "Yume Solar-kan Yamanashi", Komekurayama in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, a field test site for renewable energy and next generation energy, and conducted electricity production performance tests from 2012.
As part of developing future technologies, Panasonic is also currently studying a solar hydrogen generation technology (photocatalyst) that produces hydrogen from water, by using a proprietary photocatalyst technology and renewable energy, namely sunlight. The japanese company is exploring every possibility of hydrogen production technology, including using the Energy and Environment New Technology Pioneer Program, a program funded by Japan's New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), and aim to realize the technology by around 2030. Research is also underway to develop a high-density storage technology.
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Google werkt aan browserversie chatdienst Allo IT Pro Nieuws Tweakers.
Je ziet dat Whatsapp en Telegram nu ook vaak worden gebruikt via een desktop web client, dus heel raar vind ik het niet dat ook Allo aan een desktop client werkt. 24 februari 2017 0911.: Ik kan hier maar n ding op zeggen: EINDELIJK! Toen ze de spreekwoordelijke stekker uit het Hangouts project trokken en de keuze maakte om combined messages SMS Hangouts weergave eruit te gooien was het voor mij enkel wachten op de desktop client van het allo project om hiernaar over te kunnen stappen en terug toekomstgericht een app te kunnen gebruiken. Hangouts heeft het pad vrijgemaakt gehad voor wat allo alleen maar beter kan maken. Actieve gebruiker nodig als tester? Count me in Google!
You can finally use Google Allo on the web Android Authority.
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The Big G also warns that should you choose to view Allo for web on your mobile browser, the app wont work. It also clarified that certain Allo features will remain mobile-exclusive. The list so far includes.: Connecting, switching, or removing Google accounts.
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Google Allo is a cross-platform smart messaging tool that works on iOS, Android and also the web. Allo Web is a web client that works only on Google Chrome. Get a Lot More Things to Done. There is no dearth of online chat services.
Google launches a Web client for Androids SMS app Ars Technica.
Google announced the feature launch on the official Google blog, which says Messages" for Web" will roll out to everyone over the next week. Android Messages started as a simple SMS app, but, with the Web client, it is turning into Google's' ninth messaging service after deep breath Google Talk, Google Voice, Buzz, Google Messenger, Hangouts, Spaces, Allo, and the Slack-like Hangouts Chat.
Importantly, the web client is not independent from your mobile device. The web app is effectively mirroring content from your phone, so if your phone dies or you simply turn it off, the web app wont work either. Google Allo is arguably Googles flagship mobile messaging app, and was announced at the Google I/O developer conference in May last year.


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Skodborghus er en lille bebyggelse lige nord for Kongeåen, som her danner grænse mellem Sønderjylland og Nørrejylland. Bebyggelsen ligger 2 km øst for Skibelund Krat, 4 km nord for Skodborg og 4 km syd for Vejen. Den hører til Vejen Sogn og Vejen Kommune.

Historie
Navnet Skodborg nævnes allerede i et brev fra hertug 'Jern'-Henrik i Sønderjylland af 17. juli 1368, i forbindelse med "Slottet Skodborg", som i den tid menes at være under belejring, og som antages at have været placeret op og ned af Kongeåen, hvor Skodborghus er placeret i dag. Åen hed på den tid Skodborg Å. Navnet "Skodborg Å" menes dog imidlertid allerede at være nævnt første gang i år 1000-tallet i islandske sagaer. Ordet "Skod" kommer af ordet "Skut", som betyder "Skat".

I 1811 blev det gamle slot beboet for sidste gang, af Hans Kr. Thomsen (død 1836). Han besluttede sig i 1814 til at rive slottet ned til grunden.

I 1862 blev den første landevej anlagt over Kongeåen forbi Skodborghus.

I 1864, da Sønderjylland blev en del af Preussen, forblev Skodborghus på den danske side, selvom det nuværende Skodborg lå på den tyske side. Dermed blev Skodborghus en vigtig grænseovergang mellem Danmark og Preussen. I 1866 byggede man en bolig til toldkontrolløren på den gamle slotsbankes østlige del.

Genforeningen
Efter Genforeningen i 1920 var Skodborghus ikke længere grænsepost, men foran Skodborghusvej 15 står grænsepæl nr. 57 til minde om genforeningen og den tidligere Kongeå-grænse.

Udviklingen
I 1970-2006 dannede Kongeåen på dette sted grænse mellem Rødding Kommune og Vejen Kommune og dermed også mellem Sønderjyllands Amt og Ribe Amt. Ved strukturreformen i 2007 indgik begge amter i Region Syddanmark, og Rødding Kommune blev indlemmet i Vejen Kommune, så der er ikke længere en administrativ grænse ved Skodborghus, men kun den historiske grænse mellem to landsdele.

I dag er Skodborghus et trafikknudepunkt for trafikken imellem Kolding, Ribe, Vejen og Aabenraa, idet Primærrute 32 og Sekundærrute 403 mødes i en rundkørsel i Skodborghus. Indtil 2015 var der et lysreguleret kryds på stedet. Derudover er der i Skodborghus en rasteplads, en fodboldgolfbane og 8 ejendomme, hvoraf et af husene også er gartneri. Udviklingen i området gør at der nu kun er 1 km åbent land mellem den sydligste del af Vejen og Skodborghus.

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What comes after Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VIII? Final Fantasy III, of course! At least that's the order in which Square Enix's classic RPGs have arrived on Steam, in keeping with the colourful logic of the games themselves. According to Square Enix the Steam edition will release May 28 and boasts "improved 3D visuals and story sequences", as well as Steam Trading Card implementation.
The new edition will also introduce "quicker browsing through the monster bestiary" and new designs for the game's Job Mastery Cards. It's probably also worth noting that this doesn't resemble the original 2D Nintendo edition of Final Fantasy III, but is instead a thoroughly redesigned 3D version originally released on the Nintendo DS in 2008.
If previous reports are anything to go by, Square Enix has big plans for Final Fantasy on PC . Producer Yoshinori Kitase said the time is right to finally bring the series back catalogue to Steam.
"There are lots of regions and countries where PC is very strong." Kitase said. "So in terms of our hope of being able to deliver our games to every single country in the world and to as many gamers as possible, yes, we would definitely be interested in pursuing that route in the future...It's an early stage for us. We haven't got an awful lot of experience in this field. So when we have more know-how and experience in this market we would be very interested."
If Final Fantasy III seems a bit primitive to you, best check out Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn , a reboot of the studio's notoriously lacklustre MMO installment. It's quite nifty.


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A Horseplayer's Tribute to Battle of Midway
Written by PTF
This is a special guest post by listener Bad Beat Brad (@badbeatbrad23), who uses a pseudonym as he's currently forward deployed in the U.S. Army.
For every horseplayer, it starts with a horse.
Andy Beyer tells the story of Sun in Action in Picking Winners. Steven Davidowitz recounted Flying Mercury in Betting Thoroughbreds. Pete has told the story on the show many times of how Silver Charm drew him into racing. My horse was Battle of Midway.
By some weird symmetry, his Breeders Cup Dirt Mile and recent resurgence coincided with my two most successful spells as a semi-serious, part-time handicapper. After Sunday's tragic news of Battle of Midway's breakdown, many wonderful tributes to Battle of Midway appeared in print and on social media from owners, trainers, writers, and fans. I felt compelled to add a few words of my own to Battle of Midway's legacy from the perspective of one emotionally involved handicapper.
A $100 win bet on Street Sense at my first Derby was all it took for me to first get the itch. Over subsequent years, I played with some regularity, but learned quickly that the amount of work required to be successful at the game was much more than an active-duty Soldier could produce when coupled with a growing family, multiple moves, and a demanding work schedule. There were some scores here and there, but I never felt that I could handicap at a consistent level to compete with good players. The only thing consistent was red on the ledger at the end of the year, and mid-pack finishes in tournaments.
In 2017, a nine month deployment overseas offered me the opportunity to finally put in the work. The deployment offered 3 uninterrupted hours most evening to handicap before bed. I listened to the DRF Players' Podcast and Steve Byk regularly, began to use Formulator's notes feature, read the workout reports, watched replays, and tried to incorporate as much of Andy Beyer's trip and bias ideas from "The Winning Horseplayer" into my handicapping as I could.
Initially I wasn't having much success pari-mutually, but some low stakes tournament success in late summer showed a glimmer of hope that these techniques were working. Similarly, Battle of Midway had some success early in 2017, but by mid-summer of his three-year-old season, and a disappointing 6thin the Haskell, it was clear that a change in plan was needed for Battle of Midway. A victory in the Shared Belief at Del Mar seemed to indicate a glimmer of hope going into the fall.
Which brings us 2017 Breeders Cup Dirt Mile. My handicapping plan was simple: watch the last race of every runner entered, follow the workout reports, and do the work. Here's Battle of Midway's last prep for the Dirt Mile, the Oklahoma Derby:
The chart caller noted the trouble in the first turn, but I was more impressed with the wide move in hand entering the far turn. It screamed Beyer's "Move into a Hot Pace" to me, one of the trip angles Pete is always discussing on the show.
Battle of Midway took the lead authoritatively at the top of stretch despite the early trouble and wide move, but Untrapped, who sat chilly for the first mile in the pocket saving ground, angled out to get by in the last furlong with a perfect trip. Battle of Midway's trip alone was enough to convince me to use him in the exotics, but then I looked down his pp's and saw he won the Shared Belief at Del Mar at a mile and felt that same lightning bolt of clarity and certainty that Beyer and Davidowitz described. The Dirt Mile WAS the plan all along after the Haskell flop. He didn't seem to want the classic distance, so it made perfect sense to prep him at 9f and then cut him back. The running line comment of "hung" is a kiss of death for most handicappers, so I knew he'd be a price. He was going to be my key to Breeders Cup weekend.
When 14-1 Battle of Midway made that four-wide, in hand move on the turn in the Dirt Mile, I thought we had a big chance. When he collared and passed a very game Sharp Azteca in the stretch, I knew we were home, but didn't celebrate. I just felt vindicated. Sure, Battle of Midway raced in the best part of the track that day, and Sharp Azteca was probably a classic JK "One Turn Horse," but Battle of Midway won and proved that he was serious G1 miler. He proved to me that doing the handicapping work does matter. That I could find value and longshots, and I could play the game in a serious manner, be rewarded, and compete with other good handicappers. That $2,375 Pick 4 jump started a furious late 2017 wagering rally that culminated with a Santa Anita opening day for the ages (thanks City of Light), and my first ever profitable year at the races.
When it was announced that Battle of Midway was retired, I was bummed, but hey, that's the game nowadays right? A few weeks later, I was back home in the US, moving my family again, and preparing for another deployment. In other words, I was off to my next job like my man Battle of Midway.
I was somewhat amused at the irony of Battle of Midway returning to the races around the same time I deployed again in August 2018. I wasn't exactly optimistic that he could recapture the form of the Dirt Mile, or that I would recapture my handicapping form of late 2017. His first starts were not the same class as we saw in late 2017, but he kept working and racing and improving. I started to handicap and play regularly again with little success. Taking trip notes didn't seem to be enough anymore so I began incorporating Race Flow and Timeform into the tool kit.
In November, Battle of Midway won the G3 Native Diver. In January, I qualified for the Pegasus World Cup Betting Challenge, my first major handicapping tournament. After a gutsy performance by Battle of Midway to beat McKinzie in the G2 San Pasquale, it was clear he was back. Could he win another Dirt Mile? Could I qualify for the BCBC? My handicapping goals seemed to be magically aligning with my old pal Battle of Midway's racing goals – Breeders Cup 2019 at Santa Anita. The band was back together, and the dream was crystal clear: I was going to qualify for the BCBC, and he was going to run in the Dirt Mile or Classic. Battle of Midway would be the key for my entire weekend once again. But I guess that perfect symbolism was too much for this game. Do you want to hear God laugh? Make a plan. Racing always keeps you humble.
It was about 2pm on Sunday when I read Jeremy Balan's tweet that Battle of Midway was euthanized after shattering his hind pastern entering the stretch during a work at Santa Anita. The news stung then and it continues to sting. It stings because he was a cool horse that didn't succeed in the breeding shed but came back to regain top level form just as I was regaining my handicapping form. It stings because he's the horse in MY story of when I knew I could play this game. It stings because as with all equine fatalities over, you wonder if it might have been prevented. Most of all, it stings because you always tell yourself that you know better than to become emotionally attached to the horses. After all, playing the horses is sometimes describes as "a game with numbers." But of course it's always been much more than that. Horses have a way of finding you in the past performances, and Battle of Midway found me.
He will be sorely missed.
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This holiday season will be the second in which advice columnist Amy Dickinson and the Family Reading Partnership team up to spread the joy of reading to children. Their campaign, called "A Book on Every Bed," encourages parents whose families celebrate Christmas to choose a book for their child, wrap it, and leave it on the foot of the child's bed to be found on Christmas morning.
The idea came from Pulitzer prize-winning author David McCullough, who remembers waking up to a book at the foot of his bed each Christmas morning as a child. "I think my love of books began on Christmas mornings long ago, and the love has never gone stale," McCullough says. His children received Christmas books, too, and they have passed the tradition on to their children.
This great idea can be adapted for any special occasion (Hanukkah, birthdays, or the first day of a new school year, for example) and can be a great source of inspiration for children as they begin to associate enjoyable holidays and special events with books. What better way to share the love of reading with a child?


Property consists of c.18 acres of good quality agricultural land all laid out in fields and in one plot. Also included with this property is a 1936 sq ft shed, 4 stable yard and sand arena.
The bungalow which was constructed in 2008 comprises of 4 bedrooms (1 en-suite), Kitchen/Dining room, Living room Utility and main bathroom.
Solid oak doors and floors throughout the house and OFCH, with fireplace in main Living Room.
Water is via bored well and bio-septic tank located on site.
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Keeping Faith Blu-ray Review
By Christopher Zabel September 11, 2018No Comments
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Smartly Written British Mystery Television
A sleepy Welsh town is the setting for Keeping Faith, an involving British thriller with a touch of humanity. The BBC mystery has a simple but engaging premise: A mild-mannered husband disappears one day on his way to work, leaving his wife and young children. When no body turns up, the police turn their eyes on his wife as a possible suspect. The ensuing mystery will ripple through their family and small town with harrowing consequences.
Keeping Faith stars Eve Myles (Torchwood, Broadchurch) as Faith. She's happily married to Evan and has three young children. Taking a break from the small law firm they own together for maternity leave, Faith is blindsided when Evan disappears. Was their "happy" marriage a facade, or did something happen to Evan out of his control? A seemingly good husband and father, no one knows if Evan is dead or has walked away from his life. It is as if Evan has vanished from the face of the Earth.
Once Faith gets a grip on her situation, she discovers a few things she didn't know about her husband and his secrets. Like all mysteries, several clues point in different directions to the cause behind Evan's disappearance. When the lawyer tangles with a detective that has a vendetta against Faith, things go from bad to worse. The more Faith digs for the reasons behind the mysterious disappearance, a greater web of deceit and corruption in the small town comes to light. We learn Evan kept troubling secrets of his own from Faith.
… the mystery unfolds in neatly unpredictable ways that adds an air of intrigue
Keeping Faith has a stellar cast, led by Eve Myles. The town has a whole host of vividly sketched characters, from sleazy ex-cons to the hard-as-nails lawyer that works for Faith's firm. Running eight episodes, the storytelling builds the mystery around Faith's investigation into Evan's disappearance as she balances work and children. Coming out of maternity leave, she has to keep their struggling law firm afloat while fending off detectives that think she may have been involved in the disappearance.
Creator Matthew Hall has crafted a taut mystery that goes far beyond its simple premise. The Welsh setting is perfect, adding a touch of mystique to the proper British mystery formula. Keeping Faith is an excellent female-driven BBC series. It's light on real action and suspense if you are looking for a dark thriller. However, the mystery unfolds in neatly unpredictable ways that adds an air of intrigue. These aren't problems considering its striking cinematography, engaging score and outstanding production values.
RLJ Entertainment distributes Keeping Faith for Acorn Media. The 2017 BBC co-production arrives on Blu-ray with all eight episodes spread over three BD-50s. Each episodes runs about an hour, transparently encoded in strong AVC averaging around 25 Mbps.
There is a lot of eye candy here for a British mystery. The fantastic production values and scenic Welsh cinematography produce pristine 1080P video. It is presented at the usual 1.78:1 aspect ratio so common to modern television.
Keeping Faith has impeccably clean picture quality with excellent black levels and contrast. The consistent dimensionality and depth are theatrical in scope. Close-ups reveal the razor-sharp clarity expected of top-notch Blu-rays.
This is a perfect digital transfer with a fairly neutral color palette. Flesh-tones haven't been pushed towards a specific color. Most remarkable is how consistent and even Keeping Faith's video remains under different lighting conditions.
Keeping Faith's 5.1 English DTS-HD MA soundtrack offers an engaging score in clean, crisp fidelity. The surround mix is largely used for ambient support. It lacks the dramatic immersion and discrete sound cues of theatrical films.
The mix has nice dynamic range without overwhelming the fairly intelligible dialogue. Keeping Faith is a television production and its limited surround mix sounds like other British productions on home video.
Optional English SDH subtitles play in a white font.
Acorn Media is usually pretty good about including supplemental content for their British shows. Creator and head writer Matthew Hall goes behind the scenes in a series of featurettes that delve into the Welsh production. Most of the cast are featured in the interview clips. The featurettes reveal the interesting production background for Keeping Faith. The cast performed each scene twice, once in English and once in Welsh.
The three-disc set comes with a slipcover.
Character Introductions (04:35 in HD) – Eve Myles, Mark Lewis Jones, Matthew Gravelle, Hannah Daniel and Aneirin Hughes briefly discuss the characters they play. Each actor recaps what their character is going through in the story.
Behind The Scenes Featurettes (44:37 in HD) – A series of featurettes strung together that all focus on different aspects of the production. This is padded with footage from the set and interview clips from most everyone in the show. Creator Matthew Hall and a producer provide the best insight into Keeping Faith's bi-lingual production, as it was made in both English and Welsh. The cast was consciously picked that could speak both languages.
Trailers – Lochness (01:05 in HD), Acceptable Risk (01:05 in HD), and a promo for Acorn TV (00:31 in HD) play before the main menu of the first disc.
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A gorgeous Welsh setting provides the ambiance for Keeping Faith's missing person mystery with a strong female lead.
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Q: Creating Multiple li on multiple ol and put them in specific position I'm sorry about my bad English, I'm learning js hope you can help me =)
What I want is to create a li element on both ol with JS and put them in the second position in the list, when I do for the 1 ol it works, but when I attempt to put it into a loop (for), it's not working =(
I'm pretty noob at this, if you can help me I will appreciate it a lot thanks

for (i = 0; i > 1; i++) {
  var newelementlist = document.createElement("li");
  var newcontent = document.createTextNode("Element N3");
  newelementlist.appendChild(newcontent);

  var container = document.getElementsByClassName("list")[i];
  var lastson = container.lastElementChild;
  container.appendChild(newelementlist);
  container.insertBefore(newelementlist, lastson);
}

Element N1

Element N2

Element N1

Element N2

A: To append a DOM element to a specific position, you can use insertBefore :
parent.insertBefore(newElement, parent.children[i])
Where i is the position of the next element. In your case, the parent is one ol element and children are its li elements. You want to insert an element at the second position so i is 2.
To apply this to every ol, just make a loop on every parent element you have with your selection by class.

A: If I understand you well, maybe is it of that you need:

let ols = [...document.querySelectorAll('ol.list')]; // get all

ols.forEach(ol => { // iterate...
    let lis = [...ol.querySelectorAll('li')]; // get all
 child
  lis.forEach(li => ol.removeChild(li)); // iterate to remove from
 parent
  let newLi = document.createElement("li"); // create your new

  let newContent = document.createTextNode('New Element'); // create new content for new

  newLi.appendChild(newContent); // append the content into new

    lis.splice(1, 0, newLi); // add the new
 at the second position in array (index 1)
  lis.forEach(li => ol.appendChild(li)); // append all
 on current

})

Element N1

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The company "RMNTK-thermal system" successfully completed the installation and commissioning work on the Russian field (Yamal). Put into operation a unique mobile complex pumping the heated and highly mineralized water bottom to displace the heavy oil.
In pressing-welding workshop (PSC) "Promtractor" July 12 competed for the title of "Best Welder factory" fourteen people. Participants of the contest was to weld the pipe professional skills with Groove. Required to perform the task in 20 minutes (for exceeding the time limit relied penalty point). Also, the welders had to go through a series of theoretical tests. To win the first place, it was necessary to get maximum points. "The work of the participants were assessed jury, which consisted of process engineers, quality engineers, and other experts — said the chief welder" Promtractor "Dmitry Sviridov.
One-fifth of the electricity produced is used for lighting, and the most significant share in the street, industrial, commercial and light industrial areas. How to reduce paper costs in this area in 2-3 or even 10 times? The problem can be solved by using a light source of high energy efficiency —Induction Lamp.
Plant TONAR, known for its construction and agricultural equipment trailers, and more recently also the tractors, trucks, delivery starts uglevozov in Mongolia. The first-born of the project, a four semitrailer with movable floors TONAR-974618, coupled to the truck tractor TONAR-6428 went to the place of work in June.
As part of a three-axle tractor-semitrailer tractor TONAR-6428 and a four-TONAR semi-974618 to be used in the context of Kuschut. Application Technology "hitch" is as follows: coal, having been removed from the cut heavy mining trucks, semi-trailer is loaded into the back of truck.


As we all know, providing an excellent customer experience is the key to running a successful dealership. On today's show, CBT's Jim Fitzpatrick discusses why car buyers today want the purchase process to be hassle-free and convenient with New York Times bestselling author Shep Hyken.
Last year alone, $75 billion dollars was lost due to poor customer service, and that number has grown from $62 billion in 2016 and $32 billion in 2014. Why is customer service such a struggle throughout every industry? Although other stats say customer service is improving, it is not happening fast enough.
Companies have realized that in order to remain competitive, they need to deliver a better overall customer experience. It's no longer enough to have people loyal to a car brand; they need to be loyal to your specific dealership. Ultimately, the customer knows what great service is, and if you don't provide it for them, they'll find someone else that does.
So, what are some powerful strategies that a dealer or manager can implement to create long-lasting customer and employee loyalty? Treat your employees the way you would treat your customers, and set the tone of the dealership from the inside.
Top performing dealerships are offering things that lower performing dealerships are not. When you make an appointment at a top dealership, the staff is already familiar with you and your needs. They also return your vehicle cleaner than it was when it arrived, and they make sure their service timeline is accurate. You may think these are common sense, no-brainer things, but they really only happen at the top 25% of dealerships according to J.D. Power.
Focus on the things that are common sense and what you can realistically deliver. Doing this will not only provide good customer service, but also an excellent overall customer experience from start to finish. The trifecta of success is having a good product, good service, and an easier experience.
You can purchase Shep Hyken's new book, The Convenience Revolution here.


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Marcus Rashford: Manchester United forward responds to being racially abused after Arsenal draw
Marcus Rashford has hit back at racist abuse he received on Saturday. The Football Association (FA) had earlier condemned the racial abuse of players after United duo Axel Tuanzebe and Anthony Martial, West Bromwich Albion's Romaine Sawyers and Chelsea's Reece James were targeted this week.
Published 31/01/2021 at 09:24 GMT
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford said the racial abuse he received online after Saturday's 0-0 draw at Arsenal was "humanity and social media at its worst".
The 23-year-old England international said he refused to take screenshots of the multiple messages he received as it would be irresponsible to do so.
"Humanity and social media at its worst. Yes I'm a Black man and I live every day proud that I am. No one, or no one comment, is going to make me feel any different," Rashford wrote on Twitter late on Saturday.
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"So sorry if you were looking for a strong reaction, you're just simply not going to get it here.
"I'm not sharing screenshots. It would be irresponsible to do so... there's nothing original in them.
I have beautiful children of all colours following me and they don't need to read it. Beautiful colours that should only be celebrated.
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"We are united with all of football in our abhorrence of any racist abuse. This is not acceptable in any part of society," the FA said in a statement on Twitter on Saturday.
"We will continue to work with the rest of the game, the government and social media platforms to remove this - and all elements of - discrimination from our sport."
Police on Friday said they had arrested a 49-year-old man relating to the abuse of Sawyers.
Government ministers met top English players on Monday to discuss online abuse and discrimination as part of a series of "Future of Football" discussions.
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BELTON, Texas Nineteen University of Mary Hardin-Baylor football players claimed spots on the American Southwest Conference All-Conference teams released today. Markeith Miller, Jefferson Fritz, Colton Hall, Joey Longoria and Pete Fredenburg also earned individual superlatives in balloting of conference head coaches.
Miller, a senior running back from Garland High School, was named ASC Offensive Player of the Year and also claimed a spot on the All-Conference First Team. Miller leads the conference with 1,301 yards and 22 rushing touchdowns. He also has two touchdown receptions on the year and ranks among the national leaders in scoring. Miller becomes just the third Cru player to win ASC Offensive Player of the Year honors.
Fritz, a sophomore free safety from Kaufman High School, was named ASC Defensive Player of the Year and also earned a spot on the All-Conference First Team. Fritz leads the league with eight interceptions and also has six pass break-ups. He has 28 total tackles and has blocked a kick for the nation's top-ranked defense. Fritz is the 15th UMHB player to win ASC Defensive Player of the Year honors.
Hall, a senior offensive tackle from Liberty Hill High School, was voted ASC Offensive Lineman of the Year and joined Miller on the All-Conference First Team Offense. Hall is the highest-grading offensive lineman for the Cru and helps clear the way for an offense that is averaging 62.3 points, 270.0 rushing yards and 491.7 yards of total offense per game this season. Hall is UMHB's ninth ASC Offensive Lineman of the Year.
Longoria, a junior defensive tackle from Pearland High School, earned ASC Defensive Lineman of the Year honors and joined Fritz on the All-Conference First Team Defense. Longoria leads the Cru with 7.0 sacks and has 11.0 tackles for loss and 43 total stops. He has recovered two fumbles and forced another. Longoria is the 10th Cru player to win ASC Defensive Lineman of the Year honors.
Lane Smith, Steven Sellers and Aaron Sims also earned spots on the ASC All-Conference First Team Offense. Smith, a senior guard from Franklin High School, and Sellers, a sophomore center from Wylie High School, help Hall anchor the offensive line for the Cru. Sims, a freshman wide receiver/kick returner from Yoe High School in Cameron, earned return specialist honors. Sims leads the country with four punt returns for touchdowns and is averaging 30.7 yards per return. He also has 25 receptions for 253 yards and three more TDs.
Isaiah Johnson, Elijah Cross, De Jackson, Jalen Martin and Reggie Cole all join Adams and Fanene on the All-Conference First Team defense. Johnson, a junior defensive tackle from Warner Robbins, Georgia, has 32 total tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks on the year. Cross, a senior defensive end from Sonora High School, has 28 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, 4.0 sacks and a team-best three forced fumbles. Jackson, a senior linebacker from Lindale High School, leads UMHB with 50 total tackles and adds 2.5 sacks and a pair of pass break-ups. Martin, a senior linebacker from Round Rock Cedar Ridge High School, has 33 total tackles, three interceptions and five pass break-ups. Cole, a senior cornerback from Dobie High School, has 21 tackles, 6.0 tackles for loss, five pass break-ups and one interception on the year..
The Cru had two players named to the All-Conference Second Team Offense. T.J. Josey, a senior wide receiver from Angleton High School, has 26 receptions for 484 yards and a team-best seven touchdowns. K.J. Miller, a sophomore slot back/kick returner from West Orange Stark High School, leads UMHB with 34 catches for 456 yards and two touchdowns and he has also returned three punts for touchdowns on the season.
The Cru added four Honorable Mention All-Conference selections. Wide Receiver Jonel Reed, a junior from Fort Worth Boswell High School, has 21 catches for 421 yards and six scores. Quarterback Jase Hammack, a junior from Andrews High School, has thrown for 1,381 yards and 12 touchdowns and has three rushing scores. Raylon Hickey (Sr. Giddings HS) and Holten Einkauf (Sr., Sealy HS) both claimed spots on the Honorable Mention defense. Hickey has 46 total tackles, three pass break-ups and an interception. Einkauf is averaging 39.1 yards per punt and has placed 12 of his kicks inside the opponent's 20-yard line this season.
Fredenburg was voted ASC Coach of the Year after leading UMHB to another undefeated season and the Cru's 16th conference championship in 20 seasons of play. UMHB has been ranked #2 in the country in both national polls all season and the Cru will be making its 17th appearance in the NCAA Division III National Championships this year. Fredenburg is now an 11-time ASC Coach of the Year.
Derek Sides was voted to the ASC Outstanding Sportsman Team of the Year. Sides, a senior wide receiver from Graham High School, has two catches for 62 yards and also has a kickoff return for a touchdown this season.
This is the third All-Conference honor for Markeith Miller. Josey, Martin, Hall, Hickey and Cole are two-time All-Conference selections and this is the first UMHB All-Conference honor for the other Cru honorees.
The Cru finished the regular season with a 10-0 overall record and won its 14th straight ASC championship with a 9-0 league mark. UMHB will advance to the NCAA Division III National Championships for the 15th straight season and host Hardin-Simmons University in the First Round this Saturday. That game will kick off at 12:00 PM at Crusader Stadium.


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Iran Holds Military Drills Near Strait Of Hormuz
The Iranian military exercises are aimed at "improving readiness in confronting foreign threats and any possible invasion," state TV reported.
Iran's military has kicked of naval, air, and ground exercises in the coastal area of the Gulf of Oman and near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, state media report.
Commandos and airborne infantry will take part in the drills, along with submarines, drones, fighter jets, helicopters transport aircraft and air defense systems, state TV said on December 30.
The maneuvers, dubbed Zolfaghar-1401, are aimed at "improving readiness in confronting foreign threats and any possible invasion," the report said.
Tehran, which opposes the presence of Western navies in the Strait of Hormuz, regularly holds military drills in the area. The strait, located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, is crucial to global energy supplies, with about one-fifth of all oil traded at sea passing through it.
Iran's military maneuvers come as the authorities continue their bloody crackdown on anti-government protests that have rocked the country for more than three months.
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Living Savannah, Music
General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers, "Whistle the Dirges," and the wonders of contradiction
Click for a larger pic of Nate Marsh's great cover
I'm not quite sure where to begin with a review of Whistle the Dirges, the first album by the Savannah-based General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers.
With the complex, evocative lyrics? With the layers of sound — including the occasional accordion, flugel horn and dobro — in the final mix? With the striking emotional range of lead singer Devin Smith's voice? With the inherent contradictions in the band's name and in the title of their first album?
For those who don't know, General Oglethorpe was the visionary founder of Savannah and the colony of Georgia in 1733. The utopian Oglethorpe's original plan of streets and squares still controls — and magnifies — the diverse interactions that characterize public life in Savannah's historic district.
Maybe because of the obvious grounding in place, I think of "Mary" as the album's signature song. It begins like this:
This is a typically Savannah conversation. Two people of vastly different backgrounds cross paths in public; they've seen each other before; the older woman echoes Lady Astor's famous description of Savannah ("a beautiful woman with a dirty face") as the conversation turns quickly personal, an intimacy made easier by the certainty that the exchange will be cut short by circumstance — and by the certainty that the two will see each other again.
General O's upbeat sound is a mix of genres — mainly rock and folk, but there's no easy comparison for me to draw. (For what it's worth, the band lists Modest Mouse, The Elephant 6 Collective, Arcade Fire, The Beatles, M. Ward, and Andrew Bird among its influences.) Anna Chandler's backing vocals add resonance to Smith's occasionally lilting voice. Jak Horner's bass and Duncan Iaria's drums sometimes come forward suddenly, only to retreat with abrupt changes in mood and tempo.
The lyrics to "Mary," "Old Threads," and "Over the Counter Silence"
Some of the tracks are perhaps best described as straight up rock and roll, like "Sick Sick Lover," which opens with a fast pace and intense, sensual lyrics: "i'm sorry for taking all your time/lackluster lips tainted gin & lime/spent a good ten years burying dragonflies/knee-deep in waterbeds and mae west thighs." Even in the songs that might seem more mainstream, for want of a better word, the lyrics are rich like this with metaphor and symbol. There's a vibrant unpredictability to the phrasing too — the result is a level of complexity that could open artistic doors for General O even while creating innumerable challenges. I think a few tracks, like "Hush Animal," get too caught up in the density of sound and of meaning, but that song is followed on the album by "Red Hot," with its steadier beat and catchy, experience-over-education lyrics: "well I've learned more from a cigarette/than all my schooling taught."
As much as I like General O when the tempo is fast, I think I like the slow moments even better. Like the vulnerability of Smith's voice in passages from "Mary" or at the beginning of "Over the Counter Silence" as he sings, "oh the mouths of the soles of my shoes say/take me home/and you said what the world needs/is an over the counter silence."
I had been vaguely aware of General Oglethorpe & the Panhandlers for months before I heard them in a perfect setting — surrounded by a contemplative audience on a rainy Sunday night at The Sentient Bean here in Savannah. They were on the bill with singer-songwriter Dare Dukes, whose upcoming show and great album Prettiest Transmitter of All I'll be writing about soon. It will be interesting to watch how General O's live show develops in the coming months, as they develop new material and as promoting the album inevitably takes them to new venues.
The release party for 12-song LP Whistle the Dirges — vinyl with a digital download CDs for now — is scheduled for Saturday, February 5th at Tantra Lounge on Broughton Street.
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From April – July 2009 I had an internet radio show called ARTATTACK RADIO on PIBCO, the Poconos Internet Broadcasting Company. I interviewed local artists, talked about the art scene here and had local musicians play short sets. These paintings I did were for web ads / banners and paper flyers but I stopped doing the show before they were used.


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Success Story: James River Powerline Ruling
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Success Story Update: Persistence pays off—court rules Army Corps acted improperly in approving James River powerlines without Environmental Impact Statement.
On March 1, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a lower court's decision and ruled that the Army Corps of Engineers acted improperly in allowing the Dominion Energy Co. to construct a massive powerline crossing the James River at Jamestown, Virginia, without preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement.
The disputed powerline section consists of seventeen towers reaching as high as 295 feet, cutting through what has been called "one of the nation's most historically rich areas," where colonists under the leadership of Capt. John Smith founded the first permanent English settlement in North America. Both the National Park Service and the federal Advisory Council on Historic Preservation strongly opposed the construction, citing irreparable damage to the historic landscape. Despite these objections the Army Corps of Engineers issued the utility company a construction permit in June 2017, claiming a finding of "no significant impact" on the river environment and historic surroundings.
The Coalition joined forces with several other groups in a lawsuit to halt the construction, submitting a detailed amicus curiae brief that pointed out the substantial impact the powerline would have on Colonial National Historical Park, Carter's Grove National Historic Landmark, and the Captain John Smith National Historic Trail. In May, 2018, the U.S. District Court ruled against this lawsuit, allowing to construction to proceed.
The Coalition and its partners were not deterred, however, and filed an immediate appeal: a decision whose wisdom has now been confirmed. The verdict of the three-member Court of Appeals panel was unambiguous: "The Corps's "no significant impact" finding was arbitrary and capricious: important questions about both the Corps's chosen methodology and the scope of the project's impact remain unanswered, and federal and state agencies with relevant expertise harbor serious misgivings about locating a project of this magnitude in a region of such singular importance to the nation's history. Accordingly, we reverse the district court's decision to the contrary and remand with instructions to vacate the permit and direct the Corps to prepare an environmental impact statement."
The future of the towers, completed while the appeal was in process, is now uncertain, but Dominion Energy's own court filings offered a prediction that seems hard to dismiss: "Without the permit, Dominion would not be authorized to maintain the towers within the river and, absent express authority from a court or otherwise, likely would have no choice but to remove the towers." The Coalition will continue watching this situation closely.
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Robin Cook: Resignation Speech as UK Foreign Secretary, 2003
The British Labour party politician Robin Cook (1946 – 2005) was the the UK Foreign Secretary from 1997 to 2001 under Prime Minister Tony Blair. Cook resigned dramatically from the cabinet in March 2003 in protest against the invasion of Iraq.
The transcript can be downloaded from the BBC website. The video is from Youtube.
Robin Cook:
This is the first time for 20 years that I have addressed the House from the back benches.
I must confess that I had forgotten how much better the view is from here.
None of those 20 years were more enjoyable or more rewarding than the past two, in which I have had the immense privilege of serving this House as Leader of the House, which were made all the more enjoyable, Mr Speaker, by the opportunity of working closely with you.
It was frequently the necessity for me as Leader of the House to talk my way out of accusations that a statement had been preceded by a press interview.
On this occasion I can say with complete confidence that no press interview has been given before this statement.
I have chosen to address the House first on why I cannot support a war without international agreement or domestic support.
The present Prime Minister is the most successful leader of the Labour party in my lifetime.
I hope that he will continue to be the leader of our party, and I hope that he will continue to be successful. I have no sympathy with, and I will give no comfort to, those who want to use this crisis to displace him.
I applaud the heroic efforts that the prime minister has made in trying to secure a second resolution.
I do not think that anybody could have done better than the foreign secretary in working to get support for a second resolution within the Security Council.
But the very intensity of those attempts underlines how important it was to succeed.
Now that those attempts have failed, we cannot pretend that getting a second resolution was of no importance.
France has been at the receiving end of bucket loads of commentary in recent days.
It is not France alone that wants more time for inspections. Germany wants more time for inspections; Russia wants more time for inspections; indeed, at no time have we signed up even the minimum necessary to carry a second resolution.
We delude ourselves if we think that the degree of international hostility is all the result of President Chirac.
The reality is that Britain is being asked to embark on a war without agreement in any of the international bodies of which we are a leading partner – not NATO, not the European Union and, now, not the Security Council.
To end up in such diplomatic weakness is a serious reverse.
Only a year ago, we and the United States were part of a coalition against terrorism that was wider and more diverse than I would ever have imagined possible.
History will be astonished at the diplomatic miscalculations that led so quickly to the disintegration of that powerful coalition.
The US can afford to go it alone, but Britain is not a superpower.
Our interests are best protected not by unilateral action but by multilateral agreement and a world order governed by rules.
Yet tonight the international partnerships most important to us are weakened: the European Union is divided; the Security Council is in stalemate.
Those are heavy casualties of a war in which a shot has yet to be fired.
I have heard some parallels between military action in these circumstances and the military action that we took in Kosovo. There was no doubt about the multilateral support that we had for the action that we took in Kosovo.
It was supported by NATO; it was supported by the European Union; it was supported by every single one of the seven neighbours in the region. France and Germany were our active allies.
It is precisely because we have none of that support in this case that it was all the more important to get agreement in the Security Council as the last hope of demonstrating international agreement.
The legal basis for our action in Kosovo was the need to respond to an urgent and compelling humanitarian crisis.
Our difficulty in getting support this time is that neither the international community nor the British public is persuaded that there is an urgent and compelling reason for this military action in Iraq.
The threshold for war should always be high.
None of us can predict the death toll of civilians from the forthcoming bombardment of Iraq, but the US warning of a bombing campaign that will "shock and awe" makes it likely that casualties will be numbered at least in the thousands.
I am confident that British servicemen and women will acquit themselves with professionalism and with courage. I hope that they all come back.
I hope that Saddam, even now, will quit Baghdad and avert war, but it is false to argue that only those who support war support our troops.
It is entirely legitimate to support our troops while seeking an alternative to the conflict that will put those troops at risk.
Nor is it fair to accuse those of us who want longer for inspections of not having an alternative strategy.
For four years as foreign secretary I was partly responsible for the western strategy of containment.
Over the past decade that strategy destroyed more weapons than in the Gulf war, dismantled Iraq's nuclear weapons programme and halted Saddam's medium and long-range missiles programmes.
Iraq's military strength is now less than half its size than at the time of the last Gulf war.
Ironically, it is only because Iraq's military forces are so weak that we can even contemplate its invasion. Some advocates of conflict claim that Saddam's forces are so weak, so demoralised and so badly equipped that the war will be over in a few days.
We cannot base our military strategy on the assumption that Saddam is weak and at the same time justify pre-emptive action on the claim that he is a threat.
Iraq probably has no weapons of mass destruction in the commonly understood sense of the term – namely a credible device capable of being delivered against a strategic city target.
It probably still has biological toxins and battlefield chemical munitions, but it has had them since the 1980s when US companies sold Saddam anthrax agents and the then British Government approved chemical and munitions factories.
Why is it now so urgent that we should take military action to disarm a military capacity that has been there for 20 years, and which we helped to create?
Why is it necessary to resort to war this week, while Saddam's ambition to complete his weapons programme is blocked by the presence of UN inspectors?
Only a couple of weeks ago, Hans Blix told the Security Council that the key remaining disarmament tasks could be completed within months.
I have heard it said that Iraq has had not months but 12 years in which to complete disarmament, and that our patience is exhausted.
Yet it is more than 30 years since resolution 242 called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories.
We do not express the same impatience with the persistent refusal of Israel to comply.
I welcome the strong personal commitment that the prime minister has given to middle east peace, but Britain's positive role in the middle east does not redress the strong sense of injustice throughout the Muslim world at what it sees as one rule for the allies of the US and another rule for the rest.
Nor is our credibility helped by the appearance that our partners in Washington are less interested in disarmament than they are in regime change in Iraq.
That explains why any evidence that inspections may be showing progress is greeted in Washington not with satisfaction but with consternation: it reduces the case for war.
What has come to trouble me most over past weeks is the suspicion that if the hanging chads in Florida had gone the other way and Al Gore had been elected, we would not now be about to commit British troops.
The longer that I have served in this place, the greater the respect I have for the good sense and collective wisdom of the British people.
On Iraq, I believe that the prevailing mood of the British people is sound. They do not doubt that Saddam is a brutal dictator, but they are not persuaded that he is a clear and present danger to Britain.
They want inspections to be given a chance, and they suspect that they are being pushed too quickly into conflict by a US Administration with an agenda of its own.
Above all, they are uneasy at Britain going out on a limb on a military adventure without a broader international coalition and against the hostility of many of our traditional allies.
From the start of the present crisis, I have insisted, as Leader of the House, on the right of this place to vote on whether Britain should go to war.
It has been a favourite theme of commentators that this House no longer occupies a central role in British politics.
Nothing could better demonstrate that they are wrong than for this House to stop the commitment of troops in a war that has neither international agreement nor domestic support.
I intend to join those tomorrow night who will vote against military action now. It is for that reason, and for that reason alone, and with a heavy heart, that I resign from the government.
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The outside world is over-rated.
Great blog - did the SPD staffer really say that? Fabulous!
@M4GD - i don't really do eye contact and I didn't look up so I am not sure about view.
@outside-jane - well, sort of. SPD are very orthodox, but I remember thinking 'he is too intelligent. He sees too clearly and speaks too plainly. The Party does not like such people. One day he will disappear. It is written in his face.


Amid all the national news, the selection of Parliamentary candidates continues to rumble on.
Next to select, at an Association meeting this Thursday, is Birmingham Northfield. Richard Burden gained the seat for Labour in 1992 and has held it for the ensuing 27 years, currently with a majority of 4,667 votes.
Cllr Tim Mayer. A Coventry City Councillor, for Westwood ward, Mayer works in sports sales and marketing and is Deputy Chairman of the Heartlands Conservative Association. In 2017 he was the Conservative candidate in Coventry North East. He sits on the Board of Coventry Refugee and Migrant Centre, and is a former board member of Age UK Birmingham.
Jonathan Gullis. A teacher and Head of Year at a Birmingham secondary school, Gullis is Secretary for the Conservative Education Society and has served as a union representative for the NASUWT for the last three years. At the 2017 General Election he contested the constituency of Washington and Sunderland West, and he currently serves as Deputy Chairman of Stratford-on-Avon Conservative Association. He has written on education policy for ConservativeHome.
Cllr Gary Sambrook. A Birmingham City Councillor, he gained the Kingstanding ward for the Conservatives for the first time since the 1960s back in 2014. He serves as Shadow Cabinet Member for Homes and Neighbourhoods in the Conservative council group. Formerly a Campaign Manager for the Conservative Party, since 2015 he has worked as a Parliamentary Assistant to James Morris MP.


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To be convincing, an academic argument must be objective and unbiased, so that its analysis is thorough and its conclusions are rigourously tested, and based on neutral and rational views. Conclusions are drawn cautiously, to avoid exaggeration. Demonstrating these attributes in the way that you work is fundamental, but you can also reflect and reinforce them in the way you write.
Below is a sample of academic writing, with sections of the text underlined to show where it demonstrates this quality:
Shakespeare's sonnets demonstrate that he exploited the potential of literary forms as a means of argument.Argument is not a purely cognitive activity in which one's case is always made cogently and explicitly; both in life and literature it is reliant upon suggestion and an appeal to the emotions, as is evident in Sonnet 42. On a superficial level, the argument appears to be that of the poet within himself; he seems to have successfully convinced himself through witty conceit that his 'grief' is in fact a 'joy'. However, the true argument is directed at the reader; Shakespeare suggests that the offered consolation is entirely insubstantial. The apparent retreat to internality ('thee' becomes 'my friend' in the thirteenth line, indicating that the poem is no longer addressed to the friend) suggests a lack of confidence which prevents the poet from making public the conceit-based argument, while the flat contradiction of the preceding lines in 'she loves but me alone' means that this effect does not rely on any exophoric reference on the reader's part; the inconsistency is a fundamental aspect of the poem's design. Although the sonnet is an entirely different medium from the play, this poem demonstrates two aspects of Shakespearian argument which, it will here be contended, are evident in the problem plays: firstly, that Shakespeare's argumentative method is to appeal to the emotions rather than to reason, and secondly that he argues through negation (as, for example, he negates the abandoned lover's consolation in Sonnet 42). The term 'problem plays' will here be taken as referring to The Merchant of Venice, All's Well That Ends Well and Measure for Measure. Although other plays, notably Troilus and Cressida, have also been placed in this category by critics, they have much less in common with these three than they do with each other.
The first person 'I' is avoided, and passive constructions are used instead: 'it will here be contended' instead of 'I contend'. Sometimes this strategy may become unnecessarily wordy: 'will here be taken as refering to' could have been phrased more concisely as 'here refers to'.
Hedging language is used to distinguish between statements which can be made with confidence (with red text) and those which could be contested, eg 'suggests'.
The language is neutral and avoids emotive words.


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Father's Day gifts nationwide being 'Made in America'
Fri, June 18, 2021 by ABC News
Leatherman co-founder Tim Leatherman. (ABC News)
HomeBusinessFather's Day gifts nationwide being 'Made in America'
(NEW YORK) — Across the country, companies are using locally sourced, U.S.-based materials to make the perfect gift for dad this Father's Day.
Leatherman Tools in Portland, Oregon, makes multi-tools that can cut, slice and saw. Founded in 1983, co-founder Tim Leatherman still works on the factory floor and is determined to keep the jobs in his hometown.
"I became very proud that we were doing our manufacturing here in Portland, Oregon, and the thing I became most proud of was the jobs created," said Leatherman.
The company employs 550 workers and can make up to 10,000 tools a day.
Leah Preble has been on the factory line for 27 years. She said she's proud of her handiwork.
"I can definitely say [that I know] that when a tool leaves this building someone is going to have an amazing, amazing tool," said Preble.
In Kansas City, Missouri, restaurant Q39 is making and selling its famous barbecue sauce.
Owner and chef Rob Magee said his assortment of sauces are championship award-winning.
"My sauces are locally made here in Kansas City," said Magee. "I have zesty, honey, classic and assorted rubs that you put on your barbecue and you become a champion just like me."
In Rockford, Illinois, Estwing Manufacturing has been making hammers for five generations. They employ 280 workers and make up to five million tools a year.
President and COO Mark Youngren said that the company has stuck around because it's based in America.
"We use all American-made steel," said Youngren. "We're not going to go anywhere."
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Piete uncovered another shocking truth about Irving.
Erik had a little to drink.
Teriann is really a multilingual person.
Both Ninja and Sho have done well.
I don't want to interrupt Howard while he's speaking.
Although she is rich, she is not happy.
I think Sergiu is going to want to see this.
Jeff exchanged her camera for a guitar.
I didn't know that I was supposed to do that.
A boy saw a dog. And then this child got happy because of the dog.
Kim anonymously donated a large sum of money to the Red Cross.
I'll bet Kenton doesn't know either.
I never liked Rafael much.
Seeing as how we both have complexions suited to the winter colour scheme, it is easy for my sister and me to shop together.
I'm pretty sure Nathan's unhappy.
Why are you panting so?
Dominic has very short hair.
I knew Chuck would show up eventually.
Lynnette doesn't know what Nichael told John.
The best day of my life was the day I met Jeff.
Roxana is the captain of our team.
Dawn is still very angry.
I didn't want Stephan to stay at my place.
Vic attacked Scot with a dagger.
Irwin doesn't need a haircut.
Karen is really very nice.
Jared called the meeting to order.
It is the factory, my brother works in.
My daughter would like to eat some candies.
I have to tell Root about this right away.
Edward wanted a million dollars.
Real didn't tell anyone about Gregor's pregnancy.
I thought Matt had stopped smoking.
I assumed Pamela had told you I would be here.
Eduardo might possibly have been the one who broke the window.


Traumatic events can affect a person's psychological health in a number of ways. Most people who experience trauma will have some kind of psychological reaction, such as fear, sadness, guilt or anger but will often find that these reactions improve over time. However, some people will go on to develop a more severe reaction, called posttraumatic stress disorder (or PTSD), which can seriously disrupt their lives.
Changes in thoughts and feelings so that they often feel overwhelmed by negative feelings such as fear, sadness or anger or repeated negative thoughts about the event and its consequences. Other changes in feelings might include feeling cut off from friends or family, not enjoying things like they normally would or feeling emotionally numb.
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People with PTSD require professional treatment. Untreated, PTSD can become a chronic and debilitating disorder, so it is important that effective treatment is obtained as soon as possible. There are effective treatments available for PTSD. More information about our treatments for PTSD can be found here.


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Fits 2005+ Nissan Xterra and Frontier. D44 (Dana 44) and Nissan C200 axle.
Please Select D44 or C200 under Options below. If you arent sure which axle you have, there are pictures of both versions on the right.
THE BEST WAY TO BE CERTAIN which one you have is to count the number of bolts holding the factory diff cover on. As you can see in the pics to the right, there are EIGHT holes on the C200 and TWELVE on the Dana 44 (D44)...so 8-bolts = C200 and 12 bolts = D44.
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Jake: *comes in and takes a seat across from the interviewer with a grin* *in a British accent* Hello.
Interviewer: *returns the smile* Hi there. How are you?
Jake: I'm doing quite well. How are you?
Jake: *nods* Ready when you are.
Jake: Jacob Grisham. Almost everyone calls me Jake.
Jake: Sixteen and a half.
Interviewer: Do you have a job?
Interviewer: Are you an introvert or an extrovert?
Jake: I think I'm right on the line. I really love people, but I also really love the peace and quiet of the farmland and the surrounding woods and lake and everything.
Interviewer: Do you have a favorite part of the farm?
Interviewer: Do you have a favorite meal?
Jake: She makes excellent schnitzel and potatoes, but her apple pie definitely takes first place.
Interviewer: Do you have a favorite color?
Interviewer: Ooh. *mouth puckers* Sour's not really my thing.
Jake: Well there would still be plenty of apples for you. *laughs* What's your favorite?
Jake: Ooh, that's another good one. Sweet and crisp.
Jake: Do you like apple cider?
Interviewer: The whole place sounds lovely. And it sounds like you're really at home there.
Interviewer: I'm really sorry to hear that.
Jake: *shrugs a bit* Thanks. Um, are there more questions?
Interviewer: *nods* We can stop if you need?
Interviewer: Oh, of course. Um… *glances at questions* Do you prefer movies or books?
Jake: Books. Particularly the Safe Lands books by Jill Williamson.
Interviewer: Oh, I haven't read those. I've wanted to, but I haven't had a chance to read them yet.
Jake: I've really enjoyed them. I hope you have a chance to read them soon.
Interviewer: *nods and looks at list* Do you have a favorite animal?
Interviewer: What are your hobbies?
Interviewer: That seems like it would be a lot of fun.
Interviewer: Which of these is most important to you: Kindness, intelligence, or bravery?
Interviewer: And honesty or selflessness?
Interviewer: Is there anything you can't leave the house without?
Interviewer: Do you have a favorite place outside the farm?
Jake: The college library in town. It's a really nice library and it's right next to the pond.
Interviewer: Sounds like a good place to sit and read.
Jake: *nods* It's a really nice bike ride from the farm to the library, and I can spend whole days there when I'm not working on the farm.
Interviewer: Do you often bike places?
Jake: *nods* I have my license, but pretty much everything we need is within biking distance and I'm more comfortable on my bike.
Interviewer: It seems like living in a small town would be nice.
Jake: *shrugs* I like it. Do you live in a big city, then?
Interviewer: Not super big, but it's certainly not small. *chuckles* I've wanted for a while to live somewhere where there's more open space to run away to and people you can get to know easier than in a normal-size town like mine.
Jake: Small towns are nice for that, yeah.
I imagined the interviewer as a guy until I read the second to last line, lol.


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An association agreement is a bilateral agreement between the EU and a third country. In the context of accession to the EU, it serves as the basis for implementation of the accession process. Turkey currently has an association agreement. Association agreements between the Western Balkan countries and the EU and its Member States are called 'stabilisation and association agreements'.


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Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan (abbreviated BSER) is the main board of school education in the Indian state of Rajasthan, responsible for secondary and higher secondary(HSC and SSC) education management in its affiliated schools.BSER is a state agency of the Government of Rajasthan and has its headquarters in Ajmer.
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The Bank of Japan is taking the concept of quantitative easing to a whole new level. Unlike the Fed who is only focused on treasuries and agency MBS securities, the BOJ is authorized to purchase ETFs and REITs in addition to JGBs.
Reuters: - "The BOJ can buy whatever amount of ETFs and REITs it can. It can even buy government bonds more forcefully, as if it were to buy the entire amount in markets," Hamada said in an interview with Reuters.
"There are also other various measures, although the BOJ must also be mindful of the drawbacks."
According to Credit Suisse, the BOJ's balance sheet as a proportion of the nation's GDP will far outstrip that of the other major central banks (excluding the SNB) within the next two years. This is uncharted territory - nothing of this magnitude has been tried before in a developed economy. As a result, dollar/yen is at 99 (the yen is down some 25% over the past 6 months) and Japan's stock market just hit a 5-year high.


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