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22 courses for $160: Binkley's takes chance with ultimate fine dining in Phoenix
Going against the current, fine-dining chef Kevin Binkley is determined to do upscale on his terms at Binkley's, which reopens this week in Phoenix.
22 courses for $160: Binkley's takes chance with ultimate fine dining in Phoenix Going against the current, fine-dining chef Kevin Binkley is determined to do upscale on his terms at Binkley's, which reopens this week in Phoenix. Check out this story on azcentral.com: http://azc.cc/2gVmejJ
Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. David Kadlubowski/The Republic
Photos: Look inside Binkley's restaurant in Phoenix
Chef Kevin Binkley stands in the entrance to the open kitchen, just off the dining room at the new Binkley's. David Zickl
Chef Kevin Binkley in his fresh herb garden at his new restaurant Binkley's Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. David Kadlubowski/The Republic
Kevin Binkley prepares salt-crusted fish as diners look on at the new Binkley's. David Zickl
Clean glasses in the bar at Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. David Kadlubowski/The Republic
Main dining area at Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. David Kadlubowski/The Republic
The kitchen area of Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. David Kadlubowski /The Republic
Group seating at Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. David Kadlubowski/The Republic
Chef Kevin Binkley stands in the bar area as he talks about his new restaurant Binkley's Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. David Kadlubowski/The Republic
The kitchen area of Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. David Kadlubowski/The Republic
Tables for two face the kitchen of Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. David Kadlubowski/The Republic
Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix.
Dominic Armato, The Republic | azcentral.com Published 10:18 a.m. MT Dec. 2, 2016 | Updated 5:19 p.m. MT Dec. 2, 2016
Fine dining faces strong headwinds. But Kevin Binkley's restaurant is an uncompromising blend of comfort and refinement that offers an alternative vision of what fine dining can be in the modern era.
Chef Kevin Binkley stands in the bar area as he talks about his new restaurant Binkley's Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix.(Photo: David Kadlubowski/The Republic)
Kevin Binkley's flagship restaurant, Binkley's, reopens this weekend in a remodeled space in Midtown
Binkley's will seat up to 24 guests at a time, offering 22 courses for $160 (before beverage pairings)
Through the evening, diners will move from room to room of the bungalow, sampling dishes in each space
Kevin Binkley made a mistake.
"I'm proud of everything that we've done, but I was losing part of my soul," he says.
The four-time James Beard Award finalist had fallen into the trap of accepting the conventional wisdom that more is better. By the time he realized the extent to which having four Valley restaurants would pull him out of the kitchen, he was too deeply entrenched in the operational side of the industry to be the chef he needed to be.
"I don't like this business. Actually, I hate this business," Binkley says, lamenting the state of what he considers a broken industry. "But I love food. It's part of me, and that's all I ever think about, all I ever do."
Now, he's reclaiming the joy that first brought him to the stove.
The new Binkley's, a retooled and supercharged version of his eponymous restaurant, opens to the public this weekend. In preparation, Binkley has sold two restaurants, relinquished control of a third, and is standing on the cusp of once again being the chef he feels he's meant to be.
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Binkley's latest creation promises an uncompromising blend of comfort and refinement he hopes can offer an alternative vision of what fine dining can be in the modern era. But while it's housed in a charming Phoenix bungalow, it's hard not to see the new Binkley's as the fortified keep where one of Arizona's most revered chefs — and perhaps the viability of fine dining in the Valley itself — will make a brave stand.
Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. (Photo: David Kadlubowski/The Republic)
A restaurant and a home
Binkley stands in the bar of the newly renovated cottage that was once the home of the more casual Bink's Midtown off 24th Street and Osborn Road.
"I want this to be my last stop. I don't want to ever open another restaurant," he says.
Binkley's Restaurant
Where: 2320 E. Osborn Road, Phoenix.
Hours:Thursdays through Sundays. Seating times are 6:30-6:45 p.m. Thursdays; 5-5:15 p.m. or 8:15-8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 5-5:15 p.m. Sundays. Allow three hours for the full dining experience.
Prices: Menu, $160 per person. Beverage pairings, $85-$190 per person. Service charge, 22 percent.
Details: 602-388-4874, binkleysrestaurant.com. Online reservations only, starting at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 6.
Binkley and his wife and business partner, Amy, recently sold their home and moved into a house barely half the size. The main selling point? It's five doors down from the restaurant.
"I want to live close enough to this where I can live and breathe it," he says.
It could be said that the couple are building both a restaurant and a home, given that the former is being modeled after the latter.
"What we're trying to create is if you were to come to our house," Binkley explains. "I mean, I don't make blini ice cream or avocado snow at my house, but nonetheless, we wanted to make it that kind of feel."
Binkley's will open just four nights per week, Thursdays through Sundays. Over those four nights, the restaurant will host fewer than 150 guests across six seatings — no more than 24 at a time. And in the same way an intimate dinner party might move from one room of the house to another, so will a dinner at Binkley's.
Chef Kevin Binkley in his fresh herb garden at his new restaurant Binkley's Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. (Photo: David Kadlubowski/The Republic)
An unconventional experience
Guests will be greeted on the front patio, where they'll spend 45 minutes relaxing with a cocktail and bites that Binkley brings out from the kitchen. But while the vibe is comfortable, the food is the kind of French-rooted avant garde fare that Binkley's fans came to expect at his previous flagship in Cave Creek.
A green apple and aloe cocktail might be paired with smoked foie gras and apple fritters. Classic French radishes appear, reimagined, coated in brown butter and served with an aerated green goddess dressing, passed alongside pear butter and chorizo vol-au-vent.
"Good food, good service isn't enough. People want to be wowed."
Kevin Binkley
After relaxing on the patio, walking the garden and perhaps picking some fresh produce for dinner, the festivities move inside to the bar, where guests will linger for another 45 minutes over drinks, a selection of premium cured hams served with focaccia baked to order, or Pok Pok-style Jidori chicken skins with carbonated blue cheese. In addition to putting diners at ease, it's a format that Binkley conceived to avoid the kind of fatigue that can set in during lengthy meals.
It's been an hour and a half and a dozen small courses by the time guests enter the dining room, which has been fully renovated since Bink's Midtown closed. Previously, the bungalow could seat 130 diners. Now, a scant handful of round, wooden tables fill the room, with seats positioned to provide a direct view into the kitchen, just a few steps away, completely open to the dining room.
Group seating at Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. (Photo: David Kadlubowski/The Republic)
It's a combination of dinner and culinary theater where Binkley hopes to cultivate an engaging, educational experience as guests wander in to watch the staff at work or even lend a hand themselves. A meal at Binkley's is meant to be as comfortable and participatory as it is refined.
"Good food, good service isn't enough. People want to be wowed," Binkley says. "And I'm definitely of that mentality. I want to see more than just great food, great service. I want an experience."
But is it an experience the Valley can embrace?
Fine dining's challenges
Binkley isn't ignorant of the challenge he has undertaken. In chef circles, the debate in Phoenix isn't whether fine dining is healthy or sick, but whether it's mostly dead or all dead.
Providing truly excellent food and service can be addressed head on. Binkley has condensed talent by collecting his best employees at one restaurant. To ensure the front of house is operating at a world-class level, he has brought in Christian Giles, who spent 16 years at Charlie Trotter's in Chicago, seven as general manager. Binkley says it's a matter of gathering the right people and giving them the opportunity to do what they do best.
The kitchen area of Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. (Photo: David Kadlubowski /The Republic)
"They just want to do it right," he says. "Christian wants to do what he feels like he's meant to do. I'm not meant to run organizations. I'm meant to cook. He's meant to serve."
Some challenges won't be under Binkley's direct control. Fine dining means fine ingredients and a 2-to-1 ratio of guest to staff, translating to a price of $160 for the evening, before wine pairings. For the experience and food offered, that might be considered a bargain in New York or Chicago, and it's barely enough for Binkley to eke out a workable margin. But it's a rare price point in the Valley, and one that Binkley hopes customers can accept.
"If you were at my house, I'd never present you with a bill. So the best-case scenario to me is that everything is taken care of before you get here."
What's more, Binkley's will embrace the increasingly common practice of selling reservations in advance online. It's a choice borne of necessity — even a small number of cancellations could flip the restaurant's balance sheet from black to red — but there are esoteric considerations as well.
"I feel like when you go to a high-end restaurant, at the end of your meal when you get a bill, it takes a little of the wind out of the sails," Binkley says. "If you were at my house, I'd never present you with a bill. So the best-case scenario to me is that everything is taken care of before you get here."
Some diners might be intimidated by the scale and scope of a menu that will offer 22 courses to start, with plans to increase to 30 or more. But the flow of the meal through the house and the attention to even the smallest detail — like ensuring the chair heights change from room to room so guests aren't sitting in the same position the whole time — are designed to keep diners feeling fresh and lively.
Tables for two face the kitchen of Chef Kevin Binkley's new restaurant Binkley's, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 in Phoenix. (Photo: David Kadlubowski/The Republic)
Binkley is quick to point out that the size of the menu is less of a jump than people might think.
"At (the old) Binkley's, when you were doing the six-course meal, people didn't realize it, but they were getting 22 courses. To me, there's nothing more exciting than to have two bites of 30 things, all different, all unique and fun. We want to keep the experience entertaining."
He even cringes a bit at the very term: "fine dining."
"I think people get turned off by that terminology. It's more like we need to start saying 'refined dining,' or something. Because nobody's wearing a tuxedo. But it's fine dining, it's high-end ingredients."
At the new Binkley's, he's choosing to do what he wants to do, not what he should. "Hopefully, people will enjoy it and we'll sustain and grow and get better and bring something to the Valley, to the Southwest, that's never been done before."
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use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
use Getopt::Long;
use Bio::Perl;
use File::Basename;
use constant reportEvery => 100000;

$0=fileparse $0;
sub logmsg{print STDERR "$0: @_\n";}

exit main();
sub main{
  my $settings={};
  GetOptions($settings,qw(help tempdir=s)) or die $!;
  die usage() if($$settings{help});
  $$settings{tempdir}||="tmp";

  my($matrix)=@ARGV;

  bcfqueryToFasta($matrix,$settings);

  return 0;
}

sub bcfqueryToFasta{
  my($bcfqueryFile,$settings)=@_;

  # Where to read from?
  my $bcfqueryFp;
  if($bcfqueryFile){
    open($bcfqueryFp,$bcfqueryFile) or die "ERROR: could not open $bcfqueryFile: $!";
  } else {
    $bcfqueryFp=*STDIN;
  }

  # Process the header line
  my $header=<$bcfqueryFp>;
  $header=~s/^#\s*//; # remove the hash in front of the header
  $header=~s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # trim whitespace
  my @header=split(/\t/,$header);
  $_=~s/\[\d+\]// for(@header); # remove [number] notations for the headers
  $_=~s/:GT$//    for(@header); # remove :GT after each genotype field

  # genome names from the header
  my($headerChr,$headerPos,$headerRef,@genome)=@header;

  # Figure out the basecall for each pos on each genome
  logmsg "Finding basecalls based on the genotype in the pooled VCF file";
  # TODO: multithread
  my (%matrix,$i);
  while(<$bcfqueryFp>){
    s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # trim whitespace
    my %F;
    @F{@header}=split /\t/;

    # capture and remove non-nucleotide information from the matrix
    my %extra;
    for(qw(CHROM  POS ID  REF  ALT QUAL FILTER  INFO    FORMAT)){
      $extra{$_}=$F{$_};
      delete($F{$_});
    }

    # assign the nts for each genome, at each contig/pos
    while(my($genome,$GT)=each(%F)){
      die "ERROR: could not find the genotype field (GT) for genome '$genome'\n". Dumper [$genome,\%F] if(!$GT);
      my $nt;
      my ($nt1,$nt2)=split(/[\/\|]/,$GT); # Split on the forward slash in case it shows as diploid
      $nt2=$nt1 if(!$nt2);                # In case it is a haploid-style pooled VCF
      if($nt1 eq $nt2){
        $nt=$nt1;
      } elsif($$settings{'ambiguities'}){
        $nt=rev_iub([$nt1,$nt2],$settings);
        logmsg "Warning: GT $GT was interpreted as an ambiguity $nt at $genome/$extra{CHROM}/$extra{POS}";
      } else{
        $nt="N";
      }

      # ALT is ambiguous if it is a dot.
      $nt="N" if($nt eq '.');
      # take care of indels or ambiguities
      $nt="N" if(length($nt)!=1 || $nt!~/^\w$/i);

      $matrix{$genome}{$extra{CHROM}}{$extra{POS}}=$nt;
    }
    $i++;
    if($i % reportEvery == 0){
      logmsg "Finished calling $i SNPs";
    }
  }
  close $bcfqueryFp;
  # DONE getting it into memory!

  # START output
  # get all the sorted positions
  my @CHROM=keys(%{ $matrix{$genome[0]} });
  my @POS;
  # Sort number 1: sort by chromosome
  for my $chr(sort{$a cmp $b} @CHROM){
    # Sort number 2: sort by numerical position
    push(@POS,"$chr:$_") for(sort{$a<=>$b} keys(%{ $matrix{$genome[0]}{$chr} }));
  }

  # create the alignment
  logmsg "Found all positions; converting to fasta";
  my $out=Bio::SeqIO->new(-format=>"fasta");
  for my $genome(@genome){
    my $seq="";
    for(@POS){
      my($chr,$pos)=split(/:/,$_);
      $seq.=$matrix{$genome}{$chr}{$pos};
    }
    my $seqObj=Bio::Seq->new(-seq=>$seq,-id=>$genome);
    $out->write_seq($seqObj);
  }
  $out->close;

  return 1;
}

sub rev_iub{
  my($ntArr,$settings)=@_;
  die "ERROR: ntArr is not an array here:\n".Dumper $ntArr if(ref($ntArr ne "ARRAY"));
  return $$ntArr[0] if(@$ntArr==1);

  # Figure out the ambiguity now
  # from bioperl, http://doc.bioperl.org/bioperl-live/Bio/Tools/IUPAC.html
  my %REV_IUB = (
          A    => 'A',
          T    => 'T',
          U    => 'U',
          C    => 'C',
          G    => 'G',
          AC   => 'M',
          AG   => 'R',
          AT   => 'W',
          CG   => 'S',
          CT   => 'Y',
          GT   => 'K',
          ACG  => 'V',
          ACT  => 'H',
          AGT  => 'D',
          CGT  => 'B',
          ACGT => 'N',
          N    => 'N'
      );

  my $sortedNt=join("",sort{$a cmp $b} @$ntArr);
  my $ambiguity=$REV_IUB{$sortedNt};
  die "ERROR: could not understand nt for ambiguities!\n".Dumper($ntArr) if(!$ambiguity);
  return $ambiguity;
}

sub usage{
  "Multiple VCF format to alignment
  $0: reads a tab-delimted file created by 'bcftools query'.
  Usage:
    $0 bcfmatrix.tsv > alignment.fasta
    $0 < bcfmatrix.tsv > alignment.fasta # read stdin
  --tempdir tmp       temporary directory
  "
}

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in: Articles with Greek-language external links, Pages with broken file links, Articles containing Greek-language text,
Chania (regional unit)
Bays of Greece
Bays of the Mediterranean
Military installations of Greece
Souda Bay
"Suda Bay" redirects here. For the ship, see Suda Bay (ship).
Souda Bay inlet.
Souda Bay is a bay and natural harbour near the town of Souda on the northwest coast of the Greek island of Crete. The bay is about 15 km long and only two to four km wide, and a deep natural harbour. It is formed between the Akrotiri peninsula and Cape Drapano, and runs west to east. The bay is overlooked on both sides by hills, with a relatively low and narrow isthmus in the west near Chania. Near the mouth of Souda bay, between the Akrotiri and the town of Kalives, there is a group of small islands with Venetian fortifications. The largest island is Souda Island, giving its name to the bay.
Souda Bay is now a popular tourist destination although there are no real public beaches due to the presence of the naval base. Villages such as Megala Chorafia and Kalives afford fine views of the bay, and house-building, particularly for foreigners and tourist companies, is spreading along the bay.
1.1 Ancient and Medieval
1.2 Venetian rule
1.3 Ottoman rule
1.4 Cretan State (1898–1913)
1.5 Union with Greece to WW II (1913–1940)
1.6 1940–1945
2 Current military activities
2.1 Naval Dock Crete
2.2 Souda Air Base
2.3 NAMFI
3 Philately and Postal history
Main article: Aptera, Greece
There have been port facilities on the bay since ancient times, previously serving the city of Aptera. Aptera was founded in the 7th Century BC and was an important city during the ancient and early Byzantine periods. It was destroyed by the Saracens in AD 823. The nearest large ancient city was Kydonia, which flourished in the Minoan era on Crete; moreover, during a portion of the first millennium BC Kydonia held influence over Aptera.[1]
Venetian rule
View of the Suda bay by Jan Peeters, 1690
The Venetians occupied the area in 1207. In 1571 an Ottoman military force landed at Souda and caused major destruction in the Chania area. The Venetians fortified Souda Island between 1570 and 1573, in order to protect the area from Ottoman raiders and pirates. However, Souda Bay remained a pirate infested area during the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The Venetians managed to hold on to the strategic islands within Souda Bay until 1715, over thirty years after the fall of Crete to the Ottomans.
Ottoman rule
French nautical chart of Souda Bay in the 18th century.
In 1822 an Egyptian army of approximately 10,000 under Hassan Pasha landed at Souda to defeat the Cretan Revolution of 1821.
After the Cretan Revolution of 1866–1869 the Ottomans built fortresses at Aptera and Kalami, barracks, a military hospital and a naval base. They also built the town of Souda at the head of the bay, as the new port of the nearby city of Chania. The fortress at Kalami is still in use as prisons. The naval base was officially inaugurated in 1872, in the presence of Sultan Abdul Aziz.
Cretan State (1898–1913)
The arrival of the first High Commissioner in 1898
In the period of the semi-independent Cretan State the area attracted international interest, as it offered port facilities to foreign naval vessels enforcing the Cretan autonomy. The first High Commissioner, Prince George of Greece, disembarked at Souda Bay on December 9, 1898. The church of Saint Nicholas was built during this period.
Union with Greece to WW II (1913–1940)
In 1913, events marking the union of Crete with Greece took place on Souda Island. On February 1 the metallic Ottoman flag, the last symbol of Ottoman rule, was removed and replaced by the Greek flag on May 1. Also the ruined chapel was rebuilt and dedicated to Saint George.
In 1916 the British liner SS Minnewaska, requisitioned by the British Army as a troops carrier, struck a mine and was beached at Souda Bay.
After 1923 the area was used as an Hellenic Army base, housing the artillery units of V Infantry Division.[2]
Main article: Battle of Crete
Allied cemetery from World War II at Souda Bay
During World War II British and Commonwealth troops withdrew from mainland Greece in April 1941 and 25,000 men, mainly from New Zealand and Australia, disembarked at Souda Bay.
In May 1941, during the German attack named "Operation Merkur", Allied troops retreated from the Souda area to Sfakia in the south of the island. The Germans occupied the area until 1945. The principal Allied War Cemetery of the island, designed by architect Louis de Soissons, is located at Souda.
Current military activities
Naval Dock Crete
Souda is an important port for freight ships with a regular ferry service to Piraeus. It also is a strategic Hellenic Navy and NATO naval base (Naval Dock Crete, Greek: Ναύσταθμος Κρήτης, pron. Nafstathmos Kritis).
Nike-Hercules rocket
The modern Hellenic Navy base was founded in 1951. The base occupies an area of 500 hectares, including the old artillery barracks of Hellenic Army V Division and later land acquisitions. The facilities include a dry dock, workshops, a fuel depot and an ammunition depot. The Naval Dock is commanded by a Commodore or Captain of the Hellenic Navy. The Forward Logistics Site Souda Bay (FLS Souda Bay) is under the operational control of NATO COMNAVSOUTH. The Hellenic Navy radio communications station SXH is also located since 1929 at Mournies, near Souda.[3]
Since 2007 Souda Bay naval base is host of NATO Maritime Interidiction Operational Training Centre (ΝMIOTC), which is located at the Northern Sector of the base (Marathi).[4]
Souda Air Base
The strategic importance is enhanced by the Souda Air Base (LGSA) on Akrotiri Peninsula (35°31′56″N 24°08′43″E / 35.53222°N 24.14528°E / 35.53222; 24.14528 (Souda Air Base)), serving Hellenic Air Force 115 Combat Wing and US Navy units operating under the title US Naval Support Activity Souda Bay,[5] as well as regular and chartered civil aviation flights as Chania International Airport.
NAMFI
NATO Missile Firing Installation or NAMFI (35°34′22″N 24°10′25″E / 35.57278°N 24.17361°E / 35.57278; 24.17361 (NAMFI)) is an extensive missile firing range located north of Souda Air Base. NAMFI was established in 1968 as a NATO training facility for Air Defence Systems and it takes advantage of clear atmospheric conditions throughout the year. Currently NAMFI is regularly used by the armed forces of Greece, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United States. In the past it was also used by Denmark, France, and Norway.[6]
Today the firing range is used mostly for Patriot and Hawk launches, although a wide range of surface to air and air to surface missiles are fired occasionally. As the trajectories of the missiles cross busy air and sea areas, an Air and Sea surveillance radar system is used to resolve possible conflicts.[7]
File:Souda-stamp-1913.png
"Souda" stamp (1913)
During Turkish rule an Ottoman post office operated in Souda until 1892.[8] The Cretan State post office opened officially in 1912, although a postal agent operated there previously, possibly since 1908.
A special local stamp depicting Souda Island was issued on November 15, 1913 to commemorate the union with Greece and was sold only by Cretan post offices. This stamp, printed by Bradbury Wilkinson and Company in the United Kingdom, is commonly called the "Souda Issue".[9]
Aptera
Battle of Crete
Chania International Airport
List of Greek military bases
Military of Greece
↑ C. Michael Hogan, Cydonia, The Modern Antiquarian, Jan. 23, 2008
↑ "Naval Dock Crete history" (in Greek). http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/nk_history_gr.asp. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
↑ Kevin Nice (2003). Ferrell's Confidential Frequency List (13th Edition). PW Publishing Ltd. p. 535. ISBN 1-874110-35-2.
↑ "Nato Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre". http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/nmiotc/index_en.html. Retrieved 12 September 2010. (English) (Greek)
↑ "Naval Support Activity Souda Bay". http://www.cnic.navy.mil/soudabay/index.htm. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
↑ L.S. Blaveris and D. Stergiou (January 2000). "Πεδίο Βολής Κρήτης - Το πιο σημαντικό πεδίο βολής του ΝΑΤΟ" (in Greek). pp. 96–101.
↑ "Nato Missile Fire Installation". http://www.namfi.gr. Retrieved 12 September 2010. (English) (Greek)
↑ Constantinos Sitarenios, ed (2009). Vlastos Foreign Post Offices. 4. Athens, Greece: Orestes Vlastos Ltd. pp. 68.
↑ Karamitsos, A. (2004). Hellas 2004: Stamp Catalog and Postal History, Volume II. Thessaloniki: A. Karamitsos. ISBN 960-87500-6-7.
"US Naval Support Activity Souda Bay (Official web site)". https://www.cnic.navy.mil/SoudaBay. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
"US Naval Support Activity Souda Bay". Global Security web site. http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/souda-bay.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
"HAF 115 Combat Wing". http://www.haf.gr/en/structure/units/ata/units/115pm.asp. Retrieved 2008-02-16.
"Naval Dock Crete" (in Greek). Hellenic Navy. http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/shipyards_kritis.asp. Retrieved 2008-04-26.
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How is the MT ERFBS constructed?
Has the NRC approved Hemyc 1-hour rated ERFBS at NPPs in the past?
Has the NRC approved MT 3-hour rated ERFBS at NPPs in the past?
Is the NRC changing the rule to accommodate licensees who use Hemyc ERFBSs?
Can the NRC issue a violation to the licensee due to Hemyc not being in compliance with the regulation?
Has the NRC conducted analysis on the cost of compliance with the fire safety regulations?
Why were the Hemyc and MT ERFBSs retested?
Why did the NRC perform the testing?
Why wasn't the degradation of Hemyc and MT ERFBSs dealt with faster?
Can licensees take no action due to the potential low risk-significance related to Hemyc and MT EFRBS?
How are Hemyc and MT different from Thermo-Lag?
What are the regulatory actions taken to deal with barriers such as Hemyc and MT ERFBSs after the findings related to Thermo-Lag 330-1 systems?
How can the NRC be certain that there is no danger to the public or the environment from an NPP utilizing Hemyc ERFBSs?
In light of the test results, how can the NRC be certain that there is no danger to the public or the environment from an NPP utilizing MT ERFBSs?
What is the closure plan for the Hemyc and MT issues?
Why hasn't the NRC evaluated and qualified fire barrier materials as Chairman Selin committed to do in his testimony in 1993?
How is the NRC ensuring that electrical raceway fire barriers are performing as designed?
How has the NRC research program supported fire barrier activities?
Index to All Frequently Asked Questions Pages
The main goal of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is safety, and the need to protect the public and environment have remained paramount. The NRC achieves this goal partly through the use of the defense-in-depth concept. As indicated in Appendix R to Title 10, Part 50, of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR Part 50), the fire protection program extends the concept of defense-in-depth to fire protection with the following objectives: (1) prevent fires from starting; (2) detect rapidly, control, and extinguish those fires that do occur; and (3) provide protection for structures, systems, and components important to safety so that a fire that is not promptly extinguished by the fire suppression activities will not prevent the safe shutdown of the plant. Fire barriers are an important tool in achieving the third objective above.
Fire barriers are continuous construction assemblies, which are designed and constructed to achieve specific fire resistance ratings, limit the spread of heat and fire, and restrict the movement of smoke. Fire barriers may be structural (walls, ceilings, floors) or non-structural (radiant energy shields, raceway fire barriers).
ERFBSs are non-structural fire rated assemblies that protect the electrical cables they enclose. In NPP applications, ERFBSs are required to have a fire resistance rating of either 1 or 3 hours, based on the specific application. Common ERFBSs in use at NPPs include Thermo-Lag, Darmatt, Hemyc, MT, and 3M Interam.
Section III.G of Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50, which addresses fire protection of safe-shutdown capability, requires that fire protection features be provided such that one train of systems necessary to achieve hot shutdown conditions remains free of fire damage. One acceptable means of satisfying this requirement is to enclose cables and equipment and associated non-safety circuits of one redundant train in a fire barrier having a 1-hour fire rating and install fire detectors and an automatic fire suppression system in the fire area (Section III.G.2.c). Another means is to separate cables and equipment and associated non-safety circuits of redundant systems necessary to achieve and maintain hot shutdown conditions located in the same fire area by a fire barrier having a 3-hour fire rating (Section III.G.2.a). The Hemyc ERFBS is an example of a 1-hour rated fire barrier used to protect cables and equipment and associated non-safety circuits of one redundant train. The MT ERFBS is an example of a 3-hour rated fire barrier used to protect cables and equipment and associated non-safety circuits of one redundant train.
Plants with operating licenses issued after January 1, 1979, are not required to meet the requirements of Section III.G, but they generally meet a similar commitment in their licensing basis to have 1-hour rated barriers with automatic suppression or 3-hour rated barriers for areas that contain redundant safe-shutdown equipment.
Hemyc is a "fire wrap" that was installed to protect electrical raceways from the effects of fire for 1 hour. Hemyc consists of a 1.5- or 2.0-inch thick ceramic fiber material (e.g., Kaowool) blanket covered with a tightly knit fire-resistant fiber material (e.g., siltemp), and all materials are sewn together with fire resistant "Astroquartz" thread.
MT ERFBS is a "fire wrap" designed to protect electrical raceways from the effects of fire for a duration of 3 hours. MT consists of a layer of ceramic fiber material (e.g., Kaowool) directly over the conduit, surrounded by a metallic layer, surrounded by a energy absorbing "hydrate" layer, and lastly these three layers are enclosed in a Hemyc ERFBS. The layer of ceramic fiber around the conduit, the metallic layer, and the "hydrate" layer of heat-activated compound are the elements that differentiate the MT product from the Hemyc ERFBS.
Yes. In the past, the NRC approved the use of the Hemyc ERFBS on a case-by-case basis at a licensee's specific request.
No. Only one licensee (Shearon-Harris Nuclear Power Plant, owned by Carolina Power and Light Company) is known to use the MT ERFBS in a 3-hour application. No explicit approval of the MT ERFBS was issued by the NRC.
No. The NRC is not changing the rule to accommodate licensees who are currently using Hemyc 1-hour rated ERFBSs. The licensees have a responsibility to follow their licensing bases, which may require them to prove that the use of Hemyc is acceptable. The NRC has issued generic communications on the Hemyc issue and is in the process of closing the issue and verifying licensees' compliance.
Under the current rule, all fire barriers must be rated in order to meet the requirements of Section III.G.2 of Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50. For plants that are committed to Appendix R, due to the backfit applied in 10 CFR 50.48(b) (i.e., pre-1979 plants), an exemption per 10 CFR 50.12 must be obtained for barriers that are not rated. For plants licensed after 1979, plants must meet their license condition and have a fire protection program in accordance with 10 CFR 50.48(a). These plants would be considered to be in violation of their license basis if they are unable to demonstrate the ratings of their fire barriers. The NRC's description for achieving a rating for a fire barrier is presented in Generic Letter 86-10, Supplement 1. Although these barriers were tested before the issuance of Generic Letter 86-10 , Supplement 1, it is incumbent on the licensee to demonstrate that the installed material can protect electrical raceways for the required duration.
The NRC has not prepared any cost analysis. Since the issue pertains to compliance with an existing regulation, cost is not a consideration.
The initial tests performed on the Hemyc and MT ERFBSs were for "insurance purposes only" and were found to be indeterminate because of inconsistencies in the test results. Although the initial testing followed American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) E-119 "Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials," which the NRC accepts as test criteria for fire barriers (see Generic Letter 86-10, Supplement 1), the existing body of tests was not sufficient to qualify the Hemyc or MT as rated fire barriers. Issues with the testing were whether the testing was representative of installed configurations (functionality, cable types, raceway mass, and raceway size).
Initially, the NRC requested that the licensees perform the ERFBS tests. The licensees claimed that they were complying with their licensing bases, and that no industry initiative was planned. The NRC also suggested that the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) perform the testing as an industry initiative, but NEI declined this suggestion. In order to resolve this issue, the NRC developed a test plan and tested both Hemyc and MT ERFBSs.
The Hemyc 1-hour rated ERFBS is only used in applications where its protective quality is aided by automatic fire detection and suppression. Therefore, the degradation of the Hemyc ERFBS is not seen to be an area of major risk. In addition, the test information available at that time indicated that the barrier has some fire resistance capability, even though it may not meet the required 1-hour duration.
The MT 3-hour rated ERFBS is only used in two plants, and only one plant is known to rely on MT for a 3-hour rated barrier (the other plant relies on MT for a 1-hour rated barrier). Also, the acceptance testing showed that some configurations could pass a 3-hour ASTM E-119 time-temperature criteria.
All licensees will be expected to come into regulatory compliance, irrespective of risk-significance, within a reasonable time frame in accordance with their licensing basis. The options available to licensees are (1) replacing or upgrading the Hemyc or MT to a properly rated barrier, (2) performing a technical evaluation and submitting a license amendment (post-1979 plants) or applying for a 10 CFR 50.12 exemption (pre-1979 plants), and (3) by making changes in accordance with their license, and if necessary submitting a license amendment to demonstrate and document that the degraded condition does not pose an adverse effect (post-1979 plants). However, post- or pre-1979 plants cannot use a pure risk argument to justify no adverse condition, unless they adopt National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 805, "Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light-Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants" (NFPA 805) as their licensing basis or submit a risk-informed evaluation for NRC review.
Risk-informed approaches that consider risk-information, defense-in-depth, and safety margin are available through the use of evaluations consistent with Regulatory Guide 1.174 and NFPA 805.
The Thermo-Lag ERFBS, manufactured by Thermal Sciences Inc., is different from the Hemyc and MT ERFBS in a number of ways. Thermo-Lag is combustible. Neither Hemyc nor MT are combustible. This means that Thermo-Lag may act as a combustible material between two redundant cable trays. The testing for Thermo-Lag was admitted to be falsified by the testing laboratory. There is no indication of falsification related to either the Hemyc or MT testing.
The ampacity derating of electrical power cables that was applied for Thermo-Lag was incorrect. This led to issues related to insufficient derating of electrical cables. The derating factors for Hemyc and MT appear consistent with the ampacity derating factors expected for fire barrier materials of this type.
The adequacy of fire barrier system qualification programs came into question following tests performed by Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) in 1989 on the Thermo-Lag fire barrier systems. The staff's investigation focused on the Thermo-Lag 330-1 systems because in addition to failing the SWRI tests, Thermo-Lag had been used extensively in a number of plants.
In Generic Letter 92-08, "Thermo-Lag 330-1 Fire Barriers," the staff stated that it expected the recipients to review the information in the GL to determine if it applied to other barrier materials and systems used at their facilities and to consider actions, as appropriate, to avoid problems similar to those experienced by the Thermo-Lag fire barrier systems.
From 1993 to 1998, the staff addressed performance deficiencies with respect to two other fire barrier systems, Kaowool and FP-60, after determining the fire rating of these systems could not be supported by valid test results. In 1999, inspectors performing fire protection functional inspections and triennial inspections reviewed the fire endurance test program for the MT ERFBS and concluded that the test results were indeterminate. Consequently, inspectors began issuing unresolved items (URIs) on the MT ERFBS.
Since MT ERFBS are used as a 3-hour rated barrier of defense, it is recognized that other defense-in-depth methods, such as manual fire suppression provided by the fire brigade, further protect the equipment inside the MT. The MT ERFBS is expected to provide a substantial amount of protection, even if it does not qualify for the full 3-hour time period.
The staff issued Generic Letter 2006-03, "Potentially Nonconforming Hemyc and MT Fire Barrier Configurations." This Generic Letter requested that licensees evaluate their facilities to confirm compliance with the existing applicable regulatory requirements, with respect to all ERFBSs, and, if appropriate, take additional actions. All licensees responded, and all of their responses have been closed.
Hemyc ERFBSs do not affect the plants' ability to prevent, detect, or suppress a fire. They are used in addition to an automatic fire suppression system to protect the cables and equipment of one redundant safe-shutdown train. The first level of defense when a fire occurs in areas using Hemyc is the automatic suppression system. In the unlikely event that the automatic suppression systems fails, the Hemyc ERFBS will likely provide sufficient time to employ alternate fire suppression capabilities (e.g., manual suppression by the plant fire brigade) to extinguish fires, even if the Hemyc ERFBS has a less than 1-hour fire rating. The majority of fires that are expected to occur at NPPs do not generate heat rates or temperature increases that would challenge the Hemyc ERFBS. In addition, the test acceptance criterion is based on the temperature of the enclosed conduit or cable tray. When the conduit or tray reaches the temperature acceptance limit, additional time is available before the enclosed cables will fail and potentially cause a short.
The NRC has confidence that the MT barrier provides significant protection based on the following aspects: (1) the fire barrier lasted at least 87 minutes in all tested configurations before reaching the minimum cable failure temperature, (2) furnace-like temperatures would have to be achieved in plant areas and maintained for an extended period of time, and (3) even if areas reached and maintained these temperatures, there would be significant time available for manual suppression to occur before cables become damaged.
The NRC issued Generic Letter 2006-03 to request licensees to report whether or not they rely on Hemyc and/or MT and to submit their corrective action plan to the NRC. All licensees have responded to the generic letter. The commitments from the 16 reactor units which utilize Hemyc and/or MT range from plant modifications to exemptions to dispositioning by transition to the new risk-informed, performance-based fire protection licensing basis (NFPA 805). For all non-NFPA 805 units, the NRC plans to verify that licensees have fulfilled their commitments using the fire protection inspection process. For NFPA 805 transitioning plants, the NRC will ensure closure during the staff reviews of the licensees' License Amendment Requests for the new licensing basis.
The NRC has completed the actions committed to by the Chairman and assessed fire barrier capabilities. The NRC obtained and reviewed design and test information from all fire barrier vendors and observed installed fire barrier configurations at selected NPPs. The NRC also performed small-scale fire barrier tests of selected fire barriers. Finally, the NRC issued updated guidance on fire barrier testing and acceptance criteria. However, the NRC could have identified Hemyc earlier and followed up on small-scale tests more promptly.
The NRC performs quarterly fire protection inspections of plant equipment conditions. Every three years the NRC performs triennial fire protection design and operational safety inspections. Licensees implement corrective action plans and put in place compensatory measures when deficiencies are identified with a raceway fire barrier design or installation.
The Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research (RES) has supported NRC fire barrier activities with testing of ERFBSs. During 2005, RES performed confirmatory fire endurance testing at Omega Point Laboratories (OPL) of typical Hemyc 1-hour rated ERFBSs. Sixteen tests were performed on conduits, cable trays, junction boxes, air drops, and supports protected with Hemyc 1-hour rated ERFBS. RES has also witnessed several industry-sponsored tests of ERFBSs. In September 2009, RES published Draft NUREG-1924, "Electric Raceway Fire Barrier Systems in U.S. Nuclear Power Plants," for public comments. NUREG-1924 documents the history of Electrical Raceway Fire Barrier Systems (ERFBS) used to protect post-fire, safe-shutdown functions. This draft report documents the current state of the use of these barriers and evaluates the effectiveness of these barriers in achieving adequate protection for nuclear power plants.
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Ooredoo Group Enhances Customer Experience with New Solutions in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Fraud Protection
Press Releases / BICS
Multi-Year Agreement with BICS to Manage Voice Services Across Group Operations "Anticipates Needs of New Communications Ecosystem", Says Ooredoo Group Managing Director and CEO
To enhance customer experience and service quality, Ooredoo Group has announced a joint agreement with international communications company BICS to create an innovative voice business model that will deliver new solutions in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and fraud protection, among others.
The agreement for voice traffic, which aligns with Ooredoo Group's strategic commitment to improving customer experience and quality of service for businesses and consumers, is the first such partnership of its kind in the region.
Aziz Aluthman Fakhroo, Ooredoo Group Managing Director and CEO said: "For Ooredoo, this partnership is about reducing complexity and anticipating the needs of a new communications ecosystem. We are committed to investing in innovation, technology, and people to ensure we can offer the best possible products and services to our customers across our markets."
Effective immediately, the agreement will involve a phased deployment plan for Ooredoo Group operating companies across its global footprint that will be rolled out in Q3 and Q4 of 2022. Ooredoo Group will work with BICS for voice traffic both in and out of the Group's operating companies. A key element of the first phase of the deployment plan is the creation of a dedicated team of specialists to share insight, expertise, and resources between the two organisations and ensure a firm focus on customer experience.
"This is an innovative partnership which underlines both Ooredoo's and BICS' commitment to fuel market-leading growth in this evolving telecommunications landscape," said Guillaume Boutin, Chairman of the Board of BICS and CEO of Proximus, BICS' parent company. "As the voice market is consolidating, it is increasingly crucial to offer future-proof quality, stability, and protection to both operator networks and subscribers. I am confident that by combining BICS' and Ooredoo's strengths in this area, we will achieve significant returns for subscribers and operating companies alike."
The new partnership echoes Ooredoo Group's strategic commitment to investing in technology, and seeking partnerships with leading technology providers, in order to drive improvements in customer experience and deliver transformational digital experiences for its customers.
Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulla Al Thani, Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer, Ooredoo, said: "We are continually looking at opportunities for further improvement in customer experience and to strengthen our core services. Building on the strong international foundations of each organisation, our partnership with BICS in International Voice allows us to achieve both and to ensure we can meet and exceed our commitments to customers in the years to come."
"We're proud to support Ooredoo's future-facing efforts to innovate on customer experience through digitalization, playing a cornerstone role in the region as Ooredoo's trusted communications partner. Our relationship with the various operating countries has been an industrious one for many years now. In raising this relationship to Group level, together we will extend BICS' services and partnership to a consistent level across the operating companies while building on Ooredoo's strong position in this significant market," comments Matteo Gatta, CEO of BICS.
While the agreement focuses on voice traffic – with high voice quality guaranteed across the full range of BICS destinations across the world – Ooredoo Group will also enjoy access to the very latest in new technology which will enable augmentation of several elements of the ICT provider's business and, in turn, enable further enhancement of the customer experience.
About BICS
As a leading international communications enabler, BICS is connecting the world by creating reliable and secure mobile experiences anytime, anywhere.
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Home / News / Travel / Video / Mermaid in the Philippines caught on camera!
Mermaid in the Philippines caught on camera!
The internet is abuzz over a video taken at General Santos City's London Beach in the Philippines where tourists claimed they saw a mermaid swimming in the sea!
If you believe in mermaids then it would a good time to visit this place! Although the video Is not really showing a clear image of the creature. It could be highly doubtful that it was a real mermaid.


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Q: startActivityForResult and onActivityResult in AsyncTask Class I want to push an image of the gallery in a FTP, I'm using FTPClient class and I'm trying to create an activity to get the image, but I can't find a solution.
I use this to create the activity:
public void abrirGaleria(){
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.setType("image/*");
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
    ((Activity) context).startActivityForResult(
            Intent.createChooser(intent, "Seleccione una imagen"),
            SELECT_FILE);
}

And I'm trying to use this to get the result. But I can't call the super.onActivityResult because the class extends from AsyncTask
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,
                                Intent imageReturnedIntent) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, imageReturnedIntent);
    Uri selectedImageUri = null;
    Uri selectedImage;

    String filePath = null;
    switch (requestCode) {
        case SELECT_FILE:
            if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                selectedImage = imageReturnedIntent.getData();
                String selectedPath=selectedImage.getPath();
                if (requestCode == SELECT_FILE) {
                    if (selectedPath != null) {
                        rutaCompleta = new File(selectedPath);
                    }
                }
            }
            break;
    }
}

What can I do?
All my class:
public class FTPSubir extends AsyncTask<Void , Integer, Long> {
private static final int SELECT_FILE = 1;
private String ip;                //Almacena la dirección del servidor
private String usuario;            //Almacena el nombre de usuario
private String contrasena;        //Almacena la contraseña del usuario
FTPClient ftpClient;            //Crea la conexión con el servidor
BufferedInputStream bufferIn;   //Crea una buffer de lectura
BufferedOutputStream bufferOut; //Crea una buffer de escritura
File rutaCompleta;                //Almacena la ruta completa del archivo
Context context;                //Almacena el contexto de la aplicacion
String nombreArchivo;

/**
 * Crea una instancia de FTP sin credenciales
 */
public FTPSubir(String ip, Context context) {

    //Inicialización de campos
    this.ip = ip;
    usuario = USUARIO;
    contrasena = PASS;

    ftpClient = null;
    bufferIn = null;
    bufferOut = null;
    rutaCompleta = null;

    this.context = context;
}
/**
 * Obtiene el nombre de usuario
 * @return  El nombre de usuario
 */
public String getUsuario() {
    return usuario;
}

/**
 * Establece el nombre de usuario
 * @param usuario   El nombre de usuario
 */

public void setUsuario(String usuario) {
    this.usuario = usuario;
}

/**
 * Obtiene la contraseña de usuario
 * @return  La contraseña de usuario
 */

public String getContrasena() {
    return contrasena;
}

/**
 * Establece la contraseña de usuario
 * @param contrasena    La contraseña de usuario
 */

public void setContrasena(String contrasena) {
    this.contrasena = contrasena;
}

/**
 * Realiza el login en el servidor
 * @return  Verdad en caso de haber realizado login correctamente
 * @throws SocketException
 * @throws IOException
 */
public boolean login () throws IOException {
    //Establece conexión con el servidor
    System.out.println("Conectando . . .");
    try{
        ftpClient = new FTPClient();
        ftpClient.connect(ip);
    }
    catch (Exception e){
        e.printStackTrace();
        //Informa al usuario
        System.out.println("Imposible conectar . . .");
        return false;   //En caso de que no sea posible la conexion
    }
    //Hace login en el servidor
    ftpClient.enterLocalPassiveMode();

    if (ftpClient.login(usuario, contrasena)){
        //Informa al usuario
        System.out.println("Login correcto . . .");
        return true;    //En caso de login correcto
    }
    else{
        //Informa al usuario
        System.out.println("Login incorrecto . . .");
        return false;   //En caso de login incorrecto
    }
}

/**
 *  Sube un archivo al servidor FTP si previamente se ha hecho login correctamente
 * @return  Verdad en caso de que se haya subido con éxito
 * @throws IOException
 */
public boolean SubirArchivo () throws IOException{

    ftpClient.enterLocalActiveMode();
    ftpClient.setFileType(FTP.BINARY_FILE_TYPE);

    //Cambia la carpeta Ftp
    if (ftpClient.changeWorkingDirectory("ftp")){

        //Informa al usuario
        System.out.println("Carpeta ftp cambiada . . .");

        //Crea un buffer hacia el servidor de subida
        bufferIn = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(rutaCompleta));

        if (ftpClient.storeFile(rutaCompleta.getName(), bufferIn)){
            //Informa al usuario
            System.out.println("Archivo subido . . .");
            bufferIn.close();       //Cierra el bufer
            return true;        //Se ha subido con éxito
        }
        else{
            //Informa al usuario
            System.out.println("Imposible subir archivo . . .");
            bufferIn.close();       //Cierra el bufer
            return false;       //No se ha subido
        }
    }
    else{
        //Informa al usuario
        System.out.println("Carpeta ftp imposible cambiar . . .");
        return false;       //Imposible cambiar de directo en servidor ftp
    }
}

public void abrirGaleria(){
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.setType("image/*");
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
    ((Activity) context).startActivityForResult(
            Intent.createChooser(intent, "Seleccione una imagen"),
            SELECT_FILE);
}

protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,
                                Intent imageReturnedIntent) {
    super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, imageReturnedIntent);
    Uri selectedImageUri = null;
    Uri selectedImage;

    String filePath = null;
    switch (requestCode) {
        case SELECT_FILE:
            if (resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK) {
                selectedImage = imageReturnedIntent.getData();
                String selectedPath=selectedImage.getPath();
                if (requestCode == SELECT_FILE) {
                    if (selectedPath != null) {
                        rutaCompleta = new File(selectedPath);
                    }
                }
            }
            break;
    }
}

@Override
protected Long doInBackground(Void... voids) {
    try {
        login();
        abrirGaleria();
        SubirArchivo();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        System.out.println("Imposible conectar . . .");
    }
    return null;
}

@Override
protected void onPostExecute(Long result) {
    //Termina proceso
    Log.i("TAG" , "Termina proceso de lectura de archivos.");
}

}

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Where is that Jim Bean Girl Comic you did with the nanite skin and chemical pool?
There was two bodysuit captions you made shortly before your site shut down. Could we see those?
What happened to all the old stories. And I love your tg body suit stories can't wait to read more.
When you ask questions like these it always makes it hard for me to give you a straight answer. I do try to get right down to business and dig deep to find what you asked for. Most of the times I just end up bend over the desk looking as closely as possible but it is always so hard. At least it feels hard all the time. The job at hand is never easy and I normally end up out of breath from all the work. I know you probably just think I sit here and run some searches but I really don't. My brain works really hard and you know that always hurts a bit, especially at first when i'm not all warmed up.
I do not know of any Jim Bean Girl and chemical pool. Sorry. I don't know which bodysuit captions you refer to because the files in my computer are not in order by date nor did I post by date. Sorry. If by stories, you mean TG captions, they are slowly being reposted on this blog. I do too love bodysuits! Sorry. Oops, I mean cool!
Howdy! You're still making awesome caps, BTW.
I think the first request is referring to your fantastic epic "Spy Games" series.
The second may be the single caps "Caught in the Act" or "Damaged Bodysuit". Or it may be reference to your amazing "Team Member" series.
Hope that maybe helps. Have a great weekend!
Im looking for a comic you did involving a body suit and the opening was a bunch of guys playing cards and the loser had to get and put on a body suit its not on here and would very much like to re read it. please put it back :(?


If you know me, then you know I love myself a good slip dress. Lucky for me, I won't be tossing it out anytime soon just because temps are dropping a little bit lower. Instead, I'll be layering them over my favorite long sleeves such as this turtleneck dress I scored on sale from H&M….


Of all our gammon recipes, this is a festive classic. The Hairy Bikers know this is a must-have for a Christmas party!
Each serving provides 327 kcal, 36g protein, 10g carbohydrates (of which 10g sugars), 15.5g fat (of which 5g saturates), 1.5g fibre and 4.9g salt.
Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6 and line a large roasting tin with kitchen foil.
Use a small knife to remove the rind from the gammon joint, leaving as much of the fat intact as possible. Score the fat in a diamond pattern, and push a clove into the centre of each 'X'.
Place the gammon into the foil-lined roasting tray, ensuring that the sides of the foil come halfway up the joint to contain any roasting juices.
For the glaze, mix the honey and mustard together and brush half of it evenly over the gammon, including one side of the joint. Roast in the centre of the oven for 10 minutes, then take the joint out and brush the top and remaining side with the rest of the glaze. Return the gammon to the oven for a further 10– 15 minutes, rotating the tin so that the opposite side of the gammon faces the back of the oven.
The gammon is ready when the fat on top is glossy and golden brown. Cover loosely with foil if the top begins to look too brown. Remove the gammon from the oven and set aside to rest for 15 minutes before carving.
Pour any juices that have collected in the kitchen foil into a small pan, and warm through gently.
Carve the gammon, serve on a large platter and spoon over the warmed juices .
If the gammon is to be served cold, remove the joint from the fridge and allow to come to room temperature for 30 minutes.


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Domestic Labor and Pandemic
Welcome to the brave new world of cleaning up after yourself and no longer burdening black women with the unpaid labor and invisible upkeep of taking care of your personal hygiene and sanitation. Get used to cleaning up after your own damn self because we're all nursemaids now.
Neither race, gender, class, nor your professional status will protect you from having to pitch in and handle your share of the dirty work. Wipe down that counter and polish away those smears. Not only will your work be invisible, but you'll have to try and look good while performing it since, now, your life probably depends on it. It's only what black women have been doing for free for the last four centuries.
So hop to it! There's plenty of unseen, undervalued work for everybody to do.
Animal>>> Cyborg>>> Machine (2009)
This video is much racier and sleeker than the previous montage vid I posted; more sound effects and video clips.
Making Light of Prisoner Abuse
But is anybody really surprised?
Corrections officers who partook in the #feelingcutechallenge earlier this month are now resigning or being fired after their posts went viral for all the wrong reasons.
ELEVATE (Going… Up!)
Dr. Nicole A. McFarlane, an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition at Fayetteville State University (FSU), has been named a 2017 ELEVATE (Enriching Learning, Enhancing Visibility & Training Educators) Fellow through the University of Pennsylvania's Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI). McFarlane is one of 18 fellows nationwide selected for the program, and is one of only eight Presidential Fellows.
Rhetorics and Ambiguity
Johan Deckmann (graphic artist)
As a black woman I rarely have the privilege of perceiving nakedness and lack of direction as "freeing"—quite the opposite. The point is not to evoke an essentialist stance, but to caution against the potential for a type of solipsism born of white heteronormative neoliberal paradigms. There's good reason as to why black churchgoing women's unique testimony involves being "clothed and in our right minds."
Directionless-ness…
Compelled to respond in the mode of cyberflâneus—as opposed to the flâneur, her masculine counterpart—the creative and critical endeavors I pursue seek and receive pleasure from visual, spatial, and tactile sensations, as the deliberate fashioning of online and real world personas across the darker parts of the rainbow. The constraints of respectability politics, of course, compel the performance of citizenship of the industrious and productive variety—in other words, that of a crafty black woman whose labor constantly threatens cooptation. Dwelling in this space as a woman otherwise, risks the designation of "digital streetwalker." Feminine bodies, we're told, must caution against following blind wanderlust, whether virtual or real.
Rhetoric is the battleground of ideas and budding composition teachers should be encouraged to recognize the stakes in such battles. Intradisciplinary contests between cultural studies and technical writing, now being fought over critical approaches to highly politicized issues, are actually a strong sign of the intellectual vitality of rhetoric and composition education. On either end of the spectrum, digital humanities needs to be applied creatively, as foundational to academic inquiry.
I guess this is why I insist on playing with elements of rhetoric to resist, even antagonize, systemic instances of neoliberal misogynoir at times. At the same time I acknowledge my habits/impulses to respond productively in online spaces. A digital libertine, I am not for being rotten with the Protestant work ethic… and so I think of haiku headlines as another digital composing strategy.
Professional Black Girl: Video Series Celebrates 'Everyday Excellence' of Black Women
Professional Black Girl: Video Series Celebrates 'Everyday Excellence' of Black Women and Girls and explores the love language shared by black women, and how we twerk and work with unmatched professionalism.
#ProfessionalBlackGirl
DURHAM, N.C. — Dr. Yaba Blay, renowned activist, cultural critic, and producer, launches Professional Black Girl, an original video series created to celebrate everyday Black womanhood, and to smash racist and "respectable" expectations of how they should "behave."
Seventeen Black women and girls ranging in age from 2- to 52-years-old were interviewed for the series. Each episode features a candid discussion with personalities such as Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Rapsody; Joan Morgan, author of the Hip-Hop feminist classic When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost; and 13-year-old world traveler Nahimana Machen, sharing what it means to be a "Professional Black Girl."
"'Professional Black Girl' looks like Taraji P. Henson at the 2015 Emmys jumping up to hug Viola Davis. It looks like Mary J. Blige and Taraji and Kerry Washington in that Apple commercial. It looks like me rolling up to a room full of people in Berlin to speak with my bamboo earrings on," explains Tarana Burke, a non-profit consultant and fashion blogger featured in the series.
Limited edition Professional Black Girl merchandise, created in partnership with Philadelphia Printworks, is available now onphiladelphiaprintworks.com. The first full episode, featuring Dr. Blay, will air September 9, 2016, with an episode airing each Friday onYouTube and yabablay.com until December 23, 2016.
"The terminology that is often used to describe and define Black girls—such as bad, grown, fast, ghetto, and ratchet—are non-affirming and are words that are intended to kill the joy and magic within all Black girls," says Dr. Blay. "We are professional code-switchers, hair-flippers, hip-shakers, and go-getters. We hold Ph.Ds and listen to trap music; we twerk and we work. We hold it down while lifting each other up, and we don't have to justify or explain our reason for being. This is us."
Follow #ProfessionalBlackGirl across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to celebrate and affirm the everyday excellence of Black women and girls.
For more information, or to interview Dr. Yaba Blay, please contact Shakirah Gittens at 718-687-6231 or by email at info@DynamicNLyfe.com.
Wilmore turns WHCD into room of uncomfortable white people
Larry Wilmore got booed for his humorous observations (not to be confused with "observational humor) hit home with presidential policy and the news media. Wilmore didn't leave Hollywood out of view for attack. Everything was fair game for Wilmore: Obama's troubled legacy of Guantanamo Bay, our continued war with Afghanistan, and targeted drone strikes. Yet Wilmore soldiered on despite seeming nervous at first. Overcoming his social anxiety, in truest "blerd" fashion, he threw in a routine quip about the rape allegations surrounding Bill Cosby. The White House Correspondents Dinner audience booed Wilmore again. Some of the audience even hissed. I loved every minute of it because this was the turn for Wilmore's monologue. And it was for me too, especially as a home streaming viewer.
I suspect perhaps that Wilmore is an experienced enough comic to have been tipped off to the fact that the dinner's attendees (DC politicians and their cohorts from the mainstream news media) are a bunch of gross narcissists on some complete bullshit. Wilmore no doubt understands the booing response to a harmless joke about Bill Cosby elicited from his immediate audience of elite politicians and journalists would be the interpretive comedic inverse to whatever black video streamers outside the Beltway would be thinking: "Call the no-good bastards out, Larry!"
Wilmore seemed to use the Cosby joke for pathos to gauge his audience's ethos and went for the logos of low-hanging comedic fruit: dick jokes. Wilmore's comic genius is in knowing that his immediate audience is made up of a group of people less concerned about the optics of their annual banquet than they are about being in the room. I for one will miss watching him on The Nightly Show.


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Kennedy is a 1983 American-British five-hour television miniseries written by Reg Gadney and directed by Jim Goddard. The miniseries is a biography of the 1961-1963 presidency of John F. Kennedy. It  was co-produced by Alan Landsburg Productions and Central Independent Television and originally aired in the United States starting on 20 November 1983, and concluding on November 22, the 20th anniversary of Kennedy's assassination.

The miniseries stars Martin Sheen as President John F. Kennedy, Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy, John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy, E. G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy, Geraldine Fitzgerald as Rose Kennedy, Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover, and Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith amongst many others.

The series was originally broadcast on NBC, and was also sold to 50 countries, with 27 of them broadcasting the series simultaneously.

Cast

 Martin Sheen as John F. Kennedy
 Blair Brown as Jacqueline Kennedy
 John Shea as Robert F. Kennedy
 E. G. Marshall as Joseph P. Kennedy
 Geraldine Fitzgerald as Rose Kennedy
 Vincent Gardenia as J. Edgar Hoover
 Kelsey Grammer as Stephen Smith
 Charles Brown as Martin Luther King Jr.
 Kevin Conroy as Edward M. Kennedy
 Nesbitt Blaisdell as Lyndon B. Johnson
 Tom Brennan as Adlai Stevenson
 Ellen Parker as Ethel Kennedy
 Donald Neal as Ralph Yarborough
 John Glover as Bill
 Jessica Ann Durr as Caroline Kennedy (ages 5–6)
 Hannah Fallon as Caroline Kennedy (ages 3–4)
 James Burge as Peter Lawford
 Peter Boyden as Pierre Salinger
 Laurie Kennedy as Patricia Kennedy Lawford
 Joe Lowry as Dave Powers
 Joanna Camp as Eunice Kennedy Shriver
 Al Conti as Sargent Shriver
 Frances Conroy as Jean Kennedy Smith
 Kent Broadhurst as Richard Paul Pavlick
 Peggy Hewitt as Letitia Baldrige
 David Leary as Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
 Don MacLaughlin as Chief Justice Earl Warren
 Larry Keith as Stanley Levison
 Harry Madsen as Clint Hill
 Tanny McDonald as Lady Bird Johnson
 Carmen Mathews as Mamie Eisenhower
 David Schramm as Robert McNamara
 Janet Sheen as Elaine de Kooning
 Trey Wilson as Kenneth O'Donnell
 George Guidall as Nicholas Katzenbach
 Barton Heyman as Curtis LeMay
 J.R. Dusenberry as John Connally
 Margo Tully as Nellie Connally
 Satch Franklin as extra at armoury

Reception
The series was nominated for 3 Golden Globes and 4 BAFTA Awards, and won the latter for Best Drama Series and Best Make Up.

Nielsen Ratings
Part 1 averaged a 12.0/17, against The Day After, and ranked 54th out of 64 programs the week of November 14–20, 1983. However, Parts 2 and 3 both ranked in the Top 10 for the week, with Part 2 averaging a 22.3/34 and Part 3 averaging a 24.3/37. Out of 64 programs airing the week of November 21–27, 1983, Part 2 ranked 6th for the week, and Part 3 ranked 4th for the week.

See also
 Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy

References

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Oil painting style, rich plot, not so much a puzzle game as a movie, the player moved with the lens immersed in different time and space in different stories, in an hour less than the tour (shadow) experience (shadow) experience , Fancy to catch a glimpse of a father's salvation, a couple of heart, a son of the release, and ... ... a single dog's spring? Game process is short, but did not affect the breadth and depth of content.
The game is divided into a main line with three lines, the main line for the son of Michael in the little face of his father died after his work to live in a small place to live in the understanding and recognition of the meaning of his father after the solution of the knot. As an art worker, he visits his father every day to participate in the design of the museum, and in the face of art to produce inspiration, the spirit of free, which leads to the extension.
① tells the story of Pompeii on the eve of a husband to make a choice to save the family story. Spur line ② and feeder ③ intertwined, about a pair of past life and benevolent loving couple in this life how romantic encounter (one is Michael, one is a tourist). Through the time and space of love, deep deep parental love, responsibility, play, beat the will of time, the meaning of art, artisan spirit ... ... every one is a long talk about the unknown point, the developer is extremely clever to all of its Concentrate on a game.
After the -The End-subtitles, each person will be on their own as a social role and reflection, introspection. It can be said that the game itself, as the exhibits in the Naples Museum, as a work of art, to give every Michael incentive, thought, inspiration and insight.


1. GOOD ATTENTION STANCE, FEET TOGETHER, BOW, LEFT FOOT MOVE.
2. SLIDE BACK, THEN - BACK FIST STRIKE, PUNCH, LEAD RIDGE HAND, SIDE KICK.
3. RIGHT FOOT MOVE. THEN - TURNING HOOK KICK, BACK FIST STRIKE, PUNCH, BACK ROUND HOUSE KICK.
4. JUMP TURNING CRESCENT KICK, THEN - BACK FIST STRIKE, PUNCH, LEAD RIDGE HAND STRIKE, SIDE KICK.
5. TURN YOUR ARMS, BACK FIST STRIKE, PUNCH, BACK ROUND HOUSE.
6. SIDE KICK, BACK FIST STRIKE, SIDE KICK.
7. TURN YOUR ARMS, SLIDE UP---SLIDE UP, LEFT FOOT MOVE.
8. TURNING HOOK KICK, BACK FIST STRIKE, PUNCH, LEAD RIDGE HAND STRIKE, SIDE KICK.
9. JUMP TURNING CRESCENT KICK, DROP TO LEFT KNEE, BLOCK RIGHT, PUNCH LEFT, YELL!
RETURN TO ATTENTION STANCE, FEET TOGETHER, BOW.


I was sitting out in a field just wondering when will I ever get my dream horse I closed my eyes for a sekunde and i heard a horse running towards me and i alisema "i know your there Colton (my little brother) and if your agervating me about my dream horse just leave" then i looked up and saw a beautiful black horse with a white nyota on it's head and i looked around and saw nobody and it already had a saddle and hatamu, atakayepenya on so i just hopped on it and urged it to go and it ran like the wind and I was having the time of my life i yelled WAHOOO and i guess my mom heard me because she ran out and yelled "Hey where are wewe first-aid kit au ambulance, magari ya wagonjwa and i turned the horse around and went out of the woods and met my mom and she alisema "Where'd wewe get the horse ain't this your dream horse?" I alisema "yes" and my mom alisema "you can keep it" and i squeled today my horse's name is Misteria she is a girl who was 3 months pregnant with my new mwana-, mwana-punda spirit.
- farasi use 10 percent less energy standing up than they do lying down.
- when people groom farasi and ponies in the areas where farasi "groom" each other (the neck, back, and shoulders), their moyo rate decreases kwa about 11 percent.
- Xenphon (circa 430-355 BC), a general and historian from Greece, wrote a book about riding and training farasi which described procedures still used today.
- farasi and ponies have been shod (given horseshoes) since Roman times.
- the English Thouroughbred can be traced back to three Arabian stallions in the 17th and 18th centuries: Darley Arabian, Godolphin Arabian (King of the Wind, anyone?), and Byerley Turk.
- all American morgan farasi are descended from one stallion, which lived in Springfield, Massachusetts, and was named Justin morgan after his owner.
The unbelievers and how to put them in there place.
I was my boarding schools Chrismas party. It was awesome until my friend Ally introduced me to her. Sabrina Taylor. The unbeliever. In horses, that is. Im an equestrian, and everyone knows that I would rather die of a bad fall than of old age. Of course, if I die of old age that would give me zaidi time to ride, but I'll be old and unable to.
"Hey Ally" I alisema walking up to my friend.
"I have heard your name before, wewe were on some knd of event." She tapped her chin. I felt pride swelling in my chest that she remembered my name.
"Yeah, I'm on the Equestrian team." I beamed. She frowned, looked away and took a sip of her drink. "What?"
"Well, horse riding isn't a real sport. The horse does all the work." She alisema flatly. Pride was replaced with shock, then with anger. "I remember actually once we had to write a persuasive essay on allowing gum au something in school, so I took the idea and wrote a letter to some guy on the Olympic board on how horse riding isn't a sport."
•About 70,000 people go to the emergency room each mwaka for equestrian-related injuries. About 12,000 of those people have suffered head injuries.
•Among lifetime riders (people who ride 6 au zaidi times a year), 13% have been hospitalized with a riding injury.
•Horseback riders have the same number of injury accidents per riding saa as motorcycle riders.
•All riding disciplines have a significant rate of head injuries.
•Unpredictable riding events — a horse spooking, bucking, au bolting — account for most head injuries, but 20% happen during non-riding activities au as a bystander. Wear your kofia, chapeo when around farasi even if wewe are not mounted.
•Your level of expertise doesn't protect you: The risk of injury is tied to cumulative riding time, not level of expertise.
Charecters: Adrianne(16), Nicole(16), Valeria(15), Kansas(16), Caleb(9), Sammy(15), and zaidi later on!
"Do wewe wanna go ride?" I asked Nicole. She was staying over for the last siku of summer. She keeps her horse with me, because she doesn't live on a farm.
"Sure!" She answered excitedly. We upendo to ride farasi when we have free time. Draw and ride horses. It was our life!
We ran to the ghalani and got our horses. We tied them up and brushed them.
"How's Billie Jean?" I asked Nicole. Billie Jean was an Arabian. She was brown and had a white moyo on her chest.
"Good. What about Thriller?" Nicole answered.
"Good." Thriller was also an Arabian. He is a solid black gelding. We named our farasi after Michael Jackson songs if wewe hadn't noticed.
We finnished up with our farasi and walked them out to the field. We got up and walked off farther into the field. It was a windy day. I could smell the smell of manure, but i'm used to it.
Horses, how cool, how cute.
Hi! I am KingdomHeartsNR, here to tell wewe The Inside Outside NEWS! Now, Im sure most of wewe guys kusoma this have seen at least 1 movie in your life. But look back on all the sinema youve seen. Has it occured to wewe that in ALMOST every movie their is a horse? That, my friends, is because the horse has become so facinating, so incredibly mysterious and fantastic, that their beauty and stamina has caught our interest in such a hold. How do they get so fast? Can they learn to do this? Can they even do that? People, even if they don't like horses, are all amased at this thing of beauty God created. There are some farasi that can count, some that can "talk", and people beleive that at some point in their gallop, they are actually "flying". Now, I am here to give wewe something to read, something to interest you, something to keep your eyes WIDE open. Think of what I am going to tell you. I went to the Kentucky Horse Park not to long ago, and I also just got back from horse camp. So here I go.
When we think of Indians we picture a warrior with a spear au bow and arrow sitting on a horse. But, the Indians did not always have horses. In fact, they did not always have bows and arrows, but that is a different story. This page is about farasi and Indians.
The Indians got their first farasi from the Spanish. When the Spanish explorers Coronado and DeSoto came into America they brought farasi with them. This was in the mwaka of 1540. Some farasi got away and went wild. But, the Indians did not seem to have done much with these wild horses. They did not start to ride au use farasi until much later.
In the 1600s there were a lot of Spanish missions and settlers in New Mexico just to the west of Texas. This is where the Pueblo and Navaho Indians live. The Spanish in New Mexico used Indians as slaves and workers. These Indian slaves and workers learned about farasi working on the Spanish ranches. The Spanish had a law that made it a crime for an Indian to own a horse au a gun. Still these Indians learned how to train a horse and they learned how to ride a horse. They also learned how to use farasi to carry packs.
Horse, large land mammal notable for its speed, strength, and endurance. farasi are members of the Equidae family, which also includes zebras and asses. Like all equids, the horse is extremely well adapted to traveling long distances with great efficiency and to surviving on a diet of nutrient-poor, high-fiber grasses. The horse is an intensely social animal, forming strong associations with members of its herd and possessing a keen ability to recognize subtle social cues. These instinctive behaviors form the basis of the horse's ability to bond with and obey a human trainer.
The horse's influence on human history and civilization make it one of the most important domestic animals. farasi were domesticated in Eurasia around 6,000 years ago. Throughout much of human history, they have provided humans with mobility and have served in agriculture, warfare, and sport. Today domestic farasi are found throughout the world. So-called wild horses, such as those found in the American West, are actually feral animals, free-living descendants of domestic farasi that escaped au were turned loose.
This is the story of a wild mustang who was captured, tamed and became a successful competitor in dressage, one of the most refined of all equestrian sports.
Andy grew up in Nevada, in the wild mountains and deserts. He was a big mwana-, mwana-punda for a wild horse, but early in this century, farmers who were switching to tractors had turned out their draft horses, and undoubtedly some of these farasi were in his family background. The Bureau of Land Management watches over American's wild farasi and when there are too many in an area and there is not enough chakula and water for them all, they gather up some of them and offer them to the public for adoption.
Andy was captured in Winnemuca NV when he was around six months old. He was sent to palomino Valley just 1/2 saa south of his nyumbani where he was chosen to be part of the prisoner rehabilitation program. He was not old enough to go so he spent over a mwaka in a holding facility in Muleshoe, TX. When he went to the prison, he was halter broke kwa the women and saddle broke kwa the men. The black mwana-, mwana-punda grew to stand 16.3 hands high and weigh nearly 1900 pounds (that's almost a ton!).
One day, Shannon and Kayli came nyumbani from school and ran out through the ghalani to the corral to be with their two horses, Max, a quarter horse gelding, and Lady, a shetland gppony, pony mare. Shannon and Kayli's mother Lea came with them. As Lea came out of the barn, she saw a neighbor's dog just outside the corral, its head down and growling at her two girls. She ran over to them.
Suddenly, the dog darted under the fence and ran at the two girls, barking loudly. Max and Lady immediately started after the dog and chased it, as Shannon and Kayli and their mother stood together, frightened. Max chased it around and around the corral, but it wouldn't leave. It kept charging at the girls and their mother. Lady returned to them, keeping between them and where the dog was. She was guarding them, and every time the dog came near, she kicked at it.
This is a real story and a real horse hero.
In Greenup county, Kentucky, Robert Denlinger has a farm down kwa the Tygarts River. He raises sheep, and works his land with Percheron draft farasi instead of tractors. He has kuvasz livestock guard mbwa to help him on the right and when he has time, he gentles horses, especially wild horses.
I groomed wewe for awhile.
In 2004, there were many animal abuse and neglect crimes in America. One of the most appalling, happened in Texas.
wanyama Cops had heard complaints of animal cruelty toward a horse. So the Animal Cops went to this house to see what was going on. They found this helpless horse tied to a fence and standing in feces. The horse's owner came out of the house and talked to the Animal Cops. The horse's owner alisema that he was not eating and that he had taken him to the vet and nothing was wrong. The brave Animal Cops realized that this could not have been true because this poor creature did not have any chakula au water for her to eat. They decided that this was not normal and that they had to take this animal away.
They took her to the Animal Cops' Stable and gave her chakula and water. They vet came out and discovered that this horse was pregnant. The horse was not due for another 4 months. The future of this horse was unknown and blurry.
I don't know what happened to him at the Belmont, but there is one possible theory. Before the race the commentary was made that Big Brown had been getting a legal shot of steroids once a month. The owner stated that he wanted everyone to see that he could win the race without the shot. This is his first race without the shot, perhaps this might have affected his performance. Just a theory. However, the temperature was a steamy 93 degrees, I can't imagine running a mile and half in that kind of heat. He was also fitted with a new pair of custom glue-on shoes, don't know how much affect this could have had on his surefootedness.


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June 21, 2010 June 17, 2010 by Jared, posted in Games
I would pay good money for a new Star Fox game. It's been some time since I've been able to experience partial freedom while moving continuously in a single direction. "Purposeful gameplay" is what they call that, I think. Game designers have forgotten the extent to which their audience loves to be controlled. I'm certain that, though the gaming community consistently demands "open worlds" and "open minds," they wouldn't pass up a good spanking or two, as long as it leads somewhere fun. I miss the games where it was like you had your big brother playing with you the whole time, going, "Shoot that! Oh, you missed it… Shoot that! Oh, you're dead." Most arguments for on-rails gameplay centre on the importance of the story. But that's missing the point. The point is, people like to pay to be told what to do. With our individualistic western society that seems almost sinful, but games like House of the Dead and, especially, Star Fox prove that it's possible to have fun with limited freedom. And not just a little fun, a ton of fun. Star Fox is ballin-ass shit, and anyone that doesn't think so is stupid. Hell, I could take any old kid, some kid born after the death of the Dreamcast, some kid who has never heard of the Game Cube. I could take this kid, sit him down with Star Fox and he'd be all talkin' about how this was a revolution. That might be a stretch, but I'm pretty certain he wouldn't trash my apartment.
So that's all to tell you that Star Fox is still fun. Now I'm going to tell you why. It comes down to two things: characters and imagination. The first is the easier to describe, so I'll go for that. The characters in Star Fox expect something from you. Right from the first training mission, Falco will rag on your ass if you ain't doin' it right, Slippy will encourage you, and that rabbit thing will say something insane. Probably something about carrots. I know how much he likes those. Anyway, this sets up a situation where you actually want to impress these characters. Hell, the characters don't even have voices. They just say "bip bip bip bip" or "slurp slurp slurp" or something, and you're still saying, "Oh shit, sorry" if you steal their kills. Except Falco; he's a douche and I'll steal his kills when I want to. But this game is perhaps the only game that successfully captures the magic of Top Gun and the last 14 minutes of Star Wars. Banter and shooting planes. That's about as good as it gets.
The second point begins with an acknowledgement of the graphical limitations of this game. To be fair, the graphics are certainly better than anything else on the Super Nintendo, but that's saying very little at this point. Let's face it, you're shooting geometric shapes. But what makes this game amazing is that it forces you to imagine the object behind the geometric shapes, and does it quite successfully. Let's take, for example, this screen shot.
That's like a frickin' abstract painting man! Do what you want with it! It's pretty apparent that it's supposed to be some sort of walking thing, but the specifics are hazy. And that's the beauty of it. For me, this guy was a giant robot carrying an equally giant piece of plywood. Maybe he's building a cottage. Maybe he's rehearsing some slapstick comedy. Either way, I killed him dead. All of the enemies and buildings in Star Fox are like this. They force you to invent the parts that the engine isn't capable of rendering. You might say this is pretty similar to the argument against gratuitous CGI, and it is. It's the same thing. Congratulations. And to make a quick analogy to the film industry: watching Star Wars: Episode 1, it's hard not to notice how dated the CGI is. That was made 11 years ago, and it shows it. A New Hope, made in 1977, holds up because there's a reliance on the imagination of the viewer.
The point is, Star Fox is an incredible game. Easily as incredible as the version for Nintendo 64. It probably one of the only games on this list that people will still play in ten years. It goes beyond nostalgia.
Tagged Character driven story, Falco, Graphically limited, House of the Dead, Imagination in games, On Rails, snes, Star Fox, Star Wars
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Five years after surgery, the number of teens taking psychiatric drugs increased in both groups. An increase in use of specialist mental-health care was also seen.
Teens who had surgery were significantly more likely to have had inpatient or outpatient care for mental problems, the researchers found. But those who had surgery may be monitored more closely, which might account for the increased care.
Five years after surgery, teens who had the operation said they had improved self-esteem. They also reported less binge-eating, emotional eating and uncontrolled eating. Their overall mood, however, had not changed, the researchers noted.
The report was recently published in the journal The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health.
The authors highlighted some limitations to the study. For one, the surgical patients weren't randomly chosen. Also, the severity of obesity was unequal between the two groups (the surgery group had an average BMI of 45; the non-surgery group's average BMI was 42), and the sample size was small.
Still, "we suggest that adolescents and their caregivers should be given realistic expectations in advance of embarking on a surgical pathway," Jarvholm said in a journal news release. Also, as teens begin treatment, long-term mental health follow-up and support should be a requirement, she added.
People living with obesity encounter weight bias and discrimination, which can negatively affect mental health, said the author of an accompanying editorial, Dr. Stasia Hadjiyannakis, from the University of Ottawa in Canada. "We must advocate for and support strategies aimed at decreasing weight bias and discrimination," she wrote.
For more on weight-loss surgery, visit the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
SOURCE: The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, news release, Jan. 21, 2020
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Intimations of Feminism in Ancient Athens: Euripides' Medea
Terry Collits
The monumental cultural achievement of the Athenians in the fifth century BCE is so commonly taken to contain the origins of our modernity ("we" being "the West") that it is reasonable to enquire whether that culture included the beginnings of feminism. But to put the question of whether there was an actually existing feminism in Athens raises obstacles and resistances at many levels. Short of the unlikely event of the discovery of a hitherto lost library of new evidence, the empirical data for answering the question is likely to remain as limited and unyielding as it is now. The alternative method is re-reading the existing texts, subjecting them to new methods of analysis and different perspectives for interpretation. As Fredric Jameson defined this difference:
the historicizing operation can follow two distinct paths, which only ultimately meet in the same place: the path of the object and the path of the subject, the historical origins of the things themselves and that more intangible historicity of the concepts and categories by which we attempt to understand those things.
The paucity of the available evidence means that the paths identified by Jameson will never meet: conclusions will remain hypothetical, judgments controversial. This does not mean that the enquiry is entirely quixotic or simply arbitrary. It can take its place in the realm of the provisional and the relatively persuasive which is the familiar home of literature, theory and politics. It is obliged to live with an old anxiety about authentic knowledge and preserve a decent reticence about imposing on the past anachronistic values of the present. Such concerns are especially potent when one is negotiating the ancient classics, a field which until recently was the preserve of a special clerisy. Contemporary literary theory can help ease such difficulties.