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Q: Make a generic version of this asynchronous method I have a Silverlight client using MEF/Prism that connects to a WCF service. I am writing a "service agent" to use as a shared service throughout the application. This "service agent" is a singleton that provides the only way for the client to call the WCF service. I've implemented my service contract and all of the methods look very similar, except for the specific Begin/End operations they call and the arguments they accept.
For example:
public void WakeUpInstanceAsync(Foo opportunity, bool isHistorical, Action<WakeupObj> callback)
{
    if (IsOpen())
    {
        AsyncCallback asyncCallback = (e) =>
        {
            _currentDispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =>
            {
                try
                {
                    callback(_funnelClient.EndWakeUpInstance(e));
                }
                catch (CommunicationException ex1)
                {
                    // Notify someone via eventaggregator?
                    callback(null);
                }
            });
        };

        _funnelClient.BeginWakeUpInstance(opportunity, isHistorical, asyncCallback, null);
    }
}

Is there any way I could create a generic method that takes a 2 parameters (the "begin" method and the "end" method)?

A: Would something like this be what you are looking for?
    public void WakeUpInstanceAsync(Foo opportunity, bool isHistorical, Action<WakeupObj> callback)
    {
        this.ImplementAsyncMethod(
            asyncCallback => _funnelClient.BeginWakeUpInstance(opportunity, isHistorical, asyncCallback, null),
            asyncResult => _funnelClient.EndWakeUpInstance(asyncResult),
            callback);
    }

    public void ImplementAsyncMethod<T>(Action<AsyncCallback> begin, Func<IAsyncResult, T> end, Action<T> callback)
    {
        if (IsOpen())
        {
            AsyncCallback asyncCallback = (e) =>
            {
                _currentDispatcher.BeginInvoke(() =>
                {
                    try
                    {
                        callback(end(e));
                    }
                    catch (CommunicationException ex1)
                    {
                        // Notify someone via eventaggregator?
                        callback(default(T));
                    }
                });
            };

            begin(asyncCallback);
        }
    }

(disclaimer - I have not compiled it)

A: You can use TaskFactory.FromAsync to wrap nearly any Begin/End asynchronous method pair into a Task<T>.  This provides a much cleaner model for working with asynchronous programming, as you can then just use a continuation on the UI thread for your "callback".

A: Seems like you would need an WakeUpInstanceResult class to hold the multiple parameters.

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The online Master of Aerospace Engineering program is available in a Master of Engineering degree or a Master of Science degree. The Master of Engineering degree program is a non-thesis degree option that is customized to allow students to complete courses across a variety of engineering disciplines. The Master of Science degree program offers both a thesis and a non-thesis degree option that allows students to further their educations and sharpen their skills in aerospace system design, development, manufacturing, maintenance, and operation. Courses in this field include aerodynamics, computational dynamics, flight dynamics, structural dynamics, and more.


Thankfully, the real football returns this weekend after an international break which feels like it ran for months. Liverpool return to action at Anfield against visitors Tottenham Hotspur, a match which is undoubtedly the pick of the weekend.
Tottenham are battling for a top 4 finish and being just 1 point ahead of rivals Arsenal certainly means that they are under pressure to try and get something from this game. Manchester United and Chelsea are also just a few points behind Pochettino's side.
Liverpool are, of course, still chasing that elusive Premier League title and although they currently sit top of the Premier League 2 points clear of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola's men have a game in hand. They play at Fulham in the early kick-off on Saturday.
Tottenham need to tighten up at the back, where recent errors have proved costly, while Liverpool could do with Mo Salah refinding the form that made him such a threat last season.
16 Tottenham players collectively travelled 61,883 air miles on international duty over the past fortnight while 13 Liverpool players travelled 33,977 miles. This is some distance and hopefully they won't be too fatigued come Sunday afternoon.
Liverpool have been handed a boost with the return of defender Joe Gomez after nearly four months out with a broken leg, while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is expected to be back in full training at Melwood next week. Naby Keita is available while Xherdan Shaqiri and Trent Alexander-Arnold are close to recovering from minor problems meaning the Reds could be at full strength for the title run-in.
Reds' boss Jürgen Klopp is certainly looking forward to getting stuck back into the domestic schedule. He told the official Liverpool FC website: "Absolutely [it's good to be back]. Really, we were waiting pretty much for it.
"It is nice to have a little bit of a rest in between, but on the other hand you want to keep it going in a situation like that – we won three games in one week and could have played pretty much the next day.
"With all players together, of course, the Dutch ones, the Brazilians, together in complete training. But preparation has started today already.
"We don't have all the players who are away, but we have all the other players as well. Bringing players back, step by step. OK, Shaq and Trent are still doing a bit of rehab, but the others are here and in good shape. Two sessions today and then one session a day.
As for Tottenham, Eric Dier and Harry Winks are struggling to be fit for the Premier League showdown. The duo will be assessed ahead of the game with Victor Wanyama on standby to start if required.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 16 games against the 'big six' with their last home defeat coming against Manchester United back in January 2016. Tottenham have the second-worst record in 'big six' meetings and have actually lost the most games against those teams during this campaign.
Tottenham need Harry Kane and his team-mates to be on top form if they are to end their run of four successive games without a Premier League win while Liverpool must hold their nerve and hope that Mo Salah finds some of the magic that the in-form Sadio Mane has displayed recently.
Bookmakers have Liverpool down at 1.55 to win (odds taken from My Betting Sites) which makes them heavy favourites.
Liverpool vs Tottenham will be shown live on Sky Sports from 4.15pm on Sunday. The game kicks off at 4.30pm.


Welcome to our two newest members, Bro. Sonny and Bro. Vieira, who were initiated at November's regular meeting. We look forward to your advancement within the craft.
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Released: 3rd December 2001
Moronic metalheads Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) broadcast a cable-access show from Wayne's basement. Their wisecracks about youth, music and girls are picked up on by a TV executive (Rob Lowe), who pays them to produce a 'new, improved' programme for national TV. But the pair discover that fame has its price when they lose control of the show and the TV executive starts pursuing Wayne's girlfriend.
Actors Tia Carrere, Alice Cooper, Mike Myers, Rob Lowe, Colleen Camp, Dana Carvey, Ione Skye, Brian Doyle-Murray, Meat Loaf, Carole Stevens, Donna Dixon, Lara Flynn Boyle
Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Additional info Anamorphic (16:9), Language(s): English, German, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Subtitles: English, Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:1.78, Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Surround, Region 2
Duration 90mins


160 Amazing Ways To Use Coconut Oil…. The Mind Boggles!
Coconut oil is a fantastic oil that has many wonderful health and beauty benefits. Whether its for hair care, facial care or even cooking, coconut oil is a miracle product that you need to try.


SAN FRANCISCO – January 9, 2019 – Sauce Labs, Inc., provider of the world's largest continuous testing cloud for web and mobile applications, today announced the full lineup of speakers for SauceCon 2019, highlighted by keynote addresses from leading experts at Walmart Labs and Forrester Research. The company today also introduced the "Saucys," a new annual awards program celebrating testing and digital excellence amongst the growing Sauce Labs user community.
On the heels of a sold-out event in San Francisco in 2018, the third-annual SauceCon moves to Austin in 2019. The event will take place from April 24-25, with an optional day of workshops on April 23. More than 500 attendees from across the world are expected. Registration and sponsorship opportunities are still available.
To view the full lineup of confirmed speakers, visit the SauceCon Website.
Visit the Saucys landing page for more information or to submit a nomination. The nomination period will remain open through March 8, 2019. Finalists will be notified later that month, and the winner in each category will be announced during a special live session at SauceCon 2019.
Sauce Labs ensures the world's leading apps and websites work flawlessly on every browser, OS and device. Its award-winning Continuous Testing Cloud provides development and quality teams with instant access to the test coverage, scalability, and analytics they need to deliver a flawless digital experience. Sauce Labs is a privately held company funded by Toba Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Centerview Capital Technology, IVP and Adams Street Partners. For more information, please visit https://saucelabs.com.


Asian essential and influenced decoration is one of the most popular bathroom designs lately. You can add vanity and a fair breeze to your everyday showers. Before catching this trend, you need to decide what kind of Asian inspired theme can go well with your furniture at the bathroom, observant items are one of the important things in any room design. You can start by checking the styles of Asian countries; do you want to create a look a spa-worthy look like southeast Asia culture or a tranquil feel like the far eastern part traditions?


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Column: Boogie Woogie, the NEP Wildcats and understanding no dream is too big
Tony Adame
Let's start with a fearless, 10-year-old football player named Zayvion Davis – Boogie Woogie if you know what's up — and why every part of you that ever loved football should cheer for Boogs and the two teams of Northeast Pensacola Wildcats when they (hopefully) get to play for a World Youth Football championship next week at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
But first, that nickname. It was given to Davis when he was 5 years old by NEP Wildcats President Kevin Sluder.
"I called him Boogie Woogie because he danced after he scored touchdowns," said Sluder, who was the 1994 PNJ Northwest Florida Defensive Player of the Year at Escambia High and went on to play for Mississippi State. "And he's never stopped doing either one ever since."
More:NEP youth football teams raise funds to reach World Youth Football Championships
The only time Boogie Woogie ever had to stop scoring touchdowns was two years ago, when he broke his arm.
During a 1-on-1 drill at practice, the coaches made the mistake of letting Boogie Woogie, one of the shorter, lighter kids on the team (but also the fastest, as his teammates point out), pick his opponent.
Boogie Woogie, of course, pointed at the biggest kid.
"Broke his arm in two places," said his mother, Kenitria Stallworth. "But, as he'll tell you, it wasn't the kid who broke his arm. It was because he was reaching back to catch himself after he got knocked off his feet … the problem was the kid landed on him as he was trying to put his hand down."
If you haven't figured it out by now, it would take more than a broken arm to stop Boogie Woogie and the 9-U NEP Wildcats, who, along with the 11-U NEP Wildcats, want no less than to bring national titles back to Pensacola from Canton after winning Southeast Region championships last weekend.
Winning teams also get another bonus — the name of their squad engraved on the wall in the actual Pro Football Hall of Fame.
"(Boogie Woogie) is our Troy Polamalu when he's on defense and playing safety," said 9-U coach Michael Frantz. "And when we're on offense, he's our Reggie Bush or Alvin Kamara or whatever great running back you want to talk about back there … and he's also our hype man on the sideline, the kid who is leading all the chants they do, all the cheers."
Both teams are undefeated. In Canton, they'll square off with teams from all over the country.
Both teams will also need a little help to get to Ohio – there's a GoFundMe Page where you can make donation, and the team is fundraising like crazy to make sure all the players and coaches can get there. The plan is to take one charter bus for both teams, and they'll need about $20,000 to send around 50 players and 14 coaches.
"We get to go play in a big game," said 11-U running back/linebacker Nigel Nelson, whose favorite player is New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley. "We get to play in Canton, on the fields at the Hall of Fame."
Up front, the 11-U team, coached by Sluder, has a monster in lineman Ramon Hearn, who is approaching 6-feet tall, wears size 15 shoes and has gotten used to other teams asking to see his birth certificate. They've also got Josh Spears, a defensive end/tight end/wide receiver who barely keeps his voice above a whisper ... until he's asked who his favorite NFL player is.
"Doug Baldwin," he says quickly, singling out the Gulf Breeze native and NFL Pro Bowl wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks.
Tuesday night, both teams practiced in the cold on opposite ends of a field at the Roger Scott Athletic Complex. Frantz met with parents about the trip, as did Sluder, and assistant coaches barked commands – and challenges – that seemed to boom a little louder in the crisp, cold air.
"You gonna be scared to go against somebody from New Jersey? From California? Why do we even care where they're from?"
To get to this point, the NEP Wildcats didn't just have to win games, which they did a lot of. The coaches go out of their way to make in-school visits. Bad grades aren't tolerated, and if your report card isn't up to standard or the coaches find out a player is acting up in school, they'll sit.
On Halloween, the Wildcats made their way to Sacred Heart Children's Hospital to hand out goodie bags to sick children who couldn't go trick-or-treating.
"It's never been just about football," Frantz said. "And you see the bond the kids have with each other, and you feel like it's working. You feel like it's making a difference."
And if the Wildcats can make it all the way to Canton, there's a moment that Sluder has envisioned for quite some time – one with more significance and emotional weight than can be conveyed here.
In the Pro Football Hall of Fame, which has enshrined just 318 in its rich history, there are two Pensacola natives with their names alongside the other legends – Escambia High grad Emmitt Smith and Booker T. Washington grad Derrick Brooks.
Sluder wants to take the kids, in a group, to see the busts of the two players he grew up watching play. He wants to look in the Wildcats' faces and tell them that kids from Pensacola right now are no different than Smith and Brooks were when they were kids. They had the same dreams. They played on the same fields. They faced the same problems.
He wants to let them know that anything is possible, and this proves it.
So imagine that. Boogie Woogie and the boys standing in the Hall of Fame and looking up at the two kids from Pensacola who made it all the way from here to Canton.
Now wouldn't that be something?
Tony Adame can be reached at aadame@pnj.com or 850-470-4429


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No, Pornography Is Not Feminist.
Is there any kind of pornography that is congruent with feminism? Is it possible for pornography to be feminist? In spite of the research and data that provide a resounding "no," some porn apologists still attempt to say otherwise.
"Any kind of porn can be feminist if everyone involved is having a good time," one proponent enthused inside an article for VICE, "even if they don't look like they're having a good time." She went on to note that "feminism isn't very sexy. Most people don't have feminist sexual fantasies because it's boring."
Similarly, other "feminist porn" advocates have also refused to oppose the violent tropes of their mainstream counterparts:
Feminist porn does not eradicate violent fantasy, aural play, and bondage. In fact, it celebrates and encourages individuals to radically traverse their fantasies and indulge in them, explore them, and legitimately defend them. Feminist porn does not dismantle fantasy. Actresses are hog-tied; they can be submissive. [S. Nicole Lane, Rewire]
The aforementioned VICE interviewee even went so far as to assert that BDSM can be feminist: "I think, generally, experienced kinky people are very good at being feminist, because if you want to do something that isn't standard, then you've really had to self examine and think about that – or at least you should have done. If you fantasise [sic] sexually about hitting women – which obviously isn't something that's encouraged – there's a feminist way to do it if you ask [.]"
For the record, female submission is the opposite of feminism.
And there is no feminist way to hit a woman.
Feminists want violence against women to be unthinkable, not sexy. Yet there's a cultural trend attempting to connect all kinds of dangerous, male-dominant practices such as prostitution and pornography to feminism.
Andrea Dworkin once wrote: "For a woman, love is defined as her willingness to submit to her own annihilation." Substitute "love" for "empowerment" and you have the core of what often passes for feminism today: Anything can be feminist, or empowering for women, if they choose it—especially if it has to do with sex.
Behind this idea is the fallacy that you can neutralize a dangerous dynamic by "eroticizing" it.
This simply isn't true.
GirlsDoPorn's Exploitation and Trafficking Are Not an Anomaly in the Porn Industry
On the contrary, promoting the idea that a man hitting or injuring a woman can be a feminist act blurs the lines in a way that can endanger all women and girls. Sexualizing violence isn't a tactic for flipping the script on, reducing, or condemning violence against women—it's a tactic for justifying it.
"Feminist porn" advocates mostly emphasize that feminist pornography is consensual. But consent doesn't make pornography feminist. It makes it not sex trafficking, maybe. Not rape, maybe. But consensual isn't the same as wanted—or safe. Women can die when men choke them, whether they consent to it or not. Consent, while important and indispensable, is not a "be all and end all" for determining whether something is feminist.
Feminism is a concept with content – it's a political commitment to women's equality in the face of male dominance. That's what it is. You can't slap the feminist label onto a misogynist practice and magically change the nature of that practice.
Here, so there is no confusion, is the nature of the practice of pornography: it promotes violent, misogynistic, and often criminal themes such as child sexual abuse, incest, and racism – including slavery role play targeting black women and Holocaust pornography. The pornography industry is one that profits from many outright crimes: assault, battery, fraud, sex trafficking, labor trafficking, rape, obscenity, defamation, and child sexual abuse. For example:
Sex trafficking: In Florida, a 15-year-old girl, missing for nearly a year, was discovered when over 50 videos of her rapes were posted on pornography kingpin site Pornhub, now rightly subject to a massive shutdown petition. (Yes, this is the same Pornhub which has been offering free premium content during the COVID-19 pandemic).
Child pornography: Pornhub has also hosted child pornography, and encouraged users to not report the videos.
Violence against women: A BBC study of 18-39 men found that 70% them had engaged in violence during sex: choking, gagging, spitting, hair-pulling, and slapping. Half of them said they were influenced by pornography. A third of them said they didn't ask.
Rape: A woman detailed how her attackers filmed a 12-hour sexual assault, and posted videos on Pornhub. In some of them, she was unconscious. She was 14.
There are, of course, different ways of being feminist. But if the word has any meaning at all, it cannot mean being an apologist for the sexual abuse and exploitation that are inherent to pornography.
Pornography is not and cannot be feminist.
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Category: Kashmiri Pandits
By srajput2 in Azerbaijan, Darfur, Displacement, Georgia, Kashmiri Pandits, KOSOVO, Refugees, Serbia, Sudan, Uncategorized
World Refugee Day: June 20, 2019 This day should be of concern to all of us, as it is a reminder that the issue of refugees, stateless people, asylum seekers and those who remain internally displaced within their countries continue to pose survival challenges for almost 70 million people of our world. Regardless of the …
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By srajput2 in Azerbaijan, Conflicts, Darfur, Displacement, Georgia, IDP Policies, Internal Displacement, Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandits, KOSOVO, Serbia, Sudan
Successfully launched my book: Internal Displacement and Conflict: The Kashmiri Pandits in Comparative Perspective https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sudha+rajput
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Kosovo and Serbia still embrace the long-running dispute In exchange for normalizing relations, Kosovo fears border changes and territory swaps by Serbia which is bound to resuscitate old animosities in the two former regions within the Yugoslavia federation. Kosovo is no longer a province of Serbia, it lost that right in 2008, after Kosovo declared …
By srajput2 in Displacement, IDP education, IDP Policies, Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandits, Migrant category, Refugee/Host Dynamic
My article 'Transitional Policies and Durable Solutions for Displaced Kashmiri Pandits' appears in FORCED MIGRATION REVIEW, OXFORD University Press, U.K. http://www.fmreview.org/solutions/rajput.html?utm_source=FMR+52+Thinking+ahead%3A+displacement%2C+transition%2C+solutions+-+online&utm_campaign=FMR+Alert+Eng+52+online&utm_medium=email
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Non-displaced KPs too talk of unmet demands!
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/valley-pandits-trying-to-keep-tradition-alive/205463.html Valley Pandits trying to keep tradition alive Published on: Mar 7, 2016, 12:30 AM M Aamir Khan Tribune News Service Srinagar, March 6 On the eve of Shivaratri today, the non-migrants Pandits said they were struggling to keep their age-old traditions alive and continued to face neglect from the successive governments. "On Herath (Shivaratri), …
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Displaced Kashmiri Pandits want status change to IDPs
By srajput2 in Displacement, Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandits, Minority status
Excelsior Correspondent Displaced Kashmiri Pandits plead for status change from 'Migrant' to IDPs Youth for PK meets British MP JAMMU, Feb 21: A high power delegation of Youth for Panun Kashmir (PK)-the frontline youth wing of Panun Kashmir today held a meeting with the British MP Bob Blackman who is on a visit to India …
Displaced KPs continue to fight – right to return
By srajput2 in Ethnic Cleansing, Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandits
December 28, 2015 Displaced KPs continue to fight for their right to return, led by the group's NGOs to choose to return to a "Separate homeland". On December 28, 1991, KPs first raised their demand for a "distinct homeland" within the Kashmir Valley, from which they were forcibly evicted in 1989/90, the new homeland to …
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Kashmiri Pandits – Minority Status for Pandits Irks Sikhs
Minority Status for Pandits Irks Sikhs, PoK Refugees By Fayaz Wani March 24, 2015 SRI NAGAR: The recommendation by a Parliamentary Panel to grant minority status to migrant Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) in Jammu and Kashmir has led to strong resentment from Sikhs and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) refugees, who have warned of a strong agitation. "The …
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Settlement of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits – plan with trouble
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Settlement of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits – the plan spells trouble already. Dec 1, 2014 In India, the longstanding mission of Bharatiya Janata Party regarding the resettlement of Kashmiri Pandits is becoming a national priority. Jammu and Kashmir's Chief Minister Mr. Omar Abdullah, has apparently detailed the plan that calls for allocating 840 hectares (approximately 2075 …


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Kapala terminalis  — вид паразитических наездников рода Kapala из семейства  подотряда стебельчатобрюхие перепончатокрылые насекомые. Паразитоиды личинок и куколок муравьев (Formicidae) рода  (на видах  и . Вид был описан в 1892 году американским энтомологом Уильямом Эшмидом (1855—1908).

Распространение
Центральная Америка: Гаити, Куба.

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Литература

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 Catalogue of Life
 Eucharitidae
 Universal Chalcidoidea Database
 UC Riverside Eucharitid Page

Эвхаритиды
Паразиты муравьёв
Животные, описанные в 1892 году
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Money access
Shopkeepers in plea for fee cut to save cash dispensers
Cash machines are disappearing (pic: Link)
Britain's shopkeepers are calling for a halt to the closure of thousands of cash dispensers.
They want LINK, which manages the UK's cash machine network, to cancel a planned cut in fees paid to operators.
The Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) says the cuts have resulted in thousands of free cash machines being lost in communities across the UK, leaving tens of thousands of people with no free means of accessing their money.
ACS says the cuts have gone too far, too fast, and according to consumer group Which?, have led to one in 10 of Britain's cash machines being either lost or moved to a pay-to-use model which denies people free access to their cash.
For millions of people, their local shop is now the only place where access to cash is available, especially as more than a third of bank branches have been retreating from high streets, towns and villages in the last five years.
ACD chief executive James Lowman said: "Protecting access to cash is crucial for the millions of people that still rely on it every day.
"Communities across the UK have been left without a cash machine at all as a result of LINK's programme of cuts to interchange fees, with many more only being able to get to a machine locally that charges to withdraw money.
"LINK must stop the cuts that have been so damaging to the network and ensure that the local shops who offer cash machines are supported."
ACS has said that if LINK does not take action, the Government should intervene to ensure that access to cash is protected in the long term.
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Absolutely correct stance by The Association of Convenience Stores! The closure of Banks and Post Offices is disenfranchising people and LINK is following the same course of action!


The Bishops of the UGCC visited the Przemysl-Warsaw Archeparchy to celebrate the 325th anniversary of the reestablishment of the unity of the Przemysl Eparchy with the Roman Apostolic Church. Such a visit of over forty Bishops of the UGCC from all over the world to Przemysl took place for the first time in history.
Metropolitan of Przemysl and Warsaw, Yevhen (Popovich), congratulated all members of the Synod of our Church, as well as Archbishop Salvatore Penacio, the Apostolic Nuncio in Poland, and the Bishops of the Polish Bishopric Conference in his diocese.
"Today, in Przemysl is a great holiday," said the Head of the UGCC during the sermon at the Greek Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Przemysl. - "The Kyivan Church has arrived in Przemysl in the person of their Bishops from all over the world to thank the Lord God for the incarnation of the history of our Church and our people. Today we solemnly want to thank God for the fact that He loves us so much."
Speaking about the history of the Przemysl Eparchy, His Beatitude Sviatoslav emphasized that it dates back a long time ago ... "This year the Kyivan Church celebrates 1030 years of the Baptism of Rus'-Ukraine. But we know that the history of the Przemysl Eparchy is even more ancient and reaches the mission of the holy Slavic educators Cyril and Methodius - it was set up by their disciples," added the the Primate.
Christianity in these lands in the Byzantine rite has survived different stages of its formation and prosperity. "But a special event was the one which memory we celebrate today: 325 years ago, the glorious Bishop of Przemysl, Innokentij Vynnytskiy makes a historic decision - to restore unity with the successor of the Apostle Petro," said the Primate.
This Eparchy in its history knew various points ... Through the power of the Spirit of God, it showed the height of the flowering of Christian spiritual life, culture and art. We know that this diocese gave our Church and our people the author of our national anthem (Mykhailo Verbytsky - Ed.). But also it has survived the time of destruction, persecution, martyrdom. Therefore, today's holiday is celebrated in the context of the resurrection of the Przemysl Metropolitanate," said the Primate.
The Head of the Church remembered Bishop Ivan Martynyak, who became the instrument of God's work after the resurrection of this Eparchy, a teacher of love and unity. Today, said the spiritual leader of the Greek Catholics, this diocese is confidently stepping forward because it feels that the Church is nothing else than continuation in time and space of the sacrament of the incarnation of the Word of God.
"This year both Poland and Ukraine celebrate the centenary of restoring their statehood. And, standing in front of God's throne, we thank for the fact that He cared and cares for our peoples. But today we have to say together that whenever our history was a history of salvation, that is, the history of God's love, then together we were strong and invincible," convinces the hierarch.
And each time, he added, when the history of man on earth threw God out of it, it turned into the human history only, the time of destruction, hatred and war came. "For the history of man without God is death," emphasized the Head of the UGCC.
"We pray today, - called His Beatitude Sviatoslav, - that the history of modern Poland and modern Ukraine was a continuation of the history of salvation. Let no one build a future on hatred. Let us be the followers of this unifying Divine Love, to which our Holy Father Francis calls us today."
"Let today's feast of the visible and complete unity of the Church of Kyiv with the Roman Apostolic See be the feast of God's love in our hearts, communities, eparchies and peoples," wished the Head of the Church.
On this day, the Bishops of the Synod also visited the Przemysl Cemetery, where the Bishops of the Przemysl Eparchy, the fathers Choristers (Kryloshany) and prominent pastors of this Eparchy are buried. In general, over one hundred priests of the UGCC are buried in this ancient cemetery. Here, the Bishops held the Panakhyda.


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Anyway, tonight we actually made it to the place. Having made it there, we eventually got around to eating barbecue, which I suppose makes sense in some twisted way. But before we ate, we had to order. The Joint's counter opens onto its kitchen, and above hangs a large chalkboard displaying the menu. There may have been a paper menu as well, but we never made it that far before we ordered.
A few menu highlights: pulled pork is offered in four forms, a 1/4 lb sandwich for $5, a 1/3 lb plate for $6, a 1/2 lb plate for $7, and a full pound of pulled pork for $8. All plates but the full pound come with coleslaw, pickles, and corn bread. You can also get sides separately–one side for $3 or three sides for $8. The sides were many and varied, from the standard mac and cheese, hush puppies, and roast potatoes, to somewhat more interesting selections like a bacon and tomato salad. Also on the menu, for $7, was a muffaletta sandwich–a classic piece of New Orleans fare that consists of grilled eggplant and olive tapenade on Sicilian bread. The menu doubtless included numerous other items, but we were too distracted by the above to make it much further.
In the end, our table ordered lots of pulled pork and a muffaletta. The sides that ended up floating between us were cornbread, hush puppies, mac and cheese, and collard greens. Each of us had slaw and pickles on our plate, much to the dismay of the Picky Epicurean in particular (whose loathing of all things brined and/or mayonnaisey is both endless and boundless). The rest of us were quite content with our de rigeur sides.
So, about that food. The pulled pork was moist, plentiful, and well-smoked, but was relatively unseasoned in its standard form. While delicious in its naked glory, it was only improved by the liberal application of the Barbecue Joint's house-made vinegar barbecue sauce. The barbecue sauce also had much to add when doused on cornbread, hush puppies, mac and cheese, napkins, small woodland creatures, and bicycle parts.
The mac and cheese was of the casserole variety, with an adequately crumby top and just the right amount of stringiness to the cheese component. The mac to cheese ratio was a little high for my taste, but my love of cheese borders on the unhealthy. Nevertheless, with a dash of the restaurant's (homemade?) hot sauce, the dish was nearly sublime.
The cornbread was good, but nothing spectactular–to the point where an application of either coleslaw or vinegar was required for maximum enjoyment. On the other hand, the hush puppies were tender and moist even straight up. The coleslaw components were minced rather than shredded (contrary to my own preference), but the slaw was tossed expertly in just the right amount of creamy and vinegary dressing. The simple vinegar pickles were vibrant and crisp. Of the sides, the collard greens were probably the least successful–the leaves cut into large strips with the rib intact, with minimal seasoning, and nearly drowning in their liquor.
The unexpected surprise was the muffaletta sandwich, a chunky battleship comprised of layers of tender grilled eggplant and fresh kalamata olive tapenade. Roasted red peppers and (perhaps?) sun-dried tomatoes rounded out the bright, briny flavors in the sandwich, and the sturdy foundation of the Sicilian loaf kept everything in place while soaking up extra flavors from the fillings, as well as providing an excellent chew factor.
With its combination of excellent flavors and ridiculously cheap dishes, the Barbecue Joint is high on the list for restaurant revisits. Combined with the fact that we have sampled perhaps a fifth of the sides and two out of who-knows-how-many main dishes, I can guess that it won't be long until we're back.
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But what about the Taco Bells in your area?
Do they even compare to the ones in the Mass/RI area?
Actually, the closest Taco Bell is about 20 or 25 minutes away, which is a serious schlep. And now that I live in a place with no fewer than three very good and reasonably priced Mexican places nearby, the Taco Bell action only happens when we're seriously hurting for pseudo-food. Also, the Picky Epicurean gets frustrated by them quite often, as they don't seem to understand the meaning of "Just meat and cheese, nothing else." Inevitably some sour cream or salsa or green vegetable-like substance ends up on her quesadilla. Is the request so difficult, I ask?
hmmmm…makes me want to go back there with fewer than 5 peeps in a rush to eat and really pore over the menu. although i'd probably just wind up getting the muffaletta again like alway.


So this is a tricky question: What age to start throwing a curveball?
View 1 – It's unhealthy for young arms before a certain age. It's the reason doctors are doing a bazillion more arm surgeries than ten years ago.
View 2 – It's not unhealthy for young arms if done properly. The problem is most kids are over-tired and aren't throwing with proper mechanics.
View 3 – It's only how many pitches thrown that matters, not what kind of pitches.
View 4 – Even if it's not harmful, being dependent on a curveball at a young age is bad for long term player development.
While there's likely some truth in all of these, view # 4 is the one we're going to talk more about below.
I find view 4 interesting, because these folks say even if throwing a curveball isn't harmful to a player's arm, it's STILL a bad idea.
These folks say that pitchers who really want to go the distance need to develop the feel, control and velocity of their fastball, which won't happen if they become dependent on a curveball too early on.
It's possible that a mediocre curveball can give a pitcher lots of success at levels where hitters haven't learned to hit a curveball yet, but that is an advantage that will disappear as the player progresses through high school and college.
In the mean time, they've lost valuable time they could have spent developing their money-maker.
So which pitches SHOULD young baseball players focus on?
And in our video today with MN Twin starting pitcher Pat Dean, he'll discuss what age he started throwing a curveball, and how that affected his pro career.
Coaches, what do you think? We love to your take on this issue. Do you think there are reasons beyond health to wait on introducing the curve ball to a young pitcher's arsenal?
Video transcript: MN Twin's starting pitcher Pat Dean - What age did you start throwing a curveball?
"Hey guys, Doug Bernier from ProBaseballInsider.com. Today we have a special treat. We are with starting pitcher Pat Dean.
What age did you start using a curve ball?
"I really started using a curve ball once I got into high school Growing up, my dad's main focus with me was to locate my fast ball.
One of the biggest things as a pitcher, is to be able to locate your fast ball because no matter what age you are at, if you can locate your fast ball that's going to get you a long way.
As I started getting older and seeing some older guys, that's when my dad and some coaches started working with me on my change up and my curve ball.
"Well that's good because you see a lot of young pitchers in little league, sometimes even 8 or 9 years old throwing curve balls.
"Yea exactly, and like I said, and I'm sure you can agree as a hitter, a well located fast ball can go a long way. You don't really need to start messing around with all of those other pitches that you see the guys in the big leagues throwing.
What pitches do you throw now?
I am a youth baseball coach and have always been a pitcher And first basemen. At 42 years young I still play competitive hardball and still to this day pitch. I was taught a very important rule as a child from my coach and it has always stuck with me and I use it to this day with my son and my players.
I was taught that you can not throw a curveball until you master the fastball and change up. That being said this was the rule my coach used. You need to master the fastball 2seam and 4seam by hitting all the 9 spots in the strike zone. From there if you can do the same with the change up then you were ready after actually hitting all 27 spots my coach called out 3 pitches in sequence and if you didn't hit the spots in that exact location you had to try again. By the time I hit all the spots and then his 3 called pitches and locations I only did it 4 times ever In succession he would sayI had too many pitches for that day and today's not your day to learn the curveball. I was never disappointed because what it taught me was this: it's very hard to throw a fastball and a change up with great control but it sure does take a lot of practice!!! He finally taught me at 16 yrs old. With this new mindset and confidence on the mound knowing I could locate these pitches I learned that the curveball was a great mix up pitch, but because I was so in control of my fastball and change up I didn't really need it. It's then when it all clicked my fastball was the center of my pitching arsenal everything else was just a bonus. He knew what he was doing because I led the league in strikeouts and I won every game the next two seasons. Now I throw the curve quite a bit but still always rely on the placed fastball and change up!!! My little leaguers try every practice to hit the spots but they have a long way to go.


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Sources say that the People's Progressive Party (PPP) is leaning towards former Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Chief-of-Staff, Brigadier Retired Mark Phillips to contest as its Prime Ministerial Candidate alongside its Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali, in the upcoming general and regional elections.
Guyana Standard understands that he is not alone in the race but is definitely a front runner. Sources indicate that Minister Juan Edghill is also under consideration. However, if Edghill is selected as the party's prime ministerial candidate, this would be a stray from the PPP's tradition of choosing a civic member to run for the prime ministerial spot.
It was former President Donald Ramotar who approved Phillips' promotion in 2013 and consented to his leading of the GDF. Phillips hails from Linden, where he attended the Christianburg Primary School and the Christianburg Wismar Secondary School (Multilateral School). He joined the GDF in December 1980 at age 19 and served until 2016. He is a graduate of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, in the United Kingdom and has held several appointments, including Colonel (Administration and Quartering), and Colonel (General Staff) in the GDF's Defence Headquarters, during his 30 years of military service. He was also Guyana's Head of Delegation to the Inter-American Defence Board from 2008 to 2009 and was, up to 2011, Guyana's non-resident Military Attaché to Venezuela.
He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Public Management from the University of Guyana (1998), and a Master's Degree in Public Sector Management.
When he retired in 2016, Phillip said that he wanted to continue serving Guyana wearing a different cap. "My next move is to take off my uniform and find appropriate civilian clothing and find an appropriate civilian type job to continue to serve the people of Guyana."
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Instagram has launched a new alert that pops up whenever a user harnesses a hashtag that could be associated with behavior harmful to animals.
The system follows incidents such as the death earlier this year of a baby dolphin at the hands of selfie-taking tourists on an Argentinian beach.
Instagram, which had 800 million monthly active users as of September, worked with World Animal Protection, World Wildlife Fund and wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC on the system. The warning message will pop up when users type in hashtags such as #koalaselfie and #slothselfie, according to World Animal Protection.
"Animal abuse and the sale of endangered animals or their parts is not allowed on Instagram. You are searching for a hashtag that may be associated with posts that encourage harmful behavior to animals or the environment," explains the Instagram pop-up message.
Users can also click on a link to an Instagram page containing information on wildlife exploitation.
Instagram's move was influenced by World Animal Protection's Wildlife Selfie Code, which encourages people to refrain from taking selfies that could harm animals. To date, over 250,000 people have signed up for the code.
"We've been working directly with Instagram, one of the world's biggest social media sites, to show that it's wrong to take animals out of their natural habitats for photo opportunities," World Animal Protection explained, in a statement.
Media reports have also thrust this issue into the spotlight. In October, for example, National Geographic reported on the harmful effects of so-called "selfie safaris" on Amazonian wildlife.
Last month. the New York Times also reported on the use of social media such as Instagram for illegal wildlife transactions.


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After two stints coaching on The Ultimate Fighter, Brazilian MMA icon Antonio Rodrigo "Minotauro" Nogueira probably thought that his days on reality television were over. But when fellow icon Anderson Silva was pulled from his coaching slot on the current season of TUF Brazil after testing positive for banned substances before and after his January bout with Nick Diaz, there was only one person to call.
"It was a very unique case," Nogueira said. "We were waiting for him (Silva) to be coach for many years. He's a big idol in the sport, he changed the future of the country to watch UFC every Saturday night. Here in Brazil, even around Christmas or at any party, at 12 o'clock, they're going to turn on the TV and watch his fights. So it was a big deal for him to coach on TUF Brazil. All the people were waiting for him, but then we had a very special case where he couldn't be the coach, so they called me and we talked."
And Nogueira, never one to turn down an opportunity to help up and coming fighters, accepted the offer to step in and coach against Mauricio "Shogun" Rua, packing his bags, grabbing his brother Rogerio and heading to Las Vegas. A unique situation indeed, but Nogueira was all-in, even if it wasn't what the members of Team Anderson were expecting when they were selected by "The Spider."
"All those fighters were waiting for Anderson," Nogueira said. "He picked the teams, and I went down there and coached the team he picked. It was tough for me, but when you are coaching on TUF, we deal with a lot of new fighters and I like the idea of going there to help those young fighters make their dream come true. It motivated me even more to be the coach on this season, to be dealing with the new fighters, to try the new talent from Brazil. Our country needs new guys from those weight divisions, lightweight and bantamweight."
It wasn't the easiest task for Nogueira to take on, yet if history has proven anything, there's no one better at adapting than the former PRIDE and UFC heavyweight champion, who led Ryan Bader, Efrain Escudero and Leonardo Santos to titles in his stints coaching on TUF 8 and TUF Brazil 2.
"Since Shogun was there two weeks before us, they had more time to organize the team, but we were very competitive, me and my brother, so we went out there and did our best to make the show happen and it was great," he said. "It was a good experience, a hard experience for us, but we did a really good job with those guys."
Nogueira was particularly impressed with the bantamweights on the show, which airs every Monday on UFC FIGHT PASS.
"They (viewers) are going to see very good fighters on both teams," he said. "I think this was the best season when it comes to the competition inside the Octagon. There were great fighters, especially at 60 kilos (bantamweight), and sometimes the best guys don't win the fight, but it's the guys who had more heart. So they're going to see a lot of heart and a lot of motivation. I think the 60-kilo guys are going to be big names in the UFC. We had eight guys and at least five guys are going to have great careers in the UFC."
High praise coming from one of the legends of the sport that truly deserves that tag. His coaching rival is another fighter in the pantheon of Brazilian greats, and while both wanted to win the competition, that didn't come at the price of respecting each other.
"We had a lot of respect between us," Nogueira said of his relationship with Rua. "We are martial artists. Shogun came to me and we talked, and we said let's make this season very competitive inside the Octagon, but outside, we will respect each other. So we were very respectful, but of course, we are very competitive, so I didn't want to lose any competition and we pushed very hard to the end to be the winner."
And while the two are in different classes, preventing a season-ending fight between the two, Rogerio will get his shot at Rua at UFC 190 on August 1, and "Minotauro" will return to active duty on the same show in Rio de Janeiro against Stefan Struve. It's his first bout since undergoing ACL surgery last year following his April 2014 loss to Roy Nelson, and while the coaching stuff is nice, Nogueira is more excited about putting his gloves on this summer.
"I can't wait to be back in action again," he said, a sentiment shared by his fans around the globe.
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Steve Missillier, né le  à Annecy, est un skieur alpin français.

Biographie
Il mesure 1,86 m et évolue au club du CS Grand-Bornand. Chez les juniors, il est cinquième du slalom des mondiaux de la catégorie en 2003. Il entre en Coupe du monde en  à l'occasion d'un slalom à Sestriere. Il marque ses premiers points en  à lors d'un slalom géant à Yongpyong.

Aux Championnats du monde 2009, il est sixième du slalom.
Il participe aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2010 et se classe treizième au slalom géant.

Le dimanche , Steve Missillier termine troisième lors de l'épreuve du slalom à Val d'Isère pendant la Coupe du monde de ski alpin 2010-2011 en se plaçant troisième derrière les Autrichiens Marcel Hirscher et Benjamin Raich. Il réalise alors le meilleur temps de la seconde manche alors qu'il n'avait que le  de la première manche.

En 2014, il devient vice-champion olympique du slalom géant derrière l'Américain Ted Ligety et devant son compatriote Alexis Pinturault.

Après de nombreuses blessures depuis 2015, il décide de mettre fin à sa carrière en 2019.

Palmarès

Jeux olympiques

Championnats du monde

Coupe du monde
 Meilleur classement général :  en 2013.
 1 podium.

Championnats de France

 Champion de France de slalom en 2007 et 2012, Vice-Champion de France en 2015,  en 2008, 2009, 2013 et 2016
 Champion de France de slalom géant en 2013, vice-champion de France en 2007.
  des championnats de France du super G en 2014.
  des championnats de France  du combiné en 2014.

Coupe d'Europe
2 victoires en slalom.

Décorations
 Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Mérite en 2014.

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Naissance à Annecy
Naissance en décembre 1984
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Marion Missouri History
Daviess County, Marion
Grand River washes the border of this township for a considerable distance on the north and east, while Grindstone Creek, Little and Big Muddy, 'Cottonwood, Big Run, and other streams flow through the township in a northerly direction, all emptying into Grand River. The territory now embraced in Marion was originally included in Grindstone township, .one of the original townships, which took its name from the stream of that ,name, on which were made some of the first settlements in the county.
The township is about equally divided between timber and prairie, the timber skirting its entire eastern and northern border along the Grand River, There are also two other belts of timber extending north and south near the center of the township.
In area, the township is the largest in Daviess county, and in character one of the best. The population of the township in 1870, when it comprised far more territory than now, was 1,321; in 1880 it was 1,520.
In November, 1869, David Groomer, Sr., found in the bed of Grand River, near his mill, a mastodon tooth, which measured six inches in length and three or four inches in diameter at the base. The crown of the tooth was much worn. Other pre-historic relics of interest have been found in the township at different times.
The first settlers in Marion township were David James and James Brown, who came in 1832. It is claimed that James Brown was the first actual settler in the township, coming in the fall of the year 1832. Thomas Pennington, Ebenezer Fields and a few others settled here in the spring of 1833: Asa Ross and Henry Vanover, both from Kentucky, came in 1838. Prior to the last named year there had settled in the township Rebecca Clevinger, David Groomer, Taylor McCulley, William Roper, and Elijah Frost. The majority of these settlers had come from Kentucky.


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Evergreen State College students SEIZE campus, begin forced searches of vehicles for white professor who refused to kow-tow to liberal insanity
If ever there were a perfect example of the phrase, "The inmates have taken over the asylum," this is it.
On Friday the Washington Times reported that in the preceding 72 hours, students had taken over — yes, taken over — Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA. The college is known for its uber-Left-wing politics and its policy of appraising student performance not with grades but with "narrative evaluations."
Only one adult has attempted to stop them — a professor — and now police have told him to hold his classes off-campus because it's not safe for him to be there.
As the Times noted:
Students…who filmed their exploits and posted the videos on social media, have occupied and barricaded the library, shouting down anyone who disagrees with them or shows insufficient passion for racial justice.
Biology professor Bret Weinstein was berated by dozens of students outside of his classroom Tuesday morning for refusing to participate in an event in which white people were invited to leave campus for a day. Now, he says police have told him to hold his classes off campus due to safety concerns.
Weinstein's 'crime' was writing a 'racist' email opposing the "Day of Absence & Day of Presence" demonstration, in which he said, "On a college campus, one's right to speak — or to be — should never be based on skin color."
This is just so over-the-top it almost defies belief. And honestly, were this happening somewhere else besides a college campus — say, at a public library or in an office building — there would be cops and SWAT teams and snipers all over the place, and the perps would be headed straight to jail when apprehended.
In what could be the understatement of the year, Weinstein told the paper in an interview that things are "out of control at Evergreen."
You think so, professor?
Worse — yeah, it can get worse — the cops believe that the domestic terrorists who have taken over (because that's really what they are) were actually looking to kidnap Weinstein.
"Police told me protesters stopped cars yesterday, demanding information about occupants,"(you know, like good little Nazi Brown Shirts) he told the paper. "They believe I was being sought. It appears that the campus has been under effective control over protestors since 9:30 a.m. Tuesday."
Then he said this:
"Police are on lockdown, hamstrung by the college administration. Students, staff and faculty are not safe."
Mind you, the pathetic, enabling college administrator has already pre-empted any notion of punishment for the terrorists, promising instead to find out why they're so upset under the guise of a "major review."
"First and foremost, I want to state that there will be, as far as I know, no charges filed against any students involved in actions that occurred this morning," Bridges said. "We will be conducting a major review, an investigation of all that occurred and will be reporting back to you, the campus community, about exactly what happened, why it happened and what we intend to do about the incident — not the incident, excuse me, the actions that were taken, both students, staff and faculty involved."
In addition, this idiot will implement — pursuant to "demands" — a new student conduct code, different faculty evaluation standards and, of course, as the Times noted, "enact annual sensitivity training for all faculty, staff and police that emphasizes the eradication of anti-black racism." Anti-white racism, though, appears to be completely acceptable.
Natural News founder Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, discussed the ongoing issues occurring on American college campuses just last week.
"Over the last decade or so, we've all [watched] in horror as America's universities have been turned into what can now clearly be called extremism training camps for left-wing fascists," he wrote. "Instead of teaching students to be responsible adults with critical thinking skills, colleges and universities now focus on obedience training coupled with deeply-ingrained hatred, intolerance and violence toward those who have opposing points of view."
To shore up Adams' very correct assessment, a student from Evergreen State admitted as much when he and a few others crashed a staff event that included faculty's families, the Times reported.
"Didn't you educate us on how to do s—t like this?" one student said. "It was you that taught us that in class. Right, though? You taught us to go and change the world. Ain't that what you all sell on that state college page? To when s—t is wrong that we should try to change it? So why you all in here eating cake and chewing?"
The Alt-Left Marxist morons who run American campuses have created these beasts, and now even they can't control them. Get ready for a wave of social unrest the likes of which America has never seen. And once again, we can thank the crazy, lunatic Left for it.
See more at CampusInsanity.com and Libtards.news.
J.D. Heyes is a senior writer for NaturalNews.com and NewsTarget.com, as well as editor of The National Sentinel.
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Calls for CIVILITY now being labeled racist by left-wing professors… yes, being civil makes you a bigot
Soon, there will be no girls competing at all in girls' sports: Trans boys will displace all biological females while libtards CHEER
Feminist college professor says women should hate men based on their gender … This is called "inclusiveness"
Moving the goal posts: University claims "LGBT" label is not "inclusive" enough… wait, what?
New York's Mayor de Blasio condemned as a bigot for horrific discrimination against Asians and whites entering public schools
Homeschooling skyrockets as more parents get fed up with Left-wing social engineering and violence in public schools
Left-wing professor promises automatic grade boost for FEMALE students… but in an age of gender-fluidity, what does that even mean?
NO WHITES ALLOWED at Georgetown University "dialogue event" on racism… because the organizers are racists
K-8 schoolteacher wants to emphasize gun control, white supremacy, and anti-capitalism to students because "teaching is political"
05/27/2018 / By Jayson Veley
Harvard's mass discrimination against Asians exposed in shocking investigation… RACIST BIGOTS run the school
The truth about the Santa Fe school shooting in Texas (video)
Lunatic Left eats its own: Transgender pink wig-wearing YouTube star accused of African cultural appropriation… HUH?
Liberal college professor thinks women are too STUPID to study the sciences, so he decides to give them all an artificial grade boost to "compete" with men
The genocidal extermination of Christians is under way RIGHT NOW across our planet
The latest in the Left's culture wars: Disturbing Canadian poster subtly promotes pedophilia – after all, love knows no age
Virtue-signaling lunatic professor in Toronto actually believes freedom of speech is "white supremacy"
The English language is collapsing into "Idiocracy" gobbledygook on liberal college campuses as "gender pronoun" lunacy kicks into overdrive
Liberals destroy all MERIT: Will the NFL, NBA, NHL and MLB now halt all tryouts and let anyone join their teams?
Conservatives on campus move one step closer to extinction as the intolerant Left drives them from the University of Denver
Universities are terrorist training camps: Students storm school library to "denounce conservatives"


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Drug, alcohol committee to hold town hall
The university Committee on Drug and Alcohol and Policy will offer new opportunities for students to give feedback on alcohol use on campus, Professor Len Saxe (HELLER), Chair of the committee wrote to students in an e-mail Thursday evening.
"In line with our charge from President Reinharz, we are committed to providing an honest assessment of the alcohol and drug issues on campus and recommendations about how the University—in line with our mission and values— can best ensure the health and safety of all community members," Saxe wrote.
University President Jehuda Reinharz announced the new committee, which consists of students, faculty, staff and administrators, following several alcohol-related incidents the weekend of Pachanga, held Oct. 23. That night, nine students were transported to local hospitals for alcohol poisoning.
Saxe acknowledged that the committee has not already "reached any substantive conclusions," but added that during the next week Heller graduate students will be running focus groups with undergraduate students who can share input confidentially with the committee.
Saxe wrote that the committee will work with the Student Union Executive Board and Student Affairs to organize the focus groups. There is also a website for the committee, where community members can send comments anonymously. The committee plans to work with the Student Union to schedule a town hall meeting about alcohol use and university policies, according to Saxe.
"I think it's just a general call to want to be proactive in our social climate on campus," Associate Dean of Student Life Jamele Adams said. "We can't do anything without the community and input from the community."


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Kenney will campaign in Ontario during federal election as Tories look to win back immigrant voters
John Ibbitson
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney looks on as members are sworn in at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton, Alta., on Tuesday, May 21, 2019. A source close to Mr. Kenney said the Premier will only campaign in Ontario if his participation is welcomed by the federal Conservatives.JASON FRANSON/The Canadian Press
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney will campaign in Ontario during this fall's general election in an effort to convince new Canadians living in suburban ridings that Andrew Scheer's Conservatives are a safe choice for their votes.
Mr. Kenney's journey to the Ontario heartland is a remarkable intervention by a premier in a federal campaign, a move targeted at defeating Justin Trudeau's Liberal government.
Premiers have involved themselves in federal elections in the past. Danny Williams, when he was Progressive Conservative premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, waged an Anything But Conservative campaign against Stephen Harper's federal Conservatives during the 2008 election in a dispute over equalization formulas.
Liberal Kathleen Wynne, then-premier of Ontario, worked actively in 2015 to defeat Mr. Harper and to make Mr. Trudeau prime minister, going so far as to throw her party's provincial machine into local fights to defeat both Conservative and New Democrat candidates.
But Mr. Kenney is taking a very different approach, according to a source close to the United Conservative Party Premier; The Globe and Mail granted them anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the Premier's behalf. Mr. Kenney will be inserting himself into what is known as the 905: the large swath of seats outside Toronto, named after its area code, whose millions of voters often determine the outcome of federal elections.
In many of those ridings, immigrant Canadians make up a majority or a large minority of voters. As immigration minister in the Harper government from 2008 to 2013, Mr. Kenney worked tirelessly and successfully to convince immigrant voters, many of whom are socially and economically conservative in outlook, that the federal Conservative Party best reflected their values.
A swing by 905 voters away from the Liberals delivered a strong minority government for the Conservatives in the 2008 election and a majority in 2011. But many of those same voters abandoned Mr. Harper for Mr. Trudeau in 2015, helping to deliver a majority government for the Liberals.
In a statement to The Globe on Wednesday, Mr. Kenney reiterated his hope that the Liberals would modify their positions on pipeline approvals and carbon taxes. However, if the Liberals do not reverse these policies, he said, "I will openly and vocally campaign here in Alberta and wherever I can make a difference across Canada to elect a Conservative government that will stand up for Alberta and for Canada.
"As I said many times during the recent [provincial] election campaign, if the Trudeau government continues with the destructive policies that undermine Alberta's vital economic interests and put Albertans out of work, the impact on our province will be disastrous," he said. "If Trudeau's policies don't change, then the federal government needs to."
The new Alberta Premier has many bones to pick with Mr. Trudeau's Liberals. In the Throne Speech delivered by Lieutenant-Governor Lois Mitchell Wednesday, the new government vowed to immediately scrap the carbon tax enacted by the previous NDP government of Rachel Notley. The Liberals have imposed a federal tax on any province that does not put a price on carbon. The tax is one reason Ontario Progressive Conservative Premier Doug Ford will also be campaigning to unseat Liberals in the next general election.
Mr. Kenney is also incensed by Bill C-69, which would impose stricter environmental conditions on proposed infrastructure-projects, including new pipelines, and Bill C-48, which would ban tanker traffic along British Columbia's north coast. Both bills have been passed by the House of Commons and are currently before the Senate.
The federal Liberals have accused the federal Conservatives of catering to nativist voters, pointing to a pro-pipeline rally that Mr. Scheer attended at which far-right-wing activist Faith Goldy was also present, along with "yellow vest" protesters, many of whom oppose Canada's open-door immigration policies.
The Conservatives have fought back against these accusations. "There is no home in the Conservative Party of Canada for anti-immigrant or racist sentiment," Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel said earlier this month. "Anyone who harbours those beliefs does not have a political home in our movement."
But Mr. Kenney's appeal to immigrant voters may carry special weight. As immigration minister, he was indefatigable in his efforts to woo visible-minority voters, earning the nickname "minister for curry in a hurry."
The source close to Mr. Kenney said the Premier will only campaign in Ontario if his participation is welcomed by the federal Conservatives. Some observers might speculate that looking to Mr. Ford and Mr. Kenney for help only illustrates the weakness of Mr. Scheer in the key battleground of Ontario.
But Mr. Kenney's supporters will say that the more allies Mr. Scheer has during the campaign, the better.
At press time, Mr. Scheer's office had not responded to a request for comment.
Liberal supporters will assert that having Mr. Kenney and Mr. Ford campaign in support of the federal Conservatives will strengthen Mr. Trudeau's claim that only he can be counted on to fight global warming, which threatens the environment and human habitations.
But Conservatives at all levels believe that voters will join them in opposing carbon taxes as a tool to fight climate change. The outcome of the next election could hinge on which side suburban voters in Ontario choose.
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Arrival (dir. Denis Villeneuve) 2016
I enjoyed Arrival, it has a lot of interesting ideas. It took me a little while to adjust, because, having seen the posters of huge alien space ships hovering over major cities, I went in expecting a Hollywood sci-fi special effects blockbuster. This is more of an indie film given a larger than usual budget. Once I had realised that and changed my expectations, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The story is good, both thought provoking and positive. Normally, I like linear narrative, but on this occasion the oblique storytelling suited the tale and the mood of the movie. The lead character is a little two dimensional, but beautifully acted by Amy Adams. The direction is fantastic, Denis Villeneuve has the confidence to make it very slow and deliberate, unusual in the sci-fi genre. He also had the bravery to open himself to the possibility of ridicule, by showing us the alien ships, showing us the aliens, defining their method of communication. This could have seemed preposterous, but in the end, they seemed believable and, particularly in the case of the writing, even beautiful.
The cinematography is lovely, very clever juxtaposition between the wide open spaces of Montana and the cramped confines of their camp. The soundtrack is exceptional, worthy of listening to even without the accompanying film. Everything about this film is high quality, however, the bang that you get for your buck is much more cerebral than is usual in a Hollywood Sci-fi blockbuster, and you should be aware of that before you decide to go.
Arrival was nominated for 8 Oscars at the 2017 Academy Awards, including best movie, but the only one it won was for achievement in sound editing. It appears in many best of year lists for 2016, topping some of them.
Author nicknicknPosted on August 27, 2017 Categories Film ReviewTags 2016, Academy Awards, Amy Adams, cinema, Denis Villeneuve, drama, film, language, movie, music, oscars, sci-fi, technology5 Comments on Arrival (dir. Denis Villeneuve) 2016
The Lady Vanishes (dir. Alfred Hitchcock) 1938
The Lady Vanishes is a 1938 comedy/thriller classic of the British Film Industry. It was Hitchcock's breakout success and convinced David O. Selznick to offer him a seven feature deal in Hollywood. It was Michael Redgrave's first movie part. Margaret Lockwood was already a leading lady, but this was her biggest film to date. It is also notable for being the first appearance of Charters and Caldicott a cricket obsessed comedy duo who were very famous throughout the 1940s.
The film was a huge hit, not only in the UK but also in the US, where it won the New York Times award for best film of 1938. The crime/suspense element of the film is very good with a very clever intricate story. The comedy is genuinely funny, the leading couple have great chemistry and their bickering is arch and witty. The supporting characters add to the entertainment, whether its the whimsical humour of Wayne and Radford as Charters and Caldicott, the slapstick of Emile Boreo as the Hotel Manager, or even the awkward situational comedy of "Mr and Mrs" Todhunter.
This movie is almost 80 years old, so there are parts which seem unsophisticated from a modern perspective, but for me, this adds to its charm. I love the opening scene, where the avalanche has delayed the train. To our refined eye, it is patently a set up model, but although we know this, it works perfectly well and sets the stage to start the story.
It is one of the films that contains the traditional Hitchcock cameo, very near the end of the film, he appears on Victoria station. Although he was nominated at the Academy awards, as best director, five times, he never won any of them. So this movie was his only award for best director, he won the New York Times award in 1939. This film is a significant piece of British cinema history as well as being a very enjoyable watch.
Author nicknicknPosted on August 5, 2017 Categories Film ReviewTags 1930s, Academy Awards, BFI, British, cinema, drama, film, history, Hitchcock, movie, oscars, thriller, TV12 Comments on The Lady Vanishes (dir. Alfred Hitchcock) 1938
Michael Clayton (dir. Tony Gilroy) 2007
The story of a giant multi national company and the lawyers who sold their souls to defend them. Let's get the bad out of the way first, the storyline seems a bit hackneyed now and there are a couple of minor plot holes where you have to work to suspend your disbelief. However, these points aside, this is a most enjoyable film. This movie is a thriller and although we aware right from the start which are the good guys and which are the baddies, we are never quite sure how it will all turn out.
The acting is spectacular. Tilda Swinton won, a well deserved, Oscar for her portrayal of a stressed out legal advisor. George Clooney and Tom Wilkinson were both nominated for theirs. The script is great; sharp, real, and occasionally bruising. The direction is clever and taut, even though it is just under two hours long, there is no let up in the action. It is hard to believe that this is Tony Gilroy's first film, you wonder how he managed to get a studio to trust him with either the budget or stars. However the trust was justified, he manages to keep the viewer on edge, even though you can sometimes guess where the plot is going. The ending is quick, clean and satisfying.
This film was on many best of year lists, it was nominated for 7 Academy Awards including best film and best director. Michael Clayton is a classic example of its genre, definitely worth watching.
Author nicknicknPosted on June 28, 2017 Categories Film ReviewTags 2000s, Academy Awards, cinema, drama, film, George Clooney, hollywood, lawyer, movie, netflix, New York, oscar, review, thriller, Tilda SwintonLeave a comment on Michael Clayton (dir. Tony Gilroy) 2007
Shrek (dir. Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jensen) 2001
Shrek has just turned sixteen and it is now available on Netflix. I remember having enjoyed it when it came out, so it is interesting to see how it has fared in the intervening years.
It has aged well. It is crammed full with jokes and these are still funny, the cultural references have remained relevant and the story is that rare mixture of knowing and sweet. The cast of fairytale characters are timeless and their lines are clever and likeable. The evil lord is wonderfully nasty without being either frightening or creepy. The story has a nice uplifting moral tone and you are longing for the heroes to prevail. The animation and delivery are both well done, Eddie Murphy is particularly good as Donkey, how bittersweet to have your most enduring role as an animated ass!
This film won the first Oscar for Best Animated Film and it is a deserving opening winner. It is a big feat to have a movie that is principled and simple enough to entertain you as a child, but subversive and referential enough to provide a new set of pleasures when you watch with your own kids. I believe that I enjoyed it just as much now as I did then.
A lovely film that stands the test of time.
Author nicknicknPosted on June 16, 2017 Categories Film ReviewTags 2000s, Academy Awards, animation, cartoon, children, comedy, film, movie, netflix, oscar, review, Shrek, TV4 Comments on Shrek (dir. Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jensen) 2001
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (dir. David Fincher) 2011
This is the Hollywood film adaptation of a hugely successful 2005 Swedish book. It follows a highly regarded 2009 Swedish movie of the same story. It is a brave undertaking to attempt the third retelling of a story that has already been done twice, so well and so recently. However "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" acquits itself admirably – it is different enough to be interesting and stylish enough to be enjoyable.
The film is a thriller and it stars Daniel Craig, so comparisons are inevitable. He says that he worked hard not to be seen as James Bond in this film and the thrills are more psychological than action, but it still comes across as a more thoughtful installment of the 007 genre. If the film company did not want comparisons with that franchise, they should have avoided using the, admittedly very good, opening credits. Once you imagine "What James Bond does on his holidays" at the start, the thought stays with you throughout the film.
I loved Rooney Mara as Lisbeth. She was nominated for an Academy Award as best actress and it was well deserved. The original title of the book in Swedish was "Men Who Hate Women" and Lisbeth is almost the woman who exacts revenge. In this version she is quite different from the character written in the book but she manages to keep the same attitude and demeanour. The violence is pretty full-on, but it is an angry and aggressive story, so although I am generally not a fan of shocking brutality in films, there is a good argument here, that it is relevant to the narrative.
The acting throughout is admirable, Stellan Skarsgard is excellent as Martin. The scenery is gorgeous. The cinematography is lovely, this received an Academy Award nomination too.
The film is polished and sleek, beautiful to watch and directed with a cold detachment which adds, both to the climate in which it is set and to the chilling story it relates. It was nominated for five Oscars, it won the one for best film editing.
This is a professional, well made, efficient Hollywood movie. Recommended.
Author nicknicknPosted on April 17, 2017 Categories Film ReviewTags Academy Awards, book, cinema, Daniel Craig, film, hollywood, movie, netflix, oscars, review, Rooney Mara, thriller, TV4 Comments on The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (dir. David Fincher) 2011
Sense and Sensibility (dir. Ang Lee) 1995
Sense and Sensibility is a good film, but I believe that it is almost false advertising to call it by that name. The story is so changed from the book that, although the characters have the same names and the final result is the same, it is totally unrecognisable in places as the same story. Some quite major characters have been killed off. John Middleton is now a widower and their young child no longer in the story. Lucy Steele's sister, who blabs the whole story if the illicit engagement, is not in the film. Hugh Grant is far too affable in character for the grumpy Edward Ferrars in the book. Alan Rickman too easily wins Marianne over after her disappointment in Willoughby. In fact, in this film, almost the least charming character is Willoughby, who in the book wins over Marianne, and her mother, by his easy false charm.
The acting is good, Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman are very good playing the romantic leads in a costume drama set in the 18th century. Emma Thompson is full of repressed emotion and Kate Winslett is fine as an impulsive teenager falling in love easily and recovering easily. Imelda Staunton and Hugh Laurie are wonderfully funny as Mr and Mrs Palmer.
There are some great moments of humour, the script has some wonderful lines. It is visually very attractive and there is much to admire in the period detail. A great deal of care and attention went into the making of this film and it shows throughout the movie.
It was nominated for seven Oscars. It won the one for best adapted screenplay. It was hugely popular and led to a revival of sales of Jane Austen's novels and for these reasons it must be celebrated. I would probably have liked it more had I not read the novel itself so recently.
The film itself is most enjoyable but do go to see it as a Hollywood representation of upper class England in the late 1790s and not as a faithful adaptation of Sense and Sensibility, the book.
Author nicknicknPosted on March 4, 2017 Categories Film ReviewTags 1700s, 1800s, 1990s, Academy Awards, Alan Rickman, Ang Lee, cinema, costume, Costume Drama, DVD, Emma Thompson, England, English Heritage, film, history, Hugh Grant, Jane Austen, literature, movie, novel, oscars, script3 Comments on Sense and Sensibility (dir. Ang Lee) 1995
20th Century Women (dir. Mike Mills) 2016
20th Century Women is an interesting dissertation on motherhood – from the point of view of a son.
It is thoughtful and thought provoking. It has three strong female characters all of them well rounded and likeable. All three of them are excellently played and I am surprised that none of them were nominated for an Academy Award. The male characters on the other hand are less fully built and a little more caricatured.
I enjoyed the direction of the movie, Mike Mills made the narrative almost unimportant compared to the development of the characters, but completed their arc by giving a short profile of each character as they were introduced and a short synopsis of their life after the movie at the conclusion. I found this satisfying.
The Soundtrack is an odd, but not unpleasant, combination of new wave, punk and easy listening. It has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and, you never know, it could win. The screenplay is funny. I liked this film, it passed two hours very pleasantly. I suspect though, that in 5 years time, it's one of those movies that I will sit on front of, on Netflix, and say "Oh yes, I've seen this, and I think it was good!"
Author nicknicknPosted on February 21, 2017 Categories Film Review, musicTags 1970s, Academy Awards, art, cinema, film, indie, movie, oscar, USA1 Comment on 20th Century Women (dir. Mike Mills) 2016
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (dir. Gareth Edwards) 2016
I quite like the Star Wars franchise. I see all of them, but there are so many now and they are released in such a weird order that I don't know whether this was a prequel to the first or the sequel to the third. Whatever it is, it is a very enjoyable stand alone movie.
I watched it in 3D in the I-Max in Waterloo. This is the largest screen in the UK, as they kept telling us, and although that may have enhanced the experience, the special effects are excellent.
Disney have taken over the series, so the aliens have become one level cuter, but this is a war film, so expect battle scenes. It's not quite The Muppets remake Apocalypse Now, but a few more episodes down the line…. who knows.
I loved the strong female lead, Felicity Jones is great as Jyn. The storyline is simple yet strong, and the whole cast are very engaging. There are some funny moments in the film and the battle scenes had an interesting 1980s retro feel.
It has even been nominated for two Academy Awards, I hope it wins the one for best visual effects, they are very well done.
A very good addition to Star Wars canon.
Author nicknicknPosted on February 13, 2017 Categories Film ReviewTags 2016, Academy Awards, action, cinema, film, movie, oscars, sci-fi, special effects, Star Wars2 Comments on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (dir. Gareth Edwards) 2016
La La Land – Damien Chazelle (2016)
I am almost loathe to review this because so much has been written about it over the past few weeks, nevertheless here is my two cents worth.
I understand why this movie has had such mixed reviews. The plot has holes, the storyline is unlikely, the dialogue is stilted on occasion, the music is not quite jazz…..
However, I enjoyed its inventiveness, the cinematography is amazing, the soundtrack is pretty and the ending is perfect and touching. Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling are likeable and fully committed to their roles. Their singing and dancing is good too.
The opening sequence sets the scene well, if you don't like that, you can leave early, because you won't like the rest of the film – it has the best dance routine and it lets you know that you are going to touch reality only intermittently.
I particularly loved the complexity of the final scene, a definite homage to "An American in Paris". This finale was never going to be universally acclaimed and Damien Chazelle must have realised this and decided to go for it anyway. It was a brave decision and this final song gives the film a new depth and intensity.
The good parts of this film are so good that you want to overlook the less good bits. All in all it is one the best films that I have seen in years.
I hope it wins some Academy Awards; definitely best cinematography, probably best original score, possibly even best director and best film.
Author nicknicknPosted on February 7, 2017 Categories Film ReviewTags Academy Awards, cinema, film, movie, music, musical, oscars4 Comments on La La Land – Damien Chazelle (2016)
Jaws (dir. Stephen Spielberg) 1975
This was on at the BFI as part of a Spielberg retrospective. The 450 seat auditorium was full on a Friday night for a 41 year old movie. That fact alone testifies to the strength of this film.
It was my first time seeing it and I was surprised at how well it has stood the test of time. It is a thriller that delivers thrills. It is the first time that I have heard gasps from the audience in a movie theatre in a very long time, the face in the boat is a genuine, jump back in your seat, moment. The character development is good and the script is excellent, it has some very funny moments to lighten the mood. The music is possibly the most famous film score ever and it matches the action perfectly. The only part of the movie that shows its age is the shark itself, but even this is interesting to see from a history of cinema perspective.
Jaws won 3 Academy Awards; editing, score and sound. The only surprise is that it didn't win more. It regularly appears in lists of all-time best films. Having just seen it, 41 years late, its inclusion in those lists is fully justified.
Author nicknicknPosted on June 11, 2016 Categories Film ReviewTags 1970s, Academy Awards, cinema, film, John Williams, London, movie, oscars, review, Richard Dreyfuss, schneider, shark, Stephen Spielberg, thriller, TOTastemakerLeave a comment on Jaws (dir. Stephen Spielberg) 1975