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OPINION: American exceptionalism hijacked by chauvinism
What makes America "exceptional?" It's the country's persistent struggle to live up to its revolutionary ideals of human rights and equality, not only at home but also in the world.
OPINION: American exceptionalism hijacked by chauvinism What makes America "exceptional?" It's the country's persistent struggle to live up to its revolutionary ideals of human rights and equality, not only at home but also in the world. Check out this story on greenvilleonline.com: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/opinion/2018/04/30/opinion-american-exceptionalism-hijacked-chauvinism/559128002/
Guest columnist Published 12:30 p.m. ET April 30, 2018
Donald McKale(Photo: Provided)
Most Americans believe their country "exceptional." The term's had different meanings historically, nearly all expressing something special about the United States and its purported mission in the world.
But today such "exceptionalism" means to many Americans an ethnic-, religious-, and nationalist-charged chauvinism, a belief in white Christian America's superiority over and preservation against feared minorities and especially foreigners. It's a view wholly "unexceptional." Since the late 19th century, excessive nationalism and xenophobia cursed numerous countries, causing conflicts among some that included both world wars.
The idea of America's unique role in the world is traced often to 17th century New England Puritans. They thought God chose them to create in America a New Zion, as he had once chosen the Jews in ancient times.
The American Revolution produced a nation genuinely "exceptional" for its day. The events of 1776 and subsequent creation of the US were perceived as affording an opening for natural and/or human rights—spelled out in the Enlightenment-inspired Declaration of Independence as "unalienable" and including "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness"—not only in America, but also in the whole world through the inspiration of example.
Thomas Paine, writing in Common Sense, the popular revolutionary pamphlet, proclaimed, "The cause of America is in great measure the cause of all mankind."
In the nation's early years, a mockery of such ideals existed. It included the horror of slavery, devastation of Native Americans in the name of the white man's "Manifest Destiny," and inequality accorded women and other minorities.
Yet America's historic struggle with itself advanced human rights—the abolishing of slavery through a bloody Civil War; ending of Jim Crow; broadening of voting and other civil rights to include women, African Americans, LGBT persons, and other minorities; offering of a haven for vast numbers of immigrants, most of them—from Anglo-Irish and Europeans to non-Westerners—seeking in the US a better life and escape from persecution or other suffering elsewhere; and affording of freedom for persons of many religious faiths or none.
Abroad the US defended human rights in helping defeat brutal dictatorships in the world wars and leading subsequently the free world.
Yet no "exceptionalism" is perfect. Today in the US far too much violence and shameful discrimination and social injustice remain.
Perhaps not unconnected, today many Americans claim white Christian-dominated culture and history make the country "exceptional." Recently conservative columnist Pat Buchanan suggested such, noting "old God-and-country America" people fear their nation will "vanish inside a new Third World nation that resembles in its racial, religious and ethnic composition the U.N. General Assembly."
With a similar chauvinist view, supporters of President Donald Trump's "America First" policy believe it demonstrates the nation's "exceptionalism." When America is first, it's better than and owes little to anyone else.
In reality, "America First" is an attack on what makes America "exceptional." In the policy's name, Trump's placed himself on the side of US history that's opposed advancing human rights beyond "old God-and-country America" people.
He supports white supremacy, denigrates and excludes foreigners, threatens civil rights of women and other minorities, urges torture of prisoners of war, attacks democratic institutions and rule of law, and refuses to defend abroad human rights and democracy.
Despite efforts to hijack the term for blatantly chauvinist purposes, Americans shouldn't forget what's made their nation "exceptional."
Donald M. McKale is the Class of 1941 Memorial Professor and Professor emeritus of history at Clemson University. Reach him by email: mckaled@clemson.edu.
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New York's 23rd district has been a quirky race all around, and, with all the national attention it's drawn, so too has come a good deal of national money. With only one House race happening in '09, where else would it go?
It's also being looked at as an ideological microcosm for the rest of the country, meaning interest groups had a point to prove in this contest, and that's exactly what they tried to do--with money.
The three key players have been the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the conservative, Hoffman-backing, Club for Growth, one of the nation's leading free-enterprise groups, which poured almost as much resources into the race as the national parties did.
The Club announced this afternoon that it spent over a million dollars--$1,022,040 to be exact--in support of Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, including just over $375,000 in donations bundled from Club members. It's direct spending totaled $645,276.
This puts the Club just shy of what the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee spent--$1,111,136--a figure that doesn't include bundled donations. The DCCC led everyone in spending, with the NRCC and the Club following, in order.
The National Republican Congressional Committee spent $897,404 on its candidate, Dede Scozzafava, who dropped out over the weekend total, $731,466 of which was in opposition to Owens exclusively, while the rest was spent contrasting Owens and the NRCC's candidate, Dede Scozzafava, who eventually dropped out over the weekend. Perhaps--and this is strictly conjecture--sensing that Scozzafava was in trouble, the NRCC shrewdly geared its ad campaign in the race's final two three weeks to attacking Owens, meaning it will get some dividends from its spending if that helps Hoffman defeat the Democrat.
Consequently, the Club has been one of the biggest players in the NY-23 race. It endorsed Doug Hoffman in late September, before he began collecting accolades from conservative luminaries far and wide, and the effort it's put into the race validates, to some extent, what the Club's guiding project has been for the past few years: to support conservative candidates, sometimes in primaries against establishment-backed Republicans.
That's exactly what they did in NY-23, and, as Scozzafava dropped out over the weekend, it appears to have worked.
According to a spending count obtained by The Atlantic, the Service Employees International Union was next with $391,342 spent in support of Owens.
After that, Owens got more help from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), to the tune of $199,850.
For Hoffman, the Susan B. Anthony List poured $87,922 into the race. Scozzafava, as a pro-choice Republican woman, ran directly counter to the Susan B. Anthony List's fundamental goal, which is to help pro-life women get elected.
After that came the National Republican Trust PAC with $93,322, the National Organization for Marriage with $50,864, New York teachers' union NYSUT with $48,250, Life and Liberty PAC with $33,580, and the Campaign for Working Families and the Eagle Forum PAC with $25,000 each.


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You like your rock loud and rowdy, right? Then do whatever it takes to get Teddy Boys in your ears immediately. The Cleveland sextet–Jon Chips, Stef Chips, Zach Panek, Jason Rubinski, Matt Pietrick and Rick Pietrick–will quickly make your list of favorite bands. Their sound features some heavy guits, strong vocals and infectious beats. We couldn't pass up the opportunity to have them put together a playlist for you. Enjoy!
PRESS PLAY: TEDDY BOYS – THE TRACKLIST & WHY THEY PICKED 'EM:
1."Wild Life" by Wings
Rick says: "There's a ton of Wings/McCartney stuff I really like but I chose this song because it reminds me of staying up way too late, drinking beer with my friends and singing along to this record. What I like about McCartney is he isn't afraid of anything. If he likes it, he does it. Kind of like singing "the animals have the right of way…" In that sense, we've tried to hold onto the things we enjoy amongst ourselves while writing songs."
2."Everything Hits at Once" by Spoon
Stefanie says: "I first saw the amazing and heartbreaking music video for this song when I was up one night watching 120 minutes. I was completely drawn in and moved by the stark loneliness of the lyric, "I go to sleep alone but think that you're next to me." The album, Girls Can Tell, quickly became an obsession of mine, with all of its subdued instrumentation and laid-bare, interesting lyrical content. It's an album still constantly in rotation for me."
3."Judge Not" by Bob Marley & The Wailers
Matt says: "Reggae music touches my soul more than any other style of music, especially Bob and the Wailers. I chose this song because I love what it's about. Instead of judging someone, try to find the beauty in the person."
4."Laid, Paid, and Strange" by Natural Child
Jon says: "These guys are gnarly and they don't give a shit. It's great! This one is their description of being a broke dude in a rock band. They aren't reinventing the wheel or anything here, but their raw energy and authenticity is undeniable."
5."It's Him!" by White Denim
Jason says: "These guys kick ass! This track is from their 3rd and my favorite album D. It was also the first one from the band that I heard so that could be why I am a little biased towards it. Josh has a very interesting drumming style and I have fun trying to replicate it. It can definitely push me out of my comfort zone, which I enjoy. The rest of the guys are extremely talented as well. If you have not listened to these guys yet and you are a fan of rock music, you truly are missing out."
6."Elvis' Flaming Star" by Pond
Zach says: "There's a lot of the really cool stuff coming out of Australia these past few years. A lot of people know about Tame Impala, but not as many know about artists like King Gizzard and the Wizard Lizard, Courtney Barnett and Pond. This song came out a few months back as the first single off their new album Man It Feels Like Space Again and has pretty much been stuck in my head ever since. I really enjoy the way they mix spacey guitar tones and psychedelic synths with pop melodies to create some catchy goodness here."
7."Cactus" by Pixies
Stefanie says: "Every time I hear this song, I literally never want it to end. I want to ride it across the desert into eternity. When playing through the Surfer Rosa album, this song never plays just once – I immediately repeat it 3 more times before moving on. Aesthetically speaking, this song perfectly captures my general taste in music – simple, thrumming and lyrically compelling. It also seems to be mixed at a lower volume than the rest of the album, so I gleefully crank the volume to get the desired effect."
8."Gang's All Here" by Cheeseburger
Matt says: "I picked this song because it's all about the great times you have with your friends and Joe Bradley is one of the best frontmen ever. CHEESEBURGER!!!"
9."Hot Smoke and Sassafras" by Bubble Puppy
Jon says: "My dad played this song for me on one of our road trips when I was in high school. As soon as it kicked in with the opening guitar riff, I yelled at him for not showing me it sooner. They were a relatively unknown band, but for anyone that has an appreciation for '60s guitar rock/psychedelia, this is a must-listen."
10."The Lemon Song" by Led Zeppelin
Zach says: "I feel like this is the song that plays when you look up rock & roll in the dictionary. Page's dirty guitar tone wild leads, Plant's howling vocals, John Paul Jones pretty much putting on a bass clinic and John Bonham holding it down like only John Bonham can. All of these guys were some of the best and most influential musicians to ever play their respective instruments and this song really showcases all four of them."
11."Take the Veil Cerpin Taxt" by The Mars Volta
Jason says: "This is my favorite track on possibly my favorite album of all time: Deloused in the Comatorium. It is truly a journey from beginning to end, with the end being "Take the Veil." Jon Theodore is insane on this album and specifically this track, when during a breakdown near halfway through the track he goes into one of the craziest beats I have ever heard in my life. There has been many drummers for Volta and every one of them is just absurd. This album, in my opinion, is far superior to all the others they have come out with over the years but nonetheless, they are still one of the best bands of our generation."
12."Echoes" by Pink Floyd
Rick says: "This song rules. It's 20 some minutes long so its a good one to play on the jukebox at a bar. See if the bartender lets you get past the creepy noise part in the middle. If they let it play all the way through, that's a cool bar." - Midwest Action
"Band of the Week: Teddy Boys"
Band of the Week: Teddy Boys
By Jeff Niesel
Meet the band: Matt Pietrick (vocals), Stefanie Chips (vocals), Rick Pietrick (guitar/organ/vocals), Jon Chips (guitar/organ/vocals), Zach Panek (bass/vocals) and Jason Rubinski (drums)
A Family Affair: The group formed in 2012 and released its first album then. "It was a recording project between me and Jon," says Rick Pietrick. "It's a bit of a family thing. We recorded a couple of songs. We would be hanging out at parties and play a couple of songs. That's how we started it. We had a good group of friends and people were floating in between. It just turned into a rock 'n' roll thing."
Influences: The band unabashedly embraces a retro '60s garage rock vibe. "It's rock 'n' roll based," Pietrick says. "Paul McCartney was a big influence. It's more about energy. We don't put limits on anything. If we like something, we go ahead and do it. We just enjoy the company of being in a band. That's why we called the new album Social Club."
The Live Show: The band's live show is good fun as the group really revels in jamming. "The live show is the most fun and that's rooted in how we practice and not having limits on anything," Pietrick says. "Guitar-wise, Jon and I gravitate toward old-school garage rock."
Why You Should Hear Them: Their new album, Social Club, is a ramshackle affair that alternates between garage blues and punk. With its cooing vocals and gritty guitars, "Ball of Light" opens the album with a fury and the raucousness doesn't let up. Expect a new EP by spring. "We want to push the boundaries of our sound and refine things a bit more," Pietrick says. "We want to keep evolving our sound and go on some regional shows."
Where You Can Hear Them: teddyboysmusic.com
Where You Can See Them: Teddy Boys perform with Roosevelt, Johnny in the Grave, the Natives and the Moxies at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, at the Beachland Ballroom. - Cleveland Scene
"Unite CLE III : The Moxies & Teddy Boys"
"The Teddy Boys' set was a party from start to finish. Their head-banging rock n' roll and enthusiasm sent the energy through the roof. This 6-piece band started in 2012 and released their first album, Social Club, in 2013. Together they have fun and find inspiration by spending time with friends, having backyard parties, listening to music, and of course laughing. Their passion for music is transparent when they perform. They danced and stomped, barefoot, through the entire set, mesmerizing the crowd. The Teddy Boys' music features Matt Pietrick's gritty vocals and Stefanie Chips' haunting tone. This quality is apparent in "Mummy" and "River" from their album Social Club. Keep an eye out for their newly completed EP." - Kryptonite Music
Social Club LP (released December 2013. 12 songs) (http://teddyboys.bandcamp.com/)
Black Hills EP (released November 2014. 6 songs) (http://teddyboys.bandcamp.com/)
Seeing a Teddy Boys show live, with all the raw emotion and positive high energy, its hard to believe that the band started as just a small basement recording project only a few years ago.
Now an established 6-piece, Teddy Boys started with a few demos that brothers Rick and Matt Pietrick and their cousin Jon Chips started writing and recording towards the end of 2009 when Chips returned to Cleveland after college. The goal was pretty simple; to have a few drinks and have some fun making music together. With Jon and Rick handling the instrumentation, and Jon's sister Stefanie added in with Matt to the vocal mix, the 4 began to hone in on a soulful rock-n-roll sound with multiple vocalists which would become the basis for the sound they are now known for. Eventually, the collection of basement demos they were creating slowly started making their way around town through various friends and were consistently met with overwhelming praise.
In 2012, the "family band" decided to build upon the local buzz and unique sound they were creating. It was at this time they added long-time friends Zach Panek and Jason Rubinski to serve as the band's rhythm section. With their line-up now set (Matt and Stefanie sharing lead vocals, Jon and Rick sharing guitars/keys/vocals, Panek on bass, and Rubinski on drums), Teddy Boys were ready to expand their sound and their fan-base.
Throughout 2012 and 2013 the band played countless shows at just about every venue in Cleveland and surrounding cities, gaining the attention of their growing, devoted fan-base as well as local club owners, promoters, and publications through their high energy performances. Whether it was unapologetically rocking out like some younger fans had never seen before or bringing an older fan "a performance they hadn't seen anything like since back in their day," it was becoming clear that Teddy Boys had something going.
It was also at this time that the band wrote and recorded their debut LP, Social Club. Written, produced, recorded, and mixed entirely on their own, the 12-song LP was released independently on December 27, 2013 to a sold-out Foundry concert club. A mixture of garage-rock, pop, blues, and soul, the songs manage to sound somewhat familiar yet brand new at the same time. The album has drawn praise from publications such as Cleveland Scene, who wrote "With its cooing vocals and gritty guitars, "Ball of Light" opens the album with a fury and the raucousness doesn't let up," and Cleveland Music City, who named it one of the top 7 Cleveland albums of 2014 amongst highly touted label acts like Jessica Lea Mayfield, Herzog, and Mr. Gnome, writing that "having a sound that would of fit like a glove in the late 60's/early 70's, in this modern day, was a risk. A risk that they kicked though the wall. Instead of just reprising pop culture history, they've gone the way of real life, "Love Us, or Hate Us, We're Still Going to Rock Out!!" And that's something we really need now, more then ever!"
The momentum of Social Club carried the Teds into 2014 with a full head of steam, and they only sped up and revved the engine more. Along with playing for packed houses at the biggest venues in the city, they played the 5th annual Weapons of Mass Creation Fest and the Fashion Meets Music Festival in Columbus. They also continued to write and record, this time stepping into a professional studio with a professional producer. Working alongside platinum producer Jim Wirt ( Incubus, Fiona Apple, Hoobastank, Buffalo Killers, etc.) at Crushtone Studios, the band recorded the 6 songs for their Black Hills EP in just a couple days. More polished and powerful than Social Club, the 6 songs (released November 12, 2014) span over multiple genres while somehow fitting together into one delicious cocktail that only Teddy Boys could create. The EP earned #2 on Cleveland Music City's top EPs of 2014.
Whether it's the super-dancable guitar funk and Fender Rhodes keys of "Gabriel," the vocal harmonies and oh-so-catchy hooks on tracks like "Every Night" and "Lemonade," the pure energy and driving rhythms of "Sioux Falls" and "Black Hills," or the dreamy textures of the delicate closing track "Soft Mellon Dreams," there is a little something for everyone on the Black Hills EP. And with the recent release of their first music video and work already under way for their next full-length, it doesn't look like Teddy Boys plan on slowing down anytime soon!
TeddyBoysMusic.com

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Tagged as Belfer Center, Conflict of Interest, CongressEdits, Jimmy Wales, Lila Tretikov, Media Viewer, Paid editing, PIPA, SOPA, Stanton Foundation, Sue Gardner, Terms of use, Twitter, Typefaces, United Arab Emirates, Visual editor, WEF, Wiki Education Foundation, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia Signpost
on January 5, 2015 at 1:54 pm by William Beutler
Every twelve months the Gregorian calendar resets itself, and I pull together a roundup of the most important events, happenings and newsworthy items that marked the previous year on Wikipedia. I've done this each year since 2010 and, the last two times, I went so long that I split the post into two. This time, I tried to keep it short. In the end, I just kept it to one post. Which I guess counts as short for The Wikipedian. So let's get started!
10. The Ballad of Wil Sinclair
Look, I don't like it any more than you do that we're beginning here, but we can't pretend this didn't happen. What happened? Soon after the Wikimedia Foundation picked its new executive director, Lila Tretikov, and before she actually took over from Sue Gardner, Tretikov's spouse showed up on the foundation's email list, and in other forums, and made his presence known. Wil came across as a decent fellow at first, then a bit obsessive, and then he made common cause with critics of the Wikimedia project at Wikipediocracy, and it threatened to overwhelm Tretikov's tenure before it really got underway. By the summer, however, Wil Sinclair largely withdrew from online commentary about Wikipedia, and the controversy appears to have died with it.
9. Oh yeah, that Belfer Center thing…
One of Wikipedia's eternal themes involves conflict of interest. As a public good, Wikipedia has significant potential to affect private fortunes, for good or ill, and this is not the last time you'll hear about it in this list. One of the more unusual (and alarming) manifestations of the conundrum involved the Wikimedia Foundation working with the Stanton Foundation and Belfer Center at Harvard University to create a paid position, funded by mega-donor Stanton, coordinated by WMF, which had the effect of boosting the professional reputation of Belfer's president. Oh, did you know the principals at Stanton and Belfer are husband and wife? Yeah, that kind of changes things. Blame seemed to follow Gardner out the door, but Wikipedia's difficulty in forming partnerships with other non-profits continues.
8. Wikipedia gets a facelift
Nearly four years after Wikipedia updated its default look from the Monobook skin[1]Does anyone else find this term creepy, or is it just me? to the current Vector, the site got another new look, albeit a more subtle one. Specifically, article titles and headings within pages were updated from a sans-serif typeface to a serif typeface. Goodbye Helvetica, hello Georgia! (At least in the headings.) You can never really underestimate Wikipedians' resistance to change, and so a debate naturally ensued. Following the usual expected gripes, holdouts presumably switched their personal preferences to the old style, and the new look has become the accepted standard.
7. Jimbo's UAE prize money
This is the most recent item on the list; in fact, I wrote about it just last week. In short, Wikipedia's famous co-founder, Jimmy Wales, accepted a $500,000 cash prize from the government of the UAE, which has a dismal human rights record. Wales received criticism from members of the Wikipedia community and questions from at least one news outlet. Wales then announced he was going to give the money to charity, or maybe start a foundation, and claimed this was his plan all along, denying what seemed to everyone else like a simple matter of cause-and-effect. Even if Wales does start a new organization, there's not much evidence to suggest it will go anywhere.
6. Wikipedia's education program grows up
If there's a happier balance to the unfortunate Belfer situation, let's say it's the maturation of the Wiki Education Foundation. Beginning as an in-house program in 2010, the organization spun off on its own in February 2014 under the leadership of WMF veteran Frank Schulenburg. In my 2010 list, "Wikipedia in education" was the fourth item, remarking that the two communities appeared to be at a turning point: back then, teachers' attitude toward Wikipedia had until then been one of fear and loathing, but nowadays more and more universities are offering course credit for improving Wikipedia articles. While the WEF and its predecessor program can't take all of the credit—and sure, student plagiarism is still an issue—it does go to show that the Wikipedia community can solve at least some of its problems, and well-considered partnerships can play an important role.
5. Who doesn't love some CongressEdits?
It's almost hard to believe it took until summer 2014 for someone to realize you could attach an RSS feed of changes to Wikipedia articles coming from IP addresses belonging to the U.S. Congress to a Twitter account, thereby publishing an obscure list in a very public way, but that's exactly what happened. Actually, the UK-focused @ParliamentEdits account was first, and accounts focused on other countries' legislatures soon followed, but @CongressEdits made the biggest splash. In each case, journalists latched on to amusing nonsense and legitimately concerning changes both, and the U.S. Congressional IP was blocked for a time. It wasn't the first time this has happened; it wasn't even a new revelation that congressional staffers edit Wikipedia for ill (and good!) but this was too much fun to ignore.
4. Can PR and Wikipedia just get along?
Full disclosure: I have a huge conflict of interest with this topic; as readers of this site are surely aware, this was a big project for me last year. Last February, I brought together an ad hoc group of digital PR executives, Wikipedia veterans, and interested academics (some folks fell into more than one category) for an all-day roundtable discussion in Washington, DC, to talk about the differences and commonalities between the Wikipedia community and communications industry. Out of that emerged a multi-agency statement spelling out a set of principles that participating firms would adopt, a sort of open letter to Wikipedia stating their intention to follow its rules and help their colleagues and clients do the same. We started with about 10 agencies signed, and the list more than tripled by late summer. It was a good start—but a significantly better situation is still a long way off.
3. New (and improved?) Terms of Use
Related to number 4, but developing separately, was the Wikimedia Foundation's announcement—mere days after the multi-agency statement was published—that the non-profit was amending its Terms of Use for the first time since anyone could remember (give or take) in order to require anyone paid for their contributions to disclose their affiliations. The decision grew out of legal uncertainties revealed by the Wiki-PR controversy (covered in this list last year) and was not unanticipated. Like all other seemingly minor changes, it was challenged by community veterans who believed it would have negative consequences for non-marketers compensated for involvement in Wikipedia, among other complaints. But if that's happened, it hasn't been visible. Chilling effects are not to be discounted, but there's no evidence yet that any worst case scenarios have come to pass. Instead, it merely codified best practices that have been around for years: it used to be, if you have a conflict of interest, you were best advised to disclose it. Now you must.
2. The Media Viewer controversy
It seems like every year now I have to reserve a prominent spot for a major argument between the Wikipedia community and the San Francisco-based software-development and outreach-focused non-profit created to support it (the WMF). Last year, my top story focused on the divisive internal battles over the Visual Editor—a big change that did not remain the default for long. The year before, it was a somewhat different argument over whether to take a stand on SOPA / PIPA legislation. This summer, the Visual Editor argument essentially repeated itself. This time the debate centered on the Media Viewer and whether it should be default for logged-in and non-logged-in users—that is, whether readers who clicked on an image should see it come up on a page with metadata readily visible, as it always had been, or whether they should see it in a lightbox, and if site editors and mere readers should see the same thing. No sense getting into the details, because I lack the six hours necessary to produce a worthwhile summary. However, let's observe that consensus in July seemed to be that it should be turned off by default. But I just checked, and indeed it's the default, logged-in or not. In other words: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
1. Lila Tretikov and Wikipedia's uncertain future
It seems like you can't so much as create a piped wikilink disambiguation redirect these days without running into another media think piece about the state of Wikipedia. MIT Technology Review was ahead of the curve with an October 2013 story on the "decline of Wikipeda". In March, The Economist jumped in with the tortured coinage "WikiPeaks" (although they quoted me, so I nonetheless approve). Slate has gone in for this kind of coverage at least twice, first in June with a contribution by longtime Wikipedian Dariusz Jemielniak, and then from staff writer David Auerbach in December. In late 2014, former Reason editor Virginia Postrel turned it into a whodunnit: "Who Killed Wikipedia?"
Am I missing any? Probably, but they mostly tell the same story: Wikipedia is too bureaucratic; its editors are rude to each other and more so to outsiders; that might have something to do with the fact that it's pretty much all white guys; old editors are choosing to quit; new editors aren't replacing them fast enough; the community and the foundation are at each others' throats; Wikipedia has too much money and too little direction. Without further ado, let me say, welcome to your first year as Wikimedia Executive Director, Lila Tretikov!
Pretty much all of the questions that I asked upon Sue Gardner's announced departure nearly two years ago are still in play, only more so. I summed up a lot of this in a post from November 2013, "Wikipedia on the Brink?" If there's any good news, it's that Wikipedia is still, well, on the brink. It hasn't fallen off a cliff, certainly. In some ways it's more successful than ever. But ask a longtime veteran of either the volunteer community or its San Francisco non-profit how things are going—catch them on their way out the door, if necessary—and you'll find any number of concerns, including some I either haven't heard or am simply forgetting.
It's not entirely up to Lila Tretikov what Wikipedia's future will be, however she has more power than anyone—including even Uncle Jimbo—to steer a new direction. Will the foundation keep making grants and developing software that its community doesn't seem to like? Will she keep trying to grow the community as it currently exists, or seek to expand it in unexpected ways? Wikipedia is no longer a hot new (not-for-profit) startup, but a maturing organization stuck in comfortable old ways that may be holding it back. Here's hoping some answers to these questions will start to emerge in 2015.
Previous years' top ten Wikipedia stories can be found here:
Belfer Center image by Bostonian13; Wiki Education Foundation logo and Wikimedia Foundation logo courtesy the respective organization; Lila Tretikov photo by Lane Hartwell; all images via Wikimedia Commons.
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Puglia's Loveable Rogue
December 18, 2013 Xeno FilesFatalone, Gioia del Colle, Italy, Pasquale Petrera, Primitivo, PugliaEd Merrison
The original Fatalone would've had no need for a matchmaker. But without the help of the boys at Boccaccio Cellars we might never have hooked up. I'd asked for an Italian wildcard to bring to a blind tasting. This is what I got.
It divided opinion among the group and there was no denying the rough edges. But it had depth, breadth and a strong foreign accent. I bought some more at the next opportunity and drank it with friends and lasagne. It more than repaid my loyalty.
The grape is Primitivo, which tends to travel under the pseudonym Zinfandel, and this is from its heartland in Puglia, southern Italy. As you'd expect it heats up down there, though these grapes come from a vineyard at an altitude of 365 metres in Gioia del Colle. There's a line in Hugh Johnson's Wine Companion that makes you wonder whether the great British wine writer ever had a dalliance with this particular drop. "The Primitivo gives a pretty brutal red in these hot hills," writes Hugh. "With age it becomes more politely overwhelming."
Fifth-generation winemaker Pasquale Petrera grows the fruit organically and with no irrigation, ferments it with indigenous yeasts and allows malolactic fermentation to occur naturally. It's released after 12 months in stainless steel tanks, 12 months in 750-litre Slavonic oak and six months in bottle, though obviously the vintage I tried has had a lot more time to develop. And it's a fair bet it would have heard a few tunes over that time, given Petrera's penchant for ageing wine to music.
But my favourite insight into this wine comes from a little card draped over the bottle's neck, the kind of snippet that makes you bond with the liquid inside. It's named after second-generation winemaker Filippo Petrera – aka Il Fatalone, which apparently translates to "irresistible heartbreaker". He lived to the age of 98, washing down his breakfast each morning with half a litre of Primitivo and half a litre of milk.
Not convinced I'd break hearts on that diet. Smash a few milk jugs, for sure.
Fatalone Primitivo Riserva 2005 Gioia del Colle DOC, Puglia, Italy
Medium to deep ruby, brick-orange at the rim. A lot going on from first sniff: caramelised orange, balsamic, wood smoke, cedar, clove, ripe black plums. The palate has complexity to match the nose, combining fresh black cherry, stewed plums, candied orange peel and liquorice. The tannins are abundant but ripe, savoury and tamed by time. It finishes with a warm porty feel, chewy plum pudding, roast nuts, spice and tang. It's a touch ungainly but lively, rangy and very enjoyable. Drink now to 2020.
Costs $30 at Boccaccio Cellars in Melbourne – Alcohol 15% – Tasted 29/07/13


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Environmental crisis looms as conflict goes on
(Abdullah Shaheen/IRIN )
Afghanistan will face a serious environmental crisis, which will have grave consequences for millions of its estimated 27 million population, if the government and international aid organisations continue ignoring the country's degrading environment, experts warn.
"More than 80 percent of [Afghanistan's] land could be subject to soil erosion… soil fertility is declining, salinisation is on the increase, water tables have dramatically fallen, de-vegetation is extensive and soil erosion by water and wind is widespread," said a recent report - called Sustainable Land Management 2007 - by Afghanistan's Ministry of Agriculture and Food (MoAF).
Abdul Rahman Hotaky, chairman of the Afghan Organisation for Human Rights and Environmental Protection (AOHREP), said there were many reasons why the future of the country's environment was grim: more than 26 years of armed conflict, population displacement and extended drought; the misuse of natural resources; the lack of a law enforcement authority; and the lack of appropriate policies for the environment.
"In the last two decades, we have lost over 70 percent of our forests throughout the country," Hotaky told IRIN on 29 July in the capital, Kabul.
Extensive deforestation has had multiple social, environmental and economic implications for millions of Afghans, Hotaky added.
One of the immediately visible humanitarian implications of deforestation is the country's increasingly vulnerability to various natural disasters, specialists say.
"Recently, we witnessed increasing numbers of floods, avalanches and landslides as a result of deforestation," said Hazrat Hussain Khaurin, the director of the forests and rangeland department in the food and agriculture ministry.
According to government statistics, until the early 1980s, about 19,000sqkm of Afghanistan's 652,225sqkm territory was covered by forests, which were a sustainable source of income for the government and its citizens.
Because of the many years of war since then, Afghanistan now faces the complete eradication of its forests, Khaurin said.
While agriculture and animal husbandry constitute the backbone of Afghanistan's underdeveloped economy, up to 50 percent of its farmlands have not been cultivated for the last two decades due to various natural and human factors, indicated the Sustainable Land Management 2007 report.
Afghanistan's geomorphology has historically comprised highlands, rugged terrains and flatlands, and partly arid deserts. However, the deserts have been rapidly expanding in southern, eastern and northern regions of the country.
"Neither the government nor impoverished Afghan farmers have the basic technology or required resources to resist widening desertification," said Khaurin. "Thousands of hectares of agricultural land have been covered by moving sands in seven southern and southwestern provinces," he added.
Bushes and other plants that once created natural buffers against sand movement and flash floods flows have been used as fuel by local residents for many years.
Many Afghan refugees who return to their rural communities from neighbouring countries find it impossible to cultivate infertile and arid land with very little irrigation and farming facilities.
"Desertification has exacerbated already widespread poverty among many Afghan farmers who seem hapless to tackle problems created by this natural crisis," said Hotaky of the human rights and environment protection body.
Against a rapidly increasing population, which requires food, fuel and shelter, among other things, the volume of Afghanistan's agricultural produce has decreased by 50 percent over the past few years, the food and agriculture ministry said.
Lack of attention
For decades, Afghan governments who have come to power have concentrated on winning wars, ensuring stability and solving political dilemmas while paying little attention to a degrading environment, specialists say.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in a study found that Afghanistan's long-term environmental degradation is caused, in part, by a complete collapse of local and national forms of governance.
Should Afghanistan fail to address its environmental problems within its reconstruction period, it will face "a future without water, forests, wildlife and clean air", according to UNEP's Post Conflict Assessment for Afghanistan.
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You don't know who is doing the dirty work. At their universities in Eastern Europe, they are future bankers, journalists and politicians. In America they are just 'the help'.
243 people supported Melody Gilbert's documentary pitched at ZagrebDox.
The Summer Help, a documentary project by Melody Gilbert, who took part at last year's ZagrebDox Pro workshop to present her film at the Pitching Forum, succeeded in getting all the necessary funds to complete the project through a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter.
The Summer Help is a documentary film about young people getting educated at the universities in eastern Europe to become bankers, journalists and politicians, while in the US they are simply 'the help' hired to 'do the dirty work'.
Check out more on the Kickstarter campaign here, and additional information about the film on its Facebook page.


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Who is this Elite you speak of? Oh and who likes my mustache?
To answer your question Elite, I think it's this guy Link.


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Oakland schools' restorative justice saved for…
Oakland schools' restorative justice saved for now, thanks to city
$1.2 million grant to pay for programs that were cut
OAKLAND, CA – MARCH 4: Students, parents, teachers, and community members fill the Great Room at LaEscuelita Education Center during an Oakland Unified School District board meeting on Monday, March 4, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. to denounce the elimination of certain positions. (Aric Crabb/Bay Area News Group)
By Ali Tadayon | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: April 18, 2019 at 1:26 p.m. | UPDATED: April 19, 2019 at 5:11 a.m.
OAKLAND — Responding to public outcry over the cutting of Oakland Unified's restorative justice programs and foster youth case managers from next year's budget, the city is giving the district a one-time $1.2 million grant to pay for them.
The City Council voted Tuesday to give the district $690,000 to pay for the restorative justice program — which helps students resolve conflicts and figure out positive alternatives to discipline — as well as $510,000 to pay foster youth case managers and fund school libraries.
District spokesman John Sasaki said the district hasn't yet determined how many jobs the grant will save, or whether they will use the grant across one year or two. Some restorative justice facilitators at Tuesday's meeting indicated it could save around 30 jobs.
Council members Sheng Thao, Noel Gallo, Rebecca Kaplan, Dan Kalb, Nikki Fortunate Bas and Loren Taylor voted in favor of awarding the grant, and allowing the city administrator's office to figure which city funds to use for it.
Council member Larry Reid abstained from the vote, expressing concern over making the commitment now rather than during the normal budget process this summer. Council member Lynette Gibson McElheney was absent from the meeting.
Oakland Unified student director Yota Omosowho, at the council meeting, stressed the importance of the restorative justice program in her experience as an immigrant adjusting to American schools. The first time she sat in a restorative justice circle, she said, was the first time she felt "truly at peace in this country and connected to everyone around me."
"We need (restorative justice) in our schools. OUSD students need space to heal; we need to invest in programs that stop the criminalization of people who look like me," Omosowho said.
The cuts — made earlier this year the day after a seven-day teacher strike — were part of Oakland Unified school board's vote to slash around $22 million from the budget for the 2019-20 school year. The budget cuts were made in order for the district to remain fiscally solvent and to fund teachers' raises agreed to in the contract that ended the strike, district officials have said.
Students and residents loudly objected to gutting the restorative justice program, as well as cutting funding for foster youth case managers and changing the way funds for school libraries were dispersed from a need-based model to each library getting the same amount of money.
The City Council's original grant proposal was to use excess real estate transfer tax revenue to pay for grant, but Oakland finance director Katano Kasaine said the city does not yet know if it will still have excess money from the tax a year from now. Kasaine also recommended that the council not to award the grant now, but rather wait until the normal budget process to get a clearer picture of Oakland's financial situation.
Mayor Libby Schaaf, at the meeting, said her proposed budget for the 2019 fiscal year, which would have been considered during the budget process this summer, would have included awarding the district $600,000 for the restorative justice programs and $600,000 for the libraries and foster youth case managers. She said she notified Kaplan of her plan before the council member proposed the grant.
Kaplan, however, said it's imperative to award the money now, since layoff notices will be going out at the end of the month. She said she feared that if workers get layoff notices they will find other jobs instead of wait to see if the city will come through with the funding.
"I believe the reason it is essential to do this now is because OUSD has great trouble retaining workers, and is losing workers, and if these workers are laid off we won't just have them months from now, " Kaplan said.
Although schools get their funding from the state and have their own governing boards that determine how that money is spent, council member Dan Kalb said it's not uncommon for city governments to step in on a temporary basis to help out districts financially. Kalb, however, stressed to Oakland Unified administrators that this is a one-time grant, and won't pay for the programs after this year.
"This is to backfill something you had to do or felt you had to do. Do not expect us to do this a second, third or fourth year," Kalb said.
District officials have been telling residents that they are trying to find other ways to fund the programs in the long term.
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Ali Tadayon | Oakland reporter
Ali Tadayon is an award-winning journalist covering Oakland for the Bay Area News Group. He joined the team in 2017 after working as a crime reporter in Riverside and Idaho Falls, Idaho.
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Innovations in lumbar spinal fusion surgery.
The research in this document examines recent innovations in lumbar spinal fusion. Particular emphasis is made on laparoscopic spinal fusion techniques and interbody fixation devices. After doing extensive research, conducting interviews with surgeons and nurses, viewing a surgery, and distributing a questionnaire to postoperative spinal fusion patients, we formulated a patient brochure. At the time of this research, no patient brochures existed that incorporated these recent techniques in treating spinal fusion.


Sometimes amid all the political blather, you may witness a moment of truth and courage on live TV that you know will be repeated and discussed ad infinitum. A true moment in history and it is a thrill to see/hear it as it happens.
Ronald Reagan in Berlin calling for the tearing down of the wall.
Candy Crowley correcting Mitt Romney about Benghazi during the second debate.
President Obama talking to the parents and the nation about the violence at Sandy Hook.
Colin Powell on Meet the Press calling out the racism of the GOP.
At the opposite end of the scale, anything from Donald Trump or Sarah Palin, and the incoherent attempt yesterday by Ben Stein to defend the GOP on FOX's Greta Van Susteren.


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Chapter 59. Doctor Who and the Keys of Marinus (1980)
15th May 2021 29th Aug 2022 Jim Sangster 2 Comments
Synopsis: A huge pyramid surrounded by a sea of acid. Inside is Arbitan, sole protector of the Conscience of Marinus, a powerful computer that can control minds. The Doctor and his fellow travellers agree to help Arbitan locate a set of keys for the machine, which have been hidden in different locations across the planet. So begins a deadly quest for the time travellers that will involve mind-controlling brains in jars, killer plants, a frozen tundra and a trial for murder. All the while, they are unaware that Arbitan's enemy, Yartek, leader of the Voord, has captured the pyramid and now lies in wait for their return with the keys…
1. The Sea of Death
2. The Marble City
3. The Velvet Web
4. The Brains of Morphoton
5. The Screaming Jungle
6. The Whispering Darkness
7. The Snows of Terror
8. The Demons
9. Sentenced!
10. The Mystery of the Locked Room
11. The Missing Key
12. Arbitan's Revenge
13. Final Goodbyes
Background: Philip Hinchcliffe adapts Terry Nation's 1964 scripts, during a period when the story titles for Hartnell's stories had not been agreed on by consensus, so the title page states that this is an adaptation of Terry Nation's 'The Sea of Death'. So far, this is the biggest gap between the broadcast of a story and its release as a novel, at 16 years, three months and one week. It's also been three years and 29 books since the publication of a First Doctor story under the Target banner.
Notes: Time is measured in zeniths in inter-galactic time. The Voord submersible pods are BXV sub-oceanic assault craft. Apparently, Barbara suffers from space-time travel sickness and she believes human bodies are not built for time travel – or at least hers isn't. Hinchcliffe describes the inside of the TARDIS thus:
They were inside a large hexagonal-shaped control room with white hexagonal-patterned walls. A hexagonal console in the middle of the room supported a transparent cylindrical column which moved slowly up and down when the ship was in flight.
The Doctor has 'mischievous blue eyes' (unlike Harnell's own, which were brown). Barbara and Ian's first meeting with the Doctor and Susan is summarised and we're told that the TARDIS can 'change its appearance like a chameleon'. Ian is still wearing a 'Chinese jacket' that he picked up 'the court of Kublai Kahn' [sic], which we're told 'undermined his air of schoolmasterly interest'.
The Voord have webbed hands and feet, they're the same shape as a man, but stronger and more agile:
Its skin was dark and rubbery, its bulletshaped head smooth and devoid of features except for two frog-like eyes and a snoutish protuberance like corrugated piping. The head was flanked by two flat, pointed lugs. The face as a whole faintly resembled that of Anubis, the jackal-headed god of Egyptian mythology. The creature, however, was far from being any sort of god. It was, in fact, a Class I Voord Assault Trooper, programmed to kill enemy life-forms on sight!
The word 'programmed' suggests at least some degree of robotic or artificial intelligence. Yartek developed an immuniser that enabled the Voord to 'rob and cheat, kill and exploit'; Arbitan's people were helpless as the Conscience made them incapable of violent resistance. Susan calculates that Arbitan's temple is a couple of miles all round, while Barbara's comparison from the TV version of the temple to those of the Egyptians and South Americans is given to Ian for some reason. Vasor is said to be like a 'Breughel peasant', which suggests he should have been down an alley, puking. Yartek is said to smile and his face has 'bulbous eyes', so he doesn't quite look like his TV counterpart.
Cover: David McAllister's first contribution to the range is both beautifully painted and disappointingly bland – the TARDIS hovers in space above a generic planet. Were they too squeamish to attempt one of the Brains of Morphoton for this? As the policy of the time was to avoid having older Doctors on the cover, this might have limited their options, so having the iconic TARDIS might have seemed more marketable, but it's a shame as we could have had something rivalling Alun Hood's Terror of the Autons cover for sheer horror.
Final Analysis: This was one of four books I received as a Christmas present in 1980, the first Target books I owned, rather than loaning from the library. Aside from maybe an episode at a convention in the mid-1980s, I'm not sure if I saw the TV story for more than a decade later, so it's Hinchcliffe's version that was imprinted on my mind, alongside The Daleks, as what Hartnell's Doctor was really like. Good going, considering the Doctor himself is missing for half of the story and Ian is, as on TV, very much the lead character. This is Hinchcliffe's final novel for the range and it's such a weird choice for him, but it's every bit the Boy's Own adventure that was at the heart of his time as producer (including what feels very much like the belittling of Barbara to elevate Ian more), so it's perhaps not as surprising as it first appears. It faithfully adapts Terry Nation's scripts, which acted as a template for what the series would quickly become. It has a quest (although after all those Key to Time novels, that's not necessarily a positive); four alien lands with hostile environments; repulsive monsters; selfish antagonists who are more than a bit rapey; and a trial! At the end, the Big Bad Wolf-style villain is revealed to be rather disappointing, but as this is Hinchcliffe, the description of Yartek's demise is much, much nastier than the fade-to-white we saw on TV.
Chapter 38. Doctor Who and the Masque of Mandragora (1977)
1st Feb 2021 1st Feb 2021 Jim Sangster 1 Comment
Synopsis: A chance encounter with the Mandragora Helix results in the Doctor unwittingly transporting sentient and malevolent energy to 15th-Century San Martino. The energy quickly takes hold of Hieronymous, an influential astrologer and leader of a sinister cult. As the Doctor and Sarah try to limit the damage their arrival has caused, they find themselves snared in the fraught politics of San Martino. Can they help a young prince evade the murderous ambitions of his uncle, Count Federico? Will Hieronymous's new-found power bring a dark and bloody end to the Renaissance?
1. The Mandragora Helix
2. The Brethren of Demnos
3. Execution!
4. Sacrifice
5. The Prince Must Die
6. The Secret of the Temple
7. The Spell of Evil
8. Torture!
9. The Invasion Begins
10. Siege
11. Duel to the Death
12. The Final Eclipse
Background: Philip Hinchcliffe adapts scripts from 1976 by Louis Marks.
Notes: Sarah has now been travelling with the Doctor for 'several years' but this is the first time she's been allowed to explore deeper within the TARDIS. She is 'Five feet five and a quarter' – so an inch and a quarter taller than she is on telly, unless she's counting the heel of her boots. She apparently finds Giuliano attractive. Swit swoo!
Hinchcliffe tells us that it's been a long time since the Doctor rode a horse (which might make you wonder when the last time might have been). As he finds the altar within the catacombs, he experiences a vision of the 'Ghostly Temple of Demnos':
He was filled with an unaccountable urge to escape, but as he ran towards the tunnel exit a large wall materialised in front of him with a deafening crash. Blindly he stumbled towards the other side of the cavern and a second wall blocked his path. The ghostly Temple of Demnos had sprung up before his very eyes! Panic-stricken he turned this way and that seeking escape but all around him thick stone walls seemed to be hemming him in. He was trapped.
Cover: Mike Little gives us a rather spooky composition for the first edition cover – the Doctor's face is surrounded by darkness (as with The Deadly Assassin) and four faces of Hieronymous's mask. A 1991 reprint had a cover by Alister Pearson showing Hieronymous sat on a throne alongside a rather cheery-looking Doctor.
Final Analysis: There can't have been a fan in any of the libraries of the UK who didn't mispronounce the title of this until they saw it on VHS or DVD, just as readers will have done when the same word 'Mandragora' appeared in the Harry Potter books ('Man-DRA-gora', not 'MAN-dra-GOR-a'). It's Philip Hinchclcffe's second novel and another from his 'golden era', but it's not one that allows for showboating. What we get is a straightforward retelling of the script with a few lines to explain the thought processes of the characters. We share the experience of Sarah's falling under Hieronymous's spell as her mind tries to make sense of the twisted logic it's presented with, while her total lack of reaction to the possibility of meeting Leonardo Da Vinci is what first alerts the Doctor that something is wrong. Giuliano reacts beautifully to witnessing the departure of the TARDIS, inspecting the ground where it once stood, 'puzzled but not afraid':
'There is a reason for everything,' he said to himself. 'Even this. One day science will explain it all.'


I'm excited about the Haitian Book Festival this Saturday, Oct 13. It's held from 12-6 at the South End branch of the Ferguson and includes music and refreshments. I had a little scuffle with the Ferg because in late September, the event wasn't on the October calendar. The calendar was there, as were the children's story hours, but no Book Festival! Evidently the system doesn't easily let them add events until the actual month. If you ask me, they need a new system. Cool events like this need all the publicity they can get.
I was a French major, so I'm psyched to hear French and Creole, and probably understand it. If not, I'll still enjoy the sound of another language flowing past my ears. It's such a nice change to not get every word. Exercise for the ear and mind. I'd invite you to go with me, but this is the kind of event you need to go to alone, so you'll have more motivation to speak the language. You don't want to have the crutch of clinging to another English speaker, or have that person cling to you.
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The band's repertoire consists of a wide variety of musical compositions including:
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The band is composed of approximately 60 musicians in an age range of 16 to 86. All members in the band are donating their talent and time for the rehearsals and performance, because they enjoy playing good band music and performing for audiences of all ages. The majority of concerts are held in Bay Village, OH. Over the years we have performed at shopping malls, retirement homes, outdoor gazebos, and also the U.S. Navy Department.
The band is currently under the direction of Mr. David Hager assisted by Mr. Tim Sivik.
The band meets on Wednesday evenings from 7:15 until 9:00 at the Bay Middle School, in Bay Village, Ohio. If you or someone you know would be interested in becoming a member of our band, or need more information about our concert schedule, you may contact the band via email at info@bvcb.org.
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After weeks of planning and hard work the TY students took over the Riverside Hotel in Enniscorthy this week to hold their annual Christmas Market. Students had been preparing products for weeks and set up stands to sell their wares. There were many high quality gift items available and by all accounts the market was once more a great success. Congratulations to all.


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Good tale defeats bad history Movie review
Chris KaltenbachTHE BALTIMORE SUN
Finally, here's proof an animated film doesn't have to be Disney to be good.
"Anastasia," the new feature-length animation from 20th Century Fox about a princess whose destiny finds her, is every bit as good as most of its Disney predecessors and better than many. Filled with sparkling animation and appealing characters, it's a film that should keep the kids happy and their parents entertained -- even as it leaves historians with their mouths agape.
The story opens in the waning days of Czarist Russia, as young Anastasia (voiced by Kirsten Dunst) is at a grand ball with her family. Outside, however, things look bleak: the evil monk Rasputin (Christopher Lloyd) has sworn vengeance on the Romanovs, and soon revolutionaries have broken down the door and grabbed the czar and his family -- all save Anastasia, who escapes with her grandmother, the Dowager Empress Marie (Angela Lansbury, everyone's favorite grandmother). Tragically, the two are separated at the train station, as the empress escapes to Paris and young Anastasia is left behind.
Ten years pass, and we find the grown-up princess (an extra-saucy Meg Ryan) living as Anya in an orphanage, with no knowledge of who she is. Finding her way to St. Petersburg, she hooks up with two con men, Dimitri and Vladimir (John Cusack and Kelsey Grammer), who detect a resemblance to the young princess and see a golden opportunity to obtain the huge reward offered by the empress for the return of her granddaughter.
So it's off to Paris for a reunion, provided the evil Rasputin doesn't get to Anastasia first.
A tremendous amount of care went into the animation of "Anastasia." Producer-directors Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, who cut their teeth at the Disney studios (they left together in 1979), have come up with some of the most luscious animated sequences since "Beauty and the Beast." Especially impressive is a fantasy sequence in the abandoned Russian Winter Palace, as Anya's memory begins coming back, and a harrowing train wreck.
Unfortunately, the songs by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty are no better than OK. And the final confrontation between jTC Anastasia and Rasputin is pretty intense, maybe too much so for some small children.
Also, "Anastasia" is lousy history. The idea that the youngest of the Romanov girls somehow escaped the Bolshevik firing squad may be appealing, but it's pure myth. The notion that, 10 years after the Russian Revolution, the country's peasants were singing in the streets about how much they missed the czar may stretch credulity as well. And Rasputin, who was murdered before the Russian revolution, never hated the Romanovs as the film insists.
So don't go to "Anastasia" expecting a history lesson. Go expecting a good story, wonderful animation and decent music, and you'll love every minute.
'Anastasia'
Starring the voices of Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Christopher Lloyd and Kelsey Grammer
Directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
Released by 20th Century Fox
Sun score: ***
Pub Date: 11/21/97


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Millennials Haven't Killed Print: Canon Launches Print for Action Initiative to Show Print Remains an Influential Medium
New Canon U.S.A. Survey Finds 47 Percent of Americans Would Feel Sad in a World Without Print
MELVILLE, NY, February 13, 2019 – Print has long been a powerful medium to inspire action, from promoting social change to influencing purchasing decisions. It therefore comes with little surprise to Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, that nearly half of Americans would feel sad in a world without print, according to survey findings released by the Company today. The Canon Print for Action Survey1, conducted by Ipsos, uncovers consumers' perception and use of printed materials, as well as the importance of print in the minds of tomorrow's business leaders.
"We are pleased to find that, despite living in what seems like a digital world, Millennials still count on print for information and inspiration," says Shinichi Yoshida, executive vice president and general manager, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "With our new Print for Action initiative, our goal is to highlight the power of print's versatility by coupling Canon's deep heritage in innovative imaging with proven statistics to educate and to help empower future business leaders."
Statistics from the Canon Print for Action Survey reveal that the print medium has a favorable influence in many aspects of the lives of U.S. Millennials. From food and beverage purchasing decisions to study habits to relaxation techniques, print is a driving influence and one that seems here to stay. For instance, according to the Canon Print for Action Survey:
Millennials still send printed cards. In fact, for Valentine's Day 2018, giving printed romance cards (30%) won out over sending e-cards (7%) for Millennials. Overall, in the twelve months prior to the survey1 more than half (51%) of Millennials gave someone a printed card for a celebratory moment or a holiday compared to just 18% that sent a digital greeting on those occasions.
Other than watching streaming services (56%), Millennials turn to books (48%) to relax. Nearly half of Millennials surveyed say reading a book makes them feel the most relaxed compared to activities like exercising (37%), cooking (37%) and meditating (21%).
Millennials still turn to print to plan out their days. In the twelve months prior to the survey1, 43% of Millennials used physical calendars and 30% of Millennials used planners for scheduling and staying organized.
The Canon Print for Action Survey covers more than just Millennials; its statistical findings span a range of demographics and market verticals. Generational findings all point toward the power of print, with only one-in-five Americans, as a whole, reporting that they rely solely on digital platforms.
With a breadth of expertise in production and wide-format printing, Canon print solutions and cutting-edge technology, including but not limited to the imagePROGRAF large format printer series and Océ Colorado wide format printer, help bring visions to life, which in turn have the power to influence the next generations of consumers. The Canon Print for Action Survey is the first component of an initiative meant to help Canon continue on its path of innovation to provide print solutions that spark creativity in the lives of consumers and help fuel its channel partners' future success through the power of print.
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Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $36 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2018† and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2018. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA.
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Q: How to zgrep multiple string I am trying to zgrep multiple strings with the code below, but if I omit one of the parameter it spools a lot of un-matching files. But, I i enter all the 5 strings it works correctly. How can I zgrep any number of strings even if its just 3 of 5.
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A: Since you omit some values, your expression becomes
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The empty expression in the middle makes everything match.
Note sure it is the most optimal method but I would remove the double pipe chars with a sed first:
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then
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(note that the escaping of the pipe chars is gone, but it's not necessary here)

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NBA Trade Rumors: Los Angeles Lakers, Brooklyn Nets swapping of Kyrie Irving for Russell Westbrook will never happen
by Doug Rush
Written by Doug Rush
At some point, Kyrie Irving could get traded by the Brooklyn Nets. Whether it's next week, next month or at the trade deadline; it'll come at some point.
We've speculated as to who might be the team to land Irving, who has been ordered by the Nets to stay away while he refuses to get the New York mandated COVID-19 vaccine. Teams like the Portland Trail Blazers and Dallas Mavericks have come up.
The one idea, with the image circulating around the internet has the Nets and Los Angeles Lakers trading Irving for Russell Westbrook.
The idea of a the Nets and Lakers swapping Kyrie Irving for Russell Westbrook will never happen.
Sure, it's fun to imagine, but it's only going to happen on NBA2K. pic.twitter.com/8Qt6nKVoA9
— Doug Rush (@TheDougRush) October 25, 2021
Unless you have NBA2K, this trade will never work.
Irving isn't allowed to play for the Nets because of the New York mandate on all athletes having the vaccine. The state of California literally has the same mandate too, which would prevent Kyrie from playing in any home games for the Lakers.
Let's not forget how Irving wanted to get away from LeBron after the 2017 season and forced the Cleveland Cavaliers to trade him, which, if didn't happen, Kyrie would have opted for knee surgery and missed most of the next year, which is why he went to the Boston Celtics.
KD to LeBron: I still don't know how you handled Kyrie. pic.twitter.com/ubmcHXBVDd
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) October 23, 2021
If Kyrie really realized that mistake and wanted to play with LeBron again, he'd have either signed as a free agent two summers ago, or, if he wanted to get traded and get the vaccine, had LeBron and the Lakers make a trade with Brooklyn during the summer before the NBA Draft to get Kyrie to the Lakers.
But again, LeBron and Kyrie don't want to be teammates. And thus, they aren't.
Speaking of players who don't want to be teammates. Should we forget the turmoil of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook? Or Westbrook and James Harden.
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— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) October 16, 2021
The demise of Westbrook and KD was why Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors. Their relationship deteriorated and never recovered. They have since not been teammates and aren't looking to be again.
And speaking of another deteriorating relationship; Westbrook and Harden in Houston with the Rockets.
Russell Westbrook and James Harden face off for the first time since their breakup as teammates in Houston tonight
They were the highest scoring duo in NBA history. pic.twitter.com/QsFZxsdKOF
— ⚡ (@TheWestbrookEra) March 21, 2021
That lasted all of one season before Westbrook was traded to the Washington Wizards for John Wall. Harden and Durant have since reunited in Brooklyn and are trying to make it work.
But losing Irving, who when healthy and focused, is an elite basketball player, and it hurts the Nets. Without Kyrie, Brooklyn isn't as strong of a contender as they once were when they made the franchise-altering trade to land Harden.
Again, at some point, the Nets will trade Kyrie Irving. Unless one morning, he realizes he should just do what's needed and gets the vaccine and re-joins the Nets.
But he isn't. So at some point, the Nets will have to trade Kyrie. But it won't be to the Lakers.
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In 2009, he joined Bleacher Report, covering the New York Yankees and New York Giants, amassing over 2 million reader views.
After 2013, he left B/R to join Sports Media 101 to cover the Yankees and Giants. While with Sports Media 101, Rush was named to the Pro Football Writers Association of America. He was there until July of 2016.
In January of 2018, Rush joined USA Today as part of the Giants Wire staff to cover the Giants. He is still currently with them, as he does weekly analysis for them during the season.
In September of 2021, Rush joined Pro Sports Extra, where he will be covering MLB, the NFL, NBA, WWE and AEW.
Doug is from Toms River, New Jersey where he has two children, Carson and Peyton.


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