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|colspan=2 valign="top"|'''[[CZ:Topics in the News]]''' | |colspan=2 valign="top" width=50%|'''[[CZ:Topics in the News]]''' | ||
*'''[[2008 United States presidential election]] regularly updated''' as the primary election campaigns continue. See the following articles on the current presidential candidates | *'''[[2008 United States presidential election]] regularly updated''' as the primary election campaigns continue. See the following articles on the current presidential candidates | ||
**[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]: | **[[Democratic Party|Democratic]]: | ||
***[[Barack Obama]] | ***[[Barack Obama]] | ||
***[[Hillary Clinton]] | ***[[Hillary Clinton]] | ||
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***[[John McCain]] | ***[[John McCain]] | ||
***[[Mike Huckabee]] | ***[[Mike Huckabee]] | ||
**[[Green Party|Green Party (independant)]]: | **[[Green Party|Green Party (independant)]]: | ||
***[[Ralph Nader]] | ***[[Ralph Nader]] | ||
|colspan=2 valign="top"|'''Events''' | |colspan=2 valign="top" width=50%|'''Events''' | ||
* '''[[CZ:Eduzendium|Eduzendium]]''' continues. | * '''[[CZ:Eduzendium|Eduzendium]]''' continues, and articles are currently underway. Please take caution if you stumble across them as they are in-progress. Please see the initiative page for guidance. | ||
*'''The [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon|Write-a-Thon!]]''' The next WAT is scheduled for March 5<sup>th</sup> | *'''The [[CZ:Monthly_Write-a-Thon|Write-a-Thon!]]''' The next WAT is scheduled for March 5<sup>th</sup> | ||
*Make sure to visit the [[CZ:Article of the Week|Article of the Week]] and [[Archive:New Draft of the Week|New Draft of the Week]] pages and nominate or vote for your choice for next week | |||
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* '''The [[CZ:CORE|Core Article Initiative]]''': The core article development initiative continues | * '''The [[CZ:CORE|Core Article Initiative]]''': The core article development initiative continues. | ||
*''' | * '''[[CZ:Proposals|A new proposal system]]''' has been initiated so that all citizens alike can participate in the wiki governance by making community-wide suggestions and bringing up important issues. Some pages to keep in mind: | ||
**[[CZ:Proposals/New]] - This is where new proposals are to be placed | |||
* | **[[Archive:Proposals/Policy]] - The guts of the proposal process | ||
* | **The panel at the bottom of each proposals page will allow to navigate to any section within the proposals system. | ||
|colspan=2 valign="top" width=50%|'''Help Wanted''' | |||
|colspan=2 valign="top"|'''Help Wanted''' | |||
''Community requests for assistance are posted below. Contact [[User:Robert_W_King|The Editor]] to post enlistments.'' | ''Community requests for assistance are posted below. Contact [[User:Robert_W_King|The Editor]] to post enlistments.'' | ||
*An assistant to update [[CZ:TITN|Topics in the News]] and to update or create current news related articles. | *An assistant to update [[CZ:TITN|Topics in the News]] and to update or create current news related articles. | ||
*'''The next Olympic Games are scheduled for 2008.''' In preparation for the games, [[User:James_F._Perry|James]] has requested some assistance, particularly with the following: | |||
#The creation/development of articles based on the different events to an informative state. A listing can be found at the [[Olympic Games/Related Articles|related articles subpage]], see section "[[Olympic_Games/Related_Articles#Summer_Olympic_sports|Summer Olympic sports]]" | |||
#The creation/development of articles based on the committees surrounding the games, particularly the [[International Olympic Committee]], [[World Anti-Doping Agency]], and [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]]. | |||
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|colspan=2 valign="top" width=50%|'''Technical Initiatives''' | |||
*A process to facilitate the [[CZ:Email_us_an_article_in_word_processor_format|creation of articles]] via email has begun. All citizens are encouraged to help test the system out. | |||
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'''TCZ''': What are your hobbies? / What do you do for fun?<br/> | '''TCZ''': What are your hobbies? / What do you do for fun?<br/> | ||
'''David''': For fun, I mostly play bass guitar as part of two groups. In one group, I play bass guitar for [[Rex Bell]], who at one time played bass guitar for Lighnin’ Hopkins (at Carnegie Hall) and [[Townes Van Zandt]], but who is now a singer-songwriter and guitar player. My wife Lisa plays rhythm guitar, with Gary Ragan, playing lead guitar when he is in town. This is a weekly gig at the Old Quarter Acoustic Café in [[Galveston, TX]], to start the open mic each Weds. and sometimes we are the opening act for the main bands on the weekends. Our next big gig is to play at the annual | '''David''': For fun, I mostly play bass guitar as part of two groups. In one group, I play bass guitar for [[Rex Bell]], who at one time played bass guitar for Lighnin’ Hopkins (at Carnegie Hall) and [[Townes Van Zandt]], but who is now a [[singer-songwriter]] and guitar player. My wife Lisa plays rhythm guitar, with Gary Ragan, playing lead guitar when he is in town. This is a weekly gig at the Old Quarter Acoustic Café in [[Galveston, TX]], to start the open mic each Weds. and sometimes we are the opening act for the main bands on the weekends. Our next big gig is to play at the annual [[Stingaree Music Festival]] put on by [[Hayes Carll]]. The other incarnation has Lisa as the lead guitar player and singer, with me on [[bass guitar]] and sundry other musicians ([[violin]], [[harp]]s, guitars) joining us for a dozen or so gigs a year. These have mostly been at Cocktails, The 39th Street Bar and Poor Michaels, all in [[Galveston]], or functions for my department at the university. | ||
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'''TCZ''': What do you professionally?<br/> | '''TCZ''': What do you professionally?<br/> | ||
'''David''': I am a research scientist working at The [[University of Texas]] Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). My work is centered around using [[NMR spectroscopy]] to study the structures of | '''David''': I am a research scientist working at The [[University of Texas]] Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB). My work is centered around using [[NMR spectroscopy]] to study the structures of [[protein]]s and [[DNA]] molecules of relevance to human diseases. The last few years my work has mostly involved determining the structure of the envelope protein domain III of [[West Nile virus]], [[Dengue fever|Dengue virus]], [[Omsk Hemorrhagic fever]] and [[Yellow fever]]. I also dabble in quantum mechanics calculations involving the base pairing of oxidized or otherwise damaged DNA base pairs. In the last year or so, I have started a variety of metabonomics-based projects investigating fatty liver disease, [[diabetes]], [[breast cancer]], burns and other medical conditions. | ||
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'''TCZ''': What is your favourite topic of discussion?<br/> | '''TCZ''': What is your favourite topic of discussion?<br/> | ||
'''David''': By far, my favorite topic of discussion is politics. You can always get a lively conversion started using the ‘’Cobert Report’’ style: “President Bush (Clinton), as bad as Nixon (Carter), or the worst president ever?” But why leave out the wishy-washy, do nothing Congress that has been abdicating its power for decades? I love discussing local politics just a much as national and state politics. Local politics have many more personalities. | '''David''': By far, my favorite topic of discussion is politics. You can always get a lively conversion started using the ‘’Cobert Report’’ style: “President Bush ([[Bill Clinton|Clinton]]), as bad as Nixon ([[Jimmy Carter|Carter]]), or the worst president ever?” But why leave out the wishy-washy, do nothing Congress that has been abdicating its power for decades? I love discussing local politics just a much as national and state politics. Local politics have many more personalities. | ||
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'''TCZ''': What is your best experience on the wiki so far? Your worst?<br/> | '''TCZ''': What is your best experience on the wiki so far? Your worst?<br/> | ||
'''David''': I really enjoy the friendliness and help I received from folks who were here when I first joined. I can also expect a fairly reasonable response time to questions as they come up. Following Robert Badgett around has been very fruitful for ideas for me. When he writes up a medical page about something, it lists drugs taken for that illness, which gets me motivated to start new pages for each of those drugs discussed. Recently, I have started pages about many of the statin drugs (think [[ | '''David''': I really enjoy the friendliness and help I received from folks who were here when I first joined. I can also expect a fairly reasonable response time to questions as they come up. Following Robert Badgett around has been very fruitful for ideas for me. When he writes up a medical page about something, it lists drugs taken for that illness, which gets me motivated to start new pages for each of those drugs discussed. Recently, I have started pages about many of the statin drugs (think [[Atorvastatin]] (Lipitor), Crestor, etc) used to lower cholesterol. Trolling the [[Recent Changes]] page is great for getting the next idea for a page too. | ||
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To date, I have had no bad experiences at CZ. This is a nice contrast to working on WP where corrections are replaced back to incorrect statements, repeatedly. I thank Kim | To date, I have had no bad experiences at CZ. This is a nice contrast to working on WP where corrections are replaced back to incorrect statements, repeatedly. I thank Kim Komando for pointing out CZ to me. Does she have a page on CZ yet?? She certainly deserves one. | ||
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''Thanks for the insight, David! Next issue will feature '' | ''Thanks for the insight, David! Next issue will feature [[User:Aleta_Curry|Aleta Curry]].'' | ||
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*[http://arstechnica.com ArsTechnica] | *[http://arstechnica.com ArsTechnica] | ||
*[http://www.newassignment.net NewAssignment.Net] and Assignment Zero for getting me here! | *[http://www.newassignment.net NewAssignment.Net] and Assignment Zero for getting me here! | ||
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