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|Vacancy-Induced Nanoscale Wire Structure in Gallium Selenide Layers
Low-dimensional materials have gained much attention not only because of the nonstop march toward miniaturization in the electronics industry but also for the exotic properties that are inherent in their small size. One approach for creating low-dimensional structures is to exploit the nanoscale or atomic-scale features that exist naturally in the three-dimensional (bulk) form of materials. By this means, a group from the University of Washington has demonstrated a new way of creating one-dimensional nanoscale structures (nanowires) in the compound gallium selenide. In short, ordered lines of structural vacancies in the material stimulate the growth of "one-dimensional" structures less than 1 nanometer in width.
A structural vacancy is a vacant atomic position in the crystal lattice. Introduction of chemical impurities (doping) can result in vacancy generation as the crystal seeks an equilibrium between local charge balance, bonding coordination, and valency around the impurity, and thermal energy can create vacancies even in ultrapure materials at temperatures above absolute zero. Structural vacancies are a source of numerous interesting structural, electronic, and optical properties, and materials scientists often rely them as an important building block for constructing the desired behavior.
As a semiconductor formed from group III (gallium) and VI (selenium) elements, gallium selenide (Ga2Se3) exhibits still another way to generate vacancies. So-called III–V semiconductors consisting of group III and group V elements or II–VI semiconductors consisting of group II and group VI elements typically exhibit tetrahedral sp3 bonding to accommodate the eight electrons per cation–anion pair and crystallize in either zinc blende or wurzite structures. But gallium selenide (Ga2Se3) has nine valence electrons per cation–anion pair, resulting in a competition between the desire to retain tetrahedral sp3 bonding and the need to accommodate the extra electron. So, the compound stabilizes itself by incorporating structural vacancies.
In particular, Ga2Se3 crystallizes in a "defected" zinc blende (ZB) structure with one-third of the cation (gallium) sites vacant. In β-Ga2Se3, these sites are ordered in one dimension. These ordered vacancy arrays yield anisotropic optical transmission and photoluminescence and are predicted by theory to yield nondispersing electronic bands (energy is flat in momentum space), which is a signature of one-dimensional materials.
The Washington researchers studied a heteroepitaxial layer of Ga2Se3 on a silicon (001) substrate covered by a single monolayer of arsenic by means of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), core-level photoemission spectroscopy (PES), and photoemission diffraction (PED). They used STM to observe surface morphology and PES and PED to probe the chemical bonding and the bonding configuration. All PES and PED measurements were performed at the Electronic Structure Factory endstation of ALS Beamline 7.0.1.
STM of Ga2Se3 films revealed nanoscale, wire-like structures less than 1 nm wide and up to 30 nm long covering the surface in parallel lines. Core-level PES and PED showed the local structure of gallium and selenium atoms to reflect that of bulk Ga2Se3. The direction of the wire structure also coincided with the ordered vacancy direction usually seen in β-Ga2Se3. The researchers attributed the anisotropic growth of Ga2Se3 to passivation of the side walls of the wire structure by fully occupied lone-pair (nonbonding) orbitals of selenium atoms that arise due to the extra electron, so that adsorbing atoms during the growth process (adatoms) attach at the ends of the wires rather than on their chemically inert sides. Another way of looking at the observed anisotropic morphology is a coalescence of the vacancies at the surface.
The formation of wire structures results from the strongly anisotropic growth of Ga2Se3, driven by intrinsic structural vacancies. To the group's knowledge, this mechanism has not been previously observed, and its understanding opens new opportunities for controlled growth or self-assembling processes of nanoscale structures in other materials containing structural vacancies.
Research conducted by T. Ohta, D.A. Schmidt, S. Meng, A. Klust, A. Bostwick, Q. Yu, M.A. Olmstead, and F.S. Ohuchi (University of Washington).
Research funding: Research funding: National Science Foundation, M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, University of Washington, UW-PNNL Joint Institute for Nanoscience, and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Operation of the ALS is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
Publication about this research: T. Ohta, D.A. Schmidt, S. Meng, A. Klust, A. Bostwick, Q. Yu, M.A. Olmstead, and F.S. Ohuchi, "Intrinsic vacancy-induced nanoscale wire structure in heteroepitaxial Ga2Se3/Si(001)," Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 116102 (2005).


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Women's Tennis Defeats Buffalo 4-3 In MAC Action
BUFFALO, NY. - The Ball State women's tennis team earned a hard-fought 4-3 battle over Buffalo Saturday afternoon in Mid-American Conference action.
The Cardinals won the doubles point and split the six singles matches to win the match. With the victory Ball State improves to 13-7 overall and 3-1 in the MAC, while Buffalo falls to 12-4 overall and 3-2 in league action.
"Buffalo was a talented, competitive, and tough team," said Ball State head women's tennis coach Max Norris. "It was a great experience for four hours. There was great fan turn out and a lot of tight matches. That is what college tennis is all about. As for our team, I told them last night we were on the verge of a signature moment. We've had a tough schedule and it is starting to pay dividends. It was a total team effort. I think a lot of our players pushed themselves in ways they never had and it payed off. That's what we need to remember moving forward. We Need to keep working and dig our heels in. Next week is chalked full of opportunities."
In doubles play, Ball State was victorious on courts one and three. The No. 3 doubles duo of Courtney Wild and Ayaka Terashi were the first doubles tandem off the court with their 8-7 (7-5) defeat over Margarita Kotok and Laura Holterbosch. Buffalo then won on court two to even the doubles score but Courtney Earnest and Bethany Moore took down the Bulls Tanvi Shah and Miranda Podlas 8-4 to claim the point for the Cardinals.
Buffalo started singles play off strong after posting wins on courts six and five to go up 2-1 over Ball State. Earnest rallied from a set down to defeat Shah in a three-set match 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 1 position to tie the match 2-2. The Bulls Laura Fernandez took down Bethany Moore to put the Bulls back up by one. Kristel Sanders tied up the competition for the second time after winning on court four. The Cardinals final victory of the match came from the No. 2 position. After being down a set, Wild rallied back winning the second and third sets over Podlas 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) securing the victory for the Cardinals.
The Ball State women's tennis team continues Mid-American Conference action on the road when it plays at Toledo Friday and will close out the weekend at Eastern Michigan Saturday. Both matches will begin at 1 p.m.
Ball State 4, Buffalo 3
1. Courtney Earnest/Bethany Moore (BSU) def. Tanvi Shah/Miranda Podlas (UB), 8-4
2. Anamaria Candanoza/Marta Stoyanova (UB) def. Toni Ormand/Kristel Sanders (BSU), 8-7 (7-3)
3. Courtney Wild/Ayaka Terashi (BSU) def. Margarita Kotok/Laura Holterbosch (UB), 8-7 (7-5)
Order of Finish: 3,2,1
1. Courtney Earnest (BSU) def. Tanvi Shah (UB), 5-7, 6-1, 6-3
2. Courtney Wild (BSU) def. Miranda Podlas (UB), 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
3. Laura Fernandez (UB) def. Bethany Moore (BSU), 5-7, 7-5, 6-2
4. Kristel Sanders (BSU) def. Margarita Kotok (UB), 7-6 (5), 2-6, 7-6 (4)
5. Anamaria Candanoza (UB) def. Ayaka Terashi (BSU), 6-3, 6-4
6. Marta Stoyanova (UB) def. Ashlyn Rang (BSU), 6-2, 6-1
Order of Finish: 6,5,1,3,4,2

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Courtesy of Pat Lorenzen
Courtesy of Pat Lorenzen
The rumors of a �pack of Lamborghinis� in the area a couple of weeks ago were not greatly exaggerated. (I�m not sure what the exact name for more than a couple of dozen Lamborghinis is � a multitude? an extravaganza? a plethora?)
Those Lamborghinis were en route to the Glacier Club for lunch, and the parking lot there has never looked so jazzy. The Glacier Club provided a buffet luncheon for the �pack� on its patio, which looks over what is arguably one of the most beautiful views anywhere in the world.
Numerous club members took advantage of the chance to see the cars and enjoy the lunch with them.
The drivers were participating in the Lamborghini Giro Rally, which is organized by the manufacturer and takes place in the U.S. each year. This year, the rally was held in Colorado, and on June 21, about 30 of the magnificent Italian sports cars drove the round trip from Telluride to Durango and back again. During the four-day event, they also went to Aspen and Denver.
I will admit to a personal fondness for the flow of driving curvy roads and mountain passes, but I can�t imagine what that would be like in a high performance vehicle such as a Lamborghini.
One of the happy drivers was Colin Campbell, who fulfilled a lifetime dream of owning a Lamborghini at the beginning of June. His father, former Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, and his brother-in-law and sister, John and Shanan Campbell Wells, also came along for the ride. (Well, actually, they couldn�t all come along for the ride, because the car only seats two, but I�m sure they�ll all get a chance to check out the new wheels.)
Unfortunately, it doesn�t look like there�s room for my crutches, so I won�t be trying to cadge a ride.
My thanks go to Pat Lorenzen for getting the scoop.
Celebrating their birthdays along with the nation are Tiffany Loveday, Mary Santistevan, Elisabeth Leake, Marv Dworkin, Matt Bracewell, Moni Grushkin, Melanie Mazur, Tom Maloney, Becky Owen, Karen Johnson, Ruth Wagner, Avery Begg, Julie Downs, Mary Lou Hall, Lina Hoffner, Garrett Jones, DrewLewis, Sandra Mapel, Charlie Mickel and Greg Maxey.
Sally Silva is celebrating the Big Six-Oh today, and her dad, Joe T. Silva, wants me to wish her many happy returns for the day. Consider it done.
Manna Soup Kitchen has gone from one dynamic executive director named Sarah (Comerford) to another � Sara Wakefield. Now, it�s my pleasure to introduce her.
Wakefield, who started her new job in May, comes to the soup kitchen from The Bridge, the emergency shelter in Cortez, where she served as executive director for two years.
A Fort Lewis College grad with a degree in ethnobotany (more about that in a minute), Wakefield went on to earn her master�s degree in nonprofit and government administration from the University of Colorado at Denver. She spent two years interning with the town of Ignacio in community development.
�I�ve always been interested in our relationships to food and sustainable agriculture,� she said when she sat down with me one afternoon recently. And thus the ethnobotany, which is the study of how plants are used in a particular culture. (I had just been over at Crow Canyon Archaeological Center, where ethnobotanists were studying how corn evolved during the Basketmaker and ancestral Puebloan periods, so it was interesting to see the field used in a more modern context.)
Wakefield actually started her career as an entrepreneur as a founding partner of Zuma Natural Foods in Mancos, where she had lived since she graduated from FLC. (As you�re reading this column, she�s probably unpacking boxes at her new home in Durango.)
But she�s always had a foot in the nonprofit world, learning about fundraising and event planning during her first stint on a board of directors at the Environmental Center at FLC. She also served on the board of the Mancos Chamber of Commerce for several years.
�It�s a blessing to walk into something so stable and well-known in the community,� she said. �Manna has a lot in place, with a good board that�s very stable. It�s serving a mission that I really believe in.�
Her plans for Manna include increasing food production in the soup kitchen�s garden; planning a capital campaign to build a teaching kitchen where Southwest Colorado Community College students and convicts re-entering the workforce can pick up job kills while feeding people; and developing new programs, all while maintaining Manna�s strong public face. Oh, and she wants to be in the kitchen at least once a week. On the day we met, she had baked banana bread.
In her nonworking time, Wakefield is mother to her 8-year-old daughter Elizabeth, or �Ellie,� who will be starting school here in the fall. They love doing anything outdoors, including cross country and backcountry skiing, river rafting, camping, hiking and mountain biking as well as the more meditative yoga.
Now that you know Wakefield, volunteer. Next on Manna�s schedule are food drives at north City Market and Walmart from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The drives will specifically benefit Manna�s Summer Food Backpack Program, which helps provide school-age kids in the area with weekend meals.
Manna is looking for volunteers for one of two shifts: 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 to 4 p.m., with two or three people per shift needed per store.
If you are interested, email Audrey Werner, volunteer and client services coordinator, at email@example.com, or call 385-5095, ext. 1.
The food they are requesting includes canned, ready-to-eat-items, such as Spaghetti-O�s and ravioli, fruit cups and canned fruit, packaged snacks, breakfast cereal, peanut butter, boxed meals and canned tuna.
I�ve attended wine tastings, cheese tastings and now, a tea tasting. This Neighbors gig is great.
The tea tasting took place at the White Dragon Good Feelings Tea Room, which is behind There�s No Place Like Home in the 800 block of Main Ave. The Camerata, the monthly discussion group consisting of members of the American Association of University Women, met there June 13 to learn something � always a goal of the group � and enjoy each other�s company.
Proprietor Michael Thunder and fellow tea guru Casey Nichols realized right up front that they provide a lot of information during a tasting, so they gave us handouts to take home.
I joined about 10 other women to sample different grades of matcha, the powdered green tea used in the classic Japanese tea ceremony, although Thunder and Nichols presented it a little less formally. They also offer tastings of white, green, oolong, black and pu-erh teas. (The latter is a post-fermented tea named for a trading post from which it was shipped during imperial China days.)
They paid attention to everything, from the shape of the tea pot and the temperature of the water to the name of the potter who made the bowls and explanations of how the tea was shaded for up to 20 days to increase the amount of healthy chlorophyll in the leaves.
Can I say I would drink every flavor again? No, but I loved the process and the ambience as well as the two men�s passion for a beverage that has inspired wars and created a world of elegance. I would return in a heartbeat, and highly recommend it for groups or as an afternoon respite while downtown with friends or company. (A reservation is suggested for tastings, or you can just stop by between 1 and 5 p.m. for a cup of tea in the tearoom.)
You can proofread, and edit and spellcheck and still not catch everything, so my apologies go out to Jonni Greiner and her store Yarn Durango, which was misidentified in my Saturday column with a typo as Yard Durango.
Yarn Durango is a co-sponsor of the exhibit �Quilts: Where History Meets Art� at the Animas Museum. The store donated gorgeous red yarn that was used to create the ropes protecting the quilts from inquiring hands. Hardly anything does more damage to delicate textiles than the oils and soils from human hands, so that�s a pretty important contribution.
While there may not be fireworks in the sky (at least in La Plata County) for these couple�s anniversaries, that doesn�t mean they can�t have fun � Emil and Elsa Nagy, Peter and Kelly Cunnion, Kenny and Michelle Schramko, Dick and Margie Hanlin and Jim and Julie Williams.
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"Do real stuff" urges Temple Grandin
"Do real stuff" urges Temple Grandin
No doubt, there's no modern animal scientist who has received as much recognition in recent years as Temple Grandin. She recently spoke to graduates of her alma mater, Franklin Pierce University, on May 12, 2012.
by Lucas Sjostrom, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor
As one of TIME magazine's 100 most influential people in the world in 2010, there's no doubt that Temple Grandin is the world's most influential autistic person. Obviously, agriculturalists familiar with her work will know that she had a huge impact on the meat processing side of the industry.
During this year's Franklin Pierce commencement, Grandin was asked to speak to the graduating class. Although it has not been widely distributed, it is a speech that deserves a lot more attention. Especially considering she speaks for less than 4 minutes and packs a lot of punch.
Thinking differently is needed
First, Grandin talks about herself as a visual thinker, and all the other kinds of thinkers that exist like mathematicians that build nuclear power plants. For example, she wouldn't have put the diesel emergency generators in the basement for the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, because she visualized water flowing into them from the sea.
One new term Grandin invented can be understood by all Americans: "abstractification." It describes policy makers in D.C. that have no firsthand experience with what policy they're making. "This is really bad," said Grandin as she was met with a spontaneous ovation from the crowd.
For example, when Grandin hears the millions and billions of dollars being spent for something, she has to convert it to a picture. The Denver airport cost $5 billion to build 15 years ago. So when she hears new proposals, she can imagine that a $3.3 billion project is two-thirds of a Denver airport. Likewise, a $25 billion project costs five Denver airports. It makes the money real, and she suggested maybe thinking about things that way.
One of the things Grandin is most frustrated about is that we spend more time and money litigating patents than we actually do inventing things. "That is beyond atrocious," exclaimed Grandin to another applause.
She capped off her speech talking about doing stuff. As a child of the 1950s, Temple Grandin saw the Republicans building the interstate highway system and the Democrats go to the moon. Grandin worries we've gone away from that, "We need to using our knowledge to get out and do real stuff. We've got to get back to doing real stuff."
"One thing you definitely should not be doing is being the inventor of the next credit-default swap," Grandin continued to laughter and applause. "We need to be doing real stuff that makes real change and avoid abstractification."
What more can you say? As dairy editors, we're lucky to rub shoulders with Temple Gradin at industry events from time to time. She's still working to improve the animal industries and is always looking to answer the next question, never just sitting on what we've learned already.
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Inside the culture of Wikipedia: Q&A with the author of "Good Faith Collaboration" | Opensource.com
Inside the culture of Wikipedia: Q&A with the author of "Good Faith Collaboration"
Wikipedia is among the world's most widely recognized examples of mass collaboration. Most people also know Wikipedia is open for anyone to contribute. But what does open mean? What are the rules? Who writes them? And how do they solve inevitable disputes over content?
Joseph Michael Reagle, Jr. has written a new book, "Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia," which examines what I believe is one of the most fascinating aspects of Wikipedia: Its collaborative climate--the culture, the greater mission, and the moral foundation that many Wikipedians share. In other words, how it gets things done.
In the book Reagle details the history of Wikipedia and what compels people to contribute to its mission of creating a universal encyclopedia. He examines the rules Wikipedians follow, from their guiding principles that help them make decisions to how they reach consensus on content. The result is a very interesting and in-depth look into not only the technical side of what makes Wikipedia tick, but the real soul of the organization and its contributors. The wiki provided the platform, but people created the processes. This is their story.
Reagle is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. In Fall 2010, he will be a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School.
We had the chance to ask Reagle a few questions about his new book, which is officially released this week. You can order your copy here.
1. Q: Wikipedia remains one of the most widely recognized examples of open source collaboration. You mention several examples of how Wikipedia's guiding principles and core processes mirror that of the open source community and were influenced by them. Can you talk more about those similarities?
A: Jimmy Wales has noted that open source was an inspiration to him. So I don't think it's surprising to see similarities such "many hands make light work," modularity, incrementalism, and a high degree of openness at the outer boundary of the community and a mix of governance models within its center (e.g., consensus, meritocracy, and even autocracy -- think "benevolent dictator.") And, most importantly, because of the license, the work can be forked -- though I think a successful fork of Wikipedia is less likely than what we see in software projects. Indeed, while Wikipedia might be widely recognized as an example of open source collaboration, it is also atypical. Most significantly, while software can be compiled, tested, and benchmarked, natural language prose cannot, so Wikipedia might be more susceptible to "bugs" and bunk.
2. Q: One of the oldest misconceptions about Wikipedia is that it is entirely open in the broadest definition: No boundaries. No rules. Anything goes. While your book examines in detail the processes, rules, and, in particular, cultural norms the organization has established for developing content collaboratively. How does Wikipedia balance the principles behind the motto of "the free encyclopedia anyone can edit," and the personal mission one individual might have to share their bias with the world?
A: This question of openness is a fascinating one, and I ultimately conclude that there is no such thing as perfect openness. Rather, there is a delicate balancing act between being too open and too closed, as Clay Shirky has noted. You must be open enough to be innovative, so as not to become overly insular, but still but defend against external threats -- such as the feared neo-Nazi attack against Wikipedia. For example, Wikipedia would be closed down if it was completely "open" and had no controls against vandals. And so wikis permit a smarter sort of openness (including vandal controls) and lots of norms (including formal policies) that attempt to maximize openness' benefits and minimize its detriments.
3. Q: You write about two core stances Wikipedia takes when making decisions about content: Achieving a neutral point of view and assuming good faith. Some people might argue there is no truly neutral point of view, and that Wikipedia is particularly susceptible to this bias because it is open. I like the example you used of a traditional encyclopedia that may have a similar bias, but without transparency, debate, or public scrutiny. Could you tell us more about how they apply neutral point of view and good faith in assessing content from the community?
A: I think Neutral Point of View is probably the most misunderstood thing about Wikipedia. Some scholars are very suspect of any sort of claim toward a perfectly objective knowledge and everyone knows that information, such as the news, is susceptible to spin and bias. But "NPOV," as Wikipedians refer to it, while perhaps poorly named, is ultimately pragmatic. It is not so much about the content you might find at Wikipedia, but the stance you should take as a contributor. In short, given this is an encyclopedia, contributors should address the range of verifiably sourced claims about the topic. If it is contentious, don't partake of the argument, but describe it. I argue this is an important collaborative tool in that two people, who disagree about a contentious topic, could nonetheless work together to write a good article about the history and arguments associated with that topic. Of course, this does not mean that everyone abides by these norms, or even that experienced and well intended people sometimes don't get overheated. Indeed, we seem to be all too prone to flame wars online. Hence, I argue Wikipedia needs its "assume good faith" norm to counteract Godwin's Law. If you remember from the USENET days, Mike Godwin noted that as the length of a discussion thread increased, so did the probability that someone would liken someone else to a Nazi. So, it is important to remind ourselves that while someone might have made an edit that we don't like or think is useful, we shouldn't jump to the conclusion that they are out to destroy the project; they might be a newbie, or perhaps just having a bad day.
4. Q: One of the most fascinating aspects of Wikipedia culture is how they manage to reach consensus and resolve the inevitable conflicts. They don't vote, in fact, they resist the idea of voting. They do encourage an open debate. Can you tell us how the consensus standard works?
A: It succeeds and fails by being argued about a lot! In the chapter where I focus on consensus, I talk about a very prominent case in which those concerned about a relatively trivial issue (how best to disambiguate the names of articles about television shows) couldn't agree about what consensus means. It is not as if consensus is a perfect decision-making process, it is very conservative and slow. It is just that it is often a better way to make decisions relative to its alternatives. So, it forces people to engage substantively, rather than simply politicking. In a community as open as Wikipedia, with anonymous contributors even, it is not hard to see how difficult "democracy" can be, hence the Wikipedia aphorism that "voting is evil." This recognizes that voting can be easily gamed online, but substantive debate is less prone to manipulation -- but not completely so.
5. Q: It seems that the processes and rules that guide Wikipedia emerged over time as a result of the unique nature of open collaboration. You quoted Clay Shirky who said, "Process is an embedded reaction to prior stupidity." Can you tell us more about how and why Wikipedia goes about creating process? How do principles of good faith play a part?
A: Wikipedia's founders, particularly Larry Sanger, have noted how they didn't appreciate how important the cultural aspects of the project were at its start: people should just get on with writing the encyclopedia. Fortunately, they did specify a few foundational norms early on (e.g., openness, consensus, and NPOV) and as the community faced difficult situations, they penned policy to help prevent those issues from recurring. This is natural to organizations, as is the danger that process becomes so complex and heavy, that it introduces an unnecessary learning curve; provides opportunities for some to "lawyer" the letter of the policies, rather than abide by their spirit; and inhibits the freedom to make the sort of mistakes that are hallmarks of innovation. So, Wikipedians do have to remind themselves not to get overly hung up on policy, but to simply let themselves and others "be bold" (and perhaps even "ignore all rules") but then be willing to "assume good faith" if you find others have made a mistake.
6. Q: One of my favorite examples in your book of how Wikipedia maintains good faith is concerning the topic of titles. The title of "admin" comes with no special additional powers, and even more interesting is the title of the person who hands out that title: "bureaucrat," which was deliberately given this name because they didn't want anyone to be proud to have it.
A: It sometimes surprises me just how egalitarian Wikipedia strives to be. While some of this is no doubt well intended and generous, I sometimes wonder if there's also an echo of the Roman Republic. It is not as if the Roman Senate felt that everyone was equal (i.e. the slaves and plebeians were not the equals of patricians) but they didn't want to see any one of their peers become too powerful. So, Wikipedians have purposely worked to downplay formal titles and distinctions. However, like other open source communities, Wikipedia does have an informal "benevolent dictator" which is another fascinating and complex topic, and the subject of another chapter. In any case, even if admins were renamed to "janitors," as has been proposed, I suspect it'd still be a position people strive to achieve. While it is part of Wikipedia's ethos to say admins and bureaucrats have no extra power, it is reasonable to argue they do in fact have power. Power is a feature of social organization and human desire, but the important thing is that Wikipedia is cognizant of this and tries to dampen or make productive use of it.
7. Q: What advice would you give companies who want to apply Wikipedia's cultural principles when working within communities both inside and outside of company walls?
A: I conclude the book by writing I don't believe there is any such thing as "wiki pixie dust." Wikis do permit asynchronous, incremental, and non-brittle contributions (i.e., it is easy to revert a mistake), but using them is not a guarantee of success. Similarly, there is much to learn from Wikipedia's collaborative culture, but one shouldn't approach this as a simple cultural graft or transplantation. The idea of Neutral Point of View doesn't necessarily make sense for businesses, or even other wikis. Ward Cunningham's original wiki was not neutral: it advocated for software patterns. However, I do think that there is a general lesson: we should look for ways to facilitate fast and flexible collaboration that is forgiving with respect to what the technology enables and in our attitudes towards our peers. For example, we might conceive of process as being less about reactive strictures and more as a sharing of best practices among collaborators.
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Thanks for speaking with me Jonathan. I now link to this from the book's webpage.
I liked this interview because it answers the most common questions about Wikipedia. I do wish the book itself had been available under a liberal license.
I'm happy to report that I will be able to release an online version under a CC license one year from now. I will say more about this in the future, and hope it will prove to be a model that benefits the author, publisher, and readership at large.
Because it's not the one on the Internet. Reagle's Wikipedia is a fantasy; what he writes about (both in his comments above and in his book) is his fantasy of what Wikipedia should, or could, be, but it bears little resemblance to what Wikipedia actually is.
@Jonathan "Joseph Reagle examines the rules Wikipedians follow, from their guiding principles that help them make decisions to how they reach consensus on content."
As most people who have ever edited on Wikipedia know, the project has an organic collection of rules, many of which are mutually inconsistent. In particular, there is the notable meta-rule, WP:IAR (Ignore All Rules).
Under the best of conditions, a carefully crafted set of rules define an interesting and fair game. The bewildering hodgepodge of rules on Wikipedia, in which the primary penalty for a rule violation is blocking or banning, has the effect of transforming the project from one of collaboration into one of competition among rival factions, not unlike Mafia Wars on Facebook. But unlike the games on other social networking sites like Facebook, the players (Wikipedia editors) also double as referees who are often tempted to selectively enforce the rules that give the advantage to their faction. In other words, the arbitrary and capricious application of rules and their associated sanctions tends to lure unscrupulous admins into corrupt practices. Over the years, the Wikipedia Arbitration Committee has dealt with a number of notable cases involving abuse of power by unscrupulous admins.
So while it's reasonable to assume good faith at the outset, one cannot but help to conclude bad faith on the part of some notorious admins who have become adept at gaming the system to promote their favored point of view while silencing their opposition.
The result is that Wikipedia has morphed from its initial utopian vision as a collaborative project into a spellbinding dramafest that rivals the level of political machinations and intrigue found in most any government bureaucracy ranging from raucous local politics to anxious international relations.


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Dear Carolyn: Two years ago my husband died of cancer. He was much older, and our marriage was never easy. Yet, I loved my husband, he loved me, and I believe that, ultimately, our marriage was a success. I grieved hard for two years.
But back in July, something changed in me (long story) and I feel great – free, open, alive! And I decided I am ready to date.
Strangely enough, my first time out of the gate I met someone with whom I am extremely compatible – age, interests, values, etc. I fell. Head. Over. Heels. He likes me too – a lot.
BUT, in his own words, he is terrified because he believes he is my transition guy and, in his mind, transition guy can never be long-term guy. He thinks I simply don't know what else is out there and I need to explore.
Eh, I'm not that interested in exploring. Money is tight and I could use more friends, but I have a really good life in almost every way. I am still doing things to expand my circle of friends, so it's not like I have turned my life over to him. Yet, he pulls back and is very guarded.
I should add that he split from his second wife a year ago, so he is in a transition, too.
Can a transition relationship never become a real relationship? I think it can but I don't know how to help my friend see this.
– Anonymous
A: Yes, of course, transitions can become permanent.
A funny thing happens when your goal becomes one of persuasion, though: Where you might once have been open to letting this relationship run its natural course, whatever that may be, you're now invested in having it become a long-term committed relationship. How else will you prove your point? If you break up, won't he have been "right" all along?
It's impossible to have a relationship without any external concerns, hopes or influences, but you still want to get as close as you reasonably can to creating conditions where the relationship lives or dies on its own merits. You stay because you enjoy each other. You leave because you don't. Period.
Please don't mess with that important process by investing yourself in being the great transition exception.
Instead, embrace the fact that neither of you can think for the other; or know where things are going; or know who's right, if anyone, about if the transition issue is even relevant – then use that as the root of your positions on this subject.
Such as: "Maybe you're right that transition guy can never be long-term guy. Let's find out by giving it a shot, instead of quitting before we start." Or: "I get the 'see what's out there' idea. I just don't feel that urge myself." Or: "Sure, you don't want to get hurt – or maybe this is really about me as transition girl? What do you say we move slowly?" Validating someone's concerns tends to be a lot more productive than reaching for ways to disprove them. And if he never drops his guard, then that's who he is, not who you made him be.
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Dear Carolyn: I'm a newlywed, and people at work have asked, "How is married life?" I say it is good, and more often than not, they say, "Wait until you have kids." One told me not to have kids at all (she has kids). I suppose I should ignore the people at work?
– Newly Married
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Bristol Myers announced today that they will buy Medarex (MEDX) for $16/share or $2.1B a 90% premium over yesterday's market price of $8.40.
Medarex is one of the leading biotech companies focused in human antibody development for use in a broad range of therapeutic areas such as cancer, autoimmune diseases and infectious diseases.The companies already have collaborations for three Phase II and Phase III drugs for metastatic melanoma ,lung cancer and prostate cancer. Bristol Myers (BMY) was an early player in the monoclonal Ab therapy area with its partner Imclone developing Erbitux which is now on the market. Bristol was outbid by Eli Lily (LLY) for Imclone at a price of $6.5B.Rumors regarding a Medarex buyout have been around for many months so now we see in biotech that rumors can pay off especially in the core biotechnology of antibody therapy.
On Monday, many skeptics were blindsided when Human Genome Sciences (HGSI) rocketed 277% after it reported that it met its late stage study goals for the experimental drug for Lupus, Benlysta; Glaxo (GSK) is partnered with HGSI on two late stage drugs.The stock has moved from $4 to $14.5 in five trading days.
And on July 15 Targacept (TRGT) announced that its mid-stage trial for a depression drug met its goal causing its stock to jump from $3.06 to $7.81 in one day. The drug candidate TC-5214 significantly improved symptoms of a major depression in patients who did not respond to Celexa. Targacept is trading about $8.90 today.
Celgene (CELG) fed the bullish sentiment with successful clinical trail results for Revlimid in treatment of Multiple Myeloma and strong sales and profit growth.The stock is up 17.5% today to $55.5.
The biotech sector has underperformed the tech sector YTD but since July 10 has been riding the coat-tails of the Nasdaq 100. With the support of all the good clinical news this month and now with the acquisition of MEDX the broad biotech sector is up over 4% today. My index of 33 mid-cap clinical stage biotechs is up 6.7% today with many stocks up 7-10%.
In the ETF world IBB is up 4.75%, XBI is up $7.8% and PBE is up 2.7%. The Rayno Life Science portfolio is up 2.75% today and 7% YTD.
The coincidence of strong NASDAQ performance with good biotech news has brought risk money from the sidelines. The bullish biotech investment script is intact. Stocks to watch are Cubist (CBST),Regeneron (REGN), Seattle Genetics (SGEN) and Viropharma (VPHM).
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Erie County wants two mortgage giants that back most home loans to pay real estate transfer taxes, and it's taking them to court in an attempt to recoup the money.
The county Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit against Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae that asks the court to determine that the government-chartered corporations are not exempt from paying the tax on thousands of mortgages they handle in Erie County. The lawsuit seeks to recoup more than $2 million in unpaid transfer taxes, as well as interest and penalties.
"They're publicly traded companies," said Edward L. Smith III, an attorney with the law firm Cantor, Dolce & Panepinto, which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the county. "Their stock is traded on the stock exchanges. They have officers who are certainly paid high salaries, and they have shareholders just like any other private corporation would. So it's our position they are a private corporation and responsible to pay a transfer tax just as any other individual and private corporation would."
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have received exemptions from the tax under state law that spares government agencies from paying it.
The county's lawsuit follows similar claims filed by other counties throughout the United States. Last year, a federal court in Michigan rejected arguments made by Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and the Federal Housing Finance Agency that they were exempt from real estate transfer taxes. The decision has been appealed.
"It is a matter of fundamental fairness," County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz said in a statement regarding the lawsuit. "Two of the largest companies in the world should pay their taxes just like you and I do."
Andrew Wilson, a spokesman for Fannie Mae, said he could not comment on pending litigation. A spokesman for Freddie Mac did not return a call to comment.
Cantor, Dolce & Panepinto proposed filing the lawsuit on behalf of Erie County in conjunction with another potential claim the firm is investigating involving the way the Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and national lenders filed documents with the Erie County Clerk's Office, said County Attorney Michael Siragusa.
The firm is working on a contingency fee in both cases, Siragusa said, and the county will pay nothing for either lawsuit unless it receives an award.
"We approached the county," said Marc Panepinto, a partner with Cantor, Dolce & Panepinto. "We think Fannie and Freddie are avoiding the excise tax. We think the county can recover money."
Panepinto said the firm anticipates filing a lawsuit on behalf of Erie County later involving the way Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems and the lending industry filed records in the Erie County Clerk's Office and is investigating whether the county has a claim related to robo-signing or other mortgage practices used by the banking industry.
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Did you see that woman who got out of the SUV over there, my husband asked the other day while we went grocery shopping. No, I didnt I replied absently, gathering up my list and purse. Why?
Well she had her hair all pouffed up, he said. It looked just like an aliens helmet!
This harked me back to the 60s when we all had our hair teased to a fair-thee-well. It did indeed, retrospectively, resemble a helmet. To keep the style after sleeping, it was recommended that one weave strips of toilet paper around ones head and secure it with hair clips. I performed this charming ritual many times until I got into bed one night and faced my husband who had wrapped green toilet paper around his head to show me how attractive it really was! I found a more fetching head cover, but kept the with it hairstyle.
In the 60s it was called a bouffant and was made popular by many celebrities, most notably Jackie Kennedy. Some beautician friends tell me the style is coming back. Turns out it wasnt original to the 1960s but began a century earlier as a mainstream hair style of Western Europe. Some say it was thought to be created for Marie Antoinette as she had relatively thin hair and wanted the illusion of very full hair.
I was born in the era of Shirley Temple and all little girls had to sport corkscrew ringlets. As I came with straight hair like my mother, the two of us went to the beauty shop every three months for a heat wave in which our tresses were wound around curlers hung from electrical cords from the ceiling. Between times mom curled my hair with a curling iron which she heated over a gas flame!
In their teens our two daughters were always concerned about their hair being up-to-date. Cathy had those Shirley Temple curls, which she inherited from her father. (And by the way, what use is it for men to have naturally curly hair anyway!) Cathy divided beauty routines between rolling her hair on giant orange juice cans and ironing its length straight. Mary Clare spent her time devising ways to make straight hair curl. Both have pretty well come to terms with their natural looks, today enhancing those with more modern methods to be at their best.
Popular hairstyles today are a mystery to me, much as I suspect the bouffant was to my mother. One of the most unusual to my mind is the spike or Mohawk, in which the hair is gelled into a kind of cockscomb on top of the head and worn by both men and women of all ages.
The 60s was also a hippie era and long hair of all ilks was popular for both young men and women. This was the time of the musical Hair, which debuted on Broadway late in that decade. One character in that rock musical described her locks as elegant plumage equally descriptive as the more common phrase crowning glory.
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Call it the Victoria Hills magic if you want, but the Stetson women's golf team proved again on Tuesday that they are tough to beat on their home course.
The Hatters went into play Tuesday in the final round of the Holiday Inn Express/Hatter Classic trailing Daytona State College by three shots. Even though Stetson didn't post its best round of the year, the team did well enough to pull out a two-shot victory.
McNeese State turned into the biggest challenger to end Stetson's run of five straight wins in this event. The Cowgirls turned in a final round score of 311 to close to within two shots of the Hatters. DSC struggled on Tuesday, finishing with a 323, to fall into third place, seven shots behind Stetson's winning score of 931.
"It was kind of surprising, I thought," Stetson coach Floyd Kerr said. "We played fair, nothing great. But, the teams that were in contention faced the same deal that we did.
"I thought the setup of the golf course was tougher today and that the scores would be higher because of that. There were really a lot of tough pins out there today."
The struggles in the final round are best illustrated by the fact that Stetson junior Sammi Smith (Louisville, Ky.) went into the final round with a five shot lead and, despite posting a final round score of 80, was able to maintain her five-shot lead to post her first college tournament victory.
"I didn't have a great start with a double bogey on the first hole," Smith said. I played solid from there on with one more bogey and a birdie on the back nine. I finished two over for that nine, which was pretty solid after my start."
Smith ran into some bad luck again on her back nine, which was played on the front nine holes at Victoria Hills.
"I had a pretty good power lip-out on number two, which was my 11th hole," Smith said. "That turned a chance at a birdie into a bogey. Then, on number four, I had a tough break with an unplayable lie in a bunker, but I thought a double bogey there was pretty good, considering where I was. It could have been a really big number."
While Smith – who finished with a score of 224, five shots in front of Amanda Hall from USC Upstate – struggled on Tuesday, her teammates stepped up to help the Hatters run their win streak in this event to six years.
"We got some gutsy play from Claudia (Redinger)," Kerr said. "She played poorly on the front, but came back to shoot even par on the back, and that gave us a boost. Mallory Viera played her best round of the fall and was solid. Those two kind of gutted it out for us."
Redinger (Durban, South Africa) finished with three consecutive scores of 78. Her 234 total was good for an 11th place tie. Viera (Howie-in-the-Hills, Fla.) closed with a round of 76, her second best of the fall, and finished tied for 16th with a 240.
"Mallory carried us today with the low round," Kerr said. "That was significant and I was glad to see her come out and have a solid round. She has been struggling with her ball-striking, but that was better today. We need her to get ready for the spring. If she gets to playing well, along with Claudia, Sammi and the rest of them, we will be ok."
Jenna Hoecker (Rochester, NY) posted a 79 in the final round to finish in 14th place with a score of 238. Ryan Ashburn (Largo, Fla.) struggled home with an 85 on Tuesday and finished tied for 23rd (244).
"All-in-all, I was pleased," Kerr said. "We hung in today and that is all that you can ask. If you just keep plugging along, you never know what it going to happen, and here we are.
"I said early in the fall that I thought we were a 310 team. Our average is a little higher than that right now, but I still think this group has a lot of talent and when they get some more confidence they are going to shoot some pretty good scores.
With their four fall tournaments completed, the Hatters will turned their attention back to school work for the rest of the fall. When the players return to campus after the holiday break, they will go right back to work.
"We will crank up with our conditioning program when we get back for the first week of school," Kerr said. "We'll start back playing that first week of school because we play early, the first week of February."
Smith said that going into the break with a victory under their belts should help the team for the spring season.
"I think this is great because it will give us a lot of confidence," Smith said. "We have had some OK rounds this fall, but we have not really had a breakout round. Even though the numbers were not much better here today, we were obviously better than everyone else.
"The fact that we were able to pull things together, even though we had some adversity, and pull out a win, should really help our confidence going into the spring."


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Evidence of Buffalo's prehistoric past can be found at Delaware Park, if one knows how and where to look for it.
A team of University at Buffalo archaeologists has been doing just that, recently digging up artifacts that include tools fashioned from the limestone bedrock where Scajaquada Creek once ran through the park.
For thousands of years, Native Americans used the Onondaga flint in the limestone quarry, and despite the modern land use that followed – including the Scajaquada Expressway – remnants of their handiwork remain.
Lots of them.
"I know it's hard to believe, with people chomping around all over the place and all of this modern architecture and built infrastructure, but there is still evidence of prehistoric campsites throughout Delaware Park," said Douglas Pirelli, director and principal investigator of the UB Archaeological Survey. "The people who live around there would never imagine that a few inches below the ground's surface is a record of 10,000 years of prehistory."
Team member Joe McGreevy said he has seen many stone tools, projectile points and chert flakes, a byproduct of stone making. Other artifacts include dishware, broken glass and the things "someone threw out the window on the 198," McGreevy said.
The team of UB archaeologists was hired four years ago by the state Department of Transportation to identify ancient archaeological areas of significance.
The DOT wanted the work done before embarking on a proposed $85 million project to downgrade the highway into a pedestrian- and bike-friendly boulevard.
The project area runs from Parkside Avenue to Grant Street, where the archaeologists have been digging shovel test pits 35 centimeters in diameter and sifting the dirt through quarter-inch mesh.
They've collected prehistoric, historic and modern artifacts while determining the sites – many of which run near the expressway – that are worthy of further investigation.
Other historic materials that have been found at the park include clusters of bones and other artifacts that likely were from the large number of slaughterhouses that operated in the mid-1800s on the margins of the park.
"One thing I love about architecture in this area is that you never know what you will find until you dig in the ground," McGreevy said.
"My favorite part about excavating is you actually get to touch history by unraveling a mystery of the past," added team member Bridgette Slavin. "Other people's garbage is an archaeologist's treasure."
Slavin said she has been surprised by how much remains in a natural state in Delaware Park.
"I thought the area had been so damaged by the road construction and construction of the park that we wouldn't find anything prehistoric, but there are areas in the park that still have natural soil that hasn't been disturbed," Slavin said.
"The work can be very tedious, it can be slow. It's the really exciting finds that keep you going, and looking forward to the next one," she said.
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LOCKPORT – A Lockport man who allegedly tried to kill his girlfriend's seven-year-old daughter on New Year's Eve was arraigned on a seven-count indictment Friday in Niagara County Court.
David L. Alfonso, 28, pleaded not guilty to attempted second-degree murder, first- and second-degree assault, first- and second-degree strangulation, second-degree obstructing governmental administration and resisting arrest.
County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas refused any bail for Alfonso, who had been held in lieu of $1 million bail set in Lockport City Court after his Dec. 31 arrest.
"We believe this individual is a danger to the community," Deputy District Attorney Holly E. Sloma said.
Assistant Public Defender Michael E. Benedict asked for $100,000 bail, which he said Alfonso likely could make, but Farkas said no.
If convicted as charged, Alfonso faces a maximum of 25 years in prison.
Sloma said Alfonso "attacked a 7-year-old girl, choking her into unconsciousness, only stopping when he was attacked by the girl's mother with a knife."
The 27-year-old mother, whom police found armed with a butcher knife, was not charged.
Police found the blood-covered Alfonso at the corner of Lock and Monroe streets shortly after 2 p.m.
Sloma said Alfonso had to be subdued with a Taser electronic stun gun. She said Alfonso told police, "I'll kill all the world … Just give me my AK-47."
The girl came to and ran out of the Monroe Street house, first trying to get neighbors to open their doors before running to her grandmother's house on Church Street.
The girl spent two days in Women & Children's Hospital.
Police said Alfonso tried to tear off the girl's jaw, teeth and tongue.
The girl's grandmother claimed in the wake of the attack that Alfonso was a regular drug user who was allegedly high on bath salts at the time. However, Sloma and Benedict both said there was no evidence Alfonso was on drugs at the time of the attack.
Sloma told Farkas that Alfonso has another pending case in Lockport City Court, an attempted second-degree assault charge for allegedly threatening to stab an adult complainant.
City Court officials said that allegedly occurred on Oct. 4. Alfonso is due for a nonjury trial in that case on March 6.
Farkas scheduled a pretrial conference May 22 and a tentative trial date of July 29.
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Excellent desk lamp
I've been using one for over 6 years and love it. I mainly use the main incandescent lamp but the smaller task lamp is perfect for when I need some serious task lighting for...Read complete review
I've been using one for over 6 years and love it. I mainly use the main incandescent lamp but the smaller task lamp is perfect for when I need some serious task lighting for a smaller area.One small complaint, the control knobs for the two different lights are colored plastic. They looked fine when I first received the lamp but over the years the left one (incandescent) has worn and now is 80% black (the actual color of the plastic under the colored out layer). Since the rest of the lamp is metal, I'm a little hard pressed as to why they chose plastic for the control knob. It turns an otherwise near "heirloom" quality lamp into a really good lamp with an ugly knob.And one suggestion, the halon task lamp is nice and bright but I think a redesign to an LED bulb is long overdue. The halon bulb does get quite hot and eventually will burn out (mine hasn't yet) and they are a real pain to replace, an LED would be good for the life of the lamp.Overall, I'd still highly recommend the lamp. In fact, I just ordered a second one (in polished nickel this time) for my reading chair. Still plastic control knobs and halon task light though but it is a great lamp regardless.
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defect or design?
I purchased the Multitask Desk Lamp in April 2008 for my office desk. I found the assembly of the lampshade to be somewhat difficult since one does not want to screw in on to...Read complete review
I purchased the Multitask Desk Lamp in April 2008 for my office desk. I found the assembly of the lampshade to be somewhat difficult since one does not want to screw in on to tightly since it would result in bending it. For a desk lamp, the top lights (incandescent) tend to be too high (above eye level) and as such, when you are looking at somewhat across the desk, the light shines in your eyes and is quite uncomfortable. This is true even when the dimmer is on low. About four months ago the dimmer on the table portion of the lamp simply stopped working. This is quite disappointing since my expectation was that this was a well-made, reliable light. I have not been able to find any place locally to have it repaired. I would not recommend this lamp.
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By lb1234
from charlotte nc
love it! great looking and fuctional
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By Pehh
from Pottstown, Pa.
I looked forward with great anticipation at the receipt of my Multitask Lamp. It, however, arrived with a dent in the base(box was undamaged). Also, the catalog image shows a hand pull on the task light (Halogen) which was absent on my lamp. Adjusting the swing arm up or down requires effort with each position change-it's not a simple gliding motion which I expected. It looks good but I wish it was easier to use.
Great stylish lamp, a little finicky
By Artswriter
from Chapel Hill, NC
The top light makes a loud buzzing sound and I wonder if this is fixable by changing the bulb or if others have this issue. The flex-light is fine, and so we use it almost exclusively due to the annoying buzz. It looks great and has helped my poor old eyes immensely.
Somewhat disappointing
By LJev
from St. Louis, MO
I love this lamp and have used it successfully until I had to replace the incandescent bulb. I replaced it with the exact same bulb but now the dimmer function does not work. That is an important function for the way I use the lamp. How can I fix it?
Merchant response: Thank you for the review of your Multitask Lamp. Customer satisfaction is our #1 priority, and we offer a 100% guarantee. Please contact us at 1-800-545-0242 to discuss options to make this right.
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knob on the left is black from worn off outer layer
Design / Manufacturing Flaw
By Dianne
from Pullman, WA
I have now purchased 3 of these lamps. One arrived, and works great, and the other two each have had the control light broken on the inside. Some tiny piece of bakeolite plastic about 2-mm across arrives from its manufacturing point with it sheared off. I just arranged for a FedEx pick-up of the one I already arranged to return. If the glue doesn't work, I will be sending the other one back. Seriously, Levenger follks, you should ask for some quality assurance from the manufacturer. We bought them on sale for $149, and I notice it is back up to $199. Not worth the $149, and definitely not worth $199. :(
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Merchant response: Thank you for your review. I am sorry that the Multitask Lamp arrived in that manner. We always appreciate hearing from customers like you that assist us in making our products better. I will send you a personal email on how we can take care of this for you. I will also forward your comments on to our Product Development & Design Team.
Versatile Desk Lamp
By Dunroamin
My wife and I bought three of these lamps in 2007 and have used them almost daily at our desks ever since. We have replaced only one low voltage bulb (a two minute task) in that whole time and when one of the task arms became a little loose, a quick tighten of the two screws with an allen wrench fixed it. Very versatile and practical, I'm about to order another one as a recent severe lightning strike on our home damaged the low voltage power supply in just one of the three lamps and my insurance will pay for the replacement. Highly recommended.
Unsatisfactory - Poor value
By Engineer
The table lamp is too tall. The task light gets too hot. The adjustable arm binds and then flops. After a year, the task light controller died and I can't find a replacement on the Internet. The dimmer manufacturer's site doesn't function. The internal dimmer construction is very sloppy. I've had good results with other Levenger lamps, but this one is substandard. Levenger and I were both duped on this one.
Merchant response: Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you. We will be more than happy to replace your lamp. We stand for quality and satisfaction in all our products and go the extra mile for every customer to ensure this goal is attained.
Good look & functional
By nainconnu
from Montreal, Quebec, Canada
First, I was afraid by some bad reviews of this lamp. Fortunately, mine did not have any issues with the dimmer or anything else. I am using it on my home office and use it everyday. To me, it looks great and the dimmers make it easy to get perfect lighting depending on general room light condition. 200$ is a bit expensive for me (student) but great lighting is a key for long working hours.
By MelS
As with all Levenger products, you can't beat the quality. This lamp has the weight and finish of a fine piece of art. You can spend less, but a lamp from WalMart gets you a lamp from WalMart. This lamp will last a lifetime.
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GEN recently ran a poll on our website that asked the following question: "Does the FDA Do as Much Harm as Good?" The results might have seemed surprising to some people. The numbers read as follows: 49.2% said yes; 38.3% replied no; and 12.5% registered no opinion.
The reason I say "surprising" is that FDA officials often refer to the agency's role as helping to foster medical progress and to assist the pharmaceutical industry in its "efforts to develop and bring to market new drugs and medical devices for American patients."
What's more, the FDA steadfastly maintains that its primary job and raison d'etre is to do all it can to ensure the safety and efficacy of all the products that it approves.
So why did the majority of respondents to our poll express such a negative opinion about the FDA? I think the answer lies in the delicate balancing act that the agency constantly has to employ in determining risk vs. benefit while studying and eventually approving new drug applications.
At a conference some years ago I heard an FDA official turned consultant pose this hypothetical situation to the audience: "If it is a matter of fact that a new drug will without question save the lives of 10,000 people but also will definitely lead to the certain deaths of 100 people, should that drug be approved for use?"
As I recall, there was a lot of murmuring among the meeting attendees but no one chose to respond to the question.
While this make-believe scenario represents an extreme situation it does shed light on the critical decisions that FDA officials must make regarding new drug approvals. I think it's only right that we cut them some slack and show more understanding and appreciation for such an important task.
That being said, there is much that can be done to improve the overall functioning of the FDA, especially in expediting new drug approvals. As one president and CEO of a company developing cancer therapeutics told GEN, "The FDA should relax some of its regulations regarding new cancer drugs, particularly those for terminally ill people."
Though chronically underfunded and short-staffed, even the FDA knows it needs to do better. The good news is that FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret Hamburg recently initiated a program aimed at instituting major agency reforms. It's entitled "Driving Biomedical Innovation: Initiatives for Improving Products for Patients."
Among the goals are rebuilding FDA's small business outreach service, strengthening the infrastructure to drive and support personalized medicine, creating a rapid drug development pathway for targeted therapies, tapping into the potential of data mining and information sharing while protecting patient privacy, improving consistency and clarity in the medical device review process, training talented innovators, and streamlining and reforming FDA regulations.
It remains to be seen to what extent this new initiative will improve the performance of the FDA. But I think the agency should be applauded for reinforcing its commitment to its mission and hope that the next time we run a poll on the agency the results reflect a better feeling about what the FDA has been able to accomplish.
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Stephen Colbert took a break from picking on politicians Monday night to address the reason behind his unexplained hiatus from his Comedy Central show last week.
Without delving into specifics, The Colbert Report star hinted that he halted production last Wednesday and Thursday because of his 91-year-old mother's health, as had been speculated.
"Evidently, having 11 children makes you tough as nails," Colbert, 47, and the youngest of the brood, said, seemingly implying his mother, Lorna, is on the mend. "Confidential to a lovely lady."
The comedian, who's earned a loyal following with his satirical take on conservative newsmakers, then touched his nose – perhaps a shout-out to his mother tuning in from home?
Although his mother's condition is still unknown, Colbert was comparatively more direct about a few other rumors surrounding what the network described in a statement as "unforeseen circumstances."
Plastic Surgery?Addressing Joan Rivers's playful claim that he was going under the knife, he said that he was not having plastic surgery on his face but, rather, his backside. And as for buzz that he's making his way to the White House, he said that's "not gonna happen."
"Some people said that my show was canceled by the Federal Communications Commission at the request of the Federal Election Commission because I was about to announce my presidential candidacy," he said.
He also clarified that his brief departure had nothing to do with the Pope or a stint in rehab – although the latter, he joked, would be a viable option if they offered treatment programs for Diet Coke.
Before his return to TV, Colbert previously reached out to his fans on Twitter.
"My family and I would like to thank everyone who has offered their thoughts and prayers," he wrote. We are grateful and touched by your concern."


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Mingo County, W.Va., Sheriff Eugene Crum might be alive today if an existing federal gun control law had worked as it was supposed to. That revelation came on the very day U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W....
There was a board vote in Newtown School district (7 schools in all)in approval of resource officers, one armed one unarmed, in Feb. It's now put to the town to see if/how to budget in. It's not "law" yet. Probably will be, but don't construe the particulars.
And as I recall, funding for resource officers, armed or not, WAS included in the proposal put forth by the president. He is leaving that decision to the individual school districts. As he should.
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Not know.
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To give you something to gripe about to a fairy tale online world?
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Notsocialist, Let me get this straight, your side is always claiming that universal backround checks will never work because criminals don't buy guns legally and therefore will not have to submit to them, now your claiming that they do, we'll at least 48,000 of them, in 2010 alone!
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My problem was not the background checks because they might stop some people but the whole amendment went beyond that to making lists, etc. That scares me.
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If every criminal act required a new federal law to supersede the ones on the books it would only take a few hours until you would have a camera in your home and a response team to deal with you at any given time.
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NotSocialist, the 48,000 number from 2010 you quoted just shows that criminals will try to buy guns by any means. How many buy guns legally on-line, no backround check required. I'm not suggesting that universal backround check will keep guns out of the hands of every criminal, but even one is better then none. Prayers to the MIT officer and his family.
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Why can't we all just live with our very special Constitution?
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Unless the online sale is through a licensed dealer, no backround check is required. Ever hear of Armslist, one of the largest online gun dealers? It's a website devoted to the private sale of guns and related gear, it allows private sellers to offer guns for sale to other private sellers, thereby circumventing federal backround checks. It is by far not the only site of its kind on the web, maybe you should try doing some researching of your own.
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More guns are sold online through sites like Armslist then through licensed dealers, do you honestly think criminals don't take advantage of this loophole? It's like eBay for criminals!
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Oh, and I never claimed sites like Armslist were licensened gun dealers, but they do deal in the sale of guns, that's why they exist.
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The problem, Phoenix is that we know the laws put forth would not have stopped the killings. We also don't have records to show where bad people get their guns...do you know?
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What killings are you referring to Kozy? People die from gun violence every single day in this country.
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Is the only way to watch this is through live streaming? and if so which channels on net
Based in Europe, Eurosport are not showing the event.
Is the only way to watch this is through live streaming? and if so which channels on net
Based in Europe, Eurosport are not showing the event.
It would be odd if the event wouldn't be televised in Japan. So hopefully there will be a live stream somewhere?
We'll have to see.
CBC is broadcasting World Synchro this weekend. I would be surprised if the WTT feed wasn't at least on skatebuzz, since the ISU is not selling streaming coverage on their website.
Ask Peter. He claims he knows https://twitter.com/#!/blazingblades :
-According to officials @USFigureSkating there will be no coverage of World Team Trophy on IceNetwork! They tried, but ISU... No Dice! WHY?
-To watch WTT on Japan's TV Asahi channel, download free Keyhole TV software. USA Start times Apr. 19-21 6am EDT; 3am PDT. #WTT2012 #ISUFails
-TV Asahi schedule shows 1900 (7 pm Tokyo start time) each day which is 13 hours ahead of USA EDT; +16 hrs from USA PDT. #WTT2012
-WTT ISU TV Rights sold to TV Asahi as a Japan TV only Event. No streaming rights sold. ISU could post videos after the event. We shall see!
-Reason WTT is Japan TV event only... Asahi TV is sponsor of event, paying for everything including prize money.
-Once WTT morphs into the World Championships, it will then be sold as a part of World Championship rights to all international TV entities!
-Keyhole for Asahi TV:
The TV guide: www.tv-asahi.co.jp/figure/wtt/ On 19th and 20th starts at 7pm, on 21st and 22nd starts at 6:30pm and 6:56pm accordingly, Japan time.
Once again for those who are currently in Japan but can't attend the arena. The two other Asahi channels (not available online) will also show the event: BS Asahi TV guide www.bs-asahi.co.jp/figure_kunibetsu2012/ and the sky channel Asahi Newstar TV guide www.tv-asahi.co.jp/newstar/ on 19th, 20th, 21st and 22nd starts at 00:00.
Thank you, let's talk!
Hopefully there will be other streams also, I am a bit afraid to download Keyhole TV, is it 100% virus free?
Thanks for all the info, let's talk. I just hope other streams pop up, because from what I've heard, KeyHoleTV's quality is pretty bad. But it's better than nothing.
Keyhole tv is pretty awful, don't think I'll bother re-installing it again on my laptop. Fingers crossed for a different stream!!!
Don't worry guys, ISU to the rescue. Check this out:
Free Live Stream from the ISU Skating Channel
Just saw the news on Carolina's twitter. That's awesome!! I'm really looking forward to it now
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If anyone does a schedule for the live broadcast figureing in the international dateline, EST , etc, I would like to see it....Thanks!
(I am sure I can convert to PST...but thats about it.)
I suppose it will be too much to ask that this will be "on demand" also.....
Team USA Skate Times (Day 1, All times Eastern, Thursday a.m.)
Ice Dancing short dance will begin at 2:15 a.m.
- Davis and White: 3:00 a.m
Mens short program begins at 3:35 a.m.
- Adam Rippon: 4:08 a.m.
- Jeremy Abbott: 4:42 a.m.
Ladies short program begins at 5:40 a.m.
- Gracie Gold: 5:47 a.m.
- Ashley Wagner: 6:34 a.m.
But the good news for everyone:
"after each day of competition the videos will be uploaded to the ISU Skating Channel to be seen On Demand"
... and they even will be free!
[source: replies from ISU to Facebook questions]
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The Skate Canada website has live streaming of the WTT! It starts in just over 3 hours.