User talk:Cerealkiller13

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Opinion requested[edit]

... on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Behzad Ghorbani. He apparently co-discovered and/or named 2 minor species of planaria. Is that notable enough to deserve an article? You seem to be a knowledgeable biology editor, please weigh in on that discussion. AnonEMouse (squeak) 15:20, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I will mail you a reprint of the J. Exp. Zoology paper re sponge locomotion, if you e-mail me an address[edit]

Dear Cerealkiller13:

If you e-mail me a mailing address, then I would like to mail you a reprint of my published paper on locomotion by sponges.

Sorry that I mistakenly said "Journal of Experimental Biology" instead of ..Zoology" My only excuse is that the department I am in has changed its name from Zoology to Biology

Note (for what it is worth, which should be something) that this was a refereed paper, in the sense that as a condition of its publication, copies were sent to two anonymous experts on sponges, and also were critqued by a journal editor.

In addition, two weeks ago I had digitized versions made of some time lapse videos that show crawling sponges, or at least the edges of them. We are currently trying to post these on line as quick-time movies.

These show very dynamic rearrangements of the sponges cells.

And, yes, the abstract hints that traction is the mechanism of sponge locomotion. That is exactly what we were trying to say. Your judgement is better than mine about how to insert such a little known (but proven and provable) fact into your article. An approach you might consider is something like : "Although sponges have long been considered sessile, researchers have described and photographed slow, creeping locomotion in several species"

Also, most university library systems contain bound volumes of the Journal of Experimental Zoology. Being able to get a manuscript past editors and anonymous experts has been a pretty good way to proove that one really has good evidence. Although I greatly admire Wikipedia, and specifically admire your article, maybe somebody should specify criteria by which someone like me can prove to you that we are right about something.

Best wishes: Albert Harris, Professor of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280

genomai[edit]

Hi, while I agree with you, the etymology should more properly be derived from an active rather than middle form of the verb, but if you look here, you'll see that the Greeks themselves think it to come from γένομαι. Curious... As for the links to wiktionary I think that's a great idea.--Ioshus^(talk) 05:27, 29 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

No comment?--Ioshus^(talk) 01:19, 7 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From the LSJ:

geinomai, (from an obsol. act. *geino=gennao):

as Pass., only in pres. and imperf., to be born

II. causal in aor. I med. egeinamen, of the father, to beget, of the mother, to bring forth

b. of Zeus, to bring men into being

gennao, (causal of gignomai, cf geinomai II):

of the father, to beget, engender, rarely of the mother, to bring forth

Perhaps we should change the etymology again to read "to sire" instead of "to give birth".--Ioshus^(talk) 03:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

btw...where'd you get the Greek font?--Ioshus^(talk) 03:32, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I picked up my LSJ by freak accident. I was in a Goodwill in the mountains in the middle of nowhere, looking for an old t-shirt because I had to fix my truck, and had nothing to wipe grease off with, and saw a brand new copy on the bookshelf for 75 cents. I tried to give them more money for it, but they wouldn't accept it. I'll go ahead and make the wiktionary entry, it's about time I got an account there.--Ioshus^(talk) 14:06, 8 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

user: Randy6767[edit]

Hey, I cleaned up your user page and added the anarchist userbox feel free to thank me :-). Randy6767 23:30, 8 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

anarchy[edit]

Either symbol's fine with me, the way I look at it is the more modern circle-A in which the ends of the A extend slightly beyond the ends of the circle represent the slight spontaneity and mild disorder of anarchy. At first sight the image appears to be a circle inside an A but closer attention reveals that the A extends beyond the ends of the circle and this represents anarchy being not entirely bound by order (which is what the circle, which was originally an O, represents). The original circle-A symbolizes anarchy (A) and order(O). Randy6767 01:36, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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