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Amy Bishop

2010-02-19T18:38:28Z

Chromosome2Telomere: removing false statement

'''Amy Bishop''' is a professor at the University of [[Alabama]], Huntsville, who is best known for fatally shooting three colleagues and wounding three others at a faculty meeting after she was denied tenure.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586024,00.html</ref>

She also fatally shot her brother while a teenager, although charges were never filed against her, and the records of the incident have now gone missing.<ref>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/13/amy-bishop-killed-brother_n_461512.html</ref>

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User talk:JacobB

2010-02-11T18:56:50Z

Chromosome2Telomere: /* Chromosomes */ new section

For older discussions, see the archives: [[User talk:JacobB/Archive 1|1]], [[User talk:JacobB/Archive 2|2]]



==rant #50==
Hello, JacobB, my name is WilsonB. And while we're both COMMITTED Catholics, I'm sorry to tell you that I have a beef with you over some actions you took over my work.
A few minutes ago, you blocked my editing of this encyclopedia's page of the movie adaptation of Mulan. You blocked out my attempt to show that while it may be feministic and occultic, it may also be conservative, too. Now, I will, from now on, no longer allow anything from my blog to appear on any page or my opinion for that matter. But I am upset for a few reasons.
I find the fact that no suggestion of conservative messages in the movie in question, yet suggestion that it's occultic, on the page in question is completely disturbing for several reasons. In my opinion, it is downright repulsive to offer evidence to suggest that "Mulan" is occultic without any evidence at all. By that I mean that there are no sources to back it up! Where are the references? If this is fact, and not opinion, that "Mulan" is occultic, don't we need to go out to a database of some kind and cite sources? Isn't that how all encyclopedia pages are done online? Yes, the idea that the film in question is occultic can still stand, but only if sources are cited next time around.
I mean, I have been a good conservative all my life, and "Mulan", in fact, was my introduction to conservative thought. In this case, it introduced me to the fact that, despite the leftist delusion of "War Is Not The Answer", we really do need the "Mulans" of our time. That is, we need men and women who are willing to go out and serve their country and die if necessary. "Mulan", if properly viewed, can be an excellent way of teaching that to children. So forget the occult and feminism. (We, of course, have our own "feminists", even thought they're not really that, such as Sarah Palin.) Therefore, I just find it troubling that personal opinion would be put on in onw scenario and ignored in another. I mean, just imagine what would happen if someone on Wikipedia called "Mulan" occultic to produce another side. Jimbo's in-box would start lighting up like a Christmas Tree-oh, wait, maybe I shouldn't say that; it might offend someone.
Remember, I am not mad at you for ruining my work. I'm just livid about this. If I could bring you to my house one day, get the film on DVD, and bring you to watch it with me, I would. But since I don't have a DVD copy, and since I'm probably not going to give complete strangers my home address to bring them here, all I'll just do is tell you of what needs to be done for this encyclopedia to be both conservative AND based in a non-partisan format. Again, "Mulan" is not occultic, in my opinion, but you're free to decide.
Sincerely,
[[User: WilsonB]]
:I'm quite capable of reading your talk page, there was no need to reproduce this here. Apparently, you are not able to read the your talk page, as I gave a calm and rational response there, in which I explained I had never seen Mulan and don't care in the slightest what content you wish to add to that page, though others might.
:I even assumed the issue had been cleared up when an Admin came to offer his services to back me up, I said, no, not necessary, because I assumed you were rational enough to read my response. I will not make this mistaken assumption with you in the future. Take some time to cool your head. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]]

== Math lectures ==

Just fantastically cool! Just wondering, should the derivative of d/dx log(x) = x^-1 in 3.1 read d/dx ln(x)? Or is log(x) always assumed to be log''e''(x) unless specified or something? [[User:DouglasA|DouglasA]] 11:50, 4 January 2010 (EST)

:Not to butt in ahead of JacobB, but it was pretty much assumed in the calc courses I've taken. It might be good to add a note to that effect, though. --[[User:EvanW|EvanW]] 11:52, 4 January 2010 (EST)
::Okay, good to know. [[User:DouglasA|DouglasA]] 11:53, 4 January 2010 (EST)
My experience is that mathematicians use log or ln ("lawn") for natural logs, since we never use log10 at all, and physicists use ln for natural log and log for log10.
It would probably be best to use ln for natural log to avoid confusion - my consistent use of log is a result of my long-time use of it for natural log, and the thing is, it's too ingrained of a habit to break now, so I'm probably going to keep using log. If it matters so much to somebody, they're welcome to change it. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 19:33, 4 January 2010 (EST)

==Welcoming new users==

I've been inactive for a while, so I may have missed this: is it a custom around here to welcome new users by placing a template on their user page? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 19:48, 4 January 2010 (EST)
:TK does it, but if this is only for admins to do, I'll stop. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 19:55, 4 January 2010 (EST)

==Write for the educated layman==

Important instructions for you are [[User_talk:JacobB/Banach-Tarski_Paradox#Jargon|here]]. Please read them, and submit a [[writing plan]]. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] [[User talk:Ed Poor|Talk]] 11:20, 8 January 2010 (EST)

== Multivariable Calc course ==

Jacob, this is very doable. I have nearly 50 students in my Economics course and nearly all stuck with it. It's college-level material and many of them are taking the [[CLEP]] to earn credit.

We can do the [[Multivariable calculus]] course and I developed that entry as an overview. Please feel free to use or link as you think best to your developing material.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 20:34, 9 January 2010 (EST)
:That's great! I'll make sure to hit all of that material in the lectures. Like I've said, I'm incredibly busy at work this week and I'm taking it home with me, but next week I'll have four days to just work on calc lectures. Expect a lot of material to go up Tues-Fri! [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 20:42, 9 January 2010 (EST)

::The Economics course that just completed is a successful model. But [[Multivariable calculus]] may be more advanced than anything the [[CLEP]] offers! No problem ... our students are doing this to learn, not merely to impress institutions. The reality is that a conservative approach is far superior for learning.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 23:27, 10 January 2010 (EST)

:::I'm looking at the CLEP exams right now, and once I finish these Multivariable Calc lectures, I don't see any reason why I can't put up lectures which would prepare the student for [http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/ex_cm.html this exam] and [http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/ex_ca.html this exam]. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 23:45, 10 January 2010 (EST)

== Please check your email, I am awaiting a response.. ==

Thanks! --<big>[[User:TK|'''ṬK''']]</big>/Admin[[User_Talk:TK|/Talk]] 01:48, 10 January 2010 (EST)

== Riemann picture ==

I tried linking the [[Riemann Integral]] page to the new picture, and it doesn't seem to work. I tried both "File:Riemannsums.gif" and "Image:Riemannsums.gif". Can you try to see if you can use your extra privileges (or extra intelligence, or extra knowledge, or extra common sense, or whatever it takes :-) to fix this? [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] 23:34, 18 January 2010 (EST)

==Best of luck==

I held hope that our compromise would allow astronomy articles on this site to go forward, but duke of this fiefdom has decreed there will be no compromise and that even having an "Old Universe View" is forbidden. I know we had our disagreements, many of them, but I hold no ill will or bad feelings towards you. Good luck on your endeavors and if you ever wish to say hello by email, please feel free. --[[User:BMcP|BMcP]] 11:51, 11 February 2010 (EST)

==The future==
I can see why a YEC would object to the assertions about the age of stars, but why do you object to long predictions about the future? [[User:DanG|DanG]] 12:44, 11 February 2010 (EST)
:People will differ in their views. I'm actually totally ok with predictions about the distant future, since all such predictions carry the implicit caveat, "If the universe lasts that long." Other Christians will disagree with me.[[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 12:46, 11 February 2010 (EST)
::You're "ok with predictions", yet you're deleting all of BMcP's. Are you that annoyed by his "rudeness"? Even if so, destruction of an encyclopedia yields, at best, a Pyhrric victory. If you leave the words today they will still be there to be deleted tomorrow, should a sleep not soothe the hurt.[[User:DanG|DanG]] 12:50, 11 February 2010 (EST)
I am deleting material which Andy has demonstrated he objects to. As for there always being vandalism, that's true. There will always be nonsense added to the project, vandals constantly attacking and constantly growing more malicious. And always, we are watching, ready to ban these vandals, to delete the nonsense added by a vandal who has been banned. The future of this encyclopedia is us deleting nonsense and banning vandals - forever. [[User:JacobB|JacobB]] 12:59, 11 February 2010 (EST)

== Chromosomes ==

My apologies for the Genesis reference, was only trying to remember a story I was told by my godparents. How do I merge articles? I noticed that there is an article for Chromosome and another article for Chromosomes. --[[User:Chromosome2Telomere|Chromosome2Telomere]] 13:56, 11 February 2010 (EST)

Chromosomes

2010-02-11T18:51:51Z

Chromosome2Telomere:

'''Chromosomes''' (literally: ''colored bodies'', from [[Greek]]) are packaged units of [[DNA]] and associated proteins.<ref>http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units/disorders/karyotype/whatarechrom.cfm</ref> The chromosome carries portions of the hereditary information of an organism. The DNA is tightly coiled many times around proteins called [[histone]]s that support the chromosome structure.<ref>http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/basics/chromosome</ref> The bound DNA units are called [[nucleosome]]s.

==Physical Characteristics of Chromosomes==

Most chromosomes have the rough shape of an I when they condense prior to replication and are as bits of long invisible string when unwound. The familiar X shape actually refers to 2 identical chromosomes referred to as sister chromatids. Each chromosome has a constriction point called the [[centromere]], which divides the chromosome into two sections, or “arms.” The short arm of the chromosome is labeled the “p arm” for "petite". The long arm of the chromosome is labeled the “q arm” for "not petite". The location of the centromere on each chromosome gives the chromosome its characteristic shape, and can be used to help describe the location of specific genes.<ref>http://www.rothamsted.ac.uk/notebook/courses/guide/chromo.htm</ref>

The chromosomal DNA molecule contains three specific [[nucleotide]] sequences which are required for replication: a DNA replication origin; the [[centromere]] to attach the DNA to the mitotic spindle.; a [[telomere]] located at each end of the linear chromosome. <ref>http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ghr/chromosomes</ref> There is also a telomere region within the human chromosome two, as well as a non-functional second centromere. <ref>http://www.pnas.org/content/88/20/9051.abstract</ref> This indicates a historical chromosome fusion event, that is supported by the Bible, through the Genesis story of the Lord taking a rib from Adam to create Eve, leaving 23 ribs, a representation of the 23 chromosome pairs humans possess.

==Number of Chromosomes==

The chromosome number varies in different species. In humans there are 46 chromosomes, or 23 pairs of chromosomes ([[diploid]]), in every cell except the mature egg and sperm which have a set of 23 chromosomes ([[haploid]]).

==Cell Division==

Chromosomes are visible only during cell division, when the DNA is super coiled and condensed to facilitate distribution into daughter cells. Cell division in somatic cells (mitosis) results in the creation of daughter cells with the same number of chromosomes as the original cell, a total of 46 chromosomes in a human. Cell division in the germ cells, eggs and sperm (meiosis), results in the creation of daughter cells with half the number of chromosomes as the original cell (haploid cells). This reduction in the number of chromosomes is important so that the original number of chromosomes is restored following fertilization of the egg by the sperm.

==Karyotype Analysis==

The chromosome constitution of an individual, karyotype, can be analyzed following tissue culture of an appropriate sample. The most commonly used sample is blood (using the white blood cells or lymphocytes) since it is the most accessible. However, other samples are used depending upon the indication: amniotic fluid cells, to analyze the karyotype of the fetus; products of conception, to analyze the cause of a miscarriage or stillbirth; bone marrow cells, to diagnose the presence or type of leukemia; and skin, to determine the presence of another cell line (mosaicism).

Cell division is arrested during metaphase, when the chromosome material is condensed. Following hypotonic treatment and fixation, the cells are dropped on a slide and then stained. At least 20 metaphase spreads are analyzed and 2 or 3 metaphase spreads are photographed. The chromosomes are arranged from largest to smallest to create a karyotype.

Chromosomes vary in size and in shape. The pairs of [[Autosome|autosomal chromosomes]] are arranged in a karyotype from the biggest to the smallest. The [[sex chromosomes]] are placed to the right of the smallest autosomes. Chromosomes vary in shape depending upon the position of the [[centromere]], the structure that holds the two arms of the chromosomes together. If the [[centromere]] is in the middle, the chromosome is metacentric and the chromosome arms are equal in size. If the centromere is off center, the chromosome is submetacentric with a short arm labeled p (for petite) and a long arm labeled q (the next letter after p). If the centromere is close to the end, the chromosome is acrocentric and the very short arm consists of a stalk and a knob (satellite). Based upon size and shape, human chromosomes are divided into eight groups: A (1 to 3), B (4 and 5), C (6 to 12), D (13 to 15), E (16 to 18), F (19 and 20), G (21 and 22) and the sex chromosomes, XX in females and XY in males.

Chromosomes are further identified by banding patterns created by specialized staining procedures to produce G bands, R bands, C bands, etc. The choice of staining procedure depends upon the information that is desired. Most commonly, chromosomes are stained with trypsin-Giemsa to produce the G-banded pattern. The banding pattern is determined by the degree of chromatin condensation and the specific DNA-protein present at the different sites on the chromosome. These banding patterns are distinct and consistent for each chromosome. Thus, one can reliably identify the chromosome pairs (e.g., although of the same size and shape, the six acrocentric chromosomes in the D group can be differentiated into pairs 13, 14 or 15 based upon banding patterns). The bands are individually numbered (e.g., 11q23 refers to band #23 on the long arm q of chromosome #11). :<ref>http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/genetics/medgen/chromo/cytotech.html</ref>

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