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Topic: Propagation, Seeds and Seeding, Wildflowers
Title: Wildflower garden with Castilleja indivisa (Indian paintbrush)
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:I want to start a wildflower garden in my front/backyard. Specifically, I would like to include the indian paintbrush. What is the best way to go about this? Straight in the ground, containers, etc..? I know there are MANY species but, am I correct that the native, "iconic" one to the fields and highways is the Castilleja Indivisa? In addition to the bluebonnet, are there other plants/flowers/grasses that are best suited for pairing with the paintbrush that won't be harmed by(or work well with) it's hemiparasitic nature? I live in South Dallas and have both sunny and shaded areas to work with. Thanks in advance!
You are right that Castilleja indivisa (Entireleaf indian paintbrush) is the common paintbrush you see on the highway rights-of-way growing alongside Lupinus texensis (Texas bluebonnet) and they do look beautiful together. C. indivisa (and other Castilleja spp.) are hemi-parasitic. They can grow without being attached to another plant's roots, but they grow much larger and healthier if they can gain some of their water and nutrients from a neighboring plant. The hemi-parasitic activity of the paintbrush doesn't seem to cause great harm to its victim. (Please see the answer to a previous question about the parasitic nature of C. indivisa.) Bluebonnets, grasses, other wildflowers—just about any other herbaceous plant will do. You can visit our Texas-North Central Recommended page to look for other possibilities. You can use the NARROW YOUR SEARCH option to select criteria to fit your site (e.g., choices under BLOOM TIME or LIGHT REQUIREMENT).
Here are a few that would look good with your paintbrushes and bluebonnets while they are blooming in March, April and May:
Callirhoe involucrata (Winecup) bloom in March, April and May.
Coreopsis tinctoria (Plains coreopsis) bloom in March, April and May.
To keep your garden looking good for a longer period you might want to include some flowers that bloom later in the year such as:
Glandularia bipinnatifida var. bipinnatifida (Prairie verbena) blooms March through December.
Melampodium leucanthum (Blackfoot daisy) blooms March through November.
Gaillardia pulchella (Firewheel) blooms May through August.
Liatris mucronata (Cusp gayfeather) blooms August through December.
Eustoma exaltatum ssp. russellianum (Texas bluebells) blooms June through September.
Early- to mid-fall would have been a good time to plant the seeds outdoors since they do best after experiencing a cold period before spring germination. (Please see the answer to a previous question about planting seeds of C. indivisa.) However, you can do your own cold stratification and start them in containers in a greenhouse. Here is information from the answer to a previous question with extensive information about propagating Castilleja spp.:
According to Tara Luna in "Propagation Protocol for Indian Paintbrush Castilleja species" (Native Plants Journal, Volume 6, Number 1, Spring 2005, pp. 62-68):
"Unlike a true parasitic plant, hemi-parasites are capable of manufacturing their own food and obtaining water and nutrients from soil, but they also form specialized roots known as haustoria roots that attach to the roots of a host plant, therby providing addtional water uptake for the paintbrush plant and possibly some organic and inorganic nutrients. The relationship does not kill the host. Seeds do not require a signal from the host to initiate germination, and they contain endosperm that provides enough energy for the seedling to establish independently. Unless a haustorium root becomes attached to a host root, however, they will decline in vigor, remain stunted in growth, and never flower, or they will eventually die. The degree that a species can grow and develop wthout the host may vary widely between species."
The parasitized plant is frequently a grass. Because of this need for a host plant, a paintbrush plant usually dies if transplanted. Your best bet is to collect seeds and sow them in the fall along with another herbaceous plant. Bouteloua gracilis (blue grama) has been recommended as a host. Ms. Luna recommends using a plant that grows in the same habitat as the paintbrush you are planting. She has used beardtongue's (Penstemon spp.), Carex spp., Polemonium pulcherrimum (Jacob's-ladder), Phlox drummondii (annual phlox), and Lupinus texensis (Texas bluebonnet) as well as small bunch grasses such Festuca idahoensis (Idaho fescue). You should pick something that grows near your paintbrush and collect seeds of them as well as those of your paintbrush.
Collect seeds of your paintbrush as soon as they are mature and ready to be released from the plant. You will have to watch the plants carefully to be sure that you don't lose the seeds when they mature, but also don't collect them too early. Seeds that aren't mature when collected won't germinate. You can sow them directly in the area you want them at the time when they would naturally be released and hope for the best. They obviously have been doing this for millenia on their own and have been successful. Be sure to sow your host plant(s) at the same time.
Ms. Luna, however, uses cold stratification (30 to 150 days, depending on the species—generally, longer times for higher altitude or colder area species) and then sows them in containers. She says that annuals and semi-annuals will germinate without cold stratification, but the percentage of germination will be higher with cold stratification. Here is a general summary of what she does:
1. Soaks seeds in water for 4 to 8 hours. Pours off water and debris.
2. Places seeds between moist blotter paper and stores in an open plastic bag in refrigerator at 33-36°F for required time, checking weekly to see that moisture is evenly distributed.
3. Sows the seeds shallowly into containers and covers them lightly with perlite mulch. She sows the host separately. Germination is 69-77° F daytime temperatures with 50-60° F night temperatures.
4. After the paintbrush plants have 4-6 sets of true leaves (4-6 weeks after germination) they are combined with the host plant seedlings in the same containers.
5. At about 16 weeks they are ready for outplanting. Perennials usually bloom the second year after germination. The annuals and biennials flower the first year after germination.
You can also find instructions for C. indivisa in Tom Clothier's Annual/Biennial Seed Germination Database.
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Nov 13th, 2008 at 3:53pm
Wow. How many things can one Administration fix?
Is it fair to say that individuals should be cared for, and their problems addressed before say Constitutional problems or Policy problems such as Guantanamo?
Who would have thought that their were/are enough AMERICANS who live and benefit in our "American Way of Life" to do so many things to the Other citizens living in America?
How did we get into the "us and them" frame of thinking when the them are our fellow citizens?
How did we get into "the end justifies the means" mode of government, when "all men are created equal" and we are "innocent until proven guilty"?
Can we use fear as an excuse? Are we entitled or such cowards that we are willing to sacrifice our "sacred" principles and Constitutional Rights in our treatment against people that spell their name differently, or believe in a different religion because we suddenly are afraid?
And what about ordinary US Citizens that look, sound and live just like you an me? The mechanisms that are used to "protect" us are the very ones that take away our rights.
The worst statement I ever saw was on a bumper sticker about 10 years ago. It said, "I would rather be safe than free."
That person and all of us got neither.
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Nov 15th, 2008 at 12:15pm
According to the Bill of RIGHTS those individuals captured on the Battlefield or involved in terrorist attacks are not entitled to a trial by jury.AMENDMENT 5 No person shall be held to answer for a capital crime,unless on presentment or indictment of a grand jury,EXCEPT IN CASES ARISING IN LAND AND NAVAL FORCES,OR IN THE MILITIA,WHEN IN ACTUAL SERVICE IN TIME OF WAR OR PUBLIC DANGER.again those held at gitmo were captured on the battle field or were detained because they constituted an immenent public danger.your argument is weak.also if you can even read the GENEVA CONVENTION THE ILLEGAL COMBATANTS ARENT COVERED.so please refrain from harping on half truths and lies when using the media and refering to the constition.sabators spies those engaged in acts of sabatage and also captured out of uniform can be executed.
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article 5 no person shall be held to answer for a capital,or infamous crime,unless on a presentment or indictment by a grand jury,EXCEPT IN CASES ARISING IN LAND OR NAVAL FORCES,OR MILITIA,WHEN IN ACTUAL SERVICE IN TIME OF WAR AND PUBLIC DANGER.Nor are those held at Gitmo covered under the geneva convention.as Spys sabators,enemy combatants captured out of uniform or engaged espionage are not covered by the geneva convention.
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It is a discrase to those who have been victimize by killers and rapist. And even more so to have a corrupt organization like the ACLU to try to band executions. So the victims are unable to see that justice well ever exist. You only force victims to put justice in there own hands. You are the biggest hippocrates: You are all for killing an innocent baby that has not lived long enough to commit a crime but your against killing a convicted criminal of rape, murder, or sexualy assaulting a child, that will live with it for the rest of his or her life. Organizations like the ACLU should and hopefully one day never exist.
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October 16th, 2011, 03:23 PM #76
When I signed with Orbit, they wanted print, ebook, and audio rights. To be honest I thought they would "sit" on the audio rights (My thought process is that they would be expensive and they would want to take a "wait and see" approach before taking that leap.
So when I got the call recently - I was shocked and very happy as you might imagine. As I understand it the audio is actually done by a seperate part of the company. My agent is just returning from Frankfurt Book Festival and when she get's back I'll know more.
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Please keep us posted. I always love to hear about the successes of authors who take the time to post on these boards.
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Robin was in New York this weekend and met with my agent. She didn't have a release date for the audio books as of yet - but said that the deal was indeed finalized and they are moving ahead with it. She is going to try and get a release date but has none yet.
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November 3rd, 2011, 12:06 PM #80
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Amazon just informed me that Theft of Swords has shipped and is on its way! So much for that November 23rd release date. But trust me, I'm not complaining...
November 8th, 2011, 11:22 PM #84
Orbit told me that the books might hit the distribution network a few weeks before the official release date. Interestingly enough - Amazon still has the button set for "preorder" (though I guess if you buy it ships now...unless they run out .... yeah right) Barnes and Noble has their pre-order changed over to "real order" so my guess is they have stock as well.
No idea about your "local bookstore" but I'm going to make some calls in the morning.
Thanks so much for letting me know - and I hope you'll leave a review or comment back here so I know what you thought of it.
Very exciting.
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I read this series from the original six paperbacks and I can't tell you how much I enjoyed the series and your original cover art. I was just wondering if you also did the artwork for the Orbit trilogy ?


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HellermannTyton Group plc is a British company supplying cable management solutions for various markets. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.[4] The company operates 12 manufacturing sites,[5] employs worldwide over 3,200 people[6] and generated revenues of EUR 538.0 million in 2013.[7]
The company was founded by Paul Hellermann and Jack Bowthorpe in Croydon as Hellermann Electric, a subsidiary of Goodliffe Electric Supplies, in 1938.[4] It moved to a new manufacturing site at Crawley in Sussex in 1948.[4]
In 1964 the company acquired Insuloid Manufacturing, a business which had been founded in 1933 by the Emery family in Hulme, Manchester manufacturing bus-bar insulations.[8][9] It launched the Tyton system, a method for cable bundling in continuous system, in 1965[10] and established HellermannTyton Corporation in Milwaukee in 1969.[11] Then in 1976 it expanded into the aviation market, offering cable management solutions for airplanes.[12]
The company established operations at Järfälla in Sweden in 1982,[13] at Hyogo in Japan in 1986[14] and in Wuxi and in Shanghai in China in 1998.[15] It then began harmonising its branding under the single worldwide trademark HellermannTyton in 1999.[16] After that, in 2000, it established a new plant at Tornesch near Hamburg with 15,000 m² of production and storage space.[17]
The company was sold by its then owners, Spirent, to funds controlled by Doughty Hanson & Co for £289m in 2006.[18] It was then the subject of an initial public offering in March 2013.[19] In September 2013 Doughty Hanson & Co sold a further 20.9% stake in the company for £119.25m.[20]
Manufacturing sites[edit]
The company has operations in 34 countries: it produces its products at twelf manufacturing sites.[21] Three production facilities are located in the UK (Manchester, Plymouth, Northampton). The others are located in Poland (Kotunia, within Słupca County),[22] France (Trappes), Germany (Tornesch), South Africa (Johannesburg), Singapore (Yishun), China (Wuxi), Japan (Hyogo), USA (Milwaukee) and Brazil (Jundiai).[17]
Processed materials[edit]
The materials processed are usually engineering plastics: PA 6.6 (in different condition, like heat stabilized, UV-resistant, weather resistant, impact modified, glass filled, mineral filled, colored); PE, PP with different modifications; POM; PA 11, PA 12; PEEK; other technical thermoplastics; Chloroprene Rubber.[23]
Sectors and divisions[edit]
The company produces for diverse markets and industries including Original equipment manufacturers for passenger cars, rail carriages, aircraft and ships[24] as well as products used in electronics, telecommunication equipment,[25] appliances or on construction sites.[26]
Product sales are categorized into to the following segments:
- Electrical: products for Original equipment manufacturers, electrical wholesalers, contractors acting on behalf of diverse end-users, panel builders assembling electrical panels for end-markets, resellers to end-markets such as catalogue companies and sales to the mass transit, defence, alternative energy, products used for application offshore in wind farm and electronics end-markets.[27]
- Automotive: comprises global sales to leading global manufacturers of cars, trucks and other heavy vehicles as well as to their suppliers (Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers).[28]
- Datacom and Other: comprises products and solutions for data communication providers requiring secure environments such as data centres and open floor work area applications as well as sales to the other diverse non-cable management end-markets including forestry, agriculture and packaging.[29]
New parts development[edit]
The company develops products based on customer requirements. e.g. custom-made automotive wiring harnesses for passenger cars, for ship and aircraft manufacturers and other industries such as "white goods". Products are designed using design programms, known as CAD systems, in 3D. The designs are produced in a small series of prototypes sent to the customer for installation in vehicles, machinery etc. for testing purposes. After testing the part, corresponding quantities are made using injection molding.
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- ^ a b c Preliminary Results 2013
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- ^ "Archiv of the aviation magazine Flight Global 1976". Flightglobal.com. 1976-11-27. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ^ "Kostnadseffektiv uppgradering utan modifieringar (PDF, in Swedish)". Movex/M3 (Movex User Association, MAF). Retrieved 2013-11-16.
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- ^ "Website HellermannTyton China". Hellermanntyton.com.cn. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
- ^ "HellermannTyton-U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for HELLERMANNTYTON". Trademarkia, Inc. 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ a b "SOMOS ® NEWS 1/2010". ProTec Polymer Processing GmbH. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "HellermannTyton a Spirent Company/ Overview". UK Business Park. Retrieved 2014-10-28.
- ^ "Doughty doubles money on HellermannTyton". IPO E-Financial. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
- ^ "Doughty Hanson sells part of HellermannTyton stake for £119m". AltAssets. Retrieved 2013-09-26.
- ^ "Announcement of Intention to Float/About HellermannTyton". Regulatory Story londonstockexchange.com. 2013-03-04. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
- ^ "Hellermann chce produkować w Kotuni". http://www.slupca.pl. 2013-11-13. Retrieved 2014-09-08.
- ^ page 2 "SOMOS ® NEWS 1/2010 / Materials Range". ProTec Polymer Processing GmbH. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "Mayor Barrett (Milwaukee) delivers State of the City Address". biztimes.com. Retrieved 2014-02-26.
- ^ "HellermannTyton a Spirent Company/ Overview". CRONY d.o.o. Retrieved 2013-12-10.
- ^ "TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD., 2011 ANNUAL REPORT". TYCO ELECTRONICS LTD. 2011-11-18. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ "RS Components Strengthens Global Agreement With HellermannTyton". Finanznachrichten.de. 2010-09-01. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
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- 1 Miscellaneous Talk Items
- 2 Axis confusion
- 3 Comment
- 4 Note
- 5 Note
- 6 This whole page is too jumbled
- 7 OR--"creatures peering into mirrors"
- 8 Religious symbols?
- 9 A larger dedication to the concept of translational symmetry
- 10 Sphere image
- 11 Vitruvian Man image
- 12 Symmetry vs. Assymetry
- 13 Why symmetry is an important measure of beauty and physical attractiveness
- 14 scale symmetry
- 15 Featured picture candidate
- 16 Expand article to include Inversion Symmetry
- 17 Antipodal symmetry
- 18 Mathematical model for symmetry
- 19 Proposed rewrite
Miscellaneous Talk Items[edit]
I couldn't find any examples of Persian Pottery other than an image from the Met; I created a degraded version but I will follow up with an eMail to the curator of that department to obtain copyrgight clearance or an opinion on fair use. Here's what I sent:
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- email@example.com
- Hello,
- I volunteered my efforts on a section of the WikiPedia about symmetry in art (see: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry>); for one of the sections (Pottery) I would like to use an image from your Islamic collection. I resized and degraded its quality to better fit the fast-loading requirements of the WikiPedia, and I linked to the Met as a reference. As the WikiPedia is for educational purposes, I thought this would both benefit the Met and the visitors at this online encyclopedia. Please let me know if you have any concerns.
-- Jeff batty boy
I don't think you can say "Symmetry is a characteristic of geometrical shapes, equations and other objects;" and then go on to say "In reality however, ... composed of matter ... Symmetry therefore, is a matter of similarity instead of sameness." Unless with "and other objects", you refer to material bodies. But that wouldn't be correct, because the large material bodies to which the article refers have inherently irregular, asymmetric shapes.
certainly, if you rotate a circle around its center, you get the same circle. Enrique
Axis confusion[edit]
The article states "this is sometimes called vertical symmetry and sometimes called horizontal symmetry". Symmetry is identified by its axis, vertical or horizontal. The current phrasing does nothing to clarify this. Aknicholas (talk) 18:48, 11 December 2011 (UTC)
The Sydney Opera House is an example of symmetry in architecture?? I defy anyone to find a less symmetrical building! --dmmaus 06:36, 29 Jun 2004 (UTC)
--18.104.22.168 00:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
"In formal terms, we say that an object is symmetric with respect to a given mathematical operation, if, when applied to the object, this operation does not change the object or its appearance. Two objects are symmetric to each other with respect to a given group of operations if one is obtained from the other by some of the operations"
This paragraph should be altered to make the change.
"In formal terms, we say that an object is symmetric with respect to the set as long as this is the abstract example symmetry. A class unassigned as object to the set then relates abstractly. An element of Aristotle's category applied. In mathematical terms the formal, group then caususally operates. Symmetry is held operation's cause to exist."
So in third relative set I have formulated the correct version ammenable to Aristotle's category where applied transform of category appears the symmetric form.
A cause to operate is the relation applied. Making the abstract subject appear to cause. So the operation is held to symmetrically exist with relation to all element of the appl..
And I need real philosopher help here. I get lost, but it is exquisitly deep as topic.
"[edit] Symmetry in logic A dyadic relation R is symmetric if and only if, whenever it's true that Rab, it's true that Rba. Thus, "is the same age as" is symmetrical, for if Paul is the same age as Mary, then Mary is the same age as Paul.
Symmetric binary logical connectives are "and" (∧, , or &), "or" (∨), "biconditional" (iff) (↔), NAND ("not-and"), XOR ("not-biconditional"), and NOR ("not-or")."
The logic above must be altered in this fashion.
"Any relation as "is the same age as" appears the symmetry of any function of dyadic term."
This is the nontrivial change necessary to your wiki!!! Please consider it seriously.
It solves the True Scotsman fallacy. --126.96.36.199 00:11, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
This whole page is too jumbled[edit]
There should be a disambig on symmetry, this page is a mess of all topics lumped into one. I added to the symmetry (physical attractiveness), which took me some amount of searching to find; and they all need to go on a disambig page. --Sadi Carnot 05:17, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I second that. The article is almost 50 kB already, it should be broken down into smaller pages organized by likely interest. Also does symmetry (mathematics) need its own article or can it simply redirect to group (mathematics)? --Vaughan Pratt 13:51, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
OR--"creatures peering into mirrors"[edit]
Symmetries can become so familiar that we fail to recognize them. A mirror, for example, performs a conceptually unsettling form of optical surgery in which the left and right sides of any creature peering into it appear switched. Such a drastic change would surely be disturbing to any creature whose left and right sides are distinct, yet the bilateral symmetry of humans is so well developed that they often fail to notice such changes.
I'm moved the text above from the article until its attributed to a source. It too suspiciously like OR. Brentt 22:25, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
You've got me thoroughly baffled. What is "OR"? I am clearly listed as the author in the history, and I assure you without equivocation that I am -- and not just the text, the entire little thought experiment behind it. Please look more carefully at the full range of entries that I added to that particular article for other examples of my writing style.
As for the unexpected "philosophical" question, my only intent was to try to make a point about how deeply ingrained the perception of bilateral symmetry is. My goal was to create a short thought experiment to help readers recognize how deeply both the physical expression and visual perception of bilateral symmetry are, not... well, whatever it is you mean, I honestly can't quite figure it out.
Terry Bollinger 02:30, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- "OR" is original research, and according to NOR it's not allowed. Unfortunately, you just confirmed that Brentt was correct in his reason for removing that paragraph, and as such, it will probably remain out. However, if you can find an outside source that agrees with you, cite it with the paragraph and feel free to add it back in. -Bbik 02:43, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
True Confessions // Captain Kirk to the rescue?[edit]
Ah, thanks! I'm still not up on some of the lingo.
This is absolutely delightful, however... So, simply constructing a thought experiment to help convey as straightforward and directly visible a concept as bilateral symmetry classifies as "research", as opposed to, say, "trying to convey a concept to a wider audience?" I'm sorry, every time I think about that one, I just start chuckling. Cool!
Having said that and gleefully tossed in the towel of my own inadvertent True Confession, I nonetheless cannot resist: Here, friends, is a truly apt, extremely well documented, thirty-eight years old, very widely known, fully on-line reference that exactly conveys the type of horror that asymmetrical beings might encounter when looking in a mirror. In short... The Reference!:
Star Trek TOS, Episode 3x15: Let That Be Your Last Battlefield
Cheers & chuckles, Terry Bollinger 03:20, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Such a drastic change would surely be disturbing to any creature whose left and right sides are distinct...
- I would imagine it's that specific section that set off the alarm bells, rather than the general attempt at clarifying the concept. It's kind of hard to phrase something about how other creatures think without making it either unencyclopedic or sound like proven fact. And if it's stated as fact, which is what that line leans towards, it needs to be either unarguably obvious (2+2=4 type of obvious), or sourced. And when the topic is other creatures that we can't communicate with well, if at all (In fact, do real creatures like that exist?), it's a pretty clear-cut place to need proof of some sort of study which came to that conclusion. Whether rephrasing and a Star Trek episode would work or not... well, it'd certainly be entertaining!
- It's all more than a little silly sometimes, but I'd imagine it prevents a lot of people from adding their two cents about everything, even when they have no clue whatsoever what they're saying, much less how it will be read.
- Have fun! -Bbik 04:00, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
I concur, no Asymmetrical Aliens // A plea to retain some math content[edit]
... and just to be clear, lest anyone assume otherwise: I too think my bilateral aliens paragraph should not be in this article, especially in the intro, for pretty much the reasons Bbik just described. The example is just too much of a mind bend, especially when located smack in the intro, and invokes a tone of imaginativeness that to me just doesn't fit this kind of article. I felt twinges when I put it in there to begin with, for just those reasons. This needs to be a true encyclopedic-style article, one that covers a broad range of topics and which consistently uses a tone that lets the reader know she is reading a serious work that contains solid, reliable content. (Attentive readers may have noticed that I have... shall we say, far fewer reservations?... regarding the use of Informal Tone in the discussion sections... 8^)
I do like the way this article is shaping up, and that more folks are starting to pay attention to it. When I first bumped into it, it struck me as a catch-all bin that people had given up on. This kind of refocusing of editing rules on it is a good sign; it shows that folks are re-engaging what seems to me to be a broad, interesting, and deceptively deep topic.
Mathematicians: Your call, but I do hope you don't completely pull the math section out of this one. This is such a perfect area to show how math really does influence and quantify the everyday. Too many of the math articles already seem inclined to place implicit sign up front that says "Ye who cross this line and are not mathematically trained, abandon all hope!" Perhaps more example-oriented versions of the same topics could remain here, with references to the more precise notations of the symmetry in math article? The helical symmetry section might be somewhat of an example, though since I wrote that it would be better for others to judge, not me.
Cheers, Terry Bollinger 14:48, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
- Since you mentioned it... is there even a link to symmetry in mathematics in this article? I see all the links to the main pages for each of the sections, but not a general math one. Though, that in itself is confusing -- If math is a subsection of general symmetry, and it has a main page, then having sub-subsections which also have their own main pages (which are linked from here, rather than math) seems to defeat the purpose of even having a main math page in the first place, whether it's currently linked from here or not. In fact, it seems this "general" article has more about math than the actual math article.
- I guess this isn't actually very helpful about what math should or shouldn't stay in, but it certainly seems a bit backwards from a logistical/organizational point of view. Maybe straightening all that out will result in a more obvious answer for what should stay here?
- -Bbik 02:00, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
Religious symbols?[edit]
Though I can see symmetry in many of the religious symbols shown, I can't see any in the Hindu, Islamic or Jainist symbols, even if the moon and star would demonstrate symmetry independly of each other... should they be removed from the picture?
- I agree and I'd dare to say that most of the other ones bear symmetry just because it gives them not purpose, but just aesthetic balance. For example the (symmetric) shape of the Christian Cross comes probably from the symmetry of the human body, and not because any supposed tendency of people to see purpose in symmetry... Without proper references I think this section makes little sense --184.108.40.206 (talk) 07:00, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
- I've now changed the image to add the yin yang and swastika, both of which are mention in the text. The islamic one does seem to have reflectional symmetry (the less common Rub el Hizb might make a good alternative).--Salix (talk): 08:59, 18 September 2010 (UTC)
A larger dedication to the concept of translational symmetry[edit]
The symmetries at the top of the page define symmetry as constancy when "we change a way of looking at it, then it is symmetric." However Feynman provides a definition of symmetry in his book six easy pieces (The Feynman Lectures on Physics) in it's chapter on vectors, symmetry in physics. The definition talks about symmetry in translation as well changes in perspective. He quotes Hermann Weyl: "a thing is symmetrical if one can subject it to a certain operation and it appears exactly the same after the operation." He goes on to explain this holds true with translation. Should either the beginning definition or the section on physics be changed? I saw that there was a small section about translation, but I think the concept is at least equal to perspective changing. Beast of traal 23:27, 4 June 2007 (UTC)Beast of traal
- Recommendation: This should be clarified in the intro (lead) of the article. Also, there is a paucity of cited references in the lead and in other critical sections of this article. This needs to be addressed, so it's also good that you have references, as they will be needed. dr.ef.tymac 14:47, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
- Update: I've gone ahead and edited the intro. Inline citations have been added and the meaning of the term was expanded to cover alternate uses. Still missing is expanded treatment of "symmetry as beauty" (something from Plato or Aristotle might be appropriate here), also I did not expand translation using Feynman, although this aspect does have expanded (and hopefully clarified) treatment in the intro. dr.ef.tymac 16:03, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
- Per WP policy, the lede requires citations only if the same content does not appear with appended citations later in the article. Indeed, an ideal lede might be considered to be without citations, and simply summarizing and highlighting the key elements of a richly cited body of later text. Note also that there is a special tag for factual statements in a lede that are not common knowledge, where an earlier editor has failed to provide verification for the statement later in the text.[not verified in body] See [1]. More generally, on the writing of a good lede, see: [2]. Le Prof Leprof 7272 (talk) 01:24, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Sphere image[edit]
I can't figure out what the sphere image is about. The caption says "Sphere symmetry group o." but there is no reference to "Sphere symmetry" in the article, let alone "group o" (All your sphere are belong to us?) And what is with the triangular bit in yellow (I iz in ur sfere, paintin it yello?) Jokes aside, I was going to remove the image as too obscure (Sphere the Obscure?) but I did not want to insult the more mathematically minded here that might know exactly what it is representing. --Justanother 17:03, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
- I don't think deletion of the image would be a good idea. If you would like confirmation on its relevance, please consult Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics and ask for help from anyone familiar with Group theory. dr.ef.tymac 18:32, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
- So what exactly is it saying about symmetry? --Justanother 19:12, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
- I agree with User:Justanother, the reference is indeed obscure to anyone who isn't already intimately familiar with the concept. To answer the "what exactly" question, the group being illustrated is a finite subgroup of the continuous group of all rotations of the sphere (under composition of rotations). An object exhibits spatial symmetry of this kind whenever it can be rigidly transformed or reflected so as to produce the "same" object. The illustrated sphere subgroup is finite and discrete, the whole sphere group is infinite and continuous. By the same reasoning a square is symmetric: the set of its 90-degree rotations forms a group, and can be thought of as a subgroup of the group of rotations of a regular octagon (also finite and discrete) and of the (infinite and continuous) group of rotations of the circle. Note that discrete need not imply finite: the line of integers forms a group under translation by an integer; this group is infinite and discrete. Unlike the sphere group and (most of) its subgroups the circle group and all of its subgroups are abelian groups. --Vaughan Pratt 14:11, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
Vitruvian Man image[edit]
The caption under image stated the year 1492. I changed this to (ca. 1487) to make it consistent with the main article for Vitruvian Man. I'm assuming this is more accurate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.127.116.11 (talk) 12:59, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
Symmetry vs. Assymetry[edit]
The best I like about what's gone wrong with this article claiming that Symmetry is ...aesthetically-pleasing proportionality and balance and representation of symmetry in the human body and, by extension, the natural universe by Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, yet the da Vinci's figure has purposely posed asymmetrically if anybody want's to take a second and closer look. The article needs a serious review, at least the parts dealing with aesthetics.--Termer (talk) 22:13, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
Why symmetry is an important measure of beauty and physical attractiveness[edit]
Ever wonder about this? Why are symmetrical faces seen as beautiful? I've been contributing in Wikipedia on these articles. I knew the importance of symmetry with beauty, but I had not understood why symmetrical faces are seen as being more attractive. But I think I've figured it out and I pose a tentative hypothesis here. I'm pretty sure this guess is right -- and I'm wondering -- do you agree? If you agree, has it been written about somewhere else before? Or is it new knowledge? I'm wondering about these things. Btw this article is great with all the math; good job people.-Tomwsulcer (talk) 21:10, 18 July 2011 (UTC)
scale symmetry[edit]
"Scale symmetry refers to the idea that if an object is expanded or reduced in size, the new object has the same properties as the original"
does this mean they look exactly the same (akin to reflectional and rotational symmetry in a circle-they are indistiushable from the identity.), or does it mean that that some property/ies remains the same, but other aspects are different?
if the latter, there can be objects which are identical e.g. a square, with another square half the size inside, and a square half the size of that inside it, and so on ad infinitum, as well as squares double the size outside the square ad infinitum. this is identical if scaled by 2^n, or 1/2^n, with point of origin the center of these squares. so why isn't that version of the symmetry included?
i can think of countless more examples, including a few in elliptic space that use only one, finite shape. 184.108.40.206 (talk) 21:24, 20 November 2011 (UTC)
Featured picture candidate[edit]
500px|thumb|The ceiling of the 400 year old Sheikh-Lotf-Allah mosque in Isfahan, Iran This picture has been nominated as a featured picture, please voice your opinion if this picture meets Featured picture criteria for the category "Featured pictures/Places/Interiors". Discuss on the page at here. All editors are welcome to vote. Penyulap ☏ 04:40, 4 April 2012 (UTC)
Expand article to include Inversion Symmetry[edit]
I noticed that the inversion symmetry (point reflection) is briefly mentioned but not discussed at all. There should be at least a small section describing it, maybe with a link to the point reflection article. DeMk9D76 (talk) 17:03, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
- Done – Symmetry#Point reflection and other involutive isometries. Please, use "+" link to add a new topic next time. Incnis Mrsi (talk) 18:26, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
Antipodal symmetry[edit]
We need an article on antipodal symmetry. -- The Anome (talk) 18:32, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
- Is that the same as central point symmetry? Inversion_symmetry#Inversion_with_respect_to_the_origin Tom Ruen (talk) 20:53, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
- From sources [3] and [4], it looks like antipodal symmetry is the same thing as inversion symmetry through the origin. I've added a sentence to that effect in this article. I've also boldly created a redirect from antipodal symmetry to Tom's target. That redirect could be expanded into a separate article if it was found different enough from inversion symmetry through the origin, but they seem like synonyms to me. --Mark viking (talk) 21:48, 7 October 2013 (UTC)
Mathematical model for symmetry[edit]
Stopped here to add a couple of lines to the chemistry subsection, then skimmed the article as a whole. The article begins well, and is on a generally solid trajectory. This subsection (see headline) is, however, currently, by far, inappropriate to the rest of the article, in terms of length, level of detail, and lack of verifiability. Compare this subsection to the arguably comparable subsections below it for chemistry and biology (5-6 lines each). Those sections are readily understandable to a lay audience, and are linked to their full wikipedia treatments via a "main article" link and interspersed wikilinks. This subsection has neither of these characteristics. It may indeed, as a "mathematical model for symmetry", be either cribbed academic content of someone's ideas on the subject, or, alternatively, it may be an editor's original research. In the former case, it violates WP verifiability policies; in the latter it violates WP original research edicts. In short, this section has to be trimmed down, mightily, to be suitable for this general article. Le Prof Leprof 7272 (talk) 01:11, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
- Glad to hear that someone who knows more math than I do has the same queasy feeling about that section. Let's cut it now as WP:OR and very possibly worse. Chiswick Chap (talk) 08:34, 29 May 2014 (UTC)
Proposed rewrite[edit]
After comments about the state of the article by other users, I reviewed the article more closely, and created the following draft to be closer to Wikipedia Summary Style: User:Brirush/sandbox
Major changes include:
- Replacing the geometry section with a summary, and splitting the original material into a new article. I have not created the new article yet without consensus, but the material in place would be a fine mathematics article.
- Consolidating the geometry and mathematics summaries.
- Making the physics section a summary more inline with the other summaries. With Wikipedia Summary style, the specific details like monads and symmetry groups can be relegated to the specific article. Some of the deleted material could be worked into symmetry (physics).
I'd like to hear your feedback. I feel that this would greatly improve the article, but I won't move forward if this is generally opposed. Brirush (talk) 13:43, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
- The idea certainly has its advantages, but we need to consider it carefully. I'd agree that the sandbox article covers symmetry as generally understood; it is plainly a non-mathematical article and as such needs better citation. However, it remains a bit of a jump from there to say that symmetry-in-geometry is a subsidiary concept, not least because geometry feels like the place that the concept came from. I'll be happy to go along with the consensus opinion, whether that's to split or to keep. Chiswick Chap (talk) 13:56, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
- The mathematics and geometry part look good to me. The logic section seems to have gone. It might be worth mentioning symmetrical relations and logical operators. --Salix alba (talk): 21:25, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
- I've reintroduced the logic material. Let me know if you have any other suggestions.
I've also posted at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Mathematics directing people to this discussion; there is a set of comments there, as well.Brirush (talk) 21:43, 9 November 2014 (UTC)
I have now completed the split-off.Brirush (talk) 01:08, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
- That's very bold of you, considering discussion has hardly begun, let alone consensus reached. Chiswick Chap (talk) 07:06, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
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Row 2 Pterosaur, raptor,spinosaurus,stegosaurus,triceratops,t-Rex,?,?,mamba,?,?,cobra,?
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Row 7 ?,?,?
My greatest dream for this game is for the entire contents of Objectnaut to be leaked online (IIRC, Objectnaut is the system they used to assign attributes of an object and categorize them). In other words, it would tell exactly what items are reptiles, what items are edible, what items are capable of flight, etc.
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Wthat would be cool
Here are some that you're missing.
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Row 4: Beipiaosaurus
Row 5: Microraptor (almost all feathered dinosaurs are rendered as this). Why is there no Archaeopteryx on this row?
Row 6: Galapagos Tortoise
Row 7: Axolotl
That's all I know off the top of my head... You seem to have missed a few, like the gray frog between the Plesiosaur and Sea Snake.
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That is to say, she is a woman who is not woman enough.
Controversy surfaced the day before Semenya won the 800-metre race at the 2009 World Track and Field Championships in Berlin, when it was leaked to the media that the International Association of Athletics Federations had ordered a "gender verification test" in response to concerns about the young athlete's muscular build, deep voice and impressive race times.
So began a saga that has since been reported the world over -- and along with it has come a glimpse into our understanding of sex and gender.
People often conflate the two terms, even though it's widely accepted in feminist, sociological and psychological circles -- and certainly within the GLBT community -- that sex and gender are different concepts.
Really, it's not all that complicated. Sex is defined biologically; determined by a person's chromosomes, hormonal levels and reproductive organs. Gender, on the other hand, has less to do with a person's biology and more to do with his or her social characteristics, feelings and, to an extent, outward appearance.
As the World Health Organization puts it: "Gender refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women."
Some people whose gender identities don't match their biological sex at birth define themselves as transgendered (the "T" in GLBT). Others use terms such as "gender outlaw."
Of course, Caster Semenya is neither a transgendered person nor a gender outlaw. She is a woman and always has been -- something many are having a hard time grasping, what with all the "is she really a man?" chatter.
Despite the "gender verification test" Semenya has undergone in compliance with the IAAF -- which has included examinations by an endocrinologist, a gynecologist, an internal medicine expert, a psychologist and a "gender expert" -- there is no "gender controversy" here.
If anything, there is a sex controversy.
IAAF officials are being tight-lipped about the test results and will not be making any decisions about whether Semenya will be eligible for future competitions until November. However, a non-verifiable story published in an Australian tabloid has reported Semenya was found to have no uterus or ovaries, and internal testes.
If true, Semenya may be an intersex woman, born with anatomy that doesn't match or falls in between the typical biological definitions of male and female. (Intersex has replaced the term hermaphrodite, now considered to be outdated and, to some, offensive.)
The unsubstantiated report has spread around the globe, and consensus is that this must be very humiliating for poor Semenya, who is now in trauma counselling.
Once again, we are projecting social constructions onto the situation.
There is nothing inherently humiliating about being intersexed. According to the Intersex Society of North America, one in 2,000 babies is born with "noticeably atypical" genitalia, while many others are born with more subtle anatomical differences (or no outwardly visible differences at all) as the result of all sorts of medical conditions.
Perhaps Semenya is seeking counselling not because her body is different -- frankly, the bodies of most elite athletes are different from the rest of us in some way -- but because she is being gawked at like a circus freak. That kind of stigma is a lot for a teenager to handle, even a strong one.
Recently, a completely made-over Semenya appeared on the cover of South African gossip mag You Magazine. Dolled up in makeup and nail polish, dressed in black evening attire and adorned with lots of shiny gold jewelry, she talked a good game, saying, "I like me the way I am and who cares what other people say?" but it felt forced and made me sad. A world champion deserves to be held up as a role model just the way she is and wooed with lucrative endorsement deals. She should not have to "perform her gender," as one blogger so aptly put it, to convince the world of her femaleness.
Regardless of what the IAAF ultimately decides (and personally, I think she should be allowed to compete), Caster Semenya's public debacle has become a learning opportunity for us all.
Thanks to her story, the world has begun talking about the fact that some human beings fall outside society's gender binary. Some even fall outside of the sexual binary.
The lesson to be learned? Sex and gender are not black and white concepts, nor are they pink and blue.
Marlo Campbell writes for Uptown Magazine.
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition September 28, 2009 A12
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[1]This morning's Weekly Briefing [2]tries to bring readers up to date on the sad state of North Carolina's coal ash debate and the surprising — and potentially tragic — lack of action by state leaders to confront Duke Energy and protect the public's well-being.
One important side story to the coal ash crisis that it does not get into, however, is the increasingly absurd saga of Gov. McCrory's failure to report his Duke Energy holdings on required state ethics forms. Fortunately, Sunday's Charlotte Observer editorial page [3] took care of that issue pretty comprehensively:
"We're not sure which is most upsetting:
• That Gov. Pat McCrory owned a substantial amount of Duke Energy stock for his first 15 months in office, including for two months after Duke's massive coal ash spill, even though that posed an obvious conflict of interest as the utility lobbied the administration hard on all kinds of matters.
• That McCrory filed an inaccurate report with the State Ethics Commission, saying he didn't own any Duke stock as of Dec. 31, 2013, when in fact he did. Doing so reveals either a desire to mislead or gross incompetence by him and his general counsel.
• That McCrory still doesn't get it. The governor maintains "we haven't broken any rules" when that is indisputably untrue. He says he is "amazed" at the questions surrounding his mistake, fully unable to comprehend that it's a matter most North Carolinians consider newsworthy."
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[1] Image: http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Coal-ash-clean-up.jpg
[2] This morning's Weekly Briefing : http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2014/08/19/the-great-coal-ash-blunder/
[3] Sunday's Charlotte Observer editorial page: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/08/16/5109117/mccrorys-mishandling-of-his-duke.html#.U_Mn2mP4Imd
[4] Progress NC files formal ethics complaint against Gov. McCrory : http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2015/01/12/progress-nc-files-formal-ethics-complaint-field-against-gov-mccrory/
[5] Duke Energy hints at $100 million settlement of coal ash investigation : http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2015/02/18/duke-energy-hints-at-100-million-settlement-of-coal-ash-investigation/
[6] Duke Energy agrees to clean-up coal ash sites in South Carolina : http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2014/12/18/duke-energy-agrees-to-clean-up-coal-ash-sites-in-south-carolina/
[7] McCrory, Duke, coal ash in national spotlight Sunday night : http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2014/12/05/mccrory-duke-coal-ash-in-national-spotlight-sunday-night/
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