...Jillian Morris Mrs. Flowers Criminalistics CH300-01 April 17, 2015 Journey through Forensic botany of the Casey Anthony trial Forensic science is a vital tool in the search for the truth in any legal proceeding. “Regardless of the type of legal proceeding or which side uses scientific evidence, the forensic scientist must be able to write a report and testify under oath about, what facts or items of evidence were analyzed or tested; what tests or analyses were used; how valid or reliable those tests or analyses have been found to be by other courts; why and how the forensic scientist was qualified to conduct those tests or analyses; and, what the results of the tests or analyses were and how those results are relevant to the issues in dispute.”(Coyle 2005). One analysis done during the Casey Anthony trial was forensic botany, which will be discussed later in this paper. In 2008, the case of Casey Anthony became a public obsession, when she was charged with the murder of her two year old daughter Caylee. Casey was a 22-year-old single mother; she and her daughter lived with Casey’s parents in their Orlando home, but soon after Casey took her daughter and left her parents home. Casey waited an entire month before revealing to her family and authorities that her child was missing. She claimed her nanny a woman no one could prove existed had kidnapped Caylee. Casey’s car was in the tow yard, and her father George, picked up the car, and smelt a strong odor coming from the...
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...Book bonus: sex botany and empire Michelle lea Pervin 130673150 For the first chapter the three S’s, I thought that it was very smart of the author, Patricia Fara to start the book of with a quote. This quote gave an outline of the man topics of the book, travel, botany and of course how it relates to sex. Although, this was a non-fictional book the author still opened the book as if it was a fictional story. It appears to be fictional because of the way the author described Harriet Blosset. Patricia Fara described her as “Harriet Blosset was rich, beautiful, and delighted to be watching opera with her fiancé, a wealthy young Lincolnshire landowner called Joseph Banks. “ If someone were to read that the first sentence of Sex, Botany and Empire they make think that this is a non-fiction story about a romance from the 18th century rather than a non-fiction book about plants. This was very surprising for me as the reader, but I think Patricia Fara’s writing style made the book more exciting. I found the book extremely interesting, not dry and textbook like as I thought it would be. In this chapter, the author wrote about Banks adventure to Tahiti. I found it extremely interesting that even though the voyage took place in the eighteenth century Tahiti is still known as “the island of love”. I also found it rather comical that Banks fiancée Harriet Blosset became extremely depressed after the departure of Joseph Banks. Yet, Banks seemed to have an amazing time on his endeavor...
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...Academic Degree Program 2014-15 Major in: Biology-Zoology Advisor Signature: Student Name: Student ID: Major 78-86 hours, 36 UD Required Biology Core courses: (58-60) BI 211, 212, 213 Principles of Biology CH 221, 222, 223 General Chemistry BI 314 Introductory Genetics BI 315 Cell Biology BI 316 Evolution BI 331 General Microbiology BI 357 General Ecology Field Biology: (choose one) BI 317 Vertebrate Natural History (4) BI 321 Systematic Field Botany (4) BI 361 Marine Ecology (5) BI 451 Invertebrate Zoology (5) BI 454 Plant Ecology (4) BI 474 Biology of Insects (5) Plant Biology: (choose one) BI 321 Systematic Field Botany (4) BI 330 Plant Physiology (5) BI 340 Plant Nutrition (4) BI 371 Structure of Seed Plants (4) BI 454 Plant Ecology (4) Zoology Emphasis: (16-20) Choose one: (Biology of Invertebrates) BI 451 Invertebrate Zoology (5) BI 474 Biology of Insects (4) Choose One: (Biology of Vertebrates) BI 317 Vertebrate Natural History (4) BI 324 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (5) BI 453 Marine Vertebrates (4) Choose One: (General Zoology) BI 326 Developmental Biology (4) BI 360 Animal Behavior (4) BI 432 Immunology (4) BI 434 Comparative Animal Physiology (4) BI 437 Neurobiology (4) Any Upper Division Biology course: (Advisor approved) Hrs 15 15 4 4 4 4 4 4-5 Has Lacks Student Signature: Date: Program notes & Additional Degree Requirements Biology majors, regardless of emphasis, are required to maintain a C average in courses that are used to satisfy biology degree...
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...crops grown along the river include sugarcane, ginger, lychees, mangoes, strawberries, macadamias, tomatoes and many others. Bundaberg is the third biggest sugar producer in Australia which makes the supply overwhelming When the Burnett river floods, the produce grown close to the river bank get destroyed. In 2010 - 2013 floods destroyed 75% percent of crops around the Burnett river. Farmers lost a great deal of money and it took them many years to rebuild their farms. In addition to destroying crops, flooding also decreases the oxygen in the soil. Because air has more oxygen than water, too much water depletes the soil of oxygen and this can damage or even kill plant. Due to the incidences of disease in the soil for example fusarium wilt in tomatoes due to water logged soil. (which is an economic disease found in plants after...
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...originated from Central America. This plant is a creeping and is considered a weed. However, ethomedical data in Indian and Asian traditional medicine indicate that the plant is used mostly for intestinal disorders such as diarrhea and antihelminthic and to a lesser extent topical for conjunctivitis and even for respiratory disorders such as asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema. This plant is slightly poisonous. This plant describe to be a slender-stemmed, annual hairy plant with many branches from the base to the top, the branches simple or forked and ascending or spreading, up to 40 centimeters tall, reddish or purplish in color. Leaves are opposite, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 1 to 2.5 centimeters long, usually blotched with purple in the middle, toothed at the margin. Involucres are numerous, purplish to greenish in color, borne in dense, axillary, stalkless or short-stalked clusters or crowded cymes, about 1 millimeter in length. Capsules are broadly ovoid, hairy, three-angled, about 1.5 millimeters long. This is plant considered in the Philippines that is to be a folkloric herbal medicine that can cure illnesses like dengue fever and other respiratory illnesses. But for instance the government still doesn’t recommend it as a cure for any diseases in the cause of their unfinished studies about the effectivity of the plant. for the treatment of many ailments has been validated, and that the plant is reasonably safe to use, this plant has not received sufficient promotion...
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...The Calla Lily The calla lily has been a personal favorite of gardeners and florists for many years. Originally from Africa, the calla lily has endured many different name changes. Specifically, the flower draws its origins from the tropical area from South Africa to Malawi. In the United States, the calla lily is grown all over. However, the flower is grown as an annual up north because of the threat of frost. From a nomenclature perspective, the calla lily is a bit of a paradox as it is neither a calla nor a lily. Although grown for many generations prior, Swedish botanist, Carolus Linnaeus took credit for the discovery and, incorrectly, classified the plant to be a calla lily; advances in botanical sciences would later create a more stringent requirement for the calla genus, which would, unfortunately, leave the calla lily behind. The calla lily is a member of the Zantedeschia genus, aptly named after famed botanist Giovanni Zantedeschi. Eventually, the calla lily emigrated from southern Africa and made its way to Europe. The earliest report of a calla lily in Europe was a painting of the Royal Garden in Paris dated 1664. Whilst in Europe, the calla lily became somewhat of a fan favorite as it was very easy to grow and could be cultivated to bloom year round in Southern Europe. Additionally, the flower can survive a long time after being cut, providing for long-lasting arrangements. With the demise of monarchies across...
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...of supposedly wholesome items from Whole Foods market. She finds Pollan to be a good writer and thorough researcher, not a “preachy” activist. Her brief review is positive, which is why Pollan probably has it posted on his website. This would be a useful source if contrasted against a more critical evaluation of Pollan’s work. Pollan, M. (2002). The botany of desire: A plant’s-eye view of the world. New York: Random House. Pollan outlines the history of four crops-- apples, tulips, marijuana and potatoes. He discusses how humans have influenced their evolution and how crops have influenced our cultures. He recounts real stories, rather than myths, about such characters as “Johnny Appleseed,” an eccentric loner who helped colonize various apple crops across a new America. As a result, we do not have as many varieties of apples as once existed, and the ones we have are less resistant to pests. Pollan, Michael. (2008). In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. New York: The Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1-59420-145-5 Pollan’s book can be summed up in his introductory statement: “Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.” Pollan explores the roots of the current American food system and details how government regulation of the food industry has been affected by pressure from agriculture interest groups and corporations. Agencies intended to protect consumers now protect producers. Concentration of the ownership of...
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...| The Omnivore Review | A review on Michael Pollans “The Omnivore dilemma” | | Cody Windsor Harrington | DeVry University | The Omnivore Review As agriculture technology continues to advance in the new world most of us have lost our pre historic skills of basic survival when it comes to hunting and gathering. America’s agriculture logistics are so well developed that most Americans relay on this system to stay alive. A small portion of people out there still remain intact with their pre historic agriculture skills. That is what Author Michael Pollan writes about In Part 3, Chapters 15, 16, and 17 of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Michael Pollan talks about looking for different foods, the ethics of hunting animals and harvesting the meat as well as giving a brief look into what brought about the paradox of The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Chapters 15, 16, and 17 bring up a lot of good points about foraging and hunting. Pollan provides in depth detail and research on the topics. The difficult part is staying focused on the story the author is illustrating. Pollan tends to bounce around on different topics and drags out details making it difficult to keep the reader entertained. Chapter 15 of Omnivore's Dilemma discusses how Pollan is preparing to make a meal from all of the foraging groups. Fruits, vegetables, fungi, and meat were the components that made up this meal. His goal was to find and gather enough from each group to make his first meal from nature. Pollan discusses...
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...inspiration and information about the natural world and enhance citizens with science projects. The gardens achieve these goal within the local community and the ISU student body. Criteria 1: The Website: Ryan Hillier The website illustrates the natural beauty of the Reiman Gardens. The website is as visually appealing as the gardens are. The website includes many images of the sights at Reiman Gardens, however the information provided is too structured, and does not give visitors a chance to visualize a true picture. The page has pictures in the background that put an emphasis on different plants. While some of the content is harder to find on the website, it feels fitting. Just as one would have to have a careful eye in order to spot some of the low growing beauty's called amaryllis. While the website does not give much detailed information about the types of insects and plants at the gardens, the images alone are enough to intrigue just about anybody and make them want to set aside a few hours of their day to relax and enjoy the butterfly garden. The website gives prospective visitors a small taste of the wonders displayed at the gardens. Criteria 2: The Unique Experience and the Local Community: Sean Doran In addition, the student body and the local community share similar views about the unique characteristics of the Reiman Gardens. Reiman Gardens’ atmosphere has a unique effect on students and the local community. The Reiman Gardens give ISU students a place to relax...
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...3.1 Flora South Africa has a wide range of climatic conditions and many variations in topography. In combination, climate and topography give rise to broad vegetation zones. Therefore South Africa owns a huge diversity of plants and animals, whereas other countries can just dream about. The flora is one of the species-richest on earth. 10 percent of the existent plants can be found just in this country, speaking of 24.000 species. Those are more that you can find in whole Europe. Specially famous among botanists is the Cape Floral Kingdom as one of the only six floral kingdoms in the world .9,600 recorded plant species are just found there and 70 percent of them are found nowhere else on the planet. Typical plants that you can find all over South Africa are the sclerophyllous plants and the Protea , Nationalflower of South Africa. While South Africa has a great wealth of flowering plants, only 1 % of its country is forest. Unfortunately this immense natural wealth is under extreme pressure resulting from economic development, agriculture and urbanization. 3.2 Fauna Although since the beginning of the 20 century a lot of species were highly decimated South Africa still owns an extraordinary richness of animals with 299 species of mammals and 858 species of birds. Specially the big five is a must see when you plan to make a trip to the land of good hope. The big five include elefant, buffalo, lion, leopard and rhino It also domiciles the biggest (elephants), fastest ( gepard)...
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...public housing department and the botanical gardens and understand the preference given to plantation in Singapore , so first we went on talking to the local people who have been living in the areas before ther3e was public housing system and how the Singapore government has helped the people to get decent housing and a good place to live in , the Singapore government in this project started to help with the finance for the housing , it provides 80% of the housing cost and the rest is paid by the people. Then we visited the botanical gardens and the Singapore government gives a great importance to plantation and gardens , the botanical gardens we visited were so vast and had total of almost 40 acres of plantation . It has wide variety of plants old mahoganies and a swan lake and also there were several komodo dragons, after visiting the garden then we took photos in each place and listed the important points and the significance of all the places and then came back to the...
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...Statements The police interviewed Veronica Brown and she said that she saw Emma on the evening of 6th May. Emma was talking to a tall man (over 1.85 metres tall). He had glasses and brown hair. * How many people fit this description? 5 Save this query as Talking To Victim. Dilliar Blackmore admits to talking to Emma on the evening she was killed but they were discussing Oceanography. He claims she left him around 9 o’clock that evening as she was feeling unwell. The police have just got the toxicology report and this shows that she was poisoned by having a rare but extremely poisonous plant mixed in with her food. * Which science area specialises in plants? botany * How many guests at the hotel specialise in botany? 12 The police think that the murderer would probably have left the day after giving Emma the poison. * How many scientists who specialise in botany left on 7th May? Save this query as Botanists. Create a report for the police to show this data. The police also found additional clues at the scene of the crime: There was a struggle in the room...
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...In ten years, Plant World had grown from a one-person venture into the largest nursery and landscaping business in its area. Its founder, Myta Ong, combined a lifelong interest in plants with a botany degree to provide a unique customer service. Ong had managed the company’s growth so that even with twenty full-time employees working in six to eight crews, the organization culture was still as open, friendly, and personal as it had been when her only "employees" were friends who would volunteer to help her move a heavy tree. To maintain that atmosphere, Ong involved herself increasingly with people and less with plants as the company grew. With hundreds of customers and scores of jobs at any one time, she could no longer say without hesitation whether she had a dozen arborvitae bushes in stock or when Mrs. Carnack’s estate would need a new load of bark mulch. But she knew when Rose had been up all night with her baby, when Gary was likely to be late because he had driven to see his sick father over the weekend, and how to deal with Ellen when she was depressed because of her boyfriend’s behavior. She kept track of the birthdays of every employee and even those of their children. She was up every morning by five-thirty arranging schedules so that John could get his son out of daycare at four o’clock and Martina could be back in town for her afternoon high school equivalency classes. Paying all this attention to employees may have led Ong to make a single bad business decision that...
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...Plants, also called green plants, are multicellular eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. They form an unranked clade Viridiplantae(Latin for green plants) that includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns, clubmosses, hornworts, liverworts,mosses and the green algae. Green plants excludes the red and brown algae, the fungi, archaea, bacteria and animals. Green plants have cell walls with cellulose and obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts, derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic and have lost the ability to produce normal amounts of chlorophyll or to photosynthesize. Plants are also characterized by sexual reproduction, modular[clarification needed] and indeterminate growth, and an alternation of generations, althoughasexual reproduction is also common. Precise numbers are difficult to determine, but as of 2010, there are thought to be 300–315 thousand species of plants, of which the great majority, some 260–290 thousand, are seed plants (see the table below).[1] Green plants provide most of the world's molecular oxygen[2] and are the basis of most of the earth's ecologies, especially on land. Plants that produce grains, fruits and vegetables form mankind's basic foodstuffs, and have been domesticated for millennia. Plants are used as ornaments and, until recently and in great variety, they...
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...In ten years, Plant World had grown from a one-person venture into the largest nursery and landscaping business in its area. Its founder, Myta Ong, combined a lifelong interest in plants with a botany degree to provide a unique customer service. Ong had managed the company’s growth so that even with twenty full-time employees working in six to eight crews, the organization culture was still as open, friendly, and personal as it had been when her only "employees" were friends who would volunteer to help her move a heavy tree. To maintain that atmosphere, Ong involved herself increasingly with people and less with plants as the company grew. With hundreds of customers and scores of jobs at any one time, she could no longer say without hesitation whether she had a dozen arborvitae bushes in stock or when Mrs. Carnack’s estate would need a new load of bark mulch. But she knew when Rose had been up all night with her baby, when Gary was likely to be late because he had driven to see his sick father over the weekend, and how to deal with Ellen when she was depressed because of her boyfriend’s behavior. She kept track of the birthdays of every employee and even those of their children. She was up every morning by five-thirty arranging schedules so that John could get his son out of daycare at four o’clock and Martina could be back in town for her afternoon high school equivalency classes. Paying all this attention to employees may have led Ong to make a single bad business decision...
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