Weekend events in Arizona Jun 4, 2009
Weird Plant SaleCheck out the wild and wacky world of botany at this plant sale at the Tucson Botanical Gardens. Growers from the area will showcase and sell some of the strangest and most exotic species known to humanity. (AZCentral -- Travel)
$15m Sydney drug ring smashed Jun 4, 2009
Authorities intercepted the shipment at the Sydney Customs' facility at Port Botany. It will be alleged that four of the men arrested in Sydney conspired to source and import the pseudoephedrine and other precursor chemicals into Australia to manufacture methamphetamine. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Forest Service officials order emergency closure near Piedmont, Stagebarn Canyon Jun 4, 2009
The area being closed is in steep terrain east of Botany Canyon, known for its diversity of plant life. The area is near the far eastern flank of the Ricco Fire, which burned in 2005. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Why dishing does you good: U-M study Jun 3, 2009
In the emotionally neutral task, the women proofread a botany manuscript together. After completing the 20-minute tasks, the women played a computerized cooperative card game with their partners, and then had their progesterone and cortisol sampled again. (EurekAlert!)
Roadside botany full of beauty Jun 2, 2009
For the flowers, instead of tramping through woods, fields and swamps - as we usually do - we members of the Georgia Botanical Society stuck to what we call roadside botany. In carpools, we drove along several Forest Service gravel roads winding through the Chattahoochee National Forest in mountainous Gilmer and Fannin counties and looked for botanical treasures along the way. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
FIGHTING MUCK IN HAWAII Jun 1, 2009
Evidence from ongoing studies on Maui show that pollutants from two large sewage injection wells and other sewage-related sources appear to be significant factors in causing algae blooms off Lahaina and Kihei, according to Celia Smith, a UH botany professor who is among the researchers doing the work. Fueled by excessive nutrients from the sewage systems and a reduction of fish that graze on seaweed, the algae are overtaking large sections of the reef. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Property tax creeps across suburban plains Jun 1, 2009
There are even more than 900 living in the Botany Council area paying land tax. "Land tax is not just a Point Piper tax," the Property Council executive director, Ken Morrison, said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Policeman shot during pub siege Jun 1, 2009
The injured Sergeant de Lorenzo, from Botany Bay Local Command, was hailed as a hero by the Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione, who visited him in Prince of Wales Hospital. "He's gone above and beyond the call of duty. Some of the people on the premises are alive now because of him. He certainly didn't come to work expecting to get shot," Mr Scipione said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
History Happened Here — Amos Eaton: natural scientist and co-founder of RPI May 30, 2009
The lawyer, land agent and surveyor from New Concord, a Columbia County hamlet, had become interested in botany while working in Catskill, but now he was doing his writing from a Manhattan prison ... Eaton pursued both geology and botany. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Satellite To Map Global Ocean Plant Health May 29, 2009
"Until now we've really struggled to make this technology work and give us the information we need," said Michael Behrenfeld, an OSU professor of botany ... "Iron is often brought to the oceans by dust coming off terrestrial regions, and is a necessary nutrient that often limits the potential for marine phytoplankton growth," said Allen Milligan, an OSU assistant professor of botany and co-author of this study, which is being published in the journal Biogeosciences. (Science Daily)
Keeping peace and order May 27, 2009
In 1952, a retired, LDS, Los Angeles police detective was hired to solve a series of thefts from the new George Albert Smith Fieldhouse after grounds personnel fished 25 wallets from the botany pond. The department has come a long way from the days when the officers would carry only one army surplus revolver, which was passed on from one shift to the next. (The Daily Universe, UT)
Fisherman dies in the water off Sydney May 27, 2009
Emergency services received reports a fisherman had been swept off rocks at Little Bay, east of Port Botany, about 1. 30pm (AEST) on Wednesday, police said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Garden Ramble features information as well as beauty May 26, 2009
Whiteside, botany professor emeritus at Eastern Illinois University, continues to share his five-acre garden with the public in this yearly Coles County Historical Society fundraiser ... CLICK TO ENLARGE Eric Hiltner/Staff Photographer -- Visitors to the five-acre garden of Wesley Whiteside, a botany professor emeritus at Eastern Illinois University, inspect some of the 107 examples of specifically picked flowers, shrubs and trees for the 21st annual Garden Ramble on Sunday afternoon. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
When Yuma's hot weather comes, think orchids May 21, 2009
Did you know orchids are the second largest order in botany and grow on every continent except Antarctica. The tundra, rainforests, mountains, plains, deserts, and swamps all contain orchids. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Pratt Museum opens season with ‘hemlock’ art show May 21, 2009
So hemlocks are the underlying theme in the exhibit, said Bennett, and he captures them in what he calls expressive botany. In the Catskills, she explained, the sedimentary geology carved away by the melting and movement of glaciers gives us the cloves, chasms, and waterfalls that are our most challenging destinations. (Catskill Daily Mail, NY)
Radio Host Savage Always Up For a Fight May 20, 2009
D. in epidemiology and two masters in medical botany. He wrote 20 books and hung out with the likes of Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti. (Newsmax)
In season, any season May 20, 2009
So Eckel learned botany, hooked up with Ketchum-based Idaho's Bounty Food Co-op, and began selling her grandfathered-in grapefruits and limes. As she walked through the enclosed orchard on Saturday, she described the fragrant flowers that adorned the trees just weeks before. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Search: St George to 600k May 20, 2009
Elevated position with district views of Botany Bay and Sydney Airport. Boasting 2 huge bedrooms, built-in wardrobes, open plan kitchen and dining, se. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
NFHS students going green ... house May 19, 2009
Students were selling flowers, vegetables and even watermelons at a weeklong plant sale last week to show off their botany skills and make a little money to help pay for the program. Under the instruction of Tom Jacobsen, students in fabrication, botany and agriculture classes built the greenhouse, then learned how to grow the plants it houses ... Jacobsen says he uses the greenhouse to teach hands-on botany classes, and from the looks of the healthy plants, the lessons are learned. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Where the new substations will be built May 19, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald - Business News, World News & Breaking News in Australia Skip directly to: Search Box, , , Text Version. Integral Energy has acquired land and has commenced construction on 21 of the 34 new substations. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
WHS botany class hold plant sale May 19, 2009
The spring sale is a tradition for the Botany class and offers a way for students to share their offerings and raise funds for the program ... Norris, who also teaches biology, has been a botany instructor in town for approximately 12 years. (Wethersfield Post, CT)
Insight Into Evolution Of First Flowers May 19, 2009
Douglas Soltis, chairman of the UF botany department, emphasized that the study highlights the importance of studying primitive flowering plants such as the avocado to gain insight into the early history of the flower. Survivors of ancient lineages represent a crucial link to the first flowers and provide insight that cannot be obtained by studying highly derived models such as Arabidopsis, he said. (Science Daily)
Rents still rising amid the gloom May 16, 2009
In particular, rents fell by $20 a week in Botany, by $15 a week in Manly and Sydney city and by $10 a week in Ryde. There were rises in country areas. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Clearing the way for crops May 16, 2009
Tyler Gaffney, 18, is a PHS senior taking the advanced botany class taught by Miller. I needed a community service project, explained Gaffney as he tugged on tufts of field grass with a rake. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Market digs itself out of a hole May 16, 2009
The NSW managing director of Jones Lang LaSalle, Michael Fenton, said he was encouraged by the commitment the federal and state governments have made to improving freight movements around Port Botany and throughout the south-west growth corridor. This is at a time when freight movements are down significantly. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Whos who in the project May 16, 2009
He is from the National Institute for Agricultural Botany, Cambridge. Also on the board are Harvey Blanch, a professor of biochemical engineering with the University of California, Berkeley, and Mani Subramaniam, a professor of chemical and biochemical engineering and the director of the Centre for Biocatalysis and Bioprocessing at the University of Iowa. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
8a wed gerson column May 13, 2009
But given the compelling evidence from glaciology, botany and marine biology, this seems unlikely. Republicans have distinctive contributions to make on climate policy. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Toaster tester discovers his inner ham May 13, 2009
"This is my day job," he says, surveying the toasters, blenders and coffee machines at the Botany head office of appliance maker Sunbeam. An engineering manager, he locates new products, checks them and gets them ready to market. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Student efforts lauded by school board May 13, 2009
Students who placed at the state level competition were Fort White Middle School student Andrew Kleuss, who placed third in state with an exhibit on Botany; Lake City Middle School student Ashley Mixon, who received a special recognition award at the state competition for her Earth tary Sciences project; Miranda Amaya of Fort White High School, who received a special recognition award at state and a $200 award from the Florida Association for Food Protection; Columbia High School student... (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Minimal funds to fix Sydney congestion May 13, 2009
7 billion motorway connecting the M4 with Port Botany - were shelved. The Federal Government will fund the construction of a bypass for Kempsey on the Pacific Highway for $618 million. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Scientists aim to bring indigenous people into climate change monitoring and policy May 13, 2009
"Indigenous and traditional people are on the frontline of climate change, experiencing unprecedented heat, melting icecaps, droughts, floods and threatened natural resources," said Jan Salick, principal editor of the special volume and an ecological ethnobotanist specializing on Tibetan and tropical ethnobotany ... Jan Salick is Senior Curator of Ethnobotany at the Missouri Botanical Garden ... Salick is the Past President of the Society for Economic Botany, sits on the International Union of... (EurekAlert!)
* Program can help naturalists turn over a new leaf May 10, 2009
People dont have to take botany for four years, but we shouldnt lose sight of the value of learning information. If a computer can figure it all out, we can get lazy, he said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Spotted®: The focus is on you! May 9, 2009
VJ Sonon won the state junior botany division, and Katie Siemion and Haley Davis won the state junior team botany division. Winners received funds towards travel to the National FFA Convention in October in Indianapolis. (Athens Banner-Herald)
ASK THE EXPERTSWhy don't trees lean toward the equator? May 9, 2009
Edgar Spalding, a botany professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, sprouts off an answer ... Edgar Spalding, a botany professor at the University of Wisconsin Madison, sprouts off. (Scientific American)
RHHS students help beautify town May 9, 2009
Students in the school's botany class wrapped up the 41st annual spring sale this week and again offered numerous plants and vegetables for home gardens as well as several hanging arrangements as well ... "They get to choose what they sell," said Botany teacher Kim Antol, who also teaches other courses, including one on the Connecticut River. (Rocky Hill Post, CT)
A growth industry in Ashton May 9, 2009
The North Fremont High School FFA and botany class will present a plant sale May 11 to 15 at the school greenhouse in Ashton. They have petunias, zinnias, marigolds, snapdragons, herbs, tomatoes, strawberries, peppers and more. (Rexburg Standard Journal, ID)
Rearranged Amadan comes out swinging May 8, 2009
That is, until the music starts and the reassuring sounds of songs such as Botany Bay, Black and Tans, Another Brass Rail, Horseshoes and Handgrenades or The Old North End fill the air. The Portland-based celtic-infused rock and punk band, which got its start in Corvallis in the late 1990s, has had some radical changes in its lineup in the last two years. (Albany Democrat-Herald, OR)
Boy Scout helps to beautify Charleston by planting trees May 8, 2009
Retired Eastern Illinois University botany professor and noteworthy garden owner Wes Whiteside donated some golden pinnacle rain trees to the effort. Smith also got help from other scouts, classmates and other students at Charleston High School and others. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
HISTORICAL COLLABORATIVE: Super moms in towns history May 8, 2009
These included botany, chemistry, astronomy and mathematics. In later years, Harvard would send its troubled students out to Samuel and Sarah for rustication, where Sarah would tutor them in many subjects, all while running a household, participating as a minister s wife and raising eight children. (Concord Journal, MA)
Many beautiful plants can harm as well as charm May 8, 2009
Just as many plants have the ability to heal, so thousands of ornamental plants have complex chemical compositions that make them capable of poisoning, said Michael Balick, vice president and director of the Institute of Economic Botany at The New York Botanical Garden. The concept of poison and the concept of medicine are closely aligned, he said. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
Going-to-the-Sun Road: Bike tour offers riders unique access to wildlife May 7, 2009
He knows a good bit of botany, and has an artist's eye for wildlife photography. He is, in other words, the perfect guide through these towering stands of cedar and hemlock and big black cottonwood. (Missoulian, MT)
Michael Savage May 7, 2009
A scientist by training, Savage holds two Masters degrees in botany and anthropology. He also got a doctorate in nutritional ethno-medicine from the University of California at Berkeley in 1978. (BBC News -- Americas)
College candidates define their goals May 6, 2009
Education: Bachelor's degree in botany from Oregon State University, teacher's certification from Eastern Oregon University, master's in education from Oregon State University. Also attended Southwestern Oregon Community College from 1968-70, along with continuing education. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Around Your Town May 4, 2009
D. in botany with a specialization in pollination and plant-animal interactions and will talk about the relationships between flowers and their pollinators. The diversity of pollinators is incredible from the well known honey bees and hummingbirds to rats and mice. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Around Your Town: A community events listing May 2, 2009
D. in botany with a specialization in pollination and plant-animal interactions and will talk about the relationships between flowers and their pollinators. Call Sarah at 803-0718. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Key Gene Allows Plants To Survive Drought May 1, 2009
Lead author Sean Cutler is a former University of Toronto scientist who is now an assistant professor of plant cell biology in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at the University of California, Riverside. In addition to the University of Toronto and the University of California, Riverside, team members were from University of California, San Diego, Universidad Politecnica, Spain, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, University of California, Santa Barbara; and the Medical... (Science Daily)
Shortened One Book, One Community to feature local herb farmer, author Apr 30, 2009
She also will speak with the Blackford High School botany class students during the day. According to Vicki Cecil, Library Director, this year s One Book, One Community program will be a mini-version of the event of the last two years. (Hartford City News-Times, IN)
The words in the mental cupboard Apr 29, 2009
Agreement will probably never be reached over whether or not to include words used in botany or chemistry, let alone slang, dialects and influences from foreign shores. Some children start school knowing 6,000 words, others just 500. (BBC News -- UK)
Under the hammer: heritage listing can't stop development wrecking ball Apr 28, 2009
"When you buy a property with heritage caveats on it, there should be different rules to buying an industrial site in Botany, but there doesn't seem to be," Peter Sheridan, who led the campaign to save the building, said. "In NSW, the right to develop a heritage property seems to outweigh any requirement to preserve it. It's open slather.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Chippendale gets the nod twice Apr 18, 2009
Apart from Brookvale, her other hot picks for houses are Mascot, Botany, Chippendale, Marsfield, Hornsby, Kingsgrove, Menai, Kogarah, Tempe, St Peters and Minto. "Many of these suburbs are surrounded by areas that have witnessed strong capital growth, so they have potential," she said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
New Species Of Lichen Named After President Barack Obama Apr 17, 2009
Knudsen, 58, has been working in the UCR Herbarium, a field research resource of the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, since 2004. A retired construction worker, he volunteers his time in the herbarium, where he has built a collection of more than 10,000 lichens. (Science Daily)
US University Returning Prized Mushrooms To China Apr 14, 2009
During the Japanese invasion in 1937, Teng arranged for his best specimens to be removed from a national botany institute he directed in Nanking to save them from destruction. During World War II, they were smuggled by ox cart to Indochina and then by sea to the United States, and 2,278 of the specimen packets ended up at Teng's alma mater. (CBS News)
Adding realism Apr 13, 2009
POCATELLO -- A new project, currently in the planning phase, will connect history to botany at the Fort Hall Replica and Pocatello Junction in Upper Ross Park. Organizer Jacquee Alvord said the plan is to blend native plants throughout the Fort Hall Replica Historic Complex and build a series of hills dotted with sage, cedar, chokecherry trees and rabbit brush to give the frontier complex a more historically accurate horizon. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
This week's calendar: April 13 - 19 Apr 13, 2009
Basic Botany 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; led by Robert Wyatt, Adjunct Professor of Ecology, UGA; introduction to general plant anatomy, morphology and physiology with emphasis on relating form to function; using live material and slides, students make detailed observations of root, stem and leaf tissues and discuss processes of water and nutrient movements; mechanisms of flower pollination, seed dispersal and germination will be explored along with basics of plant genetics, photosynthesis and... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Carroll Wood, 88; botanist nurtured flora and humans Apr 9, 2009
Portions of the study have been published in the Journal of the Arnold Arboretum and Harvard Papers in Biology, said Norton G. Miller, who collaborated on the project and is principal scientist, botany, at the New York State Museum in Albany. "The project is roughly 85 percent completed," he said. (Boston Globe)
Candidates Allege Resume Padding Apr 6, 2009
Here's what Holmes said to KITV's Keoki Kerr then: "I have both a bachelors and a masters degree in botany and geology, a double major.". "What year did you graduate?" Kerr asked Holmes then. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Scholarship money for ag-related majors Apr 4, 2009
Applicants must be majoring in one of the following fields of study; agriculture education, horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, golf course management, botany, biology, plant pathology/science, forestry, agronomy, environmental concerns, environmental conservation, city (rural and urban) planning, wildlife science, habitat or forest/systems ecology, land management. The scholarship committee must grant approval for majors other than the ones listed. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
* [ENVIRONMENT] Cleaning up our act Apr 4, 2009
He obtained a doctorate in botany from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1960 and holds honorary degrees from a number of universities around the world. The lecture will be moderated by Li Chia-wei (a), editor-in-chief of the Taiwanese edition of Scientific American (H) and professor at National Tsinghua University. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
Sul Ross student wins outstanding poster award at TAS meeting Apr 3, 2009
More than 450 academy members, including representatives for zoology, botany, ecology, biomedical science, chemistry, geology, science education, and math attended the meeting. There were a total 280 oral and poster presentations given during the meeting by a combination of undergraduate, graduate, and professional members. (Odessa American, TX)
Heartbeat away from making medical history Apr 2, 2009
A combination of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and a defibrillator - which the Botany Aquatic Centre had recently installed but never used - saved Marshall from certain sudden cardiac death (SCD). Sophisticated genetic testing in the US has confirmed a diagnosis of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), a rare electrophysiological disorder of the heart triggered by strenuous exercise or acute emotion. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Prof in dock for inviting Munnabhai Apr 1, 2009
"As campaigning and visits by politicians in university premises are banned, we have served a show cause notice to professor P N Tondon of Botany department. We have asked why he invited Dutt without prior permission of the university administration," a senior university official said. Dutt visited Tondon's house on March 29 where students pelted stones at his cavalcade after they failed to meet him and take his autograph. (India Times, India)
Leonardo's Codex Atlanticus to be E... Mar 29, 2009
The artist's myriad interests are reflected in the books' contents: anatomy, astronomy, , botany, chemistry, complex mathematics, geography, , , musical instruments and. Its atlas-like dimensions (61 x 44 cm) give the compendium its name. (Suite101.com)
Why Big Fish Went Extinct 65 Million Years Ago Mar 27, 2009
10, 2002) Half of all living bird and mammal species will be gone within 200 or 300 years, according to a botany professor at The University of Texas at Austin. (Jan. (Science Daily)
Guantanamo as bargaining chip Mar 27, 2009
Originally called the Atkins Institute for Tropical Research in Economic Botany, and administered from the early 1920s until the early '60s by Harvard University, the Cienfuegos Garden has more than 2,000 tropical plant species. The better use for the naval base is a bargaining chip. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
New Species Of Spiders Discovered In Papua New Guinea Mar 27, 2009
"Instead of sitting at the centre of a web, jumping spiders found a new way to make a living by wandering around their habitat and pouncing like cats on their prey," says Wayne Maddison, a professor of zoology and botany and director of the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at UBC.. Two of the jumping spiders' eight eyes have evolved to be large with high-resolution vision to spot prey. (Science Daily)
