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    Bland ambition as libraries put bucks before books  Jul 3, 2009
    Ashfield, Botany, Burwood, Canada Bay, Canterbury and Marrickville councils say the use of a single private book supplier is more efficient and will not affect services or the quality of their collections. But librarians say their basic professional tasks - determining their readers' tastes, sourcing books from up to 20 suppliers and cataloguing them in up to 12 languages - will be carried out by staff from large book suppliers such as Zenith or Peter Pal. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    AGU journal highlights - July 2, 2009  Jul 3, 2009
    Authors: Yun Zhang and Zhao Chen Kong: State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China ... Jian Ni: State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; and Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany. (EurekAlert!)

    Python Strangles Child in Florida  Jul 2, 2009
    " Really? Even the little guys like Ball Pythons, Children's Pythons, etc.? That's almost like saying "Children shouldn't play with dogs" because some dogs have killed children. The issue is more complicated than that...There are a number of python (and other) species that pose no threat to even the smallest of children. The real problem is the very large species when given inadequate housing, irresponsible and/or uninformed owners, etc. by DaVicar5 July 1, 2009 9:51 AM PDT "Ball Pythons"? Is... (CBS News -- Early Show)

    Two men charged after glassing incident  Jun 27, 2009
    Also, a 21-year-old Botany man was charged with affray, assault occasioning actual bodily harm in company and reckless wounding. He was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Saturday. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    Long-term apple scab resistance remains elusive, Purdue expert says  Jun 26, 2009
    After reviewing 33 years of data, Janna Beckerman, a Purdue assistant professor of botany and plant pathology, found that only five of 287 crabapple varieties had durable resistance to a serious disease of crabapple trees. The results of her study were published in the June issue of the journal HortScience. (EurekAlert!)

    New Auburn FFA attends nationals  Jun 25, 2009
    Galetka competed in botany and received a bronze medallion and ranked third in state. Grosskopf competed in botany and received a bronze medallion and ranked fifth in state. (Chetek Alert, WI)

    Isolated Forest Patches Lose Species, Diversity  Jun 24, 2009
    The long generation times of trees and other plants have masked many of the ecological changes already under way in the patches of forest that remain, says study co-author Don Waller, a professor in the Department of Botany and Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at UW-Madison. "Things may look healthy, but over time we see an erosion of biodiversity," he says. (Science Daily)

    Prairie dogs: influencing the accumulation of metals in plants?  Jun 24, 2009
    Dr. John Freeman and colleagues explore the role of metal hyperaccumulation in plant defense in the June 2009 issue of the American Journal of Botany ... The Botanical Society of America () is a non-profit membership society with a mission to promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere ... It has published the American Journal... (EurekAlert!)

    Anise-scented herb a member of the mint family  Jun 22, 2009
    The mint family is one of the larger and more varied families in the world of botany. That's good news for those of us who want to add fragrance to our gardens. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    ESCONDIDO: Marines roll the dice on board games  Jun 21, 2009
    Maroudis, who graduated from Miami University with a double major in botany and chemistry, began working with Zima and Lane in 2007. He joined GaZima Games full time after leaving the Marines last October. (North County Times)

    Domestication of Capsicum annuum chile pepper provides insights into crop origin and evolution  Jun 20, 2009
    A recent article by Dr. Seung-Chul Kim and colleagues in the June 2009 issue of the American Journal of Botany explores the domestication of chiles ... Kim and Mikeal Roose in the Department of Botany and Plant Sciences at the University of California at Riverside ... The Botanical Society of America () is a non-profit membership society with a mission to promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction,... (EurekAlert!)

    Master gardeners offer course  Jun 19, 2009
    This years training topics will include care and maintenance of trees, soils, botany, water resources, plant diseases, environmental landscaping, bees and pollination, entomology, plant propagation, seed propagation, herbs, fruits, nuts and berries, vegetable gardening and turfgrass management. There will also be tours of the Aarch Center in Dallas on Earthkind gardening and the rose gardens in Addison and Farmers Branch. (Terrell Tribune, TX)

    Date Lines: News from the Bay Area arts scene  Jun 18, 2009
    The fall cultural studies series will include the premiere screening of "The Botany of Desire" on Sept. 16, with author Michael Pollan and filmmaker Michael Schwartz; theological writer Karen Armstrong on Sept. 24; "Late, Late Show" host Ferguson on Sept. 25 (at the Palace of Fine Arts); author Amitav Ghosh on Oct. 7; journalists Jill Abramson and Jane Mayer on Oct. 13; Shawn, Oct. 15; Eric Schlosser, Nov. 3; Wendell Berry in conversation with Pollan, Nov. 4; George Packer, Nov. 12; and Hendrik... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    A land to enchant all ages  Jun 18, 2009
    He attended Miami University but didn't really fit into either mold, botany or architecture. "I really wanted to do everything," he said. (Niles Star, MI)

    The Birds, Bees, Fowers and Seeds At Bok Tower Garden  Jun 17, 2009
    Her training in botany and entomology began when she served as a master gardener for six years and developed her skills through many dollars and hours spent studying privately for two-and-a-half years with a botanical artist. During a showing at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Carey collaborated to create artwork in posters that won the education award for a booth at the American Orchid Society Florida tour. (The Fort Meade Leader, FL)

    Now eight schools put on swine flu alert  Jun 16, 2009
    The other schools affected are St Margaret Mary's School in Merrylands, Bethel Christian Academy in Mount Druitt, Westfields Sports High School in Fairfield, Botany Public School, Marsden High School, JJ Cahill Memorial High School in Mascot, Marist Brothers in Pagewood and Dubbo Christian School. None of the schools has been closed, but those affected are being told to stay home. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    New species of phallus-shaped mushroom named after California Academy of Sciences scientist  Jun 16, 2009
    It conducts research in 11 scientific fields: anthropology, aquatic biology, botany, comparative genomics, entomology, geology, herpetology, ichthyology, invertebrate zoology, mammalogy and ornithology. Visit. (EurekAlert!)

    Jens Stevens awarded masters degree in botany  Jun 16, 2009
    Jens Stevens awarded masters degree in botany - Somerville, Massachusetts 02144 - Somerville Journal ... Jens Stevens awarded masters degree in botany ... Jens Stevens of Somerville received a master of science degree in botany within the Graduate College during May 2009 commencement ceremonies at the University of Vermont (UVM) in Burlington. (Somerville Journal, MA)

    More of this story...  Jun 4, 2009
    Curriculum that year was science, botany, physics, chemistry, Spanish, German, drawing and domestic science. He was paid 1,000 per year to teach history, mathematics and athletics, according to his book. (The Exeter Sun, CA)

    City stalls as bingles cascade into car chaos  Jun 4, 2009
    The Roads and Traffic Authority said that within an hour of the initial three accidents, other crashes were reported on Pennant Hills Road at Carlingford, Lane Cove Road at Ryde, the M5 at Narwee, the M4 at Silverwater, Botany Road and Gardeners Road at Mascot, the Bradfield Highway exit at York Street and the M4 at Homebush. There was further chaos when a bus broke down on the Harbour Bridge, causing delays as commuters transferred to another bus. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)

    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)

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