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On November 2, 1904, the use of fingerprints began in Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas, and the St. Louis Police Department. They were assisted by a Sergeant from Scotland Yard who had been on duty at the St. Louis World’s Fair Exposition guarding the British display. Shortly afterwards, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) created America’s first national fingerprint repository, called the National Bureau of Criminal Identification. Come along with Tidbits as we examine fingerprints!

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• Fingerprints form about 4 months before birth. We have fingerprints (as well as hand and foot prints) in order to increase traction. The ridges increase friction against surfaces. Foot and hand prints are just as unique as fingerprints.

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FINGERPRINT FILE (cont’d) • There may be 300 ridges on the skin between fingertips and wrist. There are millions of sweat pores between the ridges, which exude a nearly invisible mixture that’s 99% water and 1% fatty acid. Everything you touch is covered with this residue. The water will evaporate, but the fat remains. Fingerprints are still intact and readable on ancient mummies.

• In ancient China, emperors used thumbprints to sign state papers. Artists used fingerprints on pictures instead of signatures. But the fact that every human being carries a signature on their fingertips wasn’t put to use in police work until William Herschel became interested in 1860.

At that time, he was working for the British government in India. He handled the payment of pensions to retired people. But frequently one person would collect his money, and then later someone using the same name would show up to collect it again. Herschel couldn’t keep track of the many people he dealt with— so he started having everyone sign for their money with a thumbprint. The fraud stopped immediately, but it was decades before fingerprints came into play where crime solving was concerned.

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• In 1892 a detective was called to a scene where two young children had been murdered. The mother accused an old man who lived nearby.

He proclaimed his innocence. The policeman found a bloody handprint on the door. He called the old man to the scene, and had him place an inked handprint on a piece of paper. The prints didn’t match. Next he had the mother of the children do the same— and the prints matched.

She had murdered her own kids because the man she loved wouldn’t marry her as long as she had children. This is the first recorded instance of fingerprints being used to solve a crime. (cont’d)

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• Scotland Yard began using fingerprint evidence in 1901. Since then, fingerprint evidence has solved innumerable crimes.

• For many decades, each police department kept its own collection of fingerprints on file. Any police department with a suspicious person in custody sent copies of fingerprints to each police department individually, and each police department searched through their files manually.

It was a time-consuming and inefficient process.

Congress established the FBI’s Identification Division in 1924 to be the central repository for all fingerprint records. Now known as the Criminal Justice Information Services Division, the bureau employs around 3,000 people and is the largest branch of the FBI. Currently the FBI has over 234 million fingerprints on file representing over 81 million people. Of the millions of sets of fingerprints in FBI files, none have ever been found to match.

• In 1999, the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) went into operation. IAFIS stores over 51 million digital prints and compares them within minutes, pulling up a list of potential matches along with their criminal histories. State and local law enforcement agencies transmit fingerprint information to the system electronically, and get identification within a few hours.

• There are several methods of finding fingerprints.

One of the most common methods is called iodine fuming. In the late 1800s it was found that iodine fumes, when they come into contact with body fats and oils, will react with them in a way that makes them visible. To accomplish this, iodine crystals are put into a beaker and heated, which produces a purple gas.

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Their hardness makes them quite useful in industry as cutting and grinding tools. Diamonds are used to polish, cut, or wear away any material, including other diamonds. There are diamond-tipped drill bits and saws, and diamond powder is used as an abrasive. Less expensive industrial-grade diamonds, known as bort, are used for such purposes.

Diamonds were probably first mind in India over 3,000 years ago. Roughly 49% of diamonds originate from central and southern Africa, although significant sources have been discovered in Canada, India, Russia, Brazil, and Australia. Today experts in the field of gemology grade diamonds and other gemstones based on the characteristics most important to their value as a gem. Four characteristics, known informally as the four Cs, are now commonly used as the basic descriptors of diamonds: these are carat, cut, color, and clarity.

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5. Complete this saying of Jesus: “Ye cannot serve God and ________.”

6. What is the capital city of Nicaragua?

7. In what city is the Kansas State University located?

8. What do they call the footrace that is 26 miles, 385 yards long?

9. Name the musical instrument made of tuned wooden bars that are set in a frame and struck with mallets.

10. What is the common word used to refer to a modern waterfront facility for recreational boats?

11. What are the first two books of the New Testament?

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14. Name the young campaign worker who, in 1969, was killed by drowning in the car driven by Senator Edward Kennedy after he abandoned the vehicle.

15. What term refers to one whose testimony to the truth as he sees it leads to and culminates in his death?

16. Name the German economist and exponent of “scientific” socialism famous for co-authoring a small pamphlet in 1848 titled Communist Manifesto.

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What about those leaves?

Did you know that leaves really don't "turn" color per se?

The colors we see in fall leaves have actually been there all season long!

Another fact: Leaves in the high country last longer than they do along the Front Range. The cooler mountain temps support longer color than you will see at lower, more temperate elevations. And when there is fall moisture at any elevation, it too, will prolong seasonal color.

Know your leaves Some leaves will compost more quickly than others and are better in the compost pile.

Some are too big to use as mulch.

And others may be toxic, so you should avoid putting them into your compost pile as composting does not necessarily remove toxicity. Poison ivy, leaves from apple trees which can be toxic to pets, and debris from other toxic plants should not go into compost. Leaves from garden debris such as tomatoes and other edibles that are diseased should also be kept out of compost.

Size matters Small leaves such as honey locust will decompose more quickly than larger leaves. If you use leaves to mulch around plants, use smaller leaves.

Large leaves on the other hand, such as cottonwood and catalpa, tend to matt down and with moisture will get very wet and soggy. If left on the ground, their size and sogginess will impede oxygen getting into the soil.

Leaves can stain Some leaves, such as oak, which have high tannin content can stain pavement and other surfaces. If you have these trees in your yard, make them high priority on your cleanup list.

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Check out the FUN and EDUCATIONAL videos at the new website: www.2min2x.org KEEP YOUR TEETH AND GUMS HEALTHY FOR A LIFETIME – 2min/2x You can Ask the Dentist by calling Dr. Burgner at 720-870-9500, or consult his website: www.ParkerLumineers.com Dr. Burgner has served on the Fellowship Examination Committee of the Academy of General Dentistry (AGD), and has received national recognition awards from that 30,000 member organization. He has also been recognized in the local magazine 5280.

He practices General Family and Cosmetic Dentistry in Parker, Colorado.

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