[Fleecewife]

Finger prints are the recorded imprint of the fingers of a known person, such as are taken at the Police Station when one has been bad, or needs to be excluded from a crime scene.  Finger marks are the things left behind where someone has touched something such as glass.  These can be lifted and compared with known finger prints (from a database) to identify who left them.  So finger prints are from a known person, finger marks are mysterious until identified.  However, even in the literature, 'finger prints' tends to be used for both 

Finger ridge skin has developed as a way to give good grip on hands and feet, for holding onto things and walking on slippy surfaces.  They develop early in foetal development.  Initially the tiny fingers have 'volar pads' at the tips, so the hands look like tree frog feet.  Then the ridge skin starts to develop on top of this and as it forms over the pad the swirls become defined as the skin stretches over the hummock of the pad - or at least that's what I think it's saying.

There is another forensics course later this year, I think from another university, and MGM is going to be doing that.  There are loads of other interesting courses which are free from futurelearn.

[Penninehillbilly]

That makes sense, and interesting, thanks Fleecewife  .
I often put my hand against a steamy window and look at all the detail there (who doesn't ?) I'll have to find a soft pencil, I'm sure there are some about somewhere.
I also leave good prints everywhere when I've been cleaning the rayburn flue out  .
the directional blood splatter seems to solve a lot of cases on 'CSI', and the voids in the pattern.
Hope you're all enjoying this course, you seem to be.

[Lesley Silvester]

It's great fun and I'm learning loads which I am sure will come in useful in my crime novels. As well as this course and the one in March on Forensics and the criminal justice system, I have just signed up for one of the new ones on fiction writing, this time run by the OU, which starts in April. It looks like they will keep adding courses so keep watching the site.


FW, glad to see you've done your homework and, what's more, remembered it. 

[Fleecewife]

FW, glad to see you've done your homework and, what's more, remembered it. 

Aha - not this week I haven't    I've found some of this week's info quite difficult.  It's not that it's totally new to me (I have a life science degree) but just that I studied all that decades ago when my brain was in its prime  .  So I've done what you do this week and printed off the video transcripts - took ages and now I still have to read them.  One in particular she rushed through so fast I could barely hear what was said, let alone learn it.

But it's great fun, and my new oceans course starts just before this one finishes so that should be interesting too.  I did wonder about the fiction writing course but I'd already signed up for the oceans.

I wonder if the hangout thing will work this time around.

[Lesley Silvester]

I'm finding this week is much harder. I have never had a scientific brain. In fact, I wasn't allowed to do science O-level as I was so rubbish at it. Most of it is going so far over my head that I don't even see it pass me.


I enjoyed the videos about blood spatters as I could see what they were getting at but all the stuff about chromosomes is too confusing for me. I don't suppose being dyslexic helps as I struggle to absorb information. I'm only about half way through this week's although I am going to do a  bit more now.


I'm looking forward to next week when it should be less technical.

[Lesley Silvester]

Just done the quiz and, by doing a lot of re-reading in connection with each question, I did achieve 12 but there was only one I could actually answer without looking back over the material I've downloaded. Boy that was technical.

[northfifeduckling]

Thanks so much for showing us these, Fleecewife - I'm about to join and sign up for the Brain course which starts today. My daughter has applied for a place at Uni to do Linguistics, the intro free course may get her over the waiting time to hear if she got in....
Will keep you posted how I get on!

[Fleecewife]

Phew - I just finished the DNA and BPA week at the stroke of midnight     That was definitely more than the 3 hours per week they claim you need.  Got full marks so something must have penetrated.   
Firearms, tool marks, foot impressions etc this week - I'm hoping my poor abused brain can have a breather.
That will be a lot of work for Bionic to catch up with when she gets home from her hols.


NFD - that's great that you've found a course to do, and one to help your daughter too.  If only there had been something like that when I was in that situation.
Yes please do keep us up to date with your Brain study 


Penninehillbilly - this bit of your post made me laugh <<I also leave good prints everywhere when I've been cleaning the rayburn flue out     the directional blood splatter......>>     until I read on   

[Penninehillbilly]

Penninehillbilly - this bit of your post made me laugh <<I also leave good prints everywhere when I've been cleaning the rayburn flue out     the directional blood splatter......>>     until I read on   

LOL
just shows how other people interpret whats been written  . Don't know whether a capital 'The' would have helped much.
 
Well done on the full marks 

[Fleecewife]

Just about to start the final week, so we find out 'whodunnit' and how they were caught.

Bionic - have you come home from your hols with masses to catch up on?  The last 2 weeks have been quite light but the one before that was definitely heavy 

[Lesley Silvester]

Yes, I've been enjoying the last bit much more and getting full marks. I'm looking forward to finding out whodunit. It's got to be to do with the drugs.

[Fleecewife]

Oh no - they're not going to tell us until Friday evening 

[Lesley Silvester]

How will we last? (biting nails)


Are you going for the qualification? I thought the price was a bit steep.

[Fleecewife]

How will we last? (biting nails)


Are you going for the qualification? I thought the price was a bit steep.

No, I'm only doing this for interest so an expensive qualification wouldn't be any use to me.  Would you find it useful for your writing?

I'm into the second week of my Oceans course now (lots of work doing two at once) and I'm really enjoying that - masses of reading though.

[Bionic]

Need to do lots of catchup today