the scientific tribune
anne tam
5th hour
monday
august 28, 1965
Longboat Key, Florida
Untraceable Murder
On the morning of August 18, 1965, in Longboat Key, Florida, Dr. Juliette Karow was awoken from her sleep by a phone call from one of her patients, Carl Coppolino. He frantically explained that he had just found his wife, Carmela, dead from a heart attack. Though Karow had a couple suspicions about the death, she still signed the death certificate. However, only forty-one days after his wife died, Coppolino married the wealthy Mary Gibson. This did not make Marjorie Farber happy. Mrs. Farber was known for having an affair with Coppolino. The night the affair blew out, Marjorie found her husband William Farber unconscious in bed. Scared, Marjorie called Coppolino to come over, but since Coppolino was not allowed to practice because of his supposed heart condition, he sent his wife, Carmela. Carmela found William Farber dead in his bedroom. She said he was “blue down one side,” but that there were no signs of distress to the body. But because Coppolino urged her to sign the death certificate, she did, stating “coronary thrombosis” as the reason of death. However, in Dr. Karow’s surgery, Marjorie insisted that everything was a lie. She said that Coppolino gave her a syringe full of some unknown liquid and told her to inject Farber while he was asleep. Though she lost her nerve after a minute injection, she still injected him. The autopsies were carried out by Dr. Milton Helpern. He examined the remains of William Farber and found no sign of heart disease, but there was clear evidence of strangulation. When he examined Carmela, once again he found that her heart was in fine shape. Unfortunately, he could not find the cause of death. After pondering the mystery, he concluded the likeliest agent was an artificial form of curare called succinylcholine chloride. The succinylcholine chloride causes muscle paralysis but does not induce unconsciousness, meaning that Carmela was well aware that her lungs were refusing to function. It was later ruled that Coppolino was not guilty for the death of Farber because both Drs. Joseph Spelman and Richard Ford, said that the evidence of strangulation could have been caused after death, and that Farber’s heart showed clear signs of advanced coronary disease, that was enough evidence to kill him. Though his second trial for the murder of his wife, Marjorie, Helpern and Umberger described their unique experiments that led to the discovery of poison in Carmela’s body. Coppolino was then convicted of second degree murder and would serve twelve years of his life sentence, but he gained parole in 1979.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
mrs. moss
20035279 #29
3rd hour
October 1, 2009
Mrs. Moss
The week before school starts almost everyone wonders what their teachers will be like in the new year. Will they be a nice, helpful teacher or a strict, uptight one? My junior year I remember having a couple unfamiliar teachers on my schedule. Due to the fact that I did not know if they would be good teachers or not, it made me really nervous to start school. I knew that I would find out sooner or later, but sooner was definitely better.
In the beginning of my junior year, I remember sitting in a room full of people all unfamiliar to me. I remember the feeling of intimidation as I sat there with no one to talk to while everyone else in the room knew at least one person. The small classroom echoed with noise as more people shuffled in. As I sat there waiting for class to start, I remember wondering what the teacher would be like. Trying to find out more about her, I looked around the room and saw numerous posters with cartoons, funny sayings, and animals on them. Before I could continue to inspect the room, the bell rung and everyone rushed to their seats. A couple seconds after the bell rung, a short, African-American woman bustled into the room carrying loads and loads of paper. She quickly set the stacks of paper down onto the front desk, and introduced herself as Mrs. Moss.
The quality I most remember about Mrs. Moss was that she was a bubbly, happy person. She always had the biggest smile on her face and was always laughing. One day she told the class that she was having a bad day; had she not told us I would not have known because she acted no different from every other day. Though she was having a bad day, she still kept her energy up and continued to teach with a big smile on her face. Always being comical and friendly, Mrs. Moss quickly became one of my favorite teachers.
Not only was Mrs. Moss consistently in a good mood, she also made a great teacher and role model. She always thoroughly explained every assignment assigned us, verbally and on paper. By doing so, Mrs. Moss eliminated almost every question that anyone in the class had. And if after the instructions someone still did not understand the assignment, Mrs. Moss would individually help the student that did not understand until the student clearly understood the instructions. Although I have lost points on her papers, I believe that Mrs. Moss was genuinely a fair grader. Besides having only verbal instructions, a rubric was printed and handed individually to each student that states what should go on the paper assigned, and what you could lose points on. To lose any form of points on a paper would be the students’ blunder for not reviewing the rubric before handing in the paper. Truly a great teacher, Mrs. Moss tries her hardest to make sure the student succeeds in her class and for preparing the student for future English classes.
In all my in school, I have never met a teacher that dedicated to helping her students succeed. With Mrs. Moss being such a cheerful person all semester, it definitely made the learning process so much more enjoyable. I truly enjoyed everything about Intermediate Composition because of Mrs. Moss. Not only have I learned more about writing papers and vocabulary, I have also learned that even when you are having a bad day, it is possible to move forward with a smile on your face. I am truly grateful that I got to have Mrs. Moss as a teacher because she taught me so much, and I know that she will continue teaching future classes with the enthusiasm and passion that she taught my class with.
3rd hour
October 1, 2009
Mrs. Moss
The week before school starts almost everyone wonders what their teachers will be like in the new year. Will they be a nice, helpful teacher or a strict, uptight one? My junior year I remember having a couple unfamiliar teachers on my schedule. Due to the fact that I did not know if they would be good teachers or not, it made me really nervous to start school. I knew that I would find out sooner or later, but sooner was definitely better.
In the beginning of my junior year, I remember sitting in a room full of people all unfamiliar to me. I remember the feeling of intimidation as I sat there with no one to talk to while everyone else in the room knew at least one person. The small classroom echoed with noise as more people shuffled in. As I sat there waiting for class to start, I remember wondering what the teacher would be like. Trying to find out more about her, I looked around the room and saw numerous posters with cartoons, funny sayings, and animals on them. Before I could continue to inspect the room, the bell rung and everyone rushed to their seats. A couple seconds after the bell rung, a short, African-American woman bustled into the room carrying loads and loads of paper. She quickly set the stacks of paper down onto the front desk, and introduced herself as Mrs. Moss.
The quality I most remember about Mrs. Moss was that she was a bubbly, happy person. She always had the biggest smile on her face and was always laughing. One day she told the class that she was having a bad day; had she not told us I would not have known because she acted no different from every other day. Though she was having a bad day, she still kept her energy up and continued to teach with a big smile on her face. Always being comical and friendly, Mrs. Moss quickly became one of my favorite teachers.
Not only was Mrs. Moss consistently in a good mood, she also made a great teacher and role model. She always thoroughly explained every assignment assigned us, verbally and on paper. By doing so, Mrs. Moss eliminated almost every question that anyone in the class had. And if after the instructions someone still did not understand the assignment, Mrs. Moss would individually help the student that did not understand until the student clearly understood the instructions. Although I have lost points on her papers, I believe that Mrs. Moss was genuinely a fair grader. Besides having only verbal instructions, a rubric was printed and handed individually to each student that states what should go on the paper assigned, and what you could lose points on. To lose any form of points on a paper would be the students’ blunder for not reviewing the rubric before handing in the paper. Truly a great teacher, Mrs. Moss tries her hardest to make sure the student succeeds in her class and for preparing the student for future English classes.
In all my in school, I have never met a teacher that dedicated to helping her students succeed. With Mrs. Moss being such a cheerful person all semester, it definitely made the learning process so much more enjoyable. I truly enjoyed everything about Intermediate Composition because of Mrs. Moss. Not only have I learned more about writing papers and vocabulary, I have also learned that even when you are having a bad day, it is possible to move forward with a smile on your face. I am truly grateful that I got to have Mrs. Moss as a teacher because she taught me so much, and I know that she will continue teaching future classes with the enthusiasm and passion that she taught my class with.
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