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Similarities:

The plant in panel A of both figures can be deduced to be the same plant. It is a small potted plant with brown coloring to the leaves. Both figures have the same chart on the wall to the left of the plant, and background window behind. The pattern on the leaves of the plant are identical as well as the matching position of the leaf formations. Both figures have a ruler placed to the left of the plant to allow for height estimation of the fauna. The picture in both figures is oriented horizontally.

Panel B is a different plant from panel A, and again is the same plant from figure to figure. It is a potted plant with white color alteration to the center of the leaves. There is a wooden flat top in front of the potted plant, as well as a lowered dirt section between the flat top and the windowsill behind. Again the ruler is to the left of the potted plant, and both figures can be viewed to identify matching key descriptive factors (coloration of the leaves, position and overhang of the plant above the pot, leaf distribution) that confirms both figure makers have found the same plant. In both figures the picture is oriented vertically.

Panel C for both figures is a final, third plant that has a purple color tinting the leaves. The plant seems to have much more purple color on the leaves towards the top of the plant, and more traditional green towards the bottom. Both figures have matching plants, framed by the dark wooden flat top in front, a lowered dirt enclosure and a windowsill behind.  In this photo there is a tan clay pot to the back left of the plant, and the positioning, coloration and leaf health (holes and damage) match from plant to plant. There is a tag on the wooden flat top in front of the plant, that would most likely list the species of plant but it is not legible in either photograph. Its position in relation to the plant is identical in both figures. A ruler for height estimation is off to the left of the plant in both figures. 

Differences:

Panel A is taken from a much closer and lower angle to the plant. The pot is visible in the second figure, and not in the first. A human hand is visible holding the ruler on the left in the first Figure, while the second Figure is not suspended by anything in frame. The wooden flat top that is present in front of all of the plants is not visible in panel A of Figure 1, neither is the lowered dirt enclosure. Some of the lower leaves are not visible in the 1st Figure that are visible in the 2nd. Additionally, a tan wooden windowsill is visible behind the plant.

The photos for panel B are taken from opposing angles, the plant viewed from the right in Figure 1 and from the left in Figure 2. Figure 2 is taken from further back, and there is a tan potted plant visible to the right behind the center plant. The bars on the window behind are much more visible in Figure 2, and there is a name tag taped to the wooden flat top visible.

Panel C is notably different in that Figure 1 is a vertically oriented photograph and horizontal in Figure 2. The ruler is mostly obscured and out of frame in Figure 1, and the photographs are taken from different directions. Figure one is taken from the front, right side of the plant and Figure 2 is taken from the left. This changes what is visible, and the potted plant inthe background is much more visible in Figure 2.

Overall the picture quality is also different, with much higher saturation and fuzziness to the image quality of Figure 1. Figure 2 is much sharper, and has a colder image effect with more blue light hues than yellow. In all photos in Figure 2 they are taken from approximately the same difference from the subject, where the subjects in Figure 1 are variable from panel to panel. These may be attributed to camera type or quality, and hand dominance of the photographer. The demarcation of panels in Figure 1 and 2 is relatively the same in both figures, but consistently Figure 1 seemed slightly higher on the panel placement.

Organized periods of my day:
Organization, maintenance and prep period
Active day period
Evening recreational and free time period

Active Day Period:
At 11:20 I left via bicycle to the IBS building to arrive for an 11:30 AM Organic Chemistry class. The class went until 12:45 PM, and was composed of in class questions and lecturing. From 12:45-1PM I rode my bike to get a cup of tea and then travel to a 1 PM JPN preforming arts class. The class lasted until 2:15 PM, and afterwards I took a short walk with a classmate to listen to his plan proposals for starting a new club that helps pre-med students find work abroad. This meeting took about 30 minutes, until aproximately 2:45 where I began traveling via bike to downtown Amherst to meet up with my MCAT prep study group. The group dissolved around 4 PM and I traveled back onto campus for dinner and socialization.

Organizational and prepartion period:
At 9:30 AM I awoke to my alarm, turned it off and began  PT (physical therapy) exercises for my achiles tendon and then some light full body stretching for about 15 minutes. At aproximately 9:45 AM I entered the shower, and spent about 15 minutes cleaning myself and brushing my teeth. By 10 AM I was getting dressed and organizing my closet. Until 11 AM there was free time which I utilized by getting some reading done for one of my classes (JPN 226) and then receiving a phone call from my brother about the logistics of traveling to see each other this weekend. That lasted from roughly 10:40-10:55 AM. After 11AM I began assembling the items I would need for my two classes and filling my bag with them.  At 11:10 AM I left my apartment building to do maintenance work on my bicycle, adding air to the tires and greasing the chain.

Active Day Period:
At 11:20 I left via bicycle to the IBS building to arrive for an 11:30 AM Organic Chemistry class. The class went until 12:45 PM, and was composed of in class questions and lecturing. From 12:45-1PM I rode my bike to get a cup of tea and then travel to a 1 PM JPN preforming arts class. The class lasted until 2:15 PM, and afterwards I took a short walk with a classmate to listen to his plan proposals for starting a new club that helps pre-med students find work abroad. This meeting took about 30 minutes, until aproximately 2:45 where I began traveling via bike to downtown Amherst to meet up with my MCAT prep study group. The group dissolved around 4 PM and I traveled back onto campus for dinner and socialization.

Evening Free Time and Recreation:
At 5 PM I met at the Hampshire dining common with a friend for dinner. Social topics and sports topics were discussed over dinner until aproximately 6 PM. Once this was over I returned to North D to change clothes, and head to the gym. I swam in the pool for about 30 minutes, before working out for another hour after that until 8 PM when the gymnasium closed. After this, I returned to North D and showered off the chlorine form the pool. The remaining hours of the day were spent in recreation with roommates, watching a movie and discussing current events. I would estimate that the time of sleep began at roughly midnight.

The object given was a piece of plant matter approximately 5.6 cm in length. It has a small red stem which extends straight. It is covered in short white hairs that present as a small fuzz. After 2cm it branches out in 3 directions. The stem then loses its color and becomes a brownish central support for a trio of leaves which are in forked out at 90 degree angles from each other. The leaves and the stem form a cross pattern when viewed from the front. The twin side leaves are diamond shaped with rounded points on the sides, while the top leaf is more of a fan shape. It extends from a V shape and then ends with an uneven bumpy-edged pattern. The center leaflet is slightly longer than the others at 3.3 cm, while the smaller side leaflets are 2.2 and 2.3 cm. Each is about the same width ranging from 1.9-2.1 cm. Overall it is very thin, with the stem being roughly a millimeter thick and the leaves around ½ mm. Most likely the three leaves are leaflets, and this stem is one leaf off of a larger plant. The front face of the leaves are a dark waxy green, and the backside is pale and light colored.

Draft Notes on item:
Red, straight stem.
Three leaves branching off of the stem.
All of the leaves protrude at 90 degree angles from each other, forming a cross pattern with the stem as the bottom.
The leaves on the sides  are roughly diamond in shape.
The center leaf has a V shape extending up from the stem, but at the top it is more bumpy and rounded.
Overall the leaves are somewhat vertically symmetrical but are not perfect.
The underside is pale green, while the top side of the leaves is more waxy and dark.
There is bruising or discoloration in the leaves that have turned a dark cherry in color.
The “veins” of the leaf branch off all the way to the outside of the green, extending from a central supportive structure that originates at the end of the red stem.
It has a mild smell of sap. 

The leave structure is fairly spry, it is spring and rebounds from being folded but folds rather easily along the stem lines.

Small hairs on the edge of the stem make a white fuzz.

The object given was a piece of plant matter presumably pried from a branch. It has a small red stem which extends straight from the breaking point. After 2cm it branches out in 3 directions. The stem then loses its color and becomes a brownish central support for a trio of leaves which are in forked out at 90 degree angles from each other. The leaves and the stem form a cross pattern when viewed from the front. The twin side leaves are diamond shaped with rounded points on the sides, while the top leaf is more of a fan shape. It extends from a V shape and then ends with an uneven bumpy-edged pattern. The center leaflet is slightly longer than the others at 3.3 cm, while the smaller side leaflets are 2.2 and 2.3 cm. Each is about the same width ranging from 1.9-2.1 cm. Overall it is very thin, with the stem being roughly a millimeter thick and the leaves around ½ mm. Most likely the three leaves are leaflets, and this stem is one leaf off of a larger plant. 

The red bruising on the leaves has a snakelike pattern that looks as if someone was drawing a body of water on a map. There is a dark area of concentrated discoloration and a trailing serpentine tail that follows it around the veins of the leaf. The bruising is much more visible and dark on the front, waxy dark green side of the leaf and more muted on the pale underside. The bruising does not appear to have affected structural damage, when pulled upon the leaf broke along the veins on the unbruised side, so it is perhaps only damage to the chlorophyll and not the structural cells that hold the leaf together.  It looks as if the damage occurs on the top side and the areas where you can see it are almost like ink staining through cloth on one side and just barely visible on the other. The plant has a distinct smell, though it is not pungent or foul.