Conifer cone

Squirrels are everywhere, see figure 1 for an example of the grey squirrels in our area. They skitter through trees above heads, forage in trashcans, and chew through wires. Squirrels are so common the average person could easily overlook their importance. Squirrels have played a significant role in the evolution of seed defenses in pine trees. The evolution of these seed defenses is frequently attributed to birds and other seed predators (Benkman 1994). The ever-present unnoticed squirrel is

management organizations and forestry administrations. The diversity of the soil type in the Priest River Experimental Forest (PREF) provides good conditions for some mixed conifer vegetation species that are also

The scent of too much perfume and sweaty bodies hung over the crowded dance floor where couples shuffled around to the tunes of Roy Orbison’s “Only the Lonely”. He stumbled around, too preoccupied and too drunk to dance, and she supported him, too lonely to care. She had met him before, a brief introduction in passing, he seemed to have forgotten about it and she did not mind. He was not her kind. Two steps, a turn and a stumble, his hands found their way to her bum. Their hips rubbed together, her

There are things in the universe and on the planet that point to an intelligent design and that God is that Intelligent Designer. There are many unique items within animals, plants, and human beings. These items are just too unique and complex to have just happened. The intelligent design of these items points to an Intelligent Designer not just chance. Intelligent design is the study of patterns in nature, animals, and human beings that are best explained as the result of intelligence. (Dembski

She was alone, she was scared, she had no idea that her normal life would be taken away for the next eighteen years… and hope is the sole reason that she survived it. For kidnap victim, Jaycee Dugard, the word “hope” brings back a flood of emotions and memories. In her chilling memoir, “A Stolen Life”, she describes a very personal experience in which she encountered at age eleven, where she soon learned just how important hope was. Dugard never saw it coming when a man named Phillip Garrido stole

Mountain Pine Beetle Outbreak: Underlying Cause The Dendroctonus ponderosae (Mountain Pine Beetle) is estimated to have killed 46 million acres of trees from 2000 to 2012 - an area nearly the size of the state of Colorado, as stated in an article released by the Union of Concerned Scientists. In response to this epidemic, the U.S. Forest Service estimates that “as many as 100,000 beetle-killed trees fall to the ground every day in Southern Wyoming and Northern Colorado alone”. The results of the

In a small town called Whigham located in the southwest part of Georgia is a home numbered 201 in the middle of Harrell Avenue Northwest. The home is shaded by a mighty oak tree, its exterior is white in color with a forest green metal door and window trim painted forest green to match the door. On the outside this house is full of plant life, two domestic dogs that guard the home from morning to night, and wild animals living off the provisions of the land. The inside of the house is full of

pieces. There are cone shapes wrapped in thin waved sheets of blown glass. It appears as though Chihuly uses cane working in his piece as there are stripes of color throughout each layer. It measures approximately 2.5 feet by 2 feet by 2 feet and is made of twenty different sections of sculpted glass that must be disassembled and reassembled every time it is moved. The outer wraps, like shells, gently wrap the glass shapes in their folds. The interior sculptures take on the shapes of cones, trumpets and

strategy and passion need to be present. One of my future business plans is Summertime Sno-Cones. A privately owned and operated, seasonal business that produces snow cones at a reasonable price, in a family friendly environment. I believe an energetic and inviting snow cone stand could bring happiness to people in my community, and could also be a lucrative business venture. My family currently has a snow cone business in a prime location in Hugo, Oklahoma. Upon their retirement, they plan to pass

a loud banging sound. From past experiences it sounded like someone ran over multiple barrel cones. On 17th street they are doing construction from 17th and Hillside to 17th and Oliver. I arrived in the area of 17th and Hillside at approximently 0235 hours. I advised dispatch there was about 12 cones which had been hit. These cones were about 6 inches in diamater and stood about 3 feet tall. The cones were held up with black rectangular rubber bases. I let dispatch know I would be out of my patrol