1). The estimated neck length measured between the neck indentation and occipital ridge will vary as a function of the neck angle. To provide an accurate and consistent method for estimating neck length, the neck angle must be the same for each giraffe or the neck angle must be adjusted to...
Glacier. Crossing the ridge was a little anxiety inducing as the width was just a few feet across in places. The brief ascents and descents along the ridge that we had to cover made it a little more interesting but we were all smiles as we had the summit in view. The tough part of...
He continued, “Spending about $100 million to build a new factory in Oregon could not be justified to sell ‘moments’ jewelry. Nobody can reasonably think that is its short- or long-term objective ... To believe that De Beers will not expand the range of this line to in...
"A lot of other AIM women were jealous of her," remembered 71-year-old Geraldine Janis, a friend from Pine Ridge who still has the red shawl with the AIM logo Aquash wore at her wedding. "She didn't let no one boss her around. She said what she wanted to say. She was just such...
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Gwen BuryOak Ridge Institute for Science and Technology Fellowship hosted by USDA Forest Service PNW Research Station Corvallis USALauren ZatkosDepartment of Fisheries and Wildlife Oregon State University Corvallis USAJeff SnyderDepartment of Biology Western Oregon University Monmouth USADavid Lindley...
When oceanic plates diverge, magma seeps upward at the ridge between the plates to create new seafloor (a process called seafloor spreading). Volcanoes form on either side of the ridge. Hot spots are special areas where volcanoes form apart from plates converging or diverging. Hot spots are a...
Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains of the Asheville area within the lushness of a temperate rain forest. All beckoning her to hike the many waterfall and creek filled trails, listen to the abundant birdsong, commune with bears from time to time and enjoy the Southern warm welcome found ...
I found it very challenging. It is draped along a ridge with the paddock at the base. That makes it a poor track for spectators – just the long straight and the corkscrew turn that leads to it visible. It has apexes on crests, blind apexes, off camber turns, dips and swales, ...
After eating my lunch I watched a large bird soar high above me. It was too far away to be sure, but it was a big bird so I’m guessing an Eagle. He was expending very little energy, gliding back and forth high about the ridge to my east. It amazes me that they can see their...