Laurel wilt

Laurel Wilt Disease is a scourge here in Florida. The disease affects laurel trees all over the Southeast, with the most notable victim being avocado trees. The beetles also effect sassafras trees, pond spice trees, and swamp bays. The main cause of this disease is a fungus known as Raffaelea Lauricola that is transmitted through a beetle called the red bay ambrosia beetle (Persea Borbonia). Neither of these species are native to the area. It was brought over to the states through wooden shipping

Pine wilt is a disease of pine trees caused by Pinewood nematodes, a microscopic roundworm. Though all species of pines found east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States are hosts, Pinewood nematode is most commonly found on Scotch pine. Native pine tree species are resistant, with the nematodes being more of a problem on introduced species of pines. Most often the first sign of pine wilt is the sudden decline and death of an entire pine tree, usually from the warmest part of the summer through

Flowering dogwood or commonly known as American dogwood is one of the America’s popular and invasive trees in eastern part of America. Scientific name of the species is Cornus florida (Plants, 2002) The name florida for Latin is flowering (McLemore, 2015) Flowering dogwood is found on eastern America range from Florida to stretching out to Maine. Specific location for the organism research took place in Hampton, Virginia and various parts of Northern Virginia. Flowering dogwoods can live up through

On May 6, 1999, Bill Russell, the man who redefineed the center by his unique shot-blocking, man-to-man defense and rebounding ability, and contributed to his team Celtics by his outstanding performance and remarkable leadership, finally attended his own retirement ceremony after 27 years of retirement. This great man in the history of American basketball refused to have a ceremony in 1972 in Boston, the city he perceived as the “racist city”, because of his concern of discrimination. On February

The classic films, Rear Window (1954) and Stella Dallas (1937), both tell different stories involving women in the classic caregiver role. However, both movies do this in different ways for each female character and the reactions given by both society and their male counterpart within t that role also differs greatly in each film. While in both films women are depicting in the classic caregiving, beauty obsessed, somehow nagging sense as greatly stereotypes within the film world, the status of each

The Iconography of the Laurel Wreath Historically, wreaths, particular in Ancient Greece, were used to symbolize glory, power and youthfulness. Wreaths, comprised of varying berries and branches, became a representation of a particular polis or an offering to a specific deity. Therefore, throughout ancient Greek art, wreaths are placed on subjects in pottery, paintings and sculpture. The gold wreath, simply titled Wreath, at the Getty Villa, is made up of two wires that fasten in the front with

When it comes to basketball, many people off the top of the head say Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson. Many people think that Kobe Bryant is one of the greatest or they say LeBron James. Which LeBron is just not there in the way Kobe is there now. Kobe Bryant came in the game as a young one he came straight out of high school, just like LeBron James, Kobe was drafted to the charlotte hornets but was traded to the L.A Lakers. Within his first year he was known around the league as a high flyer, also

This season, all eyes will be on the Philadelphia 76ers to see if they can take that next step towards a potential playoff berth. In offseason, the team signed both sharpshooter J.J. Redick and big man Amir Johnson to one-year deals in free agency to pair with the youth movement led by center Joel Embiid. However, while all the attention is on the guys apart of the 15-man roster, the Sixers and the rest of the NBA have an additional two roster spots, which is for two-way contracts. This should help

Wilt Chamberlain was a 7’1 gentleman who had a big heart for other things except basketball. He never really had an interest in playing any kind of sports; he’s adopted, so the family he has been with all his life have never really told him that he could be good at anything he does. Wilt never told anyone this until he got in high school but he was always drawing something. Like a flower or a person, the one thing Wilt loved to draw was a Lion. That’s only because the lion is the king of the jungle

Curry v.s Curry Some people that pay attention and are interested in the game of basketball, there are arguments between the two about who is better. Some people that like basketball think that Dell Curry is better than his son but if you look at the history of statistics between the two, and the goals that they have achieve as individuals that have a love for the game of basketball technically Stephen Curry is better than his father, But also the three point line was put into the NBA on October