Yellow Cedar is found only on the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to southern Oregon and is the hardest known cedar in the world. Considered the crown jewel around boat builders, it has exceptional resistance to weather and insects.
Function(noun) the natural or assigned action of any power or faculty, as of the soul, or of the intellect; the exertion of an energy of some determinate kind. Function(noun) the course of action which peculiarly pertains to any public officer in church or state; the activity appropriate to any business or profession.
A good definition of the word function is; a contribution that a part of a system makes to the maintenance of the whole. This is also true when dealing with the functions of the family. Every member of a family contributes to the family unit as a whole, and every family unit contributes and adds to society. A well-known functionalist named Talcott Parson was able to break down the functions of the family into an easy to understand theory.