New York's Dept of Transportation is coating roadside pine trees with a putrid coating called 'Ugly Mix' to discourage tree thefts. This unique theft-prevention approach was prompted by the rise in tree thefts alongside the Long Island Expressway. New York's tree thieves will be in for a rude awakening if...
MIAMI AFP — A lightning strike in the Florida city of Cape Coral caused a dead tree to explode in a massive blast that sent debris flying over a two-block radius and damaged 17 houses, the local fire department said. "In 18 years with the fire department, I've never...
BERKELEY _ In an effort to help regenerate the trees, tree sit leader Zachary RunningWolf admits that protestors at UC Berkeley lopped off about four feet of a redwood tree and pruned other branches he says were dead. Since early December, five or six people have been living...
FREMONT, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 4, 1997--Broderbund Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:BROD) today announced that Family Tree Maker Deluxe Edition II was selected by over 1,000 software publishers as the Best Home Productivity Software Program. The Software Publishers Association Excellence in Software Awards -- more commonly known as the "Codies" -- are awarded...
PALO ALTO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 11, 1999-- Hyperbolic Tree offers readers point-and-click convenience on content-rich sites Inxight Software Inc., a Xerox New Enterprise Company, today announced The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition as the newest customer of its Hyperbolic Tree user-interface component. The Interactive Journal, the Web's...
The tree-sitters outside Berkeley's Memorial Stadium are likely too young to remember "King of the Cowboys" Roy Rogers, who sang the Cole Porter ditty "Don't Fence Me In" on the silver screen long before they ever sat on a tree or their fathers' knees. Well, the tree-sitters...
FICTION Atwood, Margaret UP IN THE TREE. II. by author. ISBN 0-88899-729-9. Berkeley, CA: Groundwood Books. 2006. 32 pp. $14.95. What young child has not looked at a tree and imagined how he or she could scale to the top of it? This delightful reprint of a 1978classic focuses on...
LARGE TREE REMOVALS TEST A CLIMBER'S ABILITY TO ENDURE EXTREME physical demands as well as creative problem-solving abilities. I faced such a challenge when I was called upon to remove a large lightning-struck tulip tree on the grounds of Princeton University in New Jersey. Because of...
KUALA LUMPUR AFP — A tree, whose trunk shows what appears to be a scowling human face, has reportedly attracted thousands of curious Malaysians. Villagers have dubbed the betel nut tree a "ghost tree" with some claiming that the face sporting heavy brows and a wide nose changes every day,...
Americans are more than a little nutty when it comes to their diets. Recent USDA food consumption data show that about 1 in every 10 consumers eats tree nuts (almonds, walnuts, pecans, pistachios, cashews, and others) on any given day, and the amount eaten is fairly small. On average, slightly...
BERKELEY -- The 15-month Berkeley tree sit has branched out to another area on campus with a guy who calls himself "Fresh" sitting in a lone oak just north of Sather Gate to protest various university policies. This new tree sit is linked to the long-term tree...
KELOWNA, British Columbia--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 10, 1998--In July, Tree Brewing Company Ltd. (VSE:HOP) TREE had a record month with gross retail sales of $245,833.00, an 18 percent increase over July 1997.TREE is also pleased to announce the launch of its newest product Tree Pale Ale. Pale Ales hold...
BERKELEY -- In an effort to help regenerate the trees, tree-sit leader Zachary RunningWolf admits that protesters at UC Berkeley lopped off about four feet of a redwood tree and pruned other branches he says were dead. Since early December, five or six people have been living...
Free the dead! [chorus: Free the dead!] Free the dead! [Free the dead!] Feed them to the maggots, bears and worms. Free the dead! [Free the dead!] Free the dead! ...
BERKELEY -- In an effort to help regenerate the trees, tree sit leader Zachary RunningWolf admits that protesters at UC Berkeley lopped off about four feet of a redwood tree and pruned other branches he says were dead. Since early December, five or six people have been...
LONDON AFP ? A British theatre group is holding a casting call with a difference for its latest production -- aspiring stars must agree to be dead by the time the show begins. The play, to be put on by an experimental theatre group in east London, is intended...
BERKELEY -- The 15-month Berkeley tree sit has branched out to another area on campus with a guy who calls himself Fresh sitting in a lone oak just north of Sather Gate to protest various university policies. This new tree sit is linked to the long-term tree...
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The Arbor Day Foundation today announced the creation of the Tree Campus USA program, which will recognize college campuses that are committed to planting, maintaining and celebrating trees. To kick off the launch of its Tree Campus USA program, the Arbor...
Seven people died during 12 hours of carnage on Britain's roads. Four people died and one was in intensive care last night after a BMW smashed into a tree. The two men and three women, in their early 20s, were going for a night...
