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Botanists hunt rare apples on pioneer homesteads
So-called "apple detectives" in the Pacific Northwest are out to find apple varieties that are thought to be extinct – one tree at a time.
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Botanists hunt rare apples on pioneer homesteads
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Chestnut tree dedicated to Anne Frank in the US Capitol
A sapling has been planted in the shadow of the US Capitol in Washington dedicated to Holocaust victim Anne Frank and the ideals she stood for during her short life.
In her diary, Anne Frank writes about the emergence of spring by...
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Impressionism meets expressionism in Berlin
GERMANY ARTSOURCE: AP TELEVISIONRESTRICTIONS: HORIZONS CLIENTS AND AP LIFESTYLE, HEALTH AND TECHNOLOGY CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 5:31SHOTLIST:AP TelevisionBerlin - 20 May, 20151. Wide of "Chestnut tree in bloom" by Auguste Renoir (1881) on the...
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Royal wedding flower predictions as florist is announced
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The florist chosen for the Royal wedding of Meghan and Harry has been confirmed as London based Phillipa Craddock.
Peonies, white roses and foxgloves are to feature - but how will these English...
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Royal wedding flower predictions as florist is announced
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The florist chosen for the Royal wedding of Meghan and Harry has been confirmed as London based Phillipa Craddock.
Peonies, white roses and foxgloves are to feature - but how will these English...
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Protecting Japan''s ancient pine trees
Kenrokuen is regarded as one of Japan''s three great gardens.
Located just outside the walls of Kanazwa Castle in Ishikawa Prefecture, it''s a stunning landscaped mix of ponds, streams, waterfalls, bridges, teahouses, greenery and...
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Isaac moves across Louisiana, leaving flooded homes in its wake
Isaac soaked Louisiana for yet another day and pushed more water into neighbourhoods all around New Orleans, flooding homes and forcing last-minute evacuations and rescues.
Residents of the town of LaPlace waded and boated through high...
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Maple syrup production has come a long way from metal buckets hung on trees. High vacuum tubing helps syrup makers draw more sap, and now, a new wireless surveillance system can alert them, remotely, if that tubing springs a leak. (April 1)
BUT THOSE LINES CAN LEAK. AND FINDING them CAN BE TIME-CONSUMING.
SOUNDBITE (English): Donnie Richards of Meadowbrook Maple Syrup: "we have 72 main lines in these woods. You'd have to walk until you found the leak."
SOUNDUP: Richards:...
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Turkey-PKK war empties northern Iraq villages
Dozens of villages have been partly or entirely abandoned close to Iraq's northern border with Turkey as a result of Turkish air strikes targeting militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK.In the 76 villages of the Barwari...
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Following the traditional rituals of the shaman of Siberia
RUSSIA SHAMAN SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 4.16SHOTLIST:Yelantsy, Irkutsk region - 19 March 20171. Various of shaman, Valentin Khagdayev performing a ritual at the foot of the mountain YordUPSOUND:...
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Following the traditional rituals of the shaman of Siberia
RUSSIA SHAMAN SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESSRESTRICTIONS: AP CLIENTS ONLYLENGTH: 4.16SHOTLIST:Yelantsy, Irkutsk region - 19 March 20171. Various of shaman, Valentin Khagdayev performing a ritual at the foot of the mountain YordUPSOUND:...
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Tiny insect invades and damages chestnut forests
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A tiny wasp that's invading Spain could end up spoiling Christmas for many people because of its impact on chestnuts.
The chestnut wasp (Dryoscomus kuriphillus) has come in from China and is stunting...
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Tiny insect invades and damages chestnut forests
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A tiny wasp that's invading Spain could end up spoiling Christmas for many people because of its impact on chestnuts.
The chestnut wasp (Dryoscomus kuriphillus) has come in from China and is stunting...
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Alternative decorations and design trends this Christmas
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Tradition is out, and alternative decorations and themes are in this Christmas.
Even the traditional chocolate-filled advent calendar, used to countdown to December 25, is getting a makeover.
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Alternative decorations and design trends this Christmas
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Tradition is out, and alternative decorations and themes are in this Christmas.
Even the traditional chocolate-filled advent calendar, used to countdown to December 25, is getting a makeover.
...
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Sefrou hosts annual celebration of cherries
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Residents of Sefrou have been celebrating their greatest produce - cherries.
Every year, the Moroccan city hosts a festival dedicated to the fruit.
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Tension in Monetenegro over religious rights law
Dozens of police were deployed in Montenegro on Monday during Orthodox Christmas Eve celebrations amid tensions over a religious rights law in the small Balkan country.
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Britons ruing Brexit present oak tree in Brussels
Activists gathered outside the European Parliament on Thursday to present a British oak tree to symbolise planting roots between the UK and EU countries.
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Virus leads to farm labour shortage before Brexit
The COVID-19 pandemic has lead to a shortage of farm labour just months before the UK formally leaves the European Union at the end of December.
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Sunday evening's parade outshone the stars in the clear sky, as brightly-lit, double-decker floats, torch carriers and machines that danced light off the oak trees in New Orleans.
HEADLINE: Spirit of Mardi Gras alive at Bacchus parade
CAPTION: Actor James Gandolfini ruled with a doubloon-filled fist, pleasing revelers who braved the cold for one of the highlights of Carnival - the rolling of the Krewe of Bacchus...
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Branches from oaks as part of Orthodox Christmas celebrations
1. Man walking through woods with an axe
2. Man crossing himself, beginning to cut oak tree branch
3. Man walking through wood with tree
4. Man placing tree in front of his house as woman stands at door and showering him wheat grains
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A 250-year-old tree is settling into its new home 500 feet away on the University of Michigan campus. (Nov. 3)
The relocation of a centuries-old tree on the University of Michigan campus is nearly complete.
Environmental Design vice president Paul Cox said Monday crews will be positioning the 65-foot-tall bur oak throughout the day and are...