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Topic: The Parliament of Trees


  
  Parliament of Australia: Senate: Committee: Australian Forest Plantations
An area incorporating all living and non-living components, dominated by trees having usually a single stem and a mature (or potentially mature) stand height exceeding 5m, with existing or potential projective foliage cover of overstorey strata, about equal to or greater than 30%.
Timber from flowering trees, such as eucalyptus, irrespective of the physical hardness of the timber; also used to refer to the trees that have such timber.
Any local indigenous community, the dominant species of which is trees and containing through its growth the complement of native species and habitats normally associated with that forest type or having the potential to develop these characteristics.
www.aph.gov.au /SENATE/committee/rrat_ctte/completed_inquiries/2002-04/plantation_forests/report/glossandabbrev.htm   (1115 words)

  
  Swamp Thing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Here he also met The Parliament of Trees, which was where Earth Elementals like him lay to rest after they have walked the Earth, and it was here Moore solved the continuity problem of the first and second Swamp Thing - the first Swamp Thing Alex Olsen was a part of the Parliament.
Tefé's story was discontinued at Issue 20, whereupon after eating from the Tree of Knowledge she saw two visions of possible futures, and chose neither.
"Parliament of the Trees", a Moore-scripted Swamp Thing episode from 1986, includes visual nods towards these other "muck monsters" when various past and present plant/human "tree spirits" assemble together in the Amazon Rainforest.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Swamp_Thing   (3524 words)

  
 Bexley Council - Parks and Open Spaces - Trees and Woodland Strategy - Section 1: Why have a Trees and Woodlands ...
Trees are a unique component of the landscape: unlike man-made structures, they are living organisms which are vulnerable to damage by vandalism, development and pest and diseases.
Because of the long-term approach required for our trees and woodlands, it is essential that action is co-ordinated within a shared responsibility for the well-being of all of our trees in the Borough whether they are privately or publicly owned.
By developing a strategic approach to tree management and new tree planting, it will be possible to identify those resources required to implement action and also to maximise grant aid and other income: especially from woodland management.
www.bexley.gov.uk /service/parks/trees.html   (651 words)

  
 Parliament House trees saved
Seven trees that were going to be cut down outside Adelaide's Parliament House as part of the Glenelg tram extension have been saved.
State Opposition MP David Ridgway this morning protested against the removal of trees by attaching placards to them.
Transport Department head Rod Hook says while almost 50 trees in Victoria Square and North Terrace will be removed or replaced, the ones in front of Parliament House will stay.
www.abc.net.au /news/items/200701/1828421.htm?sa   (239 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Mythical Trees and Dieties-A thru C
This tree is said to be near the original stand of trees where the British Captured General Charles Lee (father of General Robert E Lee of the Civil War) of the American Revolution.
This tree was one of several that were brought home from a tour at Virginia Battlefields in 1893 by then Alabama Governor Thomas G. Jones.
Because of the Chestnut blight they could not bring back the trees that were prominent in the area but they did manage life replicas in their lobby that represent the size and fruit that was common in the parks history.
www.treetotem.com /mythac.htm   (4309 words)

  
 The Scottish Parliament: Children plant trees at Holyrood
The children from St Judes Primary School in Glasgow were completing an imaginative project they began in 1999 to celebrate Scotland's first parliament for nearly 300 years.
And today they gathered at the parliament to see the young trees take pride of place as living symbols of Scotland's new forum of democracy.
She said: "I like the idea that I'll be able to come back here in years to come, and see the tree I planted.
www.scottish.parliament.uk /nmCentre/news/news-05/pa05-002.htm   (381 words)

  
 Kids to plant their pine trees at parliament - Evening Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The children have been tending their Scots' Pine trees for the past five years and they are now 119cm high in their containers.
The pinus sylvestris seeds were collected from an island on Loch Maree from trees which are among the remnants of the great Caledonian Forest.
The children will transport between three and five trees to the Scottish Parliament and they have already planted a number of saplings in their school grounds.
www.eveningtimes.co.uk /news/5034492.shtml   (180 words)

  
 Online edition of Daily News - Features   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
My mind goes back to a day in early 1982 where I was a member of a group of electronic and print media journalists taken on a familiarisation tour of the new Parliament at Sri Jayawardhanapura Kotte, by the Ministry of State and Information, a month before it was officially commissioned.
Much had been said about the architecture of the new Parliament and also that the whole complex when viewed from the air "would look like a lotus flower in bloom.
The approach to the Parliament site was lined with Esela trees in full bloom and arriving at the front of the Parliament, a pond full of lotus flowers in bloom was a refreshing sight.
www.dailynews.lk /2003/05/06/fea01.html   (556 words)

  
 Stories from the Shadows: Reversal of Fortune by Doctor Quantum
As John Constantine led you on what seemed to be a wild goose chase across America, the Parliament of Trees began to lend you their combined power.
You cannot join the Parliament of Trees as one of the honored erl- kings until your appointed reign is over.
Many ancient trees once awakened into intelligence have become bent and estranged from us, and many of them have made themselves also the enemy of man. They seek harm to all but themselves.
lubakmetyk.infinology.net /others/docquantum/swamp12.htm   (2916 words)

  
 Tefe Holland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Parliament of Trees, believing him gone forever, created another earth elemental, but when the Swamp Thing returned, they decided to destroy it.
When the girl was born, they named her Tefe after the river flowing from the Parliament of Trees.
Eventually, after she grew up a little, the Parliament of Trees talked the Swamp Thing and her into believing that their mission was in fact to destroy animal life on earth and leave it to the Green.
pc59te.dte.uma.es /cdb/series/dc/tefeholland.htm   (474 words)

  
 New Internationalist : They walk on the leaves of trees: The wealth of its neighbours in Papua New Guinea has been ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Start / N / New Internationalist / April 01, 2002 / They walk on the leaves of trees: The wealth of its neighbours in Papua New Guinea has been squandered by a Westminster-style Parliament.
They walk on the leaves of trees: The wealth of its neighbours in Papua New Guinea has been squandered by a Westminster-style Parliament.
Read 'New Internationalist: They walk on the leaves of trees: The wealth of its neighbours in Papua New Guinea has been squandered by a Westminster-style Parliament.
static.highbeam.com /n/newinternationalist/april012002/theywalkontheleavesoftreesthewealthofitsneighbours/index.html   (367 words)

  
 NSW government to investigate tree poisoning claims   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Greens had asked the question in the context of whether poisoned trees would be used as fuel for the proposed Mogo charcoal plant on the south coast.
The Opposition says tree poisoning is part of a plan to create waste to be used at the charcoal plant.
Mr Humpherson says the trees are destined for the charcoal factory the State Government approved in the Eurobodalla, as part of a silicon manufacturing plant.
www.acr.net.au /~coastwatchers/charcoalition/abc290502.html   (420 words)

  
 UK Indymedia - Lobby NOT ILLEGAL DEMO at parliament square THIS SUNDAY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Unfortunately parliament is closed for the summer break (polititians get really long holidays) but since this is such an important issue we also call on polititians to come in on the 7th to hear our representations and to reconvene parliament in order to vote quickly on reinstating the democractic right to demonstrate outside parliament.
At some stage of course it would be beneficial to your defence to make it clear that you were attending parliament square in order to lobby polititians about the new law and not to unlawfully demonstrate as that would be naughty and a serious crime in the same realm as the maffia and yardies etc.
Personally I will be attending Parliament Square on Sunday b ut I'd like to make it clear that I'll be there to join Brians existing lawful protest against the sanctions on Iraq and the invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and the role of the government in killing children.
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2005/08/320292.html   (1725 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Christmas
Gervase of Tilbury (thirteen century) says that in England grain is exposed on Christmas night to gain fertility from the dew which falls in response to "Rorate Cæli"; the tradition that trees and flowers blossomed on this night is first quoted from an Arab geographer of the tenth century, and extended to England.
In England it was Joseph of Arimathea's rod which flowered at Glastonbury and elsewhere; when 3 September became 14 September, in 1752, 2000 people watched to see if the Quainton thorn (cratagus præcox) would blow on Christmas New Style; and as it did not, they refused to keep the New Style festival.
In England, Christmas was forbidden by Act of Parliament in 1644; the day was to be a fast and a market day; shops were compelled to be open; plum puddings and mince pies condemned as heathen.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03724b.htm   (4639 words)

  
 Lyceum [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
This multiplicity of use had a direct impact on the types of structures in the area and on the general development of the Lyceum.
From the earliest times, the area was characterized by large open spaces and shady groves of trees, bounded roughly by the Ilissos river to the south and the Eridanus river and Mt. Lykabettos to the north.
Stretches of the main road, which ran through modern Syntagma square and past the modern Parliament building parallel to the present Vasilis Sophias Blvd. have been uncovered and should be the main dromos to which our sources refer.
www.iep.utm.edu /l/lyceum.htm   (1725 words)

  
 Third canker outbreak to see more citrus trees go. 24 February 2005. Central Queensland News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Henry Palaszczuk told Parliament another 12,000 trees will be destroyed on 2PH Farms near Emerald, after the recent confirmation of the third outbreak of canker on the property.
However, growers continue to push for the removal of all trees from the Emerald pest quarantine area to ensure the disease does not return.
But Mr Palaszczuk told Parliament he believes authorities are on the right track.
www.abc.gov.au /news/australia/qld/capricornia/200502/s1310039.htm   (218 words)

  
 A Parliament of Trees --- One
She towered thirty feet above the tops of all the other trees and they disliked her and envied her, thinking she was too proud.
Attalea's height gave her nothing but trouble; apart from the fact that all the others were together and she was alone, she remembered her native skies better than they remembered theirs, and felt more yearning for them, because she was the nearest to what they had for a sky: that vile glass roof.
At this the cinnamon tree, which had forgotten that it had been stripped, took offense and became argumentative.
www.ralphmag.org /AH/parliament-trees1.html   (1333 words)

  
 Egypt's parliament: Brotherhood parade a security threat | Jerusalem Post   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Egypt's parliament on Sunday said it considered a military-style parade by Muslim Brotherhood university students to be a "serious threat" to Egypt's security and stability.
Egypt's state-run news agency MENA said on Sunday that the parliament rejected a query presented by the Brotherhood bloc of lawmakers, who asked to form a fact-finding committee to investigate the reasons behind the student's parade.
The investigation instead was transferred to a joint committee of the national security and education departments.
www.jpost.com /servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881918000&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull   (513 words)

  
 Parliament-Inn, Accommodations in Florida
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The PARLIAMENT INN is one of Delray Beach's nicest apartment complexes, and offers you a friendly family atmosphere.
Located in the center of the complex courtyard is the crystal clear, heated swimming pool and deck for your sunning pleasure.
www.parliamentinn.de /usa/apartmentanlage.html   (183 words)

  
 Re: Guide for plant appraisal
UK Tree Care - http://www.oak-wood.co.uk/uktc/ Michael I am sure you will have received Paul Hawkesford's information on availability of the CTLA System, i.e.
I argued this successsfully in an appeal, where I stated that it was not appropriate to say because you can't see the tree, there is no value attached to it.
A CA is not primarily designed to protect trees, it protects an area of Architectural / Historic merit and all features that contribute - this is where trees come in.
lists.tree-care.info /uktc/archive/2000/msg01602.php   (1075 words)

  
 SuperHeros and ComicBooks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
There each elemental takes the form of a great tree rooted to the ground.
This group of plant elementals in Brazil is known as the Parliament of Trees.
Linda was terrified by her savior, who, heartbroken, returned to the swamp.
au.msnusers.com /SuperHerosandComicBooks/swampthing.msnw   (667 words)

  
 Vanuatu A-Z Visitors Guide - pacific lagoon apartments,pacific sky,palms casino,palm trees,pandanas leaf,pango ...
Parliament House was opened on the 26 July 1993.
It’s rumoured the Chinese built parliament in exchange for support for the one China policy but, of course, it’s only a rumour.
As with travelling anywhere, look after your passport (leave at your hotel) and check before you leave home whether you have a six-month validity on your passport (especially children, as they get a shorten duration than adults).
www.vanuatuatoz.com /p.html   (1963 words)

  
 MySpace.com - Parliament of Trees - Winnipeg, CA - Rock / Pop / Indie - www.myspace.com/parliamentoftrees
Parliament of Trees Parliament of Trees is an independent record label based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
We are proud to announce two exciting releases for fall 2007.
Draw a Border" is sure to continue building on The Detail's reputation as one of Canada's most exciting new bands.
profile.myspace.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=183765019   (443 words)

  
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If it is there, it is in the hands of the Parliament of Trees."" to you.
And yet, it survives by the power of the Parliament of Trees.
Alright, I will see what I can do for her." Jacqueline says, "she, ah, has plenty of experience in one direction, but none in the other, if you know what I mean...." Yumi says, "Yes, I know of the rites.
www.thekeep.org /~wombat/AmberRPG/UNSLogs/motokochaos76.txt   (7051 words)

  
 Swamp Thing Chronology
This, essentially, births "The Green" and the potential for the Parliament of Trees.
The fugitive Parliament migrates into hiding in the region that eventually becomes known as the Tefé river basin in the Amazon rain forests of South America.
Sargon goes "into the light" of the Tree of Knowledge, but when the Swamp Thing cleanses the tree, he is trapped inside it — between heaven and hell.
www.mykey3000.com /cosmicteams/docs/swampthing.html   (6597 words)

  
 OPAC: Burne-Jones, Edward | Parliament of Fowls: perched upon branches of trees, birds sing with angelic voices
Parliament of Fowls: perched upon branches of trees, birds sing with angelic voices
1079/79 - Two preliminary studies for The Parliament of Fowls: perched upon branches of trees, birds sing with angelic voices
1079/82 - Two preliminary studies: The Romance of the Rose: the place of the rose; The Parliament of Fowls: perched upon branches of trees, birds sing with angelic voices
www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk /opacdirect/82157.htm   (252 words)

  
 John Constantine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Those elementals, fully aware of their essence, are known as the Parliament of Trees.
When the Witchcraft tried to wake up the ancient darkness to rule Heaven during Crisis, the Swamp Thing was led to the Parliament by John Constantine, trying to understand itself.
Unfortunately, it was rejected by the old ones, arguing that it was not prepared yet, but with the knowledge to battle the darkness.
pc59te.dte.uma.es /cdb/series/dc/parliament.htm   (216 words)

  
 BBC News | SCOTLAND | Cash offer to save rare bird
As a result, the funding announced on Saturday will be allocated to the Forestry Commission for the removal and marking of fences in areas close to known capercaillie populations.
Ms Brankin said she would introduce changes to legislation during the first few days of the new session of the Scottish Parliament which would make shooting or killing the capercaillie an offence.
Andy Miles from RSPB Scotland says the funding move and the law change are very important steps forward.
news.bbc.co.uk /low/english/uk/scotland/newsid_1520000/1520533.stm   (417 words)

  
 Records for Boston, Dec. 2. 1729. Whereas by an act of Parliament passed in England ... intitled, An act for the better ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Whereas by an act of Parliament passed in England...
intitled, An act for the better preservation of His Majesty's woods in America, no white pine trees are to be cut without licence...
[microform] : Whereas by an act of Parliament passed in England...
pblib.utpb.edu /MARION/%2BBOSTON/d2450000e100/0   (163 words)

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