Sentences with phrase «long life of trees»

In The Long, Long Life of Trees, Fiona Stafford — an author, radio host and University of Oxford literature professor — explores the science and symbology of 17 common trees.

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Most textbooks will show a live tree of evolution with the groups evolving through a long period of time.

If wisdom is to be ours, it must grow in us slowly like a tree — a tree of life — and at the end of the long growing we have its ripe fruit, sweet to the taste, which is the knowledge of good and evil — the kind of knowledge by which a king may rule well, and any of us may govern our lives well.

Also, the order of creation in the genesis narrative is directly contradicted by the available physical evidence, e.g. Gen — seed / fruit trees before fish v. fossil record — seed / fruit trees long after marine life; Gen — birds before land animals v. fossil record — birds evolved from land animals, etc..

I read about a man blessed with wisdom who wrote, «Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.»

I could write big long theological treatise about the saving powers of my trees out back and the sound of the creek and the Psalms and ordinary radicals and the Gospel in real life with the real Church.

I'm not exactly the warmest and fuzziest of individuals myself, but as long as nobody robs me of my Christmas season and Christmas tree, I prefer to remain rational and to «live and let live.»

Their fellowship with God was broken and with them no longer having access to the tree of life they were subject to death.

The biggest loss, of course, was the fact that Adam and Eve could no longer eat from the Tree of Life and live forever.

3:19) and the tree of life in Eden represents wisdom that is no longer simply theirs for the taking.

A long, honest look and conversation with the man in the mirror may help you see the beauty of the process, remember yourself in the chaos of your internal battle (sometimes we lose ourselves this way — kind of like not seeing the forest for the trees), and discover the blessing that you are, in the way the people your life touches already feel you are.

Though the combo of mint and chocolate has a place in my heart all year long, I'm happy to note that the bright combination is especially welcome as wreathes and trees grace our living rooms and twinkly strands light the dark - at - 5 pm streets around here.

Doubtless, for thousands of years, man lived under trees, and ate the half - cooked flesh of wild animals; and, so long as man lives on earth, he will have an occasional yearning to return to his originally savage condition.

The trees can live as long as 20 - 30 years and are capable of growing in a wide range of climates, as long as there is no harsh fluctuation in temperature.

Simple playful activities like tree climbing, running after butterflies and sprinkler shooting can prove to be the answer that parents are looking for since they can be done free of cost and can live long in the child's memories as well.

The kinkajou (pictured), however, is clearly not aware of this: it is a tree - living relative of the racoon and it lives longer than the tiger, even though it is just 1 / 40th the size.

«These sequoia trees that live along the California coast have evolved over long periods of time to take advantage of that foggy climate.

Neil Pederson, one of Hessl's colleagues, dated this sample of a long - dead pine from Mongolia (upper left) and discovered the tree lived from the seventh to 14th centuries and was alive when Genghis Khan built his empire.

And other studies of green anoles have shown changes, too: Anoles that moved to a new island with more trees than bushes evolved longer legs, perhaps to travel greater distances, whereas anoles living in cities have apparently evolved stickier feet to cling to metal and glass.

The researchers found that grasses, herbs and other short - lived species that had been through many generations shifted the most in search of perfect temperatures, whereas long - lived trees stayed largely in place.

Described in the current issue of the journal Nature, the find belongs to an extinct group of marine arthropods known as megacheirans (Greek for «large claws») and solves the long - standing mystery of where this group fits in the tree of life.

Then slower - growing critters that invest time digesting complex molecules that are energetically expensive to consume move in, akin to the colonization of a field by shrubs and then long - lived trees.

Examining a long - lived forest, researchers have found that Black Spruce trees, which dominate the northern forests of North America, succumb about five years after being weakened by environmental stresses.

For long - lived trees like bristlecone and limber pines, the bottleneck is at the time of their initial establishment, not hundreds and thousands of years into their adulthoods.

According to Loy, Ötzi's long, lightweight arrows indicate that he was a specialist hunter of ibex, long - horned goats that live high above the tree line; such arrows would not have worked well in the forest, where they would readily have become tangled in the branches of trees.

Long a symbol of life and fertility in Eastern cultures, the fig tree has now shown that its sexual prowess is tops in the plant kingdom, at least in one respect: It appears to hold the distance record for how far its pollen routinely travels to fertilize other fig trees.

Anthropologists have long assumed that the short stature of australopithecines like Lucy was related to treetop living: Having short legs makes it easier to climb trees and gives stability when balancing on branches.

Trying to build a better record, she and her colleagues scraped flecks of wood from the rings of longleaf pines, long - lived softwood trees common along the U.S. coasts of the Gulf of Mexico and the south Atlantic.

But the 15 - millimetre - long Platythyrea conradti, which lives in the forests of Ivory Coast, builds nests inside holes in trees that it shares with the 2.5 - millimetre - long Strumigenys maynei.

Informed by more than 1,000 newly sequenced types of microbe, Banfield's new tree reveals the diversity and long lineage of bacteria, which, along with eukaryotes and archaea, represent the three main domains of life.

Biologists have long aspired to paint a genetic portrait of the ancestor by running the tree of evolution backward, going from its leaves — the living creatures of today — down to the point where all its branches coalesce in a single trunk.

Given the very long lifespan of some Amazonian trees, with some living for more than 400 years, many forest plot sites may still be recovering from past human disturbances.

It does nt sound sexy, but building a health family tree can help you live longer or even save the lives of loved ones.

Our ancestors had a very active lifestyle that involved long hours of walking, running away from wild beasts, climbing tall trees for food as well as rest etc and thus enjoyed a healthy life.

Mention of the long living pine tree reminded me I've seen mention of pine sap in a Chinese Taoist dietetical text.

Here at Perfect Supplements we are celebrating all month long by giving Mama Earth (and everyone who lives here) the gift of trees!

Living in Hawaii is amazing for it's clear ocean and swaying palm trees but there's something about being on the road for long periods of time that can't be done on an island.

Add to that the sublime, unsettling score by avant - weird composer Mica Levi (aka Micachu) and some startling visuals work from UK effects house One of Us (Cloud Atlas, The Tree of Life) and you have a cinematic happening near - guaranteed to get under your skin and into your head for far longer than is comfortable.

The best comic - book movie in a long time, though based on no comic, Lucy is a film that mates classic Besson with Quentin Tarantino in a go at the mystical, world - solving vision found in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.

A considerably longer version of Terrence Malick's Palme d'Or winning 2011 film «The Tree of Life» is coming to the Criterion Collection with a rep confirming a new take that's almost an hour longer and comes in just short...

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A long line of notable celebrity appearances comprise the numerous smaller roles, including Donal Logue («Grounded for Life»), Philip Baker Hall («The Loop», 2005's The Zodiac), Adam Goldberg (Saving Private Ryan), and Lee Norris («Boy Meets World», «One Tree Hill»).

CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA «A Ciambra,» Jonas Carpignano, Italy / France / USA / Germany «A Sort of Family,» Diego Lerman, Argentina / Brazil / France / Poland «Alanis,» Anahí Berneri, Argentina «Ana, mon amour,» Călin Peter Netzer, Romania / Germany / France «Angels Wear White,» Vivian Qu, China / France «April's Daughter,» Michel Franco, Mexico «Arrhythmia,» Boris Khlebnikov, Russi Finland / Germany «Beyond Words,» Urszula Antoniak, Netherlands / Poland «Birds Without Names,» Kazuya Shiraishi, Japan «Breath,» Simon Baker, Australia «Dark is the Night,» Adolfo Alix Jr., Philippines «Directions,» Stephan Komandarev, Bulgaria / Germany / Macedonia «Disappearance,» Boudewijn Koole, Netherlands / Norway «Euthanizer,» Teemu Nikki, Finland «Félicité,» Alain Gomis, France / Senegal / Belgium / Germany / Lebanon «Good Favour,» Rebecca Daly, Ireland / Belgium / Denmark / Netherlands «Hannah,» Andrea Pallaoro, Italy / Belgium / France «Insyriated,» Philippe Van Leeuw, Belgium / France / Lebanon «Life and nothing more,» Antonio Méndez Esparza, Spain / USA «Longing,» Savi Gabizon, Israel «Looking for Oum Kulthum,» Shirin Neshat, Germany / Austria / Italy / Lebanon / Qatar «Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts,» Mouly Surya, Indonesia / France / Malaysia / Thailand «Miami,» Zaida Bergroth, Finland «Motorrad,» Vicente Amorim, Brazil «Nina,» Juraj Lehotsk • •, Slovakia / Czech Republic «On Body and Soul,» Ildikó Enyedi, Hungary «Samui Song,» Pen - ek Ratanaruang, Thailand / Germany / Norway «Sergio & Sergei,» Ernesto Daranas Serrano, Spain / Cuba «The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales,» Benjamin Renner, Patrick Imbert, France «The Insult,» Ziad Doueiri, France / Lebanon «The Journey,» Mohamed Jabarah Al - daradji, Iraq / United Kingdom / France / Qatar / Netherlands «The Lodgers,» Brian O'Malley, Ireland «The Number,» Khalo Matabane, South Africa «The Royal Hibiscus Hotel,» Ishaya Bako, Nigeria «The Summit,» Santiago Mitre, Argentina / Spain / France «Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle,» Mike van Diem, Netherlands / Italy / Canada «Under the Tree,» Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigur • sson, Iceland / Denmark / Poland / Germany «Veronica,» Paco Plaza, Spain «Wajib,» Annemarie Jacir, Palestine / France / Germany / Colombia / Norway / Qatar / United Arab Emirates «Western,» Valeska Grisebach, Germany / Bulgaria / Austria

Emmanuel Lubezki (Tree of Life, Gravity) is involved and the film has been edited to seem like that it is one long shot.

Mr. Desplat's upcoming projects include Terrence Malick's long - awaited The Tree of Life.

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«Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.»

Trees and most paper productions are renewable, recyclable, biodegradable, long lasting (many very old books are in great shape today; I own a great old version of Alice in wonderland and it is nowhere near the ends of it's useful life).

This long, claustrophobically written novel by the author of The People in the Trees (2013) follows the lives of four college men (and their many friends, nearly all male) from their early postgraduation days in New York through much of their accomplished adult lives, and backward to their childhoods.