Travellers live in the rustic tree houses, eat by the fire and spend their days exploring the ancient frontiers on the beach.

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And then there's Sony Pictures Television, which sent out a Joan of Arcadia box that not only played the series' theme song upon opening, but also featured a live tree, which was prominent in the provided episode.

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And this year we decorated it -- we call it our Joining Forces tree, because the decorations -- the main decorations on the tree are handmade ornaments from military kids who live in bases all across the world.

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Peta focused attention on the issue in 2012 when it released a leaked video showing an instructor breaking and sawing off the limbs of live goats with tree trimmers.

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People who live through these storms regularly on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts talk about how, Yeah, I lost that tree in Andrew, or, I lost that house in Katrina.

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