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A dead hedge used as a roadside boundary. A dead hedge is a barrier constructed from cut branches, saplings, and foliage. The material can be gathered from activities such as pruning or clearing, and in traditional forms of woodland management, [1] such as coppicing. Its ecological succession can be a beetle bank or hedge.
Bridgeville, California (population 25) was the first town to be sold on eBay in 2002, and has been up for sale three times since. [1] In January 2003, Thatch Cay, the last privately held and undeveloped U.S. Virgin Island, was listed for auction by Idealight International. The minimum bid was US$3 million and the sale closed January 16, 2003. [2]
Defunct shipping companies based in Washington (state) (3 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Defunct shipping companies of the United States" The following 188 pages are in this category, out of 188 total.
The body of a newborn baby has been found in a “safe haven” box at a hospital in Idaho, prompting an investigation. Officers responded to Grove Creek Medical Center in Blackfoot in eastern ...
The Onion Futures Act is a United States law banning the trading of futures contracts on onions as well as "motion picture box office receipts". [1] In 1955, two onion traders, Sam Siegel and Vincent Kosuga, cornered the onion futures market on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The resulting regulatory actions led to the passing of the act on ...
A bulk box, also known as a bulk bin, skid box, pallet box, bin box, gaylord, or octabin, is a pallet-size box used for storage and shipping of bulk or packaged goods. [1] Bulk boxes can be designed to hold many different types of items such as plastic pellets, watermelons, electronic components, and even liquids; some bulk boxes are stackable.
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A typical clipped European beech hedge in the Eifel, Germany. A round hedge of creeping groundsel.. A hedge or hedgerow is a line of closely spaced (3 feet or closer) shrubs and sometimes trees, planted and trained to form a barrier or to mark the boundary of an area, such as between neighbouring properties.