seventeen year old palm island has just spent three weeks and the epilepsy monitoring unit us beaumont hospital. i love to paint them. she's suffered from sporadic seizures since she was eleven so far no medication has helped. it can have normal life. the elk with a painting. but it is not a frolicking like a part of the grey lynn. well paired with bowed head season gilchrist. ie i have seizures. in peter's patients a month to rent a cop using brain activity centers comers and blood tests. some are taking part in a twelve million euro international study examining the mechanisms triggering epileptic seizures scientists are particularly interested in the molecule controlling protein levels in brain cells known as micro rna in epilepsy patients a part of the brain tricking seizures has unusual levels of the molecule. the question is why we did. baseline. we should be my running and then continue with them to the decision and didn't take them into somebody's got to see the correlation between the more mature with michael on and they and the teacher gifts. the studies in its parody stages

palm tree to one day blow in the breeze on the most expensive bridge in the world. that idea is starting to come to life. contractors were preparing to remove the 20-year-old canary islandalm from the front yard of his home. the homeowner did not want to talk on camera about the bridge selection. but he said receiving $1,000 for the tree is better than the $3,000 they were going to pay to remove the tree. >> really best friends of us from england moved here and i think it was 79. we helped them plant those trees. and they were a little smaller than they are now. >> reporter: before this now 20- foot tree takes its play in the median it will first be checked for disease. it will be put on a truck and make the trek to river side where it will be planted on this waiting yard. waiting room for the plant to be examined. all of it driving up the cost to each tree to about $10,000. >> is there a better alternative? >> i don't know what other trees were looked at. again the landscape architect thought this was the most appropriate tree for what we wanted to convey and what we wanted to do. >> reporter: i'm told a 60-ton crane will be brought in. 22 more trees are set to be plan

palm tree closer to the home. it's a 20-year-old canary island palm tree.nut creek homeowner tells ktvu news before landscaper came to his home he was going to spend $3,000 of his own money to get rid of it because it was getting too close to their house. they came to the homeowner, saw the tree and said this is the type of tree we are looking for for the bridge and offered to give the homeowner $1,000 to take it off his hands. they agreed and here they are. andrew gordan says they plan on adding 22 additional trees. we spoke to one neighbor who was up early one morning because he was curious. >> i will have my farm are ready then. >> reporter: according to cal tran they have a budget of $900,000 for landscaping along the eastern span and each tree roughly costs $10,000 a piece. as we take you back out here live, here's a caveat to this story. as you see the workers getting ready for this crane to show up apparently the landscapers are looking for more of these specific palm trees. if you think you have this specific type of palm tree, take a micture, shoot

palm tree to one day blow in the breeze on the most expensive bridge in the world. that idea is starting to come to life. contractors were preparing to remove the 20-year-old canary islandalm from the front yard of his home. the homeowner did not want to talk on camera about the bridge selection. but he said receiving $1,000 for the tree is better than the $3,000 they were going to pay to remove the tree. >> really best friends of us from england moved here and i think it was 79. we helped them plant those trees. and they were a little smaller than they are now. >> reporter: before this now 20- foot tree takes its play in the median it will first be checked for disease. it will be put on a truck and make the trek to river side where it will be planted on this waiting yard. waiting room for the plant to be examined. all of it driving up the cost to each tree to about $10,000. >> is there a better alternative? >> i don't know what other trees were looked at. again the landscape architect thought this was the most appropriate tree for what we wanted to convey and what we wanted to do. >> reporter: i'm told a 60-ton crane will be brought in. 22 more trees are set to be plan

see, here is the 20 ton crane that's here to remove the palm tree which is closest to this home here in walnut creek. it is a 20-year-old canary islandest, the homeowners were set to shell out their own cash to get rid of it until a land scraper subcontracted by caltrans came out to look at it to see if they could use it on the bridge. the homeowner was prepared to pay $3,000. but then the contractor saw the tree, contacted the homeowner. they said how about $1,000? they agreed. here we are. you won't be seeing this tree in the immediate future. the tree has to make a seven- hour trip to riverside to a holding yard where it will be inspected for disease. if it's given the okay, it will be placed on the bay bridge. caltrans plans to add 22 additional trees in the spring. >> they can withstand the harsh weather and conditions out here. they can stand up to the salt, air and the wind and the fog. >> reporter: now, according to caltrans, they have a budget of about $900,000 for landscaping along the eastern span and each tree roughly costs around 10 grand apiece. here's the cough caveat. 's parentally the land scapers are -- apparently t

island's population. new settlements and streets have been built where palm trees used to grow. sometimes religious rituals are all that remained of the oldali. bali lacks an efficient waste disposal system. garbage is simply burned. back at the green school. after recess, it's time for math. but gap -- class begins with an israeli folk dance. ♪ >> at the green school, the emphasis is on combining practical skills with an awareness of the importance of our and merriment. -- of our environment. >> there are some in the kinesthetic aspects that i can take. moving forward, moving backward, keeping a beat, stepping to the right or the left. all our skills of our human body. it is an education for human beings. not for universities. >> lunchtime. the kids are enjoying some balinese dishes, italian pasta, and of course, fresh tomatoes. the food is served in wicker baskets lined with banana leaves. they don't need to be washed and that saves water. tuition fees are 10,000 euros a year. balinese families cannot afford that, so the green school remains an oasis for the children of wealthy foreigners. still, maybe one day they will share the ecolog