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    becomes a nymph. 2. A nymph is in the second phase and is the size of a freckle. The nymph will then feed on a host (deer or mice) and then carry it to your dog. This stage it is able to transmit the disease. Then the nymph molts into an adult. 3. In the final stage‚ the infected adult feeds on a deer or a dog and lays its eggs‚ sometimes 2‚000 at a time‚ which will hatch the next spring. A dog or person usually acquires Lyme disease through the bite of an infected nymph or adult

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    setting of Ithaca‚ surrounding islands‚ and various seas in the mediterranean in Europe. The overall poem is about Odysseus adventure to get home to Ithaca from the trojan war in Troy. He goes through many obstacles including mystical sea creatures‚ nymphs‚ and evil magic witches. Hey goes through god invention when the Greek gods intervene with the mortal world. Hermes‚ Athena‚ and Poseidon were all gods and goddesses who went to help the epic hero who was a mortal‚ Odysseus. Not only does Odysseus

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    from all walks of life but it remands to be seen whether or not they are true‚ as no one has ever actually caught one. Mermaids have been called many things such as "Merfolk." They have been mistaken for water nymphs because they are supposed to have the beautiful voices liker water nymphs. They have been mistaken for Sirens as well except Sirens have the upper body of a young woman but the lower body of a bird. The Babilonians worshipped a sea-god‚ the mermaid‚ and believed she arose form the

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    Athena‚ and one who is not so friendly; Poseidon. Zeus is sympathetic to the mortals‚ he lets the other gods help the humans. An example of Zeus helping Odysseus would be‚ when Odysseus was with the nymphs‚ Zeus says to his son‚ “Hermes‚ you’ve been our messenger before./ Go tell that ringleted nymph it is my will/ To let that patient man Odysseus go home” (V. 30-33). Furthermore‚ Hermes also has a very neutral

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    self-control and instead think of a way to trick the Cyclops and escape. He also show that he was a man of virtue during the time that he was with nymph‚ he decide to use is cunning mind to get want he want stating ‘’ She is mortal after all and you. Nevertheless I long – I pine all my days – to travel home…’’ He decide to stay loyal even though the nymph loved him but he wanted to go back home with is real family. Self control goes a long way and it is the first of many virtues Odysseus used to survie

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    Ixodidae family. (Horak et al.‚ 2002). Amblyomma life cycle includes four stages: the egg‚ larva‚ nymph with only one nymphal instar‚ and adult. All ticks feed on blood during some or all stages in their lifetime because they are considered obligate ectoparasites. Furthermore‚ Amblyomma larvae attack hosts‚ feed‚ detach‚ and develop in sheltered microenvironments where they molt to nymphs. Similarly‚ nymphs will seek hosts‚ feed‚ drop‚ and molt to adults. After reaching adulthood‚ ticks will again seek

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    Lyme disease Lyme Disease Lyme borreliosis‚ commonly known as Lyme diseases is an infectious bacterial disease transmitted through the bite of the blacklegged tick. It is named after the neighboring towns of Lyme and old Lyme‚ Connecticut. The first reported cases of Lyme disease came from these towns in 1975. Although‚ it was not discovered that the disease was a tick-born disease until 1978 by Allen Steere. Today it is the most common disease caused by ticks throughout the

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    A comparison between the three parodies in the poetry anthology ‘The Passionate Shepherd to His Love’ and ‘Come live with me and be my love’ are poems that show what the poets are willing to offer to their loves if they are to come to live with them. ‘The Nymph’s Reply to the Shepherd’ is an answer to the shepherd’s request. In all these poems‚ the first and last two lines of the stanzas rhyme. For example in “The Passionate Shepherd” the rhyming words are ‘love’ and ‘prove’; ‘fields’

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    promises her a cap made out of flowers‚ a kirtle made out of leaves of myrtle and a belt made out of straw and ivy buds. He describes them as being beautiful and very fairytale-like. He builds up this idea that nature is faultless and delightful. The nymph‚ however‚ has a very different approach on nature. She believes that it isn’t as perfect as it seems. This is proven when she says‚ “The flowers do fade‚ and wonton fields‚ to wayward winter reckoning yields.” Williams connects all of this by saying

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    In Unit 10 under the Instructor’s Emphasis Medusa‚ American culture generally imagines Medusa being born as snake headed monster whom Perseus destroyed with the assistance from the gods. Another theory says that Medusa was once a mortal woman that Poseidon raped in the temple of Athena. Athena made Medusa suffer because of her jealousy by altering her beauty and isolated her as a Gorgon because of the defiling her temple. Another theory is that Athena punished Medusa because she claimed her beauty

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