derived by hybridization from African honeybees naturalized in the western hemisphere. Because they are highly defensive and will attack perceived intruders more readily than the common European honeybee‚ they are also known by the popular name of "killer bees." Brazilian scientists imported African honeybee queens in the 1950’s in order to breed a honeybee for use in tropical climates. Some swarms escaped into the wild. Because they were highly adapted for tropical survival and had no natural competitors
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Microcontroller-based Data Logger with RS232 Interface * DECLARATION of plagirism *I declare that all material in this submission e.g. thesis/essay/project/assignment is entirely my/our own work except where duly acknowledged. *I have cited the sources of all quotations‚ paraphrases‚ summaries of information‚ tables‚ diagrams or other material; including software and other electronic media in which intellectual property rights may reside. *I have provided a complete bibliography
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The Silent Killer Today’s world many individuals suffer from the effects of high blood pressure; however‚ most of them are not aware of the causes. High blood pressure is a very dangerous health condition‚ which‚ if left untreated can become life-threatening. Although most people strive for their pressure readings to be normal‚ many do not realize they can prevent much of it through maintaining a healthy diet and working to minimize the stress in our daily lives. There are three other categories
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elevation in serial killings. To give some insight into the scale of the problem posed by the serial killer‚ in the United States can be gained from examining the statistics for just one year. In 1989 (the last year for which detailed figures are available) there were 21‚500 recorded homicides‚ of which some 5‚000 are unsolved. Unofficial sources believe that as many as a hundred serial killers may be at large at any given time. Add to this the number of known victims of serial killers‚ then between
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Killer Whales One may not know that Killer Whales are the largest member of the dolphin family. They are carnivores‚ which have long round black bodies marked with whites patches near the side of the eyes and beneath their stomachs and chest. Killer whales are found in all oceans. Their scientific name is Orcinus Orca – the Roman God of dealth and the underworld‚ who is known as the punisher (Bio1). It’s believed that Orcinus is derived from Orcus which is Latin and Orca meaning
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Mule Killers Lydia Peelle’s story Mule Killers is a story about unrequited love and its consequences and the change from child to adult - Growing up and entering a world of adulthood and of progress you experience both positive and negative things. In this short story we meet three generations of a family; the grandfather‚ the father and the son - as well as the different women in the story. The story takes place on a farm‚ a garden‚ on the countryside near Nashville in the Southeast of United
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ERA: ‘The influence of delay and no delay on serial position effects in the recall of children’s names’ The aim of this experiment is to investigate whether the serial position effects in the recall of children’s names are influenced by a delay or no delay after learning the names. Four participants were each given a list of 15 names to memorize for one minute. Two participants were condition 1 (no delay) and the other two were condition 2 (delay). Condition 1 was required to recall all the names
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numerous killers that have shocked the nation‚ but one killer in particular had the world completely dumbfounded. It was the ‘Craigslist Killer’ who would have many people asking questions and wondering why a soon to be graduate from medical school would commit such evil acts. With graduation right around the corner and wedding plans to make with his fiancé‚ he seemed to have the world at his feet. So who is the ‘Craigslist Killer’? Philip Markoff‚ also known as the ‘Craigslist Killer’‚ was born
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Mule Killers Lydia Peelle’s story ‘Mule Killers’ is a story about unrequited love and its consequences and the change from child to adult. ‘Mule Killers’ is told by a narrator‚ who is telling the story of his father meeting his mother. The father of the narrator tells his story about his unhappy youth to his son meantime they are working in a garden. The father’s story takes place when he was about eighteen years old‚ and the time where tractors replace mules as a agricultural tool. The
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Serial Killers in the Media Serial killers are a relatively rare‚ yet commonly publicized‚ part of our society. The media portrayal of serial killers skews the opinions and creates a stereotype of murderers for the public. James Knoll‚ MD states in his article‚ “Serial Murder: A Forensic Psychiatric Perspective”‚ that no evidence supports the idea that serial murder is a “growing epidemic” as people believe it is (qtd. in Johnson-Sheehan & Paine‚ “Writing Today”‚ pg 332). This misperception
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