Although this is not a new disorder‚ previously called spring dwindle disease‚ autumn collapse or disappearing disease‚ there have been higher-than-usual reports of colony loss since the fall and winter of 2006 with signs similar to those of colony collapse disorder. The symptoms include the dwindling and insufficient numbers of worker bees with few or no dead bees around the colony‚ the presence of bee brood (bee larvae)‚ the presence of food‚ pollen and honey deposits that are not immediately stolen
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In the summer of "99 I had the chance to visit a friend that lives in Sao Paulo‚ Brazil. My friend from Brazil‚ Ana Radeau‚ had come to my town the previous summer and spent a semester at my high school. I had no idea of what to expect when I got there because Brazil is such a diverse country with the rainforest‚ along hundreds of miles of beach‚ and also with some of the biggest cities in the world‚ Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. But the picture I had in my mind was completely different from what
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Spring Festival and Lantern Festival By Yolanda The Spring Festival‚ also known as the lunar new year‚ which falls in late January or early February. It is said that the Spring Festival evolved from an activity known as the “Winter Sacrifice”. And the word “Nian”‚ which in modern Chinese solely means year‚ was originally the name of a monster beast that started to prey on people the night before the beginning of a New Year. So people hang“good luck”wishes on red paper on the door and wall‚ use fireworks
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The poem “Those Winter Sundays” was written by Robert Hayden. The poem ’s theme is centralized around the love and commitment of Hayden’s father. The poem expresses how Hayden seen his father as a strict‚ responsible‚ and sometimes angered man. Although his father was strict in his ways‚ he did show his love in his own ways. Hayden wrote this poem in open form. This form allowed his poem to come to life as it moves along. The poem contains fourteen lines and there is no rhythm or rhyming pattern
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bThe Ancient Olympic Games When were the first Olympic Games? The first known Olympic Games was recorded in around 776 BC in Olympia‚ Greece. They were celebrated until 396 AD. What events took place in the Ancient Olympic Games? The Ancient Olympic Games consisted of only one race‚ the "stade" race‚ which was the length of the stadium and between 180 and 240 metres long (we don’t know for sure). Over the years more running races and other events were added‚ including boxing‚ wrestling
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Part I - The Question When I was 18‚ my family took a trip to Cancun for Spring Break. I absolutely loved the beaches and palm trees‚ the white sand‚ hot sun and blue waves. Ever since then I have had a real passion for tropical islands. My favorite and perhaps the most beautiful Islands I’ve researched are the Cayman Islands. I’ve only seen pictures and heard stories but I’ve already decided that’s where I am getting married. I still however‚ don’t know anything about the islands. My love for
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SUMMER LOVE By: Carlisle Naudyn Caroro Ice cream on a hot day. Going to the beach. Sleepless nights. Good hair days. Taking a leisure walk along the boulevard. ILC 2013 in Metro Manila. A Hong Kong Disneyland spree. Frolicking under the sun and simply living in that moment—just a few of the things I planned for my summer bucket list. My thoughts were more tangled than the students around me as we gather for our Commencement Exercises. My left eye got badly infected and turned crimson red‚ the
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Comparison of “Winter Dreams and Recitatif” Toni Morrison was a twentieth century writer‚ and still a current day writer. She was lauded as a writer "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import‚ gives life to an essential aspect of American reality." (Burton Blooms) It takes a very careful reader to actually get the contents of Morrison’s works because of the depth of her creativity. F. Scott Fitzgerald was also an early twentieth century writer. He was also as creative as
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All Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury No one in the class could remember a time when there wasn’t rain. “Ready?" "Ready." "Now?" "Soon." "Do the scientists really know? Will it happen today‚ will it?" "Look‚ look; see for yourself!" The children pressed to each other like so many roses‚ so many weeds‚ intermixed‚ peering out for a look at the hidden sun. It rained. It had been raining for seven years; thousand upon thousands of days compounded and filled
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Winter guard is an indoor sport derived from color guard‚ which is commonly associated with both high school and collegiate marching bands. Winter guard performances use recorded music rather than live bands and typically occur in gymnasiums and arenas. In “Marching to a Different Drum at Center Grove High School‚” Debra Barbre describes these performances as “like creating Broadway in three minutes” (Barbre‚ 12). It is similar to Broadway performances in that performers have to actively engage
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