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    White Tailed Deer

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    of plants. Forbs‚ particularly sunflowers‚ are important‚ however grasses and sedges are used only briefly in spring and fall. White tailed deer are the largest game animal in North America. This is due to their over abundance and annoyance to farmers. An average of 300000 deer are hunted down each year. A tragedy has been another 3000 are hit by cars every year. Many human efforts have been made to prevent these accidents‚ such as fencing and deer repellents near freeways‚ but many seem to

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    ABSTRACT Insects are one of the big problems in most households in the Philippines. They are pestering the land of vertebrates for millions of years. Commercial insecticides are either too harmful to both man and the environment or too expensive for the consumers. The purpose of this study is to create an environmental-friendly‚ safe‚ cheap‚ and effective insecticide that can compete with the commercial ones. The mixture of the extracts of chilli pepper‚ cacao leaves‚ lemon grass‚ garlic‚ and olive

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    Spring by Rachel Carson Year Written: 1962 The beginning of the Environmentalist Movement Short Summary; The pesticides used in an attempt to control insects that were major threats to national and international agriculture and the deadly and lasting results. Rachel Carson elaborates with careful research the harmful effects of pesticides on insects‚ marine life‚ land mammals‚ plant life‚ soil and humans‚ which can store the toxins and result in convulsions‚ bone aches‚ cancer and death. Facts;

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    5 Diseases Acording to Nightangle’s Environmental Theory Typhoid Typhoid fever is a bacterial infection caused by ingesting contaminated food or water. If there is not healthy food or healhty water avaiable‚ it can causes Typhoid Fever. Symptoms are characterized by headaches‚ nausea and loss of appetite. Skin Cancer If exposure to sunlight continues for several years‚ the damaged skin has an increased chance of developing one of the forms of skin cancer. Exposure to ultraviolet radiation

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    Perfume Making

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    Bibliography: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-vinegar htmhttp://www.vinegartips.com/scripts/pageViewSec.asp?id=6 http://www.ehow.com/how_2119560_use-ginger-control-insect-pests. htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/vinegar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/gingerwww.freewebs.com http://www.brittanica.com/EBchecked/topic/289077/insecticide www.arbico-organics.com/category/organic-insecticides http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/961

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    syasthyamdadati’ which means ‘to give good health’. Termites are a group of eusocial insects that mostly feed on dead plant material‚ generally in the form of wood‚ leaf litter‚ soil‚ or animal dung‚ and about 10% of the estimated 4‚000 species (about 2‚600 taxonomically known) are economically significant as pests that can cause serious structural damage to buildings‚ crops or plantation forests. As eusocial insects‚ termites live in colonies that‚ at maturity‚ number from several hundred to several

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    Views to stop spread of malaria!!! The parasites that cause malaria are transmitted by a species of insects which are known as the female Anopheles mosquitoes. These parasites multiply within the red blood cells (which are commonly abbreviated as the RBC’s). These parasites cause the symptoms of anaemia‚ which also includes light-headedness‚ shortness of breath‚ tachycardia‚ etc. They also cause such general symptoms as fever‚ chills‚ influenza (which is commonly abbreviated as flu)-like

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    Classic Knitwear Case

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    Classic Knitwear Case 1. Does the product “fit” Classic’s financial and strategy needs‚ and its capabilities? In terms of the strategy‚ the new product does strategically align with its current operations. The new product will remain unbranded showing only the Guardian name and‚ although‚ Classic has a greater market share in the wholesale sector‚ concentrating on their retail channels does have a good potential for growth. Successfully breaking into this sector will require a good task

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    lemon peels

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    Parasitol Res DOI 10.1007/s00436-012-3021-8 ORIGINAL PAPER Larvicidal‚ pupicidal‚ repellent and adulticidal activity of Citrus sinensis orange peel extract against Anopheles stephensi‚ Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Kadarkarai Murugan & Palanisamy Mahesh Kumar & Kalimuthu Kovendan & Duraisamy Amerasan & Jayapal Subrmaniam & Jiang-Shiou Hwang Received: 26 May 2012 / Accepted: 19 June 2012 # Springer-Verlag 2012 Abstract Mosquitoes are the carriers

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    natural insect repellent. Citrus peels contain the extra pest killer linalool‚ also obtained by extracting oil from the rind. Pests hate limonene and linalool and will avoid areas treated with them. While it may not kill adult fleas‚ limonene does paralyze them. A good washing will destroy the unsuspecting fleas. Homemade Insecticides Place citrus peels around the garden to ward off annoying pests. Sprinkling orange zest around the picnic area will deter mosquitoes and flies. Make an insect spray

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