How to Make an Insect Repellant Out of Lemongrass By Brian Airman‚ eHow Contributor updated: May 05‚ 2010 Lemongrass oils works like citronella to repel mosquitoes and other stinging insects. Insect bites and stings are painful at the moment of attack and sometimes cause lasting skin irritation. It only takes a minute to turn a fresh stalk of lemongrass into natural insect repellent. The essential oils naturally present inside the lemongrass stalk repel pests and give skin a fresh‚ vibrant
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Composition 26 Sept. 2012 “How I learn the skill to cook Italian Food” Narrative Essay #1 My interest on learning to cook Italian food started at a very young age‚ I was only 6 years old. I used to spend hours watching my mom cooking in the kitchen. The intense smell of onions‚ garlic‚ and olive oil would fill the room and compose a visualization of love. The creations my mother use to bring on the table were always remarkable. I remember vividly thinking that one day I wanted to be as creative
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Colour: How does camouflage help the chameleon catch insects? The camouflage on the chameleon helps get close to prey without being spotted. The camouflage colour helps the chameleon blend in with the background to sneak up on the chameleon’s prey. The long tongue with a sticky lump at the end that it launches to catch insects. How does camouflage help protect the chameleon from predators? Not only does it camouflage to consume food but also to protect itself. The chameleon helps it protect
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advisory‚ the ministry has said that there is an “urgent need” to refine the Indian standard on safe limits of exposure to electro-magnetic radiations(EMR). Till it is reformed‚ “ a precautionary approach shall be preferred to minimize the exposure levels and adopt stricter norms possible‚ without compromising on optimum performance of the networks ‚” it said. Accordingly ‚ it asked the DoT to ensure that new mobile towers are not constructed within one km of existing ones “so as not to obstruct
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Constant images and signs wherever we look can be very intrusive and irritating at times. Although we expect adverts in numerous situations‚ it now seems that there are very few paces we can actually avoid them. A further aspect of advertising that I would consider unethical is the way it encourages people to buy products they may not need or cannot afford. Children and young people in particular‚ are influenced by adverts showing the latest toys‚ clothing or music and this can put enormous pressure
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Talent is a gift that God gives to human being without seeing their social status. A poor kid could have a great talent on certain fields such as arts‚ music‚ or even sports. Let us take some kids in remote area as an example. Some of them are able to play various kinds of musical instruments though they have no access like many other kids in a big city have. In some cases‚ they just get the access to borrow those instruments then they learn to play it by themselves. Nevertheless‚ their skill is
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related to certain behaviors and habits‚ declared as "sacred and forbidden". Breaking a taboo is usually considered a repulsive thing and censured from the community. The term is derived from the Tonga and is present in many Polynesian cultures. In these cultures‚ a taboo also has religious significance. The term taboo is precisely the condition of people‚ objects and actions isolated and prohibited because of the danger represented by their contact. All cultures defined them self through food and their
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Revision essay plans 1. To what extent had African Americans made progress towards equality in the period 1945 to 1957? Progress • Education and actions of NAACP and Supreme Court - Brown decision 1954 – overturned Plessey v Ferguson - Actions of NAACP in other education cases (eg Sweatt v Painter) - Role of Thurgood Marshall‚ main lawyer in NAACP - Supreme Court more favourable to civil rights after appointment of Earl Warren as Chief Justice
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Do you agree with the view that the main cause of the Pilgrimage of Grace was a widespread dislike of religious changes? There were three main rebellions in Henry VIII’s reign as king; The Lincolnshire Rising‚ The Pilgrimage of Grace and Cumberland Rebellion. These rebellions were all connected because each one triggered off the next one. The three main factors that set off the rebellions were the economic state of the country‚ the political state and the religious activities at the time. There
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The average American eats about 1‚996.3 pounds of food per year (Credit Loan). Just what exactly is it that they are eating? Between additives‚ pesticides that are sprayed onto fruits and vegetables‚ hormones that are given to cows‚ and the amount of pollution in water‚ the foods that people eat everyday may not be as safe as some would think. Even simple drinking water has been contaminated by illicit drugs‚ medicinal drugs‚ and hormones (National Geographic). Additives also cause a concern when
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