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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Vermicomposting processor in Portland Oregon which continues to handle more than 2‚000 tons of food waste per year at an annual cost savings of approximately $70‚000.00. The Worm Castings are sold as an Organic soil amendment or mixed to form valuable plant growth media‚ as well as providing a natural pesticide and fungicide. In 1997: Awarded our first of three Phase I‚ and Phase II USDA-SBIR grants enabling advanced engineering‚ design and process modifications to be made in order to achieve a greater understanding
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The Cockroach- By Kevin Haligan Explore the metaphorical significance of the insect in the poem The sonnet‚ “the cockroach”; written by Kevin Haligan‚ is an extended metaphor. Through anthropomorphism‚ the human life cycle is symbolized‚ and mimicked by the insect. This essay will fully explore the metaphorical significance of the insect. The insect metaphorically signifies the poet’s life. Being a sonnet‚ the poem is split up‚ into 2 parts (the first part is split into two‚ technically
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Contribution of Agriculture and Petroleum Sector to the Growth and Development of the Nigerian Economy from 1960-2010 By 1 1 Aminu Umaru and 2Anono Abdulrahman Zubairu Department of Economics & 2Department of Management Technology School of Management and Information Technology Modibbo Adama University of Technology‚ Yola‚ Adamawa State‚ Nigeria. Abstract This paper investigates the contribution of agricultural sector and petroleum sector to the economic growth and development (GDP) of the Nigerian economy
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Mammals and fish both have circulatory systems that consists of a heart‚ blood and blood vessels. Insects have an open circulatory system‚ where the haemolymph circulates freely among the body cavity and not enclosed in vessels‚ unlike the closed circulatory‚ where the blood is transported via the blood vessels. Mammals have a double loop circuit‚ meaning that the blood passes through the heart twice in each circuit of the blood that is pumped around the body. Fish‚ however‚ have a single loop system
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_____________________________________Mobile towers affect birds and bees_________________________________________ The Indian environment ministry feels that radiations emitted by mobile towers has ill effect on wildlife ‚ especially birds and bees‚ and has asked the department of telecommunications (DoT) not to permit such structures within 1 km each other. In an advisory‚ the ministry has said that there is an “urgent need” to refine the Indian standard on safe limits of exposure to electro-magnetic
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What is Inclusive Growth? February 10‚ 2009 The purpose of this note is to define the meaning of the term ‘inclusive’ growth. It is often used interchangeably with a suite of other terms‚ including ‘broad-based growth’‚ ‘shared growth’‚ and ‘pro-poor growth’. The paper clarifies the distinctions between these terms as well as highlights similarities. The paper argues that inclusive growth analytics has a distinct character focusing on both the pace and pattern of growth. Traditionally‚ poverty
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Unilever’s growth strategy Patrick Cescau Group Chief Executive Richard Rivers Head of Strategy Safe harbour statement This presentation may contain forward-looking statements‚ including ‘forward-looking statements’ within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based upon current expectations and assumptions regarding anticipated developments and other factors affecting the Group. They are not historical facts‚ nor
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Economic growth is considered as one of the most essential parts of the economics‚ and it is defined an increase of goods and services of a country within certain period (Acemoglu‚ 2012). Modis (2013) claimed that‚ this economic growth conception particularly relates to the growth of potential output and production which is measured by gross domestic product per capita (GDP). Economic growth ideology has a long history‚ though it has been existed since the mid-18th‚ economic growth has dominated
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Economic Growth‚ Economic Freedom and Morality Mikita Katliarou LCC International University Economic Growth‚ Economic Freedom and Morality In our fast-developing world where people are overwhelmed with all the insane progress we never stopped for moment to think rationally “whether it is good thing that we developed for the last decade more than for the last ten centuries?” But for now let’s put up this question for later. “The pursuit of high economic growth is considered desirable as it generates
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