week was to watch the movie Akeelah and The Bee and fill out a character trait chart. Akeelah was developing her character as the movie progressed. In order to have a strong self-esteem‚ you must first have a strong character. Showing positive character traits will boost your own self-esteem. The first character trait exhibited in this movie was trustworthiness. Her brother shows this trait by saying if Akeelah made it to the National Spelling Bee‚ he would come and watch her. He kept his word
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Termites and other wood-boring bugs like carpenter ants do their dirty work behind the walls of our homes. Although we might see the swarmers‚ or reproductive termites‚ flying around during mating season‚ we rarely see the workers chomping away 24 hours a day‚ 7 days a week. Normally‚ we only know we have a termite problem when we see hollows or small‚ black holes in sheetrock or buckling wood in window or door frames. Aside from some preventative measures we can take to make our houses less appealing
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SPED 101 (10:20-11:45) BEED-1B March 30‚ 2012 AKEELAH AND THE BEE A middle school located in a rough neighborhood in South Los Angeles is seriously hurting for money‚ just to provide the necessary basics the principal decides to have a school spelling bee hoping that one of his students will make it to the nationals and bring exposure (and money) to the school. The principal enlists the help of his college
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Anoura fistulata‚ otherwise known as the tube-lipped nectar bat‚ is a nectarivorous species endemic to South America (Mantilla-Meluk et al. 2009). A. fistulata specializes in feeding on the nectar and pollen from larger flowering plants‚ but also frequently hunts insects to round out it’s diet (Muchhala et al. 2005). However‚ unlike other species of the same genus A. fistulata has co-evolved as a pollinator of the bellflower Centropogon nigricans (Muchhala et al. 2009). C. nigricans has developed
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Carpenter ants like to burrow into soft and rotting wood. They like to make nests inside of oak trees that are already diseased or compromised. The presence of carpenter ants can prevent a diseased or compromised tree from recovering and continuing to thrive. Here is what you need to do if you have carpenter ants living in any of the oak trees on your property. Locate The Nest The first thing you need to do is locate the nest. Carpenter ants generally live together in colonies and build nests where
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Pesticides are substances used for destroying organisms that are harmful to crops. There are many different forms of pesticides‚ but whichever form it is they harm‚ and kill Bumble bees. Bumble Bees pollinate about 15 percent of our food‚ and are valued at 3 billion dollars (Adam Federman). Bees are extremely important pollinators that we need‚ but yet we are killing them off indirectly with the pesticides we use on crops. A pesticide called neonicotinoids is one example of how pesticides are
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Natural selection is the driving force in evolution because it is what trait offspring. There are many cases of evidence showing this such as the peppered moth population‚ the blue mussels‚ and the finches that we studied. The peppered is a very good example of natural selection because there is already black moths in the population‚ but the peppered survived better before the industrial revolution.Though when the industrial revolution comes in the lichens on the trees die and the peppered moth
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Birmingham‚ AL‚ is home to plenty of sunshine and blue skies‚ but it’s also home to a variety of bothersome pests. From bees and mice to rats and spiders‚ each pest poses a unique set of problems and potential dangers. To help you better understand the pests that plague your area‚ here is a quick look at some common nuisances and what can be done about them. Bees and Wasps While bees are a crucial part of the ecological system‚ they can be dangerous to humans when they build their nests too close
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Ant Colony Optimization EDWIN WONG PHILLIP SUMMERS ROSALYN KU PATRICK XIE PIC 10C SPRING 2011 Swarm Intelligence Swarms Swarm of bees Ant colony as swarm of ants Flock of birds as swarm of birds Traffic as swarm of cars Immune system as swarm of cells and molecules ... Swarm Intelligence/Agent Based Modeling Model complex behavior using simple agents Swarm Intelligence Digital Crumbs a la Hansel and Gretel Idea: stigmergy is a mechanism of communication by modifying the environment
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Ever since the devil facial tumor disease (DFTD) emerged in the mid-1990’s‚ the Tasmanian devils’ population has been on a rapid decline. As these devils are a keystone species of their ecosystem‚ their decline has allowed non-native predators such as cats and black rats to flourish and decrease the number of native prey. This effect is an example of the top-down keystone predator hypothesis. Due to the downfall of the devils‚ Australia’s once most intact faunal communities has diverted into an invasive
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