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Flies: Encyclopedia - As the crow flies

"As the crow flies" is a colloquial term used to describe the most direct route between two points on the Earth. It is most often used to differentiate distance along this route with that along a less direct route, such as a road or railroad, and is generally the same as the great circle route. Some people use the variation "by the crow flies". An example would be the distance between Key West and Pensacola, at the two opposite ends of Florida. Driving, the distance is approximately 792 miles or 1275 km, but directly across the Gulf of Mexico it is o ...

Flies: Encyclopedia II - Lord of the Flies - Anaylsis Many people have interpreted "Lord of the Flies" as a work on moral philosophy. The enviornment of the island, a paradise with all the food, water, and all the necessities, can be seen as a metaphor for the Garden of Eden. Yet, the first appearance of the "beastie" is that of a serpent, as evil appears in the Book of Genesis. One of the major themes of the book is on the nature of evil. This is clearly seen in the conversation that Simon holds with the skull of the pig, which refers to itself as "The Lord of the Flies" (a literal tran ...

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Flies: Encyclopedia II - Fly tying - Flies

Since the existence of fly tying many different patterns have been created. The Professional Fly Tying manual classifies flies into five main groups. Flies are usually classified as being wet, dry, streamer, or nymph. Fly tying - Wet Flies. Wet flies are flies that do not float above the surface of the water. Instead they float just below the surface. They usually imitate insects that have drowned. Sometimes they are created to represent insects hatched under the water that are working their way to the surface. See also:

Fly tying, Fly tying - Materials, Fly tying - Hooks, Fly tying - Tools, Fly tying - Flies, Fly tying - Wet Flies, Fly tying - Dry Flies, Fly tying - Nymphs, Fly tying - Streamers, Fly tying - Others, Fly tying - Common Patterns, Fly tying - Sources

Flies: Encyclopedia - Fly

As defined by entomologists, a fly (plural flies) is any species of insect of the order Diptera. These typically have one pair of true wings, with the hind wings modified into halteres. Flies are common amongst humans and some can cause the spread of serious diseases. The house-fly (Musca domestica) and mosquito are particularly common amongst humans. Other flies, such as the horse-fly (Family Tabanidae), can inflict painful bites. The larva of ...

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Fly - Use in medicine

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Flies: Encyclopedia - Cass Elliot

"Mama" Cass Elliot, Baroness von Wiedenman (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974), born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American singer who performed with The Mamas & the Papas. She then went onto a successful solo career, releasing nine albums. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she spent most of her childhood both in Baltimore and Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Cass Elliot - Mama Cass. Elliot was widely considered the most charismatic member of the Mamas & the Papas due to her ...

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Flies: Encyclopedia - Blow-fly

Blow-flies (also frequently spelled blow flies or blowflies) are members of the family Calliphoridae of flies (Diptera). Flies in this family are often metallic in appearance. Some members of this family are known as bluebottles, clusterflies, greenbottles, and (in Britain and Australia) as blue-arsed flies. The name blow-fly comes from the fact that recently deceased corpses would swell up from bacterial decomposition in the intestinal tract, causing them to become ...

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Flies: Encyclopedia - 1979 song

"1979" is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins. It was the second single from their third album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. The song was written by Billy Corgan and nominated for the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. "1979" was a definite new direction for the band, featuring for the first time loops and samples. It was so popular that it spawned a second single CD ...

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Flies: Encyclopedia - Warble fly

Warble fly is a name given to several species of flies which are parasitic on cattle. Other names include "heel flies", "bomb flies", and "gad flies", while their larvae are often called "cattle grubs". Scientific names for varieties of warble fly include Hypoderma lineatum and Hypoderma bovis. Their larvae cause considerable harm and distress to cattle by burrowing deep into their flesh and causing large purulent swellings ("warbles") to develop on the skin when they re-emerge. The hide is rendered valueless by this damage, while the meat through which they have passed is un ...

Flies: Encyclopedia - Crane fly

The crane flies (Tipulidae) are a family of insects resembling giant mosquitoes. Like the mosquito, they are in the order Diptera (flies). They are sometimes called mosquito eaters, mosquito hawks, or skeeter eaters. The Daddy long-legs is one of three unrelated arthropods, one of which is the crane fly. The other two are the harvestmen and vibrating, cellar or house spider. As such, Crane Flies are wrapped up in the myth of being the most poisonous spider, but unable to bite humans. This is incorrect: they ...

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Flies: Encyclopedia - Volucella pellucens

Volucella pellucens is a hover-fly. It occurs in much of Europe, and across Asia to Japan. It is about 15-16 mm in length with a broad body. It is mainly black, but the front part of the abdomen has a broad yellow band, giving it the appearance of a bee or wasp. The two wings are transparent, as with most flies, but the leading edge is amber, and there is a brown patch on each wing. The mimicry of bees or wasps in shape and coloration is shown by other hover-flies, and it thought that this protects against falling ...

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Volucella pellucens - Reference

Flies: Encyclopedia - Whitefly

The whiteflies, comprising the family Aleyrodidae, are small homopterans which feed on the underside of plant leaves. When you tap the leaf, a swarm of flies will cloud before re-settling under the leaf. Whiteflies damage plants when they feed upon the phloem. The plants lose turgor and react to the flies' toxic saliva. As whiteflies congregate in large numbers, they overwhelm plants quickly. They also excrete honeydew, which promotes mold growth ...

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Flies: Encyclopedia - Wingtip vortices

Wingtip vortices are vortices that develop at the tip of a wing as it flies through the air (or potentially another fluid). Wingtip vortices dramatically reduce the lift generated by the wing, and are therefore critically important in aerospace engineering. Wingtip vortices also form the major compononent of Wake turbulence, or "Jet-wash." Wingtip vortices - Cause and effects. As a wing flies through the air, it generates a low pressure zone on top of the wing through Bernoulli's principle. Fluids n ...

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Flies: Encyclopedia - Larder

A larder is a cool area for storing food prior to use. Larders were commonplace in houses before the widespread use of the refrigerator. Essential qualities of a larder are that it should be : as cool as possible close to food preparation areas constructed so as to exclude flies and vermin easy to keep clean equipped with shelves and cupboards ...

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Flies: Encyclopedia - Brown-tail

The Brown-tail (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) is a moth of the family Lymantriidae. It is distributed throughout Europe. The wings of this species are pure white, as is the body, apart from a tuft of brown hairs at the end of the abdomen. The brown colouration extends along most of the back of the abdomen in the male. In the female, the back of the abdomen is white but the tuft of brown hairs is much bigger. Ths wingspan is 36-42 mm. The species flies at night in July and August ^Including:

Flies: Encyclopedia - Crépy-en-Valois

2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Crépy-en-Valois is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 57.8 km. (35.9 miles) northeast from the center of Paris (as the crow flies). With 14,436 inhabitants at the 1999 census, Crépy-en-Valois is one of ...

Flies: Encyclopedia - Pinnacle Airlines

Pinnacle Airlines (IATA: 9E, ICAO: FLG, and Callsign: Flagship) (formerly Express Airlines I) is a regional airline based in Memphis, Tennessee. Pinnacle operates all of its flights under the name Northwest Airlink for Northwest Airlines. Pinnacle flies 139 Bombardier Canadair Regional Jet CRJ-200 and CRJ-440 from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and Memphis International Airport to nearby smaller markets. In 2004, the company lost one of its aircraft ...

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Flies: Encyclopedia - 9/11 film

9/11 is a documentary film about the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks in New York, in which two planes crashed into the two buildings of the World Trade Center. The film was directed by Jules Naudet, Gédéon Naudet, and James Hanlon. The Naudet brothers were originally filming a rookie on the New York City Fire Department with the intention of making a film about the rookie's experience. Called out on a gas leak, Jules goes to check it out when a plane flies by overhead; the cameraman turns to follow the plane and t ...

Flies: Encyclopedia - Étampes

2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Étampes is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 48.1 km. (29.9 miles) south-southwest from the center of Paris (as the crow flies). Étampes is a sous-préfecture of the Essonne département, be ...