1929: Noah's Lark Accordion Joe 1930: Marriage Wows Radio Riot Hot Dog Fire Bugs Wise Flies Dizzy Dishes Barnacle Bill Swing You Sinners! The Grand Uproar Sky Scraping Up To Mars Mysterious Mose 1931: The Ace Of Spades Tree Saps Teacher's Pest The Cow's Husband The Bum Bandit The Male Ma ...

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Talkartoons, Talkartoons - Filmography

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The problem is then evaded as follows. "Pegasus flies" implies existence in the wide sense, for it implies that something flies. But it does not imply existence in the narrow sense, for we deny existence in this sense by saying that Pegasus does not exist. In effect, the world of all things divides, on this view, into those (like Socrates, Venus the planet, New York) that have existence in the narrow sense, and those (like Sherlock Holmes, Venus the goddess, Minas Tirith) that do not. Supporters of this view (which derives from ...

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Existence, Existence - The problems of existence, Existence - Modern approaches to the problem, Existence - Earlier views, Existence - European views, Existence - Quotations

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About 85,000 species of insect have only two wings and are classified as members of Diptera, There are two generally accepted sub-orders of Diptera. The Nematocera are usually recognized by their elongated bodies and feathery antennae as represented by mosquitoes and crane flies. The Brachycera tend to have a more roundly proportioned body and very short antennae. Beyond that, considerable revision in the taxonomy of the flies has taken place since the introduction of modern cladistic techniques, and much remains uncerta ...

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Diptera, Diptera - Anatomy, Diptera - Subdivision, Diptera - Classification overview, Diptera - Family names, Diptera - Higher level invalid names

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In the summer of 1905, Kansas was plagued by an overabundance of flies, which, as well as causing annoyance, aided in the spread of disease. Dr. Samuel Crumbine, a member of the Kansas board of health, wanted to raise public awareness of the threat of flies. He was inspired by a chant at a Topeka softball game: "swat the ball". In a health bulletin published soon afterward, he exhorted Kansans to "swat the fly". In response, a schoolteacher named Frank H. Rose invented the "fly bat", a device consisting of a yardstick attached to a piece of screen. Crumbine ...

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Four monkeys flew aboard the last Bion flights of the Soviet Union as well as frogs and fruit flies. The Foton program flights carried dormant brine shrimp, newts, fruit flies, and desert beetles. China launched guinea dogs in 1990. Toyohiro Akiyama, a Japanese journalist carried Japanese tree frogs with him during his trip to the Mir space station in December, 1990. Other biological experiments aboard Mir involved quail eggs. Japan launched its first animals into s ...

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On Smithers' advice, Mr. Burns uses an ATM (he pushes 4 buttons on finding that his ATM PIN is his age). He decides to withdraw $1000 and the machine ejects a $1000 bill, which strikes Burns in the chest and knocks him down and flies away. It flies straight into the Simpsons' house, where Bart and Milhouse play a violent computer-game "Hockey Dad". The bill gets stuck in Milhouse's hair and Bart (great friend that he is) tells Milhouse that it's a ladybug and swipes it. He wonders what to do with it, but Marge tells him and Homer to put up f ...

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The Regina Monologues, The Regina Monologues - Synopsis, The Regina Monologues - Trivia, The Regina Monologues - Quotes

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The genome of Drosophila contains 4 pairs of chromosomes: an X/Y pair, and three autosomes labeled 2, 3, and 4. The fourth chromosome is so tiny that it is often ignored. The genome contains about 132 million bases and approximately 13,767 genes. The genome has been sequenced and has been annotated. Drosophila melanogaster - Similarity to humans. Genetically speaking, people and fruit flies are similar. About 61% of known human disease genes have a recognizable match in the genetic code of fruit fli ...

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Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila melanogaster - Physical appearance, Drosophila melanogaster - Life cycle, Drosophila melanogaster - Model organism in genetics, Drosophila melanogaster - The Drosophila genome, Drosophila melanogaster - Similarity to humans, Drosophila melanogaster - Genetic nomenclature, Drosophila melanogaster - Development and embryogenesis, Drosophila melanogaster - Behavioral genetics and neuroscience, Drosophila melanogaster - Vision in Drosophila, Drosophila melanogaster - Drosophila flight

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In 1971 Ron Konopka and Seymour Benzer published a paper titled "Clock mutants of Drosophila melanogaster" in which they described the first mutations that affected an animal's behavior. Wild-type flies show an activity rhythm of with a frequency of about a day (24 hours). They found mutants with faster and slower rhythms as well as broken rhythms - flies that move and rest in random spurts. Work over the following 30 years has shown that these mutations (and others like them) affect a group of genes and their products that comprise a bioche ...

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Drosophila melanogaster, Drosophila melanogaster - Physical appearance, Drosophila melanogaster - Life cycle, Drosophila melanogaster - Model organism in genetics, Drosophila melanogaster - The Drosophila genome, Drosophila melanogaster - Similarity to humans, Drosophila melanogaster - Genetic nomenclature, Drosophila melanogaster - Development and embryogenesis, Drosophila melanogaster - Behavioral genetics and neuroscience, Drosophila melanogaster - Vision in Drosophila, Drosophila melanogaster - Drosophila flight

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Maritime flags - Rank flags. In the Royal Navy, admirals fly rectangular rank flags: an Admiral of the Fleet flies a Union Jack, while an admiral flies the St George's Cross. The flags of vice-admirals and rear-admirals have one and two additional red balls respectively. Commodores fly a Broad Pennant which is a short swallow-tailed pennant based on the St George's Cross, with a red ball at the canton (upper quarter next to the staff). In the United States Navy as well as in some othe ...

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Maritime flags, Maritime flags - Ensigns, Maritime flags - Etiquette, Maritime flags - Jacks, Maritime flags - Other flags, Maritime flags - Rank flags, Maritime flags - Pennants, Maritime flags - House flag, Maritime flags - Yacht club burgee, Maritime flags - Unit citations, Maritime flags - Signal flags

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The biology of tsetse is relatively well understood. Tsetse have been extensively studied because of their medical, veterinary, and economic importance, because the flies can be raised in a laboratory, and because the flies are relatively large facilitating their analysis. Entomologists have discovered a great deal about tsetse morphology, anatomy, development, and metabolism. Tsetse fly - Tsetse morphology. Tsetse can be seen as independent individuals in three forms: as t ...

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Tsetse fly, Tsetse fly - Tsetse biology, Tsetse fly - Tsetse morphology, Tsetse fly - Tsetse anatomy, Tsetse fly - The tsetse life cycle, Tsetse fly - Tsetse metabolism, Tsetse fly - General biology, Tsetse fly - Tsetse systematics, Tsetse fly - Tsetse species, Tsetse fly - Tsetse as vectors of trypanosomiasis, Tsetse fly - Tsetse vectored human trypanosomiases, Tsetse fly - Tsetse vectored animal trypanosomiases, Tsetse fly - Tsetse control, Tsetse fly - Tsetse control techniques, Tsetse fly - Etymology, Tsetse fly - Resources, Tsetse fly - Books, Tsetse fly - External links, Tsetse fly - Google picture search

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Baguio City - Air transport. Commercial jet aircraft are not able to land at the Loakan Airport since it has a runway which is of limited length. The airport can only be accessed by a propeller-driven aircraft. Currently Asian Spirit flies daily from Manila to Baguio, which is a 50-minute flight. The plane departs the domestic airport in Manila at 9:45 am and arrives at the Loakan Airport at 10:35 am. It then flies back to Manila at 11:05 am. Flights to Baguio are scheduled only in the morning as visibility approaches zero in the afternoon when the fog starts to move in and c ...

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Baguio City, Baguio City - Geography, Baguio City - Transportation, Baguio City - Air transport, Baguio City - Land transport, Baguio City - Economy, Baguio City - Education and culture, Baguio City - Tourism, Baguio City - Government, Baguio City - Barangays, Baguio City - History, Baguio City - The Baguio Heritage Petition

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BA

The Atman, the Egyptian soul, depicted as a bird with a human head, though apparently not the very similar bennu-bird. After death, it splits apart into the akh, which is a temporary spirit in the form of a bird that flies to the Afterworld where it turns back into the ka, or double. The ba remains behind with the mummy. The ba is incarnation, the ka is the vitalizing power and the akh (symbolized by the ibis) is light. On the spirit level they correspond to the uas, ankh and djed.

(See also: BA, Magick, Mysticism, Mysticism Dictionary, Body Mind and Soul, )

Dream Interpretation Fly, insect

Dreams about flies may allude to your nervousness and something annoying in your environment. If you dream about annoying flies buzzing around you, this dream indicates gossips and unpleasant aggravation of your situation. Catching flies in the dream: you need to avoid stresses in work and do not let other to make you nervous. If you dream of killing flies, this dream reflects your desire to avoid distasteful situations, but there is little success. Having flies in your mouth denotes that you are dealing with an impertinent person.

Source: Dream-Land, http://www.dream-land.info

(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Fly, insect, Meaning of Dreams about Fly, insect, Dream Interpretation Fly, insect)

Flies

These insects are annoying and they take away from the enjoyment of any moment or situation. Consider the details of your dream and try to figure out if these flies represent anything in your daily life. They could symbolize people and things that get in your way or they could mean that you are currently experiencing annoyance and frustration. Consider whether you are successfully getting rid of the flies in your dream or if they are overwhelming. This may give you a clue as to how well you are coping with distraction and frustration.

Source: Dream Lover Incorporated, http://www.dreamloverinc.com

(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Flies, Meaning of Dreams about Flies, Dream Interpretation Flies)

Fly-trap

• To see a fly-trap in a dream, is signal of malicious designing against you. To see one full of flies, denotes that small embarrassments will ward off greater ones.

Source: 10 000 Dream Interpretations, by Gustavus Hindman Miller

(See also: Dream Archives, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Dream Dictionary - Fly-trap, Meaning of Dreams about Fly-trap, Dream Interpretation Fly-trap)