Elapidae
Elapidae (cobras, kraits, taipans, mambas, coral snakes; order Squamata, suborder Serpentes) A family of venomous snakes which have short, firm, grooved fangs at the front of the mouth. The venom is mainly neurotoxic (i.e. a nerve poison). Generally these are elongate, agile snakes, active at dusk or dark. Their prey consists mainly of small vertebrates.
Bungarus (kraits) of south-east Asia grow up to 2 m long; they are nocturnal and feed almost exclusively on other snakes. The genus
Dendroaspis (mambas) of Africa includes the black mamba which grows up to 4.25 m long and has been recorded moving at 11 km/h across country and the smaller (up to 2.7 m), arboreal green mamba.
Ophirphaguse hannah (King Cobra) of southern Asia, the longest of all venomous snakes, sometimes exceeds 5m; its neck ribs can be spread to form a small hood. There are about 200 species, found on every continent except Europe.
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Mission Statements for Charlotte, N.C. Energy Firms Reflect Changing Market.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 4/23/2001; 700+ words
; ...mission was clearly broader (The mission statement) really pins the...down for what you do." The mission statement, which is important...forcing them to revisit their missions. "I think the key is, that as industry changes, the mission statement changes," said...
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Mission possible
Magazine article from: CA Magazine; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...your company exists is expressed through its mission statement. But do employees take mission statements seriously? Quick! Name the most...the management tool in question is the "mission statement." By now, just about everybody...
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Mission: Expand, but resolve problems
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 1/21/2003; 700+ words
; ...Each year the 98-year-old Mission draws hundreds of homeless...because they know that the Mission offers real salvation, physical...They come because few other missions, or cities, offer the quality...shelter for the homeless, the Mission feeds the hungry, provides...
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MISSION WANTS DECISION ON MOVE CHARITY OFFICIALS SAY THEY'RE OPEN TO OPTIONS, BUT THEY NEED INPUT NOW.(LOCAL)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 12/15/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...of haggling between the city and Union Mission Ministries, the City Council remains undecided on where the mission should operate. Councilmen G. Conoly...Tuesday that they favor allowing Union Mission Ministries to move to a site between...
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Mission should pay for services it uses
Newspaper article from: Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA; 9/22/2004; 700+ words
; The Water Street Rescue Mission's fragile relationship with City Council is being tested once again as the mission considers adding beds and expanding services. The mission is flush with donations, in large part because of money left over two...
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Missions Possible; The Legends and the Lay of the Land Along the Mission Trail, Where Old and New California Meet
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/13/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...California. But each mission has its own charm, and no two missions are alike...small fee. The mission at Santa Barbara...the "Queen of Missions," sits quite...length of the Mission Trail. We stopped...most of the missions, and with a...
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Missions and film.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: International Bulletin of Missionary Research; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...mastermind becomes a mission director to atone for...pictures featuring domestic missions, especially New York...the Fresh Air Fund, a mission created in 1877 by the...reporter join forces with a mission worker to perpetuate...featured urban American missions: in The Bowery Bishop...
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Aviation mission planning automates pilot functions
Magazine article from: Signal; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; An aviation mission planning system and battle synchronization...planning tasks and provides a real-time mission rehearsal capability. This system is...requirements of loading avionics, navigation and mission equipment initialization information on...
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The missions and purposes of journalism and mass communication education
Magazine article from: Journalism & Mass Communication Educator; 7/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...how programs saw their missions. Thus, the committee...collect and analyze the mission statements from all...Introduction All JMC units have missions. Some missions are explicit, visionary...unclear and fractured. Mission statements are "political...
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Chinmaya mission seeks to better lives
Newspaper article from: Cary Grove Countryside (IL); 8/4/2005; ; 700+ words
; Leaders and members of the Chinmaya Mission Chicago North Regional Center broke ground...the Chicago North Regional branch of the Mission. When complete the facility will encompass...County already belong to the Chinmaya Mission. The Mission currently has two centers...
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Missions, Parish
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...as opposed to foreign missions, were a temporary form...faith. This type of mission has its origins in Christian...For example, parish missions were revived in Europe...cross at the end of the mission. All these exercises...Early modern parish missions were part of a much...
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foreign missions
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
foreign missions. Ireland played...of its European mission in the 9th century...Society of African Missions (1877) which marked...beginning of a larger mission effort. Native...Galvin's Maynooth Mission to China (1916...Society for African Missions (1932). Parallel...
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Indian Missions
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...through Catholic missions. By the 1850s...to subsidize the mission system. It supplied...maintained a steady mission presence. But as...number of their missions. The close relationship...their own Indian mission organization...Policy was dead and missions to the Indians were...
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Peacekeeping Missions
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...Nations, peacekeeping missions are instances of intervention...Nations peacekeeping mission was deployed to the...United States for its mission plummeted after 1983...terrorist attack. The mission was terminated soon...participate in UN peacekeeping missions. In December 1992 President...
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Diplomatic Missions
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...overhauled U.S. diplomatic missions. The law combined the diplomatic...By the 1930s, diplomatic missions typically included a chief of mission presiding over a staff organized...economic, and consular sections. Missions identified their principal...
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