Reduviidae
Reduviidae (order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera) Family of bugs, most of which are predators of other arthropods, which they seize with the front pair of legs. They range from delicate, gnat-like forms preying on mosquitoes to large, robust insects capable of tackling heavily armoured tropical millipedes. A few suck the blood of birds and mammals. There are more than 4000 species, occurring throughout the world but especially in the tropics. See also
ASSASSIN BUG;
KISSING BUG.
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Breakwater Enters Into Qualifying Environmental Trust (QET)
Newspaper article from: CCNMatthews Newswire; 12/21/2007; 608 words
; ...ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 21, 2007) - Breakwater Resources Ltd. (TSX:BWR) (Breakwater) is pleased to announce that it has entered...Mining Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Breakwater, which owns the Myra Falls mine. The...
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Breakwater Security Associates Awarded Government Services Administration (GSA) Contract; GSA Contract Simplifies Acquisition of Breakwater Services for U.S. Government Organizations.
PR Newswire; 3/3/2003; 684 words
; ...SEATTLE, March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Breakwater Security Associates, Inc., a leading...Administration (GSA). The contract retains Breakwater as a preferred provider of information...professional security services, while Breakwater will realize the advantage of reduced...
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Long Beach breakwater bringing waves of debate
News Wire article from: University Wire; 7/6/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...of one of the world's largest breakwater systems, located 1.5 miles...Surfrider's plans for the breakwater aren't what they used to be...trying to blow up or sink the breakwater anymore," said Gordana Kajer...
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The breakwater debate
Newspaper article from: Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA.; 6/21/2005; 674 words
; The Long Beach breakwater returns to the City Council agenda...effects of reconfiguring the offshore breakwater. In 2001, after a three-hour debate...bizarre territory (such as how the breakwater protects Long Beach from a sea-borne...
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Model studies on horizontal interlaced moored floating pipe breakwater with five layers.(Report)
Magazine article from: International Journal of Ecology & Development; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...transmission depends on breakwater geometry, mass, and...mooring forces depend on breakwater geometry and mass. Mooring forces on floating breakwaters are caused due to wave...determination, and for breakwater structural integrity. The moored floating breakwaters may be used to create...
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SEN. REED SEEKS FEDERAL FUNDING TO REPAIR BREAKWATER AT POINT JUDITH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/11/2006; 590 words
; ...announced he will seek federal funding to repair the breakwater at Point Judith and will ask the Bush Administration...the U.S. Coast Guard a firsthand look at the breakwater. "The breakwater helps safeguard our shoreline and is important...
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Lake County breakwaters crumbling // State marina threatened
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 8/19/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...to the south. The breakwaters also create currents...sand. "This kind of breakwater is supposed to last...foot-long outer breakwaters are contained in an...shifting and settling of breakwater stones will cease...overtopping" the breakwaters during storms and letting...
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Andrew Titus Joins NTI Breakwater as Managing Director, Northeast Region; Titus Brings Extensive Legal Market, E-Discovery Experience to Leading Computer Forensics Consulting Firm.
Business Wire; 12/16/2004; 700+ words
; GRESHAM, Ore. -- NTI Breakwater, the computer forensics consulting division of Breakwater Security Associates, recently announced...Steve Dorsey, Chief Executive Officer of Breakwater. "His groundbreaking work at Applied Discovery...
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Breakwater Security Associates Responds to Rising Cyber Threats and Offers Cyber-Attacks & Countermeasures Hands-On Lab.
PR Newswire; 3/3/2003; 662 words
; ...rising information security threats, Breakwater Security Associates, Inc., a leading...training on March 31 - April 3, 2003 at Breakwater's training lab in downtown Seattle. Breakwater is a leading provider of information security...
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AUSTRALIA'S JUPITERS PROPOSES US$15.3 MLN BREAKWATER TAKEOVER.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 10/7/2002; 700+ words
; ...company which owns the Townsville casino. Breakwater Island Ltd (ASX:BRI) shares today...acquire the remainder of the company. Breakwater's principal asset is the Jupiters...first and final offers on the table to Breakwater unitholders. Investors can either accept...
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breakwater
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...In the United States a breakwater commonly consists of a long...wave energy. A pneumatic breakwater consists of perforated pipes...to cause them to break. Breakwaters are also used to promote...which, depending on the breakwater's alignment, will infill...
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coast protection
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...sediment in front of and beneath them. Breakwaters are long piers built offshore parallel...behind them called a wave shadow. At the breakwater off Santa Monica, Calif., the wave...producing a deposition of sand behind the breakwater and extensive erosion of the beach downcurrent...
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Beach nourishment
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...protect the shore from wave erosion. Fixed seawalls, groins, breakwaters, and jetties frequently result in net loss of beach area...techniques of shoreline protection, such as seawalls and breakwaters, have been recognized, issues regarding the environmental...
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Mulberry
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
...of June 1944. Each Mulberry harbor consisted of concrete breakwaters and pontoon jetties floated across the Channel from England...sunk in place and protected by old ships which were sunk as breakwaters. The Mulberry at Omaha Beach in the American sector was...
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Corals and Coral Reefs
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...is high, with complexity similar to tropical rain forests. Natural and Human Values. Coral reefs function as living breakwaters. For example, on Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, the wave energy that strikes this reef amounts to 20 horsepower per...
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