Cimex Lectularius Linnaeus 

  The  Bed  Bug  

So called the Mahogany Flats, Bedbugs are brown, flat, wingless insects, about the size of a grain of rice. 
 

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      Get rid of bedbugs - BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands.  © COPYRIGHT 2000 - 2006    Foogle Business

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Bedbug  - A flat wingless blood-sucking insect, about 5 mm long. In temperate regions Cimex lectularius is the species that most commonly attacks us, hiding by day in bedding, furniture, etc., and becoming active at night.

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    Get rid of bedbugs - BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. 

BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera,  that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small  telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses.  Bedbugs also have a  distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. 

Some have been found here hiding on this upturned mattress - LOOK AT THE TELLTALE BLACK MARKS THAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND.

Each female lays an average of 200 or more eggs during a single reproductive period, and three or more generations may be produced in a year.

Bedbugs are among the most cosmopolitan of human parasites. They are found in every kind of dwelling place, hiding during the day and coming out at night to feed; afterward, they retreat to their hiding place to digest the meal, which may require several days, or months. Adult specimens have lived for at least a year without food. Although the bedbug has an irritating bite, it is not known to transmit diseases to humans.

The Bedbug leaves black spots behind it; this is from its faeces that are mainly blood.

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  FOOGLE BUSINESS - www.foogle.biz - What, Who, Where, When, Why, Which, Will, How, Do - Student information - Teacher Information - Parent Information - Research with Foogle. - Get rid of bedbugs - BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. 

Cimex Lectularius Linnaeus 

 The Bed Bug  

The Bedbug. A flat, once winged, blood-sucking insect parasite, is quite large, about 5 mm long. Usually found in temperate regions. Cimex Lectularius is the species that most commonly attacks humans, hiding by day in bedding, furniture, etc., and becoming active at night. It can consume about FOUR times its own body weight in only 15 minutes. They can live for up to FOUR years. Also called the Bed Louse, wall louse, house bug, mahogany flat, red coat, and crimson ramblers, to name a few. 

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Find The Cure   Get rid of bedbugs - BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. 

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Cimex Lectularius Linnaeus - The Bedbug - Bed bugs were once a common public health pest worldwide, which declined in incidence through the mid 20th century. Recently however, bed bugs have undergone a dramatic resurgence and worldwide there are reports of increasing numbers of infestations. Australia has also been included in this trend and the Department of Medical Entomology, ICPMR, has been at the forefront of documenting this phenomena and providing information on the ecology and control of this important public health pest

They were unwanted guests in virtually everyone's home in the 1930's. We have all heard the expression:

Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite!

FOOGLE BUSINESS - www.foogle.biz - What, Who, Where, When, Why, Which, Will, How, Do - Student information - Teacher Information - Parent Information - Research with Foogle. - Get rid of bedbugs - BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. 

This expression came from using Rope-Beds, and because of the way they were constructed the rope had to be very taut or tight or they would sag. Bedbugs would come out of the straw, the mattress was filled with.

But after the Second World War, with the help of DDT, domestic insect numbers, like fleas and mosquitoes,  nose-dived, and the bedbug was included in this equation; nearly all were wiped out. But it did hold on, and when it was discovered that DDT was also going to kill us, it was banned in many countries. Recently just like the MRSA microbe, the Bedbug has mutated and developed into a Super Bedbug, resistant to everyday insecticides. Since the mid-nineties the     Cimex Lectularius Linnaeus     population has risen five-fold  in  some areas around the world. 

This Bedbug is not known for spreading diseases like the MOSQUITO and  FLEAS, but it can be the cause of much distress. Most of us pride ourselves in being clean and whilst it is not strictly true, the Bedbug is a symbol of dirt and notwithstanding the trauma caused by the many bites we can receive, whilst we sleep safely in our beds. 

Today, bedbugs are making a comeback, especially in hotels, according to some experts. No, these are not LICE, FLEAS or DUSTMITES. These are those little bugs from pre-history and medieval times, that instigated the expression, sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite.

 Cimex Lectularius Linnaeus  experts mention several reasons for this resurgence, particularly the increase in travel. The thing is that we are all travelling more, and travelling further, and even going abroad. Picking up bedbugs in our suitcases and clothes, and bringing them home, to multiply unchecked even more.

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FOOGLE BUSINESS - www.foogle.biz - What, Who, Where, When, Why, Which, Will, How, Do - Student information - Teacher Information - Parent Information - Research with Foogle. - Get rid of bedbugs - BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. 

The Bedbug - What is it?

FOOGLE BUSINESS - www.foogle.biz - What, Who, Where, When, Why, Which, Will, How, Do - Student information - Teacher Information - Parent Information - Research with Foogle. - Get rid of bedbugs - BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. 

So called the Mahogany Flats, Bedbugs are brown, flat, wingless insects, about the size of a grain of rice. 

The Bedbug. A flat, once winged, blood-sucking insect parasite, is quite large, about 5 mm long. Usually found in temperate regions. Cimex Lectularius is the species that most commonly attacks humans, hiding by day in bedding, furniture, etc., and becoming active at night. It can consume about FOUR times its own body weight in only 15 minutes. They can live for up to FOUR years. Also called the Bed Louse, wall louse, house bug, mahogany flat, red coat, and crimson ramblers, to name a few. 

Bedbugs are not generally regarded as jumping insects, but they can jump about SIX inches or FIFTEEN centimeters, from one human to another. This is equivalent of a person jumping over Nelson's Column.

FOOGLE BUSINESS - www.foogle.biz - What, Who, Where, When, Why, Which, Will, How, Do - Student information - Teacher Information - Parent Information - Research with Foogle. - Get rid of bedbugs - BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. 

 Cimex Lectularius Linnaeus

  This is the common human Latin name, but there are hundreds of other types named from the animal they prefer.

The Bedbug.  A flat, once winged, blood-sucking insect parasite, is quite large, about 5 mm long. Usually found in temperate regions. Cimex Lectularius is the species that most commonly attacks humans, hiding by day in bedding, furniture, etc., and becoming active at night. It can consume about FOUR times its own body weight in only 15 minutes. They can live for up to FOUR years. Also called the Bed Louse, wall louse, house bug, mahogany flat, red coat, and crimson ramblers, to name a few. 

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SO WHAT IS IT?

Any member of the around 75 kinds of nocturnal insects from the family Cimicidae of the order Heteroptera. Sometimes referred to as red coats, chinches, or mahogany flats. Like most insect parasites they feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals, mainly mammals. The adult is a broadly flattened or  an ovoid individual,  and about 4 - 5 mm, which is less than 0.2 inch long. Though some species reach 9 mm long, which is over a third of an inch. They are in fact a dull brown but this become a reddish brown after feeding.

 

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Common Name

Scientific Name

Poultry, and mammals

Haematosiphon Inodora

Swifts

Cimexopsis Nyctalis

The Bedbug. A flat, once winged, blood-sucking insect parasite, is quite large, about 5 mm long. Usually found in temperate regions. Cimex Lectularius is the species that most commonly attacks humans, hiding by day in bedding, furniture, etc., and becoming active at night. It can consume about FOUR times its own body weight in only 15 minutes. They can live for up to FOUR years. Also called the Bed Louse, wall louse, house bug, mahogany flat, red coat, and crimson ramblers, to name a few. 

BATS

Cimex Pilosellus

Swallow and Martins

Cimex Oeciacus

The Bedbug. A flat, once winged, blood-sucking insect parasite, is quite large, about 5 mm long. Usually found in temperate regions. Cimex Lectularius is the species that most commonly attacks humans, hiding by day in bedding, furniture, etc., and becoming active at night. It can consume about FOUR times its own body weight in only 15 minutes. They can live for up to FOUR years. Also called the Bed Louse, wall louse, house bug, mahogany flat, red coat, and crimson ramblers, to name a few. 

HUMANS in tropical regions

Cimex Hemipterus)

HUMANS in temperate regions

Cimex Lectularius

FOOGLE BUSINESS - www.foogle.biz - What, Who, Where, When, Why, Which, Will, How, Do - Student information - Teacher Information - Parent Information - Research with Foogle. - Get rid of bedbugs - BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. 

The almost defunct scaly wings are not immediately obvious and the insect gives off a distinctive smell; the oily odor of bedbugs results from a secretion of the scent, from their stink glands.

It can take a few days, or up to SIX months to digest a meal but they can survive up to 18 months between meals. Therefore, there could be thousands hiding in your home.

Some have been found here hiding on this upturned mattress - LOOK AT THE TELLTALE BLACK MARKS THAT THEY LEAVE BEHIND.

BREEDING

In a lifetime the female lays from 200 - 350, or more eggs, at a rate of one to 12 eggs per day, during a single reproductive period. Three or more generations may be produced in a year. The eggs are laid on rough surfaces for grip, coated with a transparent cement to adhere them to incubation area, which can be anywhere.

Within six to 17 days, bed bug nymphs, the larvae, almost devoid of color, emerge from the eggs. After five molts, to allow for growth, which takes approximately ten weeks, the nymphs reach maturity. They pupate and adults immerge and it starts off all over again

Bedbugs are among the most broad-based of human parasites; they are found in every kind of dwelling place, hiding during the day in any nook and cranny they can find. They only come out at night to feed, attracted by a build up of carbon-dioxide and warmth. After they have had their wicked way with the unsuspecting mammal, they skulk off back to  their hiding place, to digest the stolen meal, which can take several days. 

LIVES FOR 18 MONTHS

However, some adult specimens have lived for at least a year and a half, without food. Although the bedbug has an irritating bite, it is not generally known to  transmit diseases to humans. Though the bedbug has been blamed for the distribution of leprosy, oriental sores, Q-fever, and brucellosis.

Brucellosis (or undulant fever) An infectious disease of farm animals caused by the bacterium Brucella abortus. Symptoms include fever weakness, cough, joint pain, and sometimes swelling of the lymph nodes. The antibiotic tetracycline usually cures the disease, which can be contracted by man from contaminated milk.

DDT?

After the introduction of the infamous insecticide, DDT, numbers around the world declined significantly. But  it was discovered that dichlorophenyl trichloroethane or DDT  accumulates in food chains, causing serious environmental hazards and potential poisoning. It has now been banned in many countries and numbers of bedbugs since 2000 have increased exponentially.

DIRTY HOMES?

The bedbug will live anywhere it can, from a palace to a bat-cave. Good sanitation and the cleanest house is not enough to stop a bed bug infestation, in fact research would show that they prefer cleaner homes. They are of the size and shape that allows them to live in any cracks or crevices in walls, furniture, behind wallpaper and wood paneling, or under carpeting. It is even said that they live in electrical appliances like your alarm clock or bedside radio, as the gentle warmth and seclusion is an ideal resting and mating ground.

They are denizens of the night and are rarely detected by the host, as they visit only to feed, and depart as quickly as they came. The only signs that you have been bitten is the signature mark that they leave behind.

Due to this fleeting activity, bedbugs are infrequently spread by the host, but since the use of some clothes they can get trapped in the weave, are this can extend their territory.

Bed bugs are generally active only at night, as they are particularly shy and wary of any alien movements. So it is hard to actually know if you have them or not. The mark, itching, welt or swelling that they leave behind, can be confused with the same mark from the flea or the mosquito. 

FOOGLE BUSINESS - www.foogle.biz - What, Who, Where, When, Why, Which, Will, How, Do - Student information - Teacher Information - Parent Information - Research with Foogle. - Get rid of bedbugs - BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. 

Recognizable signs of a bedbug infestation are  unexplained reddish-brown excrement particles left around points of entry and exit of their hiding places. Also reddish brown spots or smudges on mattresses, sheets, bedding and furniture. Nevertheless, the only true tell-tale sign is that in severe infestations, an acrid smell is most noticeable, a stage you do not want to reach.

DDT?

If bed bugs are found or strongly suspected to minimize the use of pesticides, control should focus on, at first, mechanical methods of reduction, such as vacuuming. Our faithful vacuum-cleaner is indeed our greatest tool in the fight against fleas, dust-mites, bedbugs as well as a myriad of other unwelcome insects. If you vacuum, using the hose nozzle attachment, get into every corner crack, and crevice that can be found or seen. 

But also seal up possible areas where they could hide removing or sealing loose wallpaper, sealing cracks and crevices, remove bits of paper and wood trash.  Dispose of the bag and or contents of clear reciprocal carefully, sealing in several plastic bags. Or burn if it is safe to do so.

Do not use lots of water, only a damp cloth is recommended for wiping down. Wear gloves, and soak a cloth in warm soapy water and wring out. Soak a cloth in bleach and wring out, wipe where you can that will not be damaged. 

The usefulness of using steam cleaners or hot water to clean mattresses is problematic. Insects, especially the dust mite like a damp atmosphere. The bedbug might be present in your mattress but the water will not have an effect on it.

If possible, and as often as possible, it is best to lay your bedclothes back during the day, when it is not raining or damp outside, and open all windows and the doors to completely air the room.  This will dry out your bedding and furnishings like clothes on a linen-line and make the environment much more alien  for most insects.

Pillows and other bedding should be removed and washed on a high temperature as often as possible. In fact it is recommended to change your pillow as often as you can afford, and in the meantime, every week or so, place in a hot tumble-dryer for at least 40 minutes. This will mainly kill dust mites.

For severe infestations, however, pesticides may be used. Buy a bespoke insecticide from the Internet but only after looking at as many websites offering insecticides  as possible. 

Bomb or spray the whole room. Seal the room and leave for as long as possible. 

DO NOT soak or wet any mattresses, bedding or upholstery with pesticides. 

After a sufficient time-period open up the room and air out, allowing bedding and furniture to dry thoroughly before using again. Vacuum thoroughly.

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Biological Evolution  -  is  the believed process by which the first and most primitive of living organisms, like the one-celled creature the amoeba, developed into the plants and animal life known today. Until the 18th century it was generally believed that each species of life was separately created by God. The most fitting theory was put forward by Charles Darwin and A. R. Wallace in 1858: they proposed that new species arose by a process of natural selection. Later work and advance technology has supported Darwin’s theory, which is now generally accepted.

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Evolution - Survival of the fittest - If we believe in evolution, the propensity to survive, we must recognize that most creatures are the progeny of their ancestors. When talking about insects, fossils tell us that they were living over 100 million years ago. We must recognize that climate and global environment has changed over the millennia, and such variations would have changed the living conditions of many organisms. Some so bad that many either died out, or changed themselves, to accommodate the new conditions. This being that those among them with a greater propensity to survive any change, lived on. 

Using this pattern of events, when we talk of an intelligence in something like the ant, we must realize it is not like any intelligence we might have. The ant does what it does due to a billion repetitions of certain characteristics, which has allowed it to survive. 
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Bed bugs were once a common public health pest worldwide, which declined in incidence through the mid 20th century. Recently however, bed bugs have undergone a dramatic resurgence and worldwide there are reports of increasing numbers of infestations. Australia has also been included in this trend and the Department of Medical Entomology, ICPMR, has been at the forefront of documenting this phenomena and providing information on the ecology and control of this important public health pest

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ASTEROIDS - also called minor planet, or planetoid, any of a host of small rocky bodies, about 1,000 km or less in diameter, that orbit the Sun primarily between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It is because of their small size and large numbers relative to the nine major planets that asteroids are also called minor planets. The two designations are frequently used interchangeably, though dynamicists, astronomers who study individual objects with dynamically interesting orbits or groups of objects with similar orbital characteristics, generally use the term minor planet, whereas those who study the physical properties of such objects usually refer to them as asteroids. Lucifer - In Christian tradition, the leader of the angels expelled from heaven for rebelling against God. Known thereafter as Satan (Hebrew: adversary) or the Devil, he presides over the souls condemned to torment in Hell. He is identified with the serpent that tempted Eve (Genesis 3.1–6) and the great red dragon cast out of heaven by Michael (Revelation 12.3–9). The exact nature of Lucifer’s sin was much debated; the commonest view is that his sin was pride. Questions about dogs, photos, pictures, pix, pup, puppies, canines, k9, resources, American Cocker Spaniel, Afghan Hound, Airedale Terrier, Alaskan Malamute, Australian Shepherd, Basenji, Basset Hound, Bearded Collie, Beagle, Bernese Mountain Dog, Bichon Frise, Border Collie, Border Terrier, Borzoi, Boston Terrier, Bouvier Des Flandres, Boxer, Boykin Spaniel, Brittany Spaniel, Bulldog, Bull Terrier, Cairn Terrier, Chihuahua, Chow Chow, Collie, Dachshund, Dalmatian, Doberman, English Cocker Spaniel, English Setter, English Springer Spaniel, Great Dane, German Shepherd Dog, German Short Hair Pointer, Golden Retriever, Great Pyrenees, Greyhound, Irish Setter, Irish Terrier, Jack Russell Terrier, King Charles Spaniel, Keeshond, Labrador Retriever, Lhasa Apso, Maltese, Mastiff - English, Munster Lander, Newfoundland, Norwegian Elkhound, Old English Sheepdog, Papillon, Pembroke Welsh Corgi, Pekingese, Pomeranian, Poodle, Pug, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Rottweiler, Saluki, Samoyed, Saint Bernard, Schnauzer, Scottish Terrier, Shar Pei, Shetland Sheepdog, Shih Tzu, Siberian Husky, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Vizsla, Weimaraner, West Highland Terrier, Wire Fox Terrier, Wheaten Terrier, Whippet, Yorkshire Terrier. CULVER CITY, CA May 19, 2005 – Topher Grace has joined the cast of Spider-Man® 3, it was announced by director Sam Raimi and producers Laura Ziskin and Marvel Studio's Avi Arad. Grace will join Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, and Thomas Haden Church in the blockbuster franchise. Spider-Man 3 is scheduled for release on May 4, 2007, and will reunite returning cast members with director Sam Raimi and producers Ziskin and Arad, the successful filmmaking team responsible for the first two films.
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Sahara desert Facts - The Sahara Desert is a great desert area, North Africa, the West portion of the broad belt of parched land that extends from the Atlantic Ocean eastward past the Red Sea to Iraq. The entire desert, the largest in the world, is about 1600 km wide and about 5000 km long from East to West. Three thousand acres of life-giving plants are still eaten away by some circumstance every hour of every day. That is FIVE ACRES at every sweep of this clock. - CAN YOU HELP? Greenhouse Effect - An effect occurring in the atmosphere because of the presence of certain gases - Greenhouse Gases - water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and nitrous oxide, that absorb infrared radiation. Short-Wave Light and ultraviolet radiation from the sun are able to penetrate the atmosphere and warm the earth’s surface. This energy is re-radiated as infrared radiation, which, because of its longer wavelength, is absorbed by such substances as carbon dioxide, instead of passing through. The overall effect is that the average temperature of the earth and its atmosphere is increasing - the so-called Global Warming or ultimately the Global Ending Syndrome. Forest Land - Forest covered with trees and undergrowth. Over 20% of the Earth's land-surface is forest, providing valuable oxygen, timber, and habitats for wildlife. Northern coniferous forests consist largely of pine, spruce, and firs. Anthrax is principally a disease of domesticated and wild mammals, particularly herbivorous animals, such as cattle, sheep, horses, mules, and goats. Humans become infected almost incidentally when brought into contact with diseased animals, which can include their flesh, bones, hides, hair and excrement, or anywhere the germ may be lurking.
The Taliban - Persian Tālebān - Students. Also spelled Taleban. An ultra conservative political and religious faction that emerged in Afghanistan in the mid 1990s following the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the collapse of Afghanistan's communist regime, and the subsequent breakdown in civil order. The faction took its name from its membership, which consisted largely of students trained in Madrasah's Islamic religious schools, that were established for Afghan refugees in the1980s in northern Pakistan World Trade Center - A complex of several buildings around a central plaza in New York City that in 2001 was the site of the deadliest terrorist attack in American history. The complex—located at the southwestern tip of Manhattan, near the shore of the Hudson River and a few blocks northwest of Wall Street—was built by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey as a central facility for businesses and government agencies involved in international trade. Until the 2001 attack, it was notable for its huge twin towers, each of which had 110 stories. The roof of One World Trade Center reached to 1,368 feet (417 meters), and Two World Trade Center was 1,362 feet (415 meters) tall. Designed by Minoru Yamasaki and officially opened in 1972, the towers were the world's tallest buildings until surpassed in 1973 by the Sears Tower in Chicago. (See Researcher's Note: Heights of Buildings.) Each of the twin towers had 97 passenger elevators, 21,800 windows, and roughly an acre (0.4 hectare) of rentable space per floor. An observation deck was situated on the 107th floor of the south tower (Two World Trade Center), and a television-broadcasting mast 360 feet (110 meters) high was attached to the north tower (One World Trade Center). THE TAKERS TEST - Every minute of every day millions of people make a hot drink for themselves. Whether it is Tea, Coffee or Hot Chocolate, invariably the process needs WATER and some ENERGY source. Put up your hand, if you did not know this, and also that the planet's WATER and ENERGY sources are dwindling NEW ICE-AGE BY 2080 - READ IT HERE ! !
TERMITES - any of the cellulose-eating social insects that constitute the order Isoptera. Cellulose in this case refers to wood. Termites have for millions of years been eating the majority of fallen trees, dead trees and rotting trees, from all around the world. It is said that the world would be totally covered in a ten meter pile of rotting timber, if it was not for the Termite. BEDBUG - Any member of the approximately 75 species of nocturnal insects of the family Cimicidae - order Heteroptera, that feed by sucking the blood of humans and other warm-blooded animals. The reddish brown, or mahogany adult is broad and flat. It is only 4 to 5 mm, less than 0.2 inch long. The greatly withered, scaly vestigial wings are inconspicuous and non-functioning. You know they are about, when you see you have mysterious bite marks - small red dots. You can also see small telltale black marks, on sheets and mattresses. Bedbugs also have a distinctive oily odor, that results from a secretion of scent from their stink glands. MITES - Any of about 20,000 species of tiny arthropod invertebrates belonging to the subclass Acari - sometimes Acarina, or Acarida, of the class Arachnida. Mites live in varied habitats: in brackish water, in fresh water, in hot springs, in soil, on plants, and as parasites on and in animals. Parasitic forms may live in the nasal passages, lungs, stomach, or deeper body tissues of animals. Some mites are carriers of human and animal diseases. Plant-feeding mites cause damage by feeding on leaf tissues or by transmitting viral diseases. Mites are small, often microscopic in size—the smallest being about 0.1 mm (0.004 inch) in length and the largest being about 6 mm (0.25 inch)—and they usually have four pairs of legs. In general, they breathe by means of tracheae, or air tubes; in many species, however, respiration takes place through the skin Mosquito - A small flying biting insect that could be described as a type of Fly. It lives worldwide, especially in the tropics. It has long legs and a slender abdomen, Culex Forma. In most species the males feed on plant juices or nectar. The females puncture the skin with a long proboscis, to suck the blood of mammals, quite often transmitting serious diseases, including Malaria, Dengue Fever, Encephalitis and Yellow Fever. The mosquito is not strictly a parasite.
THE LOUSE - also called the Body Louse -Pediculus Humanus, one of the most common sucking lice, found wherever human beings live. There are two sub-species of the common human louse: Pediculus Humanus Capitis, the Head Louse, and P. Humanus Humanus, the body louse, or cootie. The body louse is an important carrier of epidemic typhus; other louse-borne human diseases are trench fever and relapsing fever Fleas have been around for millions of years - a fossilized flea found in Australia is said to be 200 million years old. It does not differ significantly from today's fleas. Different species can be found from the Arctic Circle to the Arabian deserts - even penguins have fleas which counteract the cold by ensuring that their growth into adulthood coincides with the time when penguins are sitting firmly on their eggs, thereby keeping both fleas and their young in a warm environment!

MALARIA - A serious, acute and chronic relapsing infection in humans, characterized by periodic attacks of chills and fever, anemia, enlargement of the spleen - splenomegaly, and often fatal complications. Malaria also is found in apes, monkeys, rats, birds, and reptiles. It is caused by various species of protozoa, a one-celled organism - called Sporozoans, that belong to the genus Plasmodium. These parasites are transmitted to humans by the bite of various species of mosquitoes belonging to the genus Anopheles .

 The June Bug - Cotinus Nitida - Linnaeus - Really a Flying Beetle - " I'm coming to get you!! " - Cotinus Nitida - The June Bug, also called May Beetle, or July Bug - Any insect of the genus Phyllophaga, belonging to the widely distributed, plant-feeding subfamily Melolonthinae - family Scarabaeidae, order Coleoptera. These red-brown / green or even orange beetles commonly appear in the Northern Hemisphere during warm spring evenings and are attracted to lights. The heavy-bodied June beetles vary from 12 to 25 mm - 0.5 to 1 inch, and have shiny wing covers (elytra). They feed on foliage and flowers at night, sometimes causing considerable damage. June beetle larvae, called white grubs, are about 25 mm long and live in the soil. They can destroy crops, like, corn [maize], small grains, potatoes, strawberries, and they can kill lawns and pastures by severing the grasses from the roots.
TICK - A widely distributed parasitic arachnid - related to Spiders and Scorpions, that sucks the blood of mammals, reptiles and birds, and may transmit such diseases as Typhus, Lymes Disease and Relapsing Fever. Its round body can be as small as a millimeter, or up to 30 mm long, with eight bristly legs. After feeding, the adults drop off the host and lay eggs on the ground. The larvae attach themselves to a suitable victim, feed, then drop off and molt into nymphs, which repeat the procedure. They have been compared to being similar to the Mite. An insect is a six legged creature, but all of this sized organisms once came from the same ancestor. Meningitis is an infection of the clear plasma-like fluid of a person's spinal cord and the same fluid that surrounds the brain. Meningitis is sometimes referred to as Spinal Meningitis. Meningitis is usually caused by a viral or bacterial infection; itis mean inflammation, so the infection causes an inflammation of these areas. MRSA - PLEASE NOTE THAT MRSA IS NOT A DISEASE. IT IS THE NAME OF A BACTERIA THAT WE NO LONGER HAVE AN ANTIBODY THAT CAN KILL IT. IF ALLOWED INTO THE BODY OF A MAMMAL, IT CAN BRING ON MANY PROBLEMS AND CONDITIONS. THESE CONDITIONS HAVE ALTERNATE NAMES AND SOMETIMES MRSA IS NOT EVEN MENTIONED. PREVIOUS TO THE MRSA STRAIN THESE CONDITIONS WERE CLEARED UP QUITE EASILY WITH PENICILLIN ETC. BUT NOT ANYMORE. READ ON! Asthma is not a new phenomenon, as its recent insurgence would suggest. - Asthma-like symptoms were first recorded around 3500 years ago in an Egyptian manuscript called the Ebers Papyrus. And a word with similar roots as Asthma was also seen in Homer's Iliad. The word comes from the Greek and means Labored Breathing. The word Asthma was first used to describe an illness 500 years later by the famous Greek physician, and father of Medicine, Hippocrates. The Romans also recorded this condition and used various remedies to try and cure it.
SMELLY FEET - Most of the body sweats to keep us cool, and help remove some waste products from the body. Every square cm of the sole of the foot and the palms of your hands have about over 500 sweat pores, totalling 250,000 little holes, that is more than other part of the body, even more that under the arm-pits. Allergy - An abnormal reaction by the body to certain substances, including pollen, dust, certain foods and drugs, fur, moulds, etc. Normally all foreign substances (antigens) entering the body are destroyed by antibodies. Allergic people, however, become hypersensitive to certain antigens (called allergens), so that whenever they are encountered in future they stimulate not only the normal antibody reaction but also the abnormal symptoms of the allergy, such as sneezing and skin rashes. Allergic conditions include hay fever, some forms of asthma and dermatitis, and urticaria. Treatment includes the use of antihistamines and corticosteroids and desensitization. CLONE - also spelled clon population of genetically identical cells or organisms that are derived originally from a single original cell or organism by asexual methods. Cloning is fundamental to most living things, since the body cells of plants and animals are clones ultimately derived from the mitosis of a single fertilized egg. More narrowly, a clone can be defined as an individual organism that was grown from a single body cell of its parent and that is genetically identical to it. STD's - These bacterial and viral infections are related to sex, but of course have historically been associated with oral-sex and the vagina. In most all cases though they can cause some form of bodily infection and are transmitted through some form of sex. HIV/ AIDS is also listed below. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) can often be transmitted even though both partners firmly believe they are infection free. The incubation period of a disease, is the period of time between infection and the appearance of symptoms. So during the incubation period, partners can transfer a virus or bacteria without even knowing.
Hay fever An allergy to pollen, which leads to sneezing, a streaming nose, and inflamed eyes. Treatment involves taking antihistamines or, in severe cases, steroids. - ALLERGIES - hypersensitive reaction by the body to foreign substances - antigens, that in similar amounts and circumstances are harmless within the bodies of other people. Worms, some say, have been around in one form or shape for about 600 million years. We actually share some DNA with all worms. There are perhaps up to 35,000 different types of these legless invertebrates, that we call worms. Some scurry about on the surface of the land, some live just beneath, whilst others bury themselves deep into the Earth's surface. Many live in the sea, and some have been found deep down on the bottom. Some are so small you cannot see them with the naked-eye, others are so big, they could be snakes. An Earthworm can live for ten years, living and eating in our gardens. They have no eyes, or ears and never sleep. Pound for pound, as they are made of mostly muscle they can be 1,000 times stronger than the strongest man, so next time you call a person a worm, think. Clostridium Difficile, is now recognized as the chief cause of HAI - Diarrhea in the US and Europe, and not only in hospitals but also in nursing homes and other facilities for long term care. Initial recognition of this disease began in the 1970s, with reports of a serious, sometimes lethal colitis, characterized by the formation of pseudo-membranous plaques. The cause was identified as Clostridium Difficile in 1978.  STARVING WORLD OF FAMINE - But something can be done; something that would not only help millions of Africa's starving impoverished citizens; not only help facilitate a world financial resurgence but also create a new global environment that might save humanity. It would cost nothing. 
The human papilloma virus - HPV, causes several different types of warts, which are the most common type of skin infection. In some cases, the HPV virus dies within 1 or 2 years, and warts simply disappear. Verrucas, also called Warts, well-defined small growth of varying shape on the skin surface, caused by a virus. The wart is composed of an abnormal proliferation of cells of the epidermis; the overproduction of these cells is caused by the viral infection. The most common type of wart is a round, raised lesion having a dry and rough surface; flat or threadlike lesions are also seen. Warts are usually painless, except for those in pressure areas, such as the plantar warts, or Verrucas, that occur on the sole of the foot. They may occur as isolated lesions or grow profusely, especially in moist regions of the body surface. TRAINING YOUR BIG DOG - How To Train Your Big Dog LISTEN TO VIRGIN RADIO UK - CLICK HERE Huntington's Disease is due to a dominant and faulty genetic disorder on chromosome 4.  The consequence of the fault with this gene starts around or just before middle age,  and leads to a gradual physical, mental and emotional change in its victim. Huntington's Disease was named after the American, Dr. George Huntington, as in 1872 he was the first person to document an accurate description of the symptoms and the route of the disease. - The loss of these cells causes intense symptoms and eventually death. As the condition advances, it becomes more difficult for the patient to walk and speak. Memory and intellectual functions continue to decline, until the end. By far of the majority of patients are placed in hospices for special care.
Acne can affect people from ages 9 through to middle-age. Acne can show up as any of the following; congested pores, whiteheads, blackheads, pimples, pustules, or cysts - deep pimples, spots. These blemishes occur wherever there are many oil or sebaceous glands, mainly on the face, chest, and back. Acne is commonly referred to in slang as zits. <