Archive for February, 2009
Monday, February 2nd, 2009
Worm bins are used for worm composting. Depending on the scale of your composting project, the size of the worm bin will vary. Some systems are “small scale” while others may be “large scale.” Small scale worm bins may be homemade or purchased from a retailer. Small scale worm bins are made of wood, plastic, [...]
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Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009
How to Eat Fried Worms is a classic children’s story that was originally published in 1973. The story is about a 10-year old boy named Billy and the group of friends that challenged him to eat 15 worms in 15 days. The bet, worth $50, will win Billy enough money to buy a shiny new [...]
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Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
If you’re interested in worm pictures, you can always find them online, of course. However, some online resources for worm pictures are much better than others. Many online resources offer only a few worm pictures while others may offer hundreds. If you’re looking for a large number of worm pictures all in one place, there [...]
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Thursday, February 5th, 2009
At any given time, the human body may be infected with dozens of different types of parasites, such as worms. Some parasites are microscopic while other worms in humans are quite visible to the naked eye. Certain types of parasites are found more often in animals, for example, the bloodworm typically infects horses. Other types [...]
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Friday, February 6th, 2009
The Internet has its good points and it’s bad points. The Internet is a great resource for information, it makes shopping, paying bills and making travel arrangements easy, and it’s a great way to stay in touch with friends and family that may be far away. Unfortunately, the Internet attracts a large number of hackers, [...]
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
Ring worm treatment is available in many different forms. Depending on the location and severity of the infection, your doctor may prescribe something as mild as an over-the-counter medicated shampoo or as powerful as a round of potent antibiotic pills. The good news is that overall, ring worm can be treated fairly easy with these [...]
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Tuesday, February 10th, 2009
The pin worm belongs to the family Oxyuridae, order Oxyuroidea, and the phylum Nematoda. Pin worms are classified as Enterobius vermicularis. Threadworms are also classified as Enterobius vermicularis. Pin worms are also called “seatworms” and they have several spellings including “pinworm,” and “pinworms.”
Pin worm is the most prevalent parasite infection in the United States [...]
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Wednesday, February 11th, 2009
Did you know that you could download a computer virus such as a Trojan or worm and not even realize it until it’s too late? What’s even worse is most downloadable viruses such as Trojans and worms are so obscure that even the most knowledgeable computer geeks don’t know what they are or how to [...]
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
While not fatal, human worms can be quite disgusting and they can wreak havoc on the human body from the skin to the intestines to the respiratory system. Human worms (parasites) are not uncommon either. In fact, it is believed that at any given time the human body may be infected with dozens of different [...]
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Friday, February 13th, 2009
Caring for Woolly Worms isn’t that difficult if you have a few simple tools such as a calendar, a container or cage, and the right feed. Before we discuss how to care for woolly worms, here is a bit of information about woolly worms.
About Woolly Worms
The woolly worm (also spelled “wooly worm”) is actually a [...]
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Monday, February 16th, 2009
Don’t worry. Travel Worm isn’t a nasty parasite that you can get while traveling. Travel worm is actually an online destination for deals and discounts of all kinds on everything related to travel. At Travel Worm, visitors can find deals and discounts on hotel reservations, flights, vacation packages, car rentals, cruise, tickets and group bookings. [...]
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Tuesday, February 17th, 2009
At any given time, your pet could be infected with any number of parasitic worms. Just a few of the different types of parasitic worms include: the half-inch-long hookworm, the tapeworm – which can reach up to three feet long if left untreated, roundworm, whipworm, and heart worm. The good news is, most parasitic worms [...]
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Canine worms come in all shapes and sizes and some are more serious than others. At any given time your dog can have any number of parasitic worms in his system, such as the half-inch-long hookworm or a tapeworm. The tapeworm can reach up to a whopping three feet long if left untreated and it [...]
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009
Also called, dracunculiasis (pronounced: dra-KUNK-you-LIE-uh-sis), Guinea worm is a parasitic worm infection that occurs mainly in Africa. In fact, more than half of all cases of Guinea worm disease are reported from the southern Sudan region. Each year, 1,000 cases of Guinea worm disease are also reported in countries such as Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, [...]
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
One of the most disturbing sights you will ever see is a worm wriggling around in your beloved pets feces. If they are crawling around in your pets stool, unfortunately, they are also crawling around in your pet’s intestines. While the list of canine worms symptoms is lengthy and varied, finding worms in your dog’s [...]
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Worm castings, also called “vermicompost” or “worm compost” is basically worm waste material. But the material isn’t a waste at all. In fact, worm castings are a powerful fertilizer that can be used to help grow plants to their maximum potential. The reason that the worm compost is such a powerful fertilizer is that worms [...]
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
The storm worm is a back door Trojan horse that began infecting personal computers across Europe and the U.S. back in January 2007. On Friday, January 19, 2007, storm worm began attacking computers using an e-mail message with a subject line about a recent weather disaster, “230 dead as storm batters Europe”. During the weekend [...]
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Worms Armageddon is a video game for all ages. It’s a battle game that allows the player to command “worm armies” to do battle against unsuspecting worm enemies. The game is also comical in a sense, because the worms smile quite a bit and they use silly antics to get the job done.
The worm [...]
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Friday, February 27th, 2009
Computer viruses are malicious software programs that can damage your computer. Unlike a Trojan Horse, which is a malicious software program that cannot reproduce or self-replicate, a computer virus such as a worm has the ability to multiply at a rapid pace. In order to get rid of the computer viruses such as worms or [...]
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