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Argentine ant workers are 1/16-inch long and light to dark brown; the queens are 1/8- to 1/4-inch long, brown, and covered with fine hair. Males are slightly smaller and shiny brown-black. Colonies consist of several hundred to several thousand workers and several queens. They are located in moist areas near a food source. Argentine Ants are very aggressive and eliminate other ant species in the area they colonize. They attack, destroy, and eat other household pests, such as cockroaches. They prefer sweets, often tending scale insects on plants, and use them as a source of honey dew.
Pharaoh ants are very small; workers are about 1/16-inch long. They range from yellow to light brown. There may be hundreds of thousands of ants in a colony. A female produces 350 to 400 eggs in a lifetime. Pharaoh ants are major problems in homes, institutions, such as hospitals, hotels prisons or apartment complexes. They nest in warm, hard-to-reach locations in walls, subfloor areas, wall sockets, attics, cracks, crevices, behind baseboards, and furniture.
Carpenter ants are among the largest ants found in the United States, ranging from ½-inch long, the queens are slightly bigger. The workers vary in sizes. They are commonly black however some species are red and black, solid red, or brown in color. Carpenter ants are social insects that usually nest in wood. They commonly excavate galleries or tunnel in rotting or sound trees and in structures readily infest wood, foam insulation, and cavities. Carpenter ants enter structures through gaps or cracks while foraging for food.
A.S.A.P. performs thorough inspections which are necessary in order to find all of the pest harborages and will provide insecticide treatment for your home or business.
The German Cockroach are 1/2-to 5/8-inches long when mature, light brown to tan, and have fully developed wings but cannot fly. The female German Cockroach produces four to eight egg capsules each of which contains 30 to 40 eggs. German Cockroaches are the most common household insect within the United States. This pest typically infests kitchens and bathrooms but will live anywhere inside heated structures in which there is food, water, and harborage. They are rarely found outdoors and then only during warm weather. These pests gain entry into structures in grocery bags, cardboard boxes, drink cartons, infested equipment such as used refrigerators, toasters, microwaves, etc.
American Cockroaches are 1-3/8 to 2-1/8-inches long when mature, red-brown, and characterized by fully-developed wings that completely cover the abdomen. The female American Cockroach produces from nine to ten egg capsules each of which contains from 14 to 16 eggs. American Cockroaches are not common pests in most homes. They can be abundant in sewers and commercial facilities, e.g., groceries, prisons, restaurants, hospitals, and office and apartment buildings. They prefer to inhabit warm, damp locations. They are strong fliers and easily migrate from building to building.
Oriental Cockroaches are about 1-inch long when mature and red brown to black. Female Oriental Cockroach produces an average of eight egg capsules each of which contains 16 eggs. Oriental Cockroaches are not common pests in most homes. They can be abundant, however in sewers, and commercial facilities. Indoors they can become very abundant in damp, secluded, places such as crawl-spaces, basements, water meter boxes, and drains. They are often found in the bathtubs and sinks because they lack the small pads on their hind legs. In cold weather they are found in planters, ground covers, stones, leaf litter, and other debris.
Brown-banded cockroaches are about ½-inch long when mature light brown to brown and have two light, yellow-brown bands running across their bodies; hence their common name. During her lifetime the female Brown-banded Cockroach produces about 14 egg capsules each of which contains 14 to 18 eggs. Brown-banded Cockroaches prefer warmer and drier environment than do German Cockroaches. They are not nearly so common in houses. They are found throughout structures, preferring hiding places up off the floor, e.g., closets, wall hanging, computers, telephones, and appliances.
A.S.A.P. performs thorough inspections which are necessary in order to find all of the pest harborages and will provide insecticide treatment for your home or business.
The body of the female house spider is about 3/16-to 5/16-inch long and yellow-brown with a dirty-white abdomen with "army sergeant" stripes on the back. Males are much smaller that the females. House spiders lay their eggs in brownish silken sacs which have a tough papery cover. A female produces up to 17 sacs during her lifetime, each containing approximately 250 eggs. House spiders randomly select web sites, and if the web fails to capture prey, it is abandoned and another is built. They survive better in areas with high humidity, such as garages, sheds, barns, warehouses, etc. House spiders feed on a wide variety of insects but especially flies.
The body of the female black widow spider is about 1/2-inch long, glossy black with nearly globe-like abdomen. Males are much smaller that the females, 1/4-inch long with a longer, narrower abdomen and somewhat longer legs. Black widow spiders lay their eggs in silken sacs which they protect in their nests. A female produces from six to 21 sacs during her lifetime, each containing 185 to 464 eggs. Black widow spiders are shy, preferring to build their webs in dry, protected locations where their prey is likely to travel. Outdoors they can be found among rocks and wood piles. They prefer basements, crawl spaces, and garages in structures as well as other protected areas such as barns, sheds, meter boxes, brick veneer, pump houses, etc.
Daddy Longlegs are usually found hanging upside down in corners, eaves, or basements. They are very common and are found in most homes. The Daddy Longlegs is not a true spider in that it cannot make silk and does not have fangs or venom glands. They have long thin legs with flexible claw-like "fingers". Daddy Longlegs can pinch but rarely penetrate human skin. They have scent glands on the front part of their bodies that can give-off a bad smelling fluid. This stinky fluid is used as a defense mechanism to keep enemies away. Some people might have a reaction to the fluid but Daddy Longlegs are not considered dangerous to humans.
A.S.A.P. performs thorough inspections which are necessary in order to find all of the spider harborages. We will provide web removal, and insecticide treatment for your home or business.
Cat and Dog Flea can be found in the same area. They are very similar in appearance. They are small, 1/8-inch long, wingless, laterally flattened, and have piercing-sucking mouthparts. The flea has very well-developed legs allowing it to jump at least six inches straight up. They are black-to-reddish brown Cat and Dog fleas undergo complete metamorphosis. After each blood meal, females lay four to eight eggs at a time (400 to 800 total within her lifetime) on the host animal and /or in its bedding. Adult fleas feed on blood with their piercing-sucking mouthparts. They typically seek a blood meal within two days of becoming an adult. Cat and Dog fleas prefer these two animals but readily feed on other animals, e.g., raccoons, opossums, rats, and humans. Adult fleas remain on the host throughout their lifetime but are occasionally knocked off the animal by scratching.
The human flea, is a cosmopolitan flea species that has, in spite of the common name, a wide host spectrum. This species bites many species of mammals and birds, including domesticated ones. It has been found on dogs and wild canids, monkeys in captivity, chicken, black rats and Norwegian rats, wild rodents, pigs, etc. flea bites are typically red and inflamed. Overall symptoms include include itchiness, and rashes. Fleas can spread rapidly move between areas to include eyebrows, eyelashes, and public regions. Common treatments include body shaving and medicated shampoos and combing.
Fleas are primarily outdoor pest that can be transported on the inside. For better results ASAP recommends treating the interior and exterior.
House flies are 1/8-to ¼-inch long. They are a dull gray with four dark stripes on the back. The head is dominated by large red-brown compound eyes which are surrounded by a light gold stripe. Female house flies lay their eggs singly but in clusters of 75 to 150 eggs in a variety moist, rotting, fermenting, organic matter including animal manure, accumulated grass clipping, garbage, spilled animal feeds, and soil contaminated with any of the above items. The adult flies may migrate to uninfested areas up to 20 miles away but most stay within one or two miles of the breeding site.
Bottle flies are 1/2-inch long. They are metallic blue-green or metallic blue. Female bottle flies lay from 540 to 2,373 eggs in their lifetime. Eggs are laid in batches of 100to 180 on meat, fish, or carrion but they are also attracted to animal manure, garbage, and rotting vegetable matter. These flies frequently are seen buzzing around windows. They are also frequently found developing in the decaying bodies of rodents and other animals that have been killed or have died inside the attics, wall voids, or chimneys of structures.
Adult fruit flies are 1/8-inch long and dull yellow-brown to dark brown. Some species have distinctive red eyes, and the wings have two "breaks" in the leading edge (vein) nearest the body. The eggs are laid onto the surface of fermenting fruit or vegetables or areas where moisture and yeast are abundant. The eggs hatch within 30 hours. Each female produces up to 500 eggs. Fruit flies are common structural pests frequently associated with fermenting fruits and vegetables. They easily develop in over-ripe fruits or other food, fermenting liquid in the bottom of garbage cans, a dirty mop, or a rotting potato or onion in the vegetable bin.
Moth flies are very small delicate and "hairy" flies about 1/16-to 1/4-inch long. They are yellowish, brownish-gray, or blackish. The females lay 30 to 100 eggs in the jelly-like film that covers the stones in sewage treatment plant trickling filters or that line the water-free portions of drain pipes. The eggs hatch in two days. Drain flies become an annoyance within some structures when they breed in the liquids found in drains, dirty garbage containers and septic tanks. Adult flies are poor fliers and are poor fliers and are found in great numbers on walls or flying weakly in the area where they developed. These flies are more active at night.
A.S.A.P. performs thorough inspections which are necessary in order to find all of the pest harborages we will provide insecticide treatment for your home or business.
Honey bees have three castes in their colonies: workers, queens, and drones. Workers are 1/2 to 5/8 inch long and have well-developed heads with two short antennae and large eyes. Because they are covered with fine hairs, they have a fuzzy yellow-brown to black appearance. The abdomen has a striped appearance. There are two pairs of wings, the hind pair shorter that the front. Workers have a barbed stinger at the end of their abdomen that is used against anything that threatens the colony. Queen bees are the largest member of the colony measuring from 5/8 to 3/4 inch long and except for their size; they look identical to the workers. Drones are about 5/8 inch long and much stouter and darker than workers or the queen. The queen is the only fertile female and produces all the eggs for the colony. She is capable of producing 1,000 to 2,000 eggs per day. drones serve only to fertilize the queens and are driven off by the workers after they have served that purpose. Workers live five to seven weeks during the summer. Honey bees are social insects that live in the colony or hive with as many as 20,000 to 80,000 worker. Workers collect nectar and pollen from plants, inadvertently pollinating flowers and allowing plants to the wax that that they secrete. The queen and all the bee larvae are fed and for the colony the entire population overwinters. Honey bees are not naturally aggressive; however, if the colony is threatened they will sting. Honey bees swarm when the queen begins to fail or the colony is too large. Swarms often are seen on a tree branch and when this occurs, the bees are not aggressive. The swarm lasts for 24 to 48 hours and then moves to a sheltered environment such as a hollow tree, bee hive, hollow wall, or attic.
Yellow jackets (wasps) are marked with bright yellow and black pattern. They appear to be hairless and are about 3/8 to 5/8 inch long. The bald-faced hornet is similar in appearance except that it is black and white and 5/8 to 3/4 inch long. The males and queens are produced in the colony in late summer. They mate, and the fertilized queen overwinters in a protected site. In the spring she seeks an appropriate nesting site in which she builds a paper nest using chewed up wood fibers. Eggs are laid within the cells of the nest, and the young larvae are fed bits of chewed meat or insect parts by the queen and later by the workers. Yellow jackets and hornets build their flat paper nests in stacks which are surrounded by a paper envelope. Bald-faced hornets prefer to build their nests in trees and on the sides of buildings. Unlike bees, these wasps aggressively defend their nests and can inflict multiple stings. They produce very large colonies, some containing as many as 30,000 individuals. These insects are considered to be beneficial because a nuisance, however when they build nests in or near structures scavenge for food in recreational areas and in other places frequented by humans, and seek overwintering sites within structures.
The Norway Rat is the largest of the commensal (living in close association with humans) rodents. The head and body are 7 to 10 inches long and the tail is an additional 6 to 8 inches. It has a stocky body and it weighs 7 to 18 ounces. The fur is coarse, shaggy and brown with some black hairs. The muzzle is blunt, eyes and ears are small and the tail which is bi-colored is shorter that the head and body combined. Adults are sexually mature in two to five months. Females produce three to six litters per year each averaging seven to eight young. Adults live from six to twelve months. They have poor sight but keen senses of smell, taste, hearing, and touch. Outdoors, Norway rats prefer to nest in burrows in the soil under sidewalks and concrete pads, stream/river banks, railroad track beds, next to buildings and in low ground cover. The rats easily enter buildings through ½ inch and larger gaps. In buildings they prefer to nest in the lower levels including crawlspaces, basements, loading docks, and sewers. Rats are associated with various diseases and occasionally bite. Leptospirosis is vectored by rats. This disease is acquired by eating food and drinking water which are contaminated with infected rat urine. Rats also cause significant structural damage and product destruction.
The House mouse is the most common and economically important commensal rodent. The house mouse is gray and weighs ½ to one ounce. Its body is three to four inches long and the tail three to four inches long. The muzzle is pointed, the ears are large, the eyes and body are small. The female house mouse reaches sexual maturity in 35 days and averages eight litters per year, each of which averages six young. Thus, with 30 to 35 weaned mice per year populations build up rapidly. The mice typically produce their largest litters in the spring, depending on climatic conditions and begin to breed at dive to six weeks of age. The life span is one year.
The roof rat is a commensal rodent. The head and body are six to eight inches long and the tail is an additional seven to ten inches. It has a slight body which wigs five to nine ounces. The fur is soft, smooth and brown in color with some black hairs. The muzzle is pointed, eyes and ears are large and the scaly tail which is uniformly dark is longer that the head and body combined. Adults are sexually mature in two to five months. Females produce four to six litters per year each averaging six to eight young. Adults live from nine to twelve months. They have poor sight but keen senses of smell, taste hearing, and touch. Rats are nocturnal. They are shy about new objects and very cautious when things change in their environment and along their established runs. Roof rats prefer to nest in trees and occasionally in burrow and vegetation.
The uric acid in the pigeon's feces is highly corrosive and a flock of pigeons can cut a roof life in half. They frequently cause extensive damage to air conditioning units and other rooftop machinery. There are also other economic costs associated with pigeon infestations such as slip and fall liability and projection of unclean, dirty company image. Besides physical damage, the bacteria, fungal agents and ectoparasites found in pigeon droppings represent a serious health risk. Handling a pigeon infestation most often requires a combination of products, anti-roosting devices, and sanitation methods.
Pigeons should not be fed because the feeding of pigeons attracts rats and mice, which take any uneaten food. Pigeon nests, droppings and dead carcasses provide a home for a wide variety of insects. These infestations can spread into buildings causing nuisance, damage and skin irritation. Pigeons carry a number of potentially infectious diseases such as Salmonellosis, Tuberculosis and Ornithosis. Contamination of food by pigeon droppings or by the birds themselves can transmit these diseases to humans.
Human food lacks the necessary nutrients the birds require for good health. Feeding attracts pigeons into an area that is potentially hazardous to them - resulting in damage to wings and feet. Feeding results in all year round breeding which causes overcrowding in roosting sites, allowing disease to spread quickly within the flock. Pigeons are wild birds, capable of searching out their own natural food supply. Regular feeding by humans destroys their ability to fend for themselves and makes them dependent on humans.
A.S.A.P. has the qualified technicians that can eradicate these pests from a single home to an entire shopping center, utilizing the latest techniques and equipments.
The adult bedbug is 3/16-inch long, oval, flat, and rusty-red or mahogany in color. The bedbug is flat and thin when unfed but becomes more elongate, plump, and red when it is full of blood.
The common bedbug (Cimex lectularius) is the species best adapted to human environments. It is found in temperate climates throughout the world and feeds on blood. Adult bedbugs are reddish−brown, flattened, oval, and wingless, with microscopic hairs that give them a banded appearance. A common misconception is that they are not visible to the naked eye. Adults grow to 4−5 mm (1/8th − 3/16th of an inch) in length and do not move quickly enough to escape the notice of an attentive observer. In size, they are often compared to lentils or apple seeds. Newly hatched nymphs are translucent, lighter in color and become browner as they molt and reach maturity.
Bedbugs are normally active just before dawn, with a peak feeding period about an hour before sunrise. However, they may attempt to feed at other times, given the opportunity, and have been observed to feed at any time of the day. They reach their host by crawling, or sometimes climb the walls to the ceiling and jump down on feeling a heat wave. Attracted by warmth and the presence of carbon dioxide, the bug pierces the skin of its host with two hollow tubes. With one tube it injects its saliva, which contains anticoagulants and anesthetics, while with the other it withdraws the blood of its host. After feeding for about five minutes, the bug returns to its hiding place. The bites cannot usually be felt until some minutes or hours later, as a dermatological reaction to the injected agents, and the first indication of a bite usually comes from the desire to scratch the bite site.
Although bedbugs can live for a year or eighteen months without feeding, they normally try to feed every five to ten days. Bedbugs that goes dormant for lack of food often live longer than a year, while well−fed specimens typically live six to nine months. Low infestations may be difficult to detect, and it is not unusual for the victim not to even realize they have bedbugs early on. Patterns of bites in a row or a cluster are typical as they may be disturbed while feeding. Bites may be found in a variety of places on the body.
There are other types of insects that bite; but with your communication and our thorough inspection we can determine if they are bedbugs.
Drywood termites eat wood and can consequently cause great structural damage to your home if left unchecked. A typical homeowner's insurance policy does not cover destruction caused by termites, even though they cause over 1 billion dollars in damage to homes throughout the United States each year. Our inspection and treatment program can help you understand the threat of termites and take the necessary steps to protect your home.
Drywood Termites are up to one-half inch long. Drywood termites create colonies in wood and require very little moisture to survive. Unlike Subterranean Termites, they don't require any direct connection to soil. They eat all types of wood and occasionally other cellulose material like cardboard or books. Drywood Termite infestations can exist for long periods of time before being discovered, often eating wood away but leaving the paint in place. Drywood termite swarmers are light yellowish-brown, and the wings have three or more dark veins on the leading edge. They are 3/8 to 5/8 inch long with red-brown heads and thoraxes. Depending on the species, swarming occurs anytime, spring through autumn. The male and female swarmer reproductives locate a crack or knothole in a suitable piece of wood, gnaw a small tunnel, seal the entry, excavate a small gallery, and mate.
Termites are social insects that live in large colonies. There are three castes: reproductives, workers, and soldiers. Termite antennae have bead-like segments. The winged reproductives or swarmers, have a pair of long, equally sized wings attached to the last two thoracic segments. The wings are broken off after swarming. The abdomen is broadly joined at the thorax, unlike the narrow abdominal attachment found on ants. The winged reproductives are dark brown to almost black and about 3/8 inch long. The wings are brownish-gray with a few hairs and two dark veins on the leading edge. They have a very small pore on their heads. The soldiers are wingless with white bodies, rectangular yellow-brown heads which are twice as long as their width, and which have large mandibles which lack teeth. Subterranean termite colonies are located in the soil from which the workers build mud tubes to structural wood where they then feed. Subterranean termite colonies are always connected to the soil and /or close to moisture source.
Bird mites are approximately 1/32-inch long. Adults have eight legs and the same body shape as ticks. Mites are more transparent, however, than ticks and do not have festoons (rectangular areas on the posterior edge of the abdomen of many hard ticks).
Bird mites tend to be so small they're usually not visible towards the naked as well as untrained attention. They're more conspicuously active throughout the spring as well as early summer time seasons, and might not be readily visible because of their mostly clear nature. Once the mites tend to be feeding, they'll take on the reddish dark color since the blood they're extracting using their host is actually digested. While they can't be easily seen, they can typically be felt. A bite out of this arthropod leads to extreme itching and a creepy crawly sensation that's particularly irritating. These symptoms are going to be accompanied through small, red bumps about the skin. Lesions can happen, especially following prolonged itching, that will end up being long within healing.
The most well-liked hosts for bird mites are typical types associated with birds. These types of birds might nest inside roofs, eaves, window ledges or the areas on numerous homes as well as buildings. Adult parrots and their own nestlings would be the main focuses on for these types of arthropods; feeding on the blood before birds departs the home. Bird mites may live for approximately three weeks with no bird web host, but will start to search for any new opportunity instantly. While they'll bite people, they aren't able to survive upon human bloodstream. Their chew, however, causes excellent irritation towards the human pores and skin as saliva is actually injected to the skin being an anticoagulant. Many people have more of the reaction compared to others, which could include serious itching, irritation along with a red allergy. Secondary bacterial infections can arise like a bacterium makes its way into the damaged skin through scratching.
A.S.A.P. performs thorough inspections which are necessary in order to find all of the pest harborages and will provide insecticide treatment for your home or business.
The cigarette beetle is light brown and 1/16 to 1/8 inch long. It has a humped appearance as its head and the first body segment are bent downward, and it has saw-like antennae and smooth wing covers. The adult female lays 30 to 42 eggs which hatch in about six to 10 days in or near food material. The larvae feed on these foods and complete development within five to 10 weeks. Cigarette beetles are major pests of stored tobacco but also commonly feed on all types of spices, books, upholstered furniture, dried fruit and vegetable, nuts, drugs, seeds, old rodent bait, and insecticides such as pyrethrum powder. The most frequently infested items in homes are dried dog food and paprika. These beetles readily penetrate packaging materials. The adults are stronger fliers and are more active in late afternoon and on cloudy days. They easily enter homes through open windows and doors and are found frequently are found along window sills. The presence of adults usually means the larvae are developing somewhere in the home.
Drugstore beetles look almost identical to cigarette beetles. They are 1/16 to 1/8 inch long light brown to red-brown, humpbacked in appearance, and the head is not visible. Females lay their eggs singly in or near the food they are infesting. The eggs hatch within a few days. Drugstore beetles feed on all types of foods and spices, as well as on leather, wool, hair, books, drugs, and museum items. They readily penetrate packaging materials. The adults can fly and are attracted to light.
Adult earwigs are 1/4-to 1-inch long, dark brown to black with a red head and pale yellow-brown legs. The body is long and flattened. Earwigs usually have two pairs of wings. The hind wings being fully developed and folded beneath the short leathery front wings.
The female lays several batches of approximately 50 eggs in a nest like shallow depression beneath a board or stone. Earwigs are outdoor insects which become household pests when they invade structures, usually in the fall or at night. Indoors, they are usually found in cracks and crevices and under furniture and carpeting.
A.S.A.P. performs thorough inspections which are necessary in order to find all of the pest harborages and will provide insecticide treatment for your home or business.
Indian meal moth adults a 5/8-to 3/4-inch wing spread. The wings are a burnished copper, almost purple with a broad gray band near where they attach to the body.
The Indian Meal Moth larvae can infest a wide range of dry foodstuffs of vegetable origin, such as cereal, bread, pasta, rice, couscous, flour, spices or dried fruits and nuts. More unusual recorded foods include chocolate and cocoa beans, coffee substitute, cookies, dried mangelwurzel, and even the toxic seeds of Jimsonweed . The food they infest will often seem to be webbed together.
After larvae or moths have been found, it is important to throw out all food sources that are not in very tightly sealed containers. The moths are able to get into surprisingly tight spots, including sealed bags by chewing through them. They are also notoriously difficult to get rid of, and can crawl on ceilings and spin cocoons in rooms other than the kitchen or pantry where they hatched. Last instar larvae are able to travel significant distances before they pupate. When seeking the source of an infestation, the search thus cannot be limited to the immediate area where pupae are discovered.
A.S.A.P. performs thorough inspections which are necessary in order to find all of the pest harborages and will provide insecticide treatment for your home or business.
Silverfish are primitive, wingless insects that 1/2-inch long when fully grown. They are covered with silvery scales and are flattened and somewhat "carrot" shaped.
As with many colorless or nearly colorless invertebrates, silverfish inhabit dark or damp areas such as kitchen cupboards of houses, bathroom sinks, and tubs. They can sometimes inhabit dry papery areas such as old books and newspaper stacks or be found high on ceilings in bathrooms, bedrooms, etc.
Silverfish consume matter that contains starch or polysaccharides, such as dextrin in adhesives. These include glue, book bindings, paper, photos, sugar, hair, and dandruff. Silverfish can also cause damage to books, tapestries, and textiles. Silverfish will commonly graze in and around showers, baths, and sinks on the cellulose present in many shampoos, shaving foams and so on. Apart from these cases, the damage caused by silverfish is negligible and they have no direct effect on human health.
Other substances that may be eaten include cotton, linen, silk and synthetic fibers, and dead insects or even its own exuvia (moulted exoskeleton). During famine, a silverfish may even attack leather ware and synthetic fabrics. In extreme cases, silverfish may live for one year without eating. Silverfish can be found anywhere in office areas and homes including, but not limited to, bathrooms, garages, closets, underneath beds, couches, and in electrical appliances where food can be found, such as computer keyboards. They generally prefer dark areas.
A.S.A.P. performs thorough inspections which are necessary in order to find all of the pest harborages and will provide insecticide treatment for your home or business.
Webbing clothes moth, or simply clothing moth, is a species of fungus moth family. Adult moths are 1/2-inch long from wing to tip; when the wings are folded, the insect is about 1/4-inch long. The wings and body are buff/golden except for reddish hairs on top of the head.
The caterpillars of this moth are considered a serious pest, as they can derive nourishment from clothing – in particular wool, but many other natural fibers – and also, like most related species, from stored produce.
This species is notorious for feeding on clothing and natural fibers; they have the ability to digest keratin. The moths prefer dirty fabric for oviposition and are particularly attracted to carpeting and clothing that contains human sweat or other liquids which have been spilled onto them. They are attracted to these areas not for the food but for the moisture: the caterpillars do not drink water; consequently their food must contain moisture.
The range of recorded foodstuffs includes cotton, linen, silk and wool fabrics as well as furs; furthermore they have been found on shed feathers and hair, bran, semolina and flour (possibly preferring wheat flour), biscuits, casein, and insect specimens in museums. In one case, living caterpillar was found in salt. They had probably just accidentally wandered there – as even to such species pure sodium chloride has no nutritional value – but still it attests to their robustness.
Handmade rugs are a favorite, because it is easy for the larvae to crawl underneath and do their damage from below. They will also crawl under moldings at the edges of rooms in search of darkened areas where fibrous debris has gathered and which consequently hold good food.
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City of Turlock Go Green Coordinator Toni Cordell and City employees visited various school sites on Tuesday to promote environmental conservation. Along with teaching the students about environmentally friendly techniques like how to compost, reduce waste, recycle and conserve water, the kids also got to help plant, water and name trees. The trees planted by Wakefield's 2nd grade classes on Tuesday were a Red Maple, October Glory and Cedrus Deodara (California Christmas tree). The city workers plan to visit various other schools throughout the week.
California State University, Stanislaus did not wait until the last minute to hire its first confidential sexual assault victim advocate.
Turlock Unified School District's decision to enlist Turlock Pregnancy Center's Community Education Director Jeanette Fanconi for sex education has recently been met with mixed emotions from parents within the District.
When asked if she has received any kind of negative feedback regarding the potential formation of Denair Elementary Charter Academy next year, Sara Michelena was undoubtedly pleased as she struggled for a response.
For many high school seniors poised to receive their long-awaited and well-deserved diplomas in May, the academic journey is far from over.
There is no denying that California State University, Stanislaus has been making positive headlines this year.
Although there was a crisp bite to the early March morning air on Monday, Dennis Earl Elementary students did not appear to notice as they eased right up to the edge of the Tuolumne River at Fox Grove Park to release over 100 salmon they had raised in the classroom since January.
Only a week after Turlock Unified School District Superintendent Sonny Da Marto made an announcement revealing his intention to retire at the end of the school year, the TUSD Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint Dana Salles Trevethan as new Interim Superintendent, effective July 1 to June 30, 2016.
A veterinarian, an agricultural teacher, a forestry specialist, an animal geneticist.
Although a majority of community members only view the Stanislaus County Fair as a 10-day affair in July, those involved in Stanislaus County 4-H see it as a long term engagement in which they spend months preparing and anticipating for their chance to exhibit their animals.
The University of California website states, "UC undergraduates come from all over California, and they work hard to make it to college."
Turlock Unified School District's Board of Trustees meeting on Tuesday kicked off with an announcement by Superintendent Sonny Da Marto, who revealed his intention to retire at the end of this academic year.
Turlock Unified School District has temporarily halted the idea of moving Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy sixth graders to Dutcher Middle School, despite the fact that the immersion school is projected to reach maximum capacity with upwards of 1,000 students next year.
Since 1974, donkeys in Hilmar have played basketball. The annual fundraiser pits members of the boys and girls basketball teams against each other in a game played atop nature's most stubborn four-legged beasts.
California School Employees Association members expressed their opinions of a recently approved salary increase for Turlock Unified School District administration and management with signs of protest -
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Students in the Culinary Arts program at Pitman High School put their talents toward a worthy cause on Thursday, hosting a luncheon for eight veterans.
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On January 1st, Colorado becomes the first US state to license the sale of cannabis for recreational use. Buyers will each be allowed to purchase up to an ounce, and cannabis sales will be taxed by 25%, with much of the revenue put toward building new schools.
Because "cannabis tourists" are expected to flock from all over the world, the rest of the US will be watching the results closely.
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If nothing changes? Nothing changes: Plateaus
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Some of you may have read my previous blog entry, "If nothing changes? Nothing changes.":
. This is sort of the sister post to that.
This is about denial, as well. It ain't just a river in Egypt, folks. Oftentimes, someone will ask about how to break a plateau. What is a plateau? Well, simply put, it's when you stop losing, but you aren't gaining, either. It's also not something that happens in a week; I'm sorry, but two weeks isn't a plateau. :) Generally, a plateau is something longer than that. Usually something like a month or more.
It's also not a very long time. I've heard people say a few times "I've been on a plateau for a year" or even more. I read one post today that said they'd been on a plateau for three years!
That's not a plateau, my friends. That's maintenance. You're not losing, you're not gaining. If it's been three years, you're just maintaining your weight.
Plateaus happen to all of us. The reasons are varied. For me, my last plateau was caused by overtraining; I was lifting weights three or four days a week, often the same muscle groups, and when I stopped, I started losing again. Some people find they have to shake up their routine.
Sparkpeople has a great series of articles that will help anyone who's struggling with a plateau:
But what it all comes down to is pretty simple: If you aren't losing weight, you have to CHANGE SOMETHING. If your weight loss stalls for months, or god forbid, years, why not change? What do you have to lose? The weight? Lord, I'd hope so.
Don't play games with semantics. Don't call something a "plateau" when you haven't tried anything new to lose weight. Call it what it is. You're maintaining. This isn't a bad thing, I mean, you're not gaining right? But you have to ask yourself something: do you want to maintain the weight you're at, right now, for the rest of your life?
So if you're stuck, and you haven't tried something new for a while... do. Eat something different. Eat more. Eat less. Workout more. Workout less. Try a new workout. Get out of the gym. Get INTO the gym.
Just don't sit there. An object at rest tends to stay at rest... and if nothing changes, nothing changes. Right?
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maybe i should have read this before telling you about my august goals in my reply to your reboot blog,lol.
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I've had 4 times in the past 5 months where I had a pause or fluctuation on my weekly weigh in. Almost every time I realized that my sodium intake was much higher for a period than on previous weeks. Once I got back on track, I not only lost the pound or so I had gained, but another pound or so also. So I really do believe it was just a timing and excess sodium that cause me some water retention. There was no real weight gain or plateau.
I stick pretty much to the same routine all the time also. That is to say, I don't change it up regularly or radically. As I began my journey, I needed conditioning and that was my plan. As I felt able to increase intensity, reps, weights, etc. I did. I am now at a good point and again, my routine is rather fixed, other than increasing in weight as they begin to get easier. So while change is good, it doesn't have to be all that radical, it just has to keep your muscles from just doing repeats all the time. They need more taxing as they get used to the same weight.
I am also very consistent and accurate with my diet. Even my off days are under or very near my max range. They just may be unbalanced. So combined with consistent exercise and consistent calorie deficit, I know I am doing about the best I can at this time. And I really have NOT had any true plateaus. I am also willing to bet the 90% of the folks thinking they are plateauing really are not. That there are other things going on that are causing them to stall. So stick to the plan, make changes along the way and you should never really plateau. keep the faith.
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Great blog and all very true!
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I was having that same argument with myself about half an hour ago. So funny! I've been maintaining my weight for about eight months now and was thinking 'does it still count as a plateau if I'm not changing anything? ...Yah... no. This is maintenance.'
Nice to hear I'm on the same page! Now to just step it up and push through this unintended maintenance. At least I've got practice at it now for when I get to the weight I want to be!
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so true! it's a way for people to not take responsibility instead of making some changes..
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It drives me nuts when people say that are on a plauteau after not moving for 2 weeks. I THOUGHT I was at the start of my first plateau the other week, and was surprised when the scale went down after a few weeks.
I'm kind of waiting for it now. I know I am due for one, I haven't had one! Maybe I'll be lucky and avoid it altogether because I change my routine so much?
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"Be inefficient."
"If nothing changes? Nothing changes."
I *love* how you reminded us NOT to play with semantics, but the issue could also include pragmatics- especially depending on what part of the country/world they/we come from!!
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The paper studies the regulatory design in an industry where the regulated downstream provider of services to final consumers purchases the necessary inputs from an upstream supplier. The model is closely inspired by the UK regulatory mechanism for the railway network. Its philosophy is one of vertical separation between ownership and operation of the rolling stock: the Train Operating Company (TOC) leases from a ROlling Stock COmpany (ROSCO) the trains it uses in its franchise. This, we show, increases the flexibility and competitiveness of the network. On the other hand, it also reduces the specificity of the rolling stock, thus increasing the cost of running the service, and the TOC's incentive to exert quality enhancing effort, thus reducing the utility of the final users. Our simple model shows that the UK regime of separation may in fact be preferable from a welfare viewpoint. © 2011 LSE and the University of Bath
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here is an email i got from a user. this is access 2002. this is intermittent and i am not at this users site. so i cannot actually see what leads up to it. i was hoping someone here may have run into the same thing. this has happens once or twice a month. the get "undefined database format before this and that is why she is attempting to repair it.
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Pittsburgh, in a Sandwich
I receive emails from time to time from readers who find themselves traveling through or visiting Pittsburgh, with questions about where to eat. Now, Pittsburgh has a great deal of amazing restaurants and diamonds in the rough that are off the beaten path. And while all of those are fabulous, you absolutely, positively cannot visit Pittsburgh and not get a Primanti Bros. sandwich. It's sacrilege. Many cities are known for different types of foods… Philadelphia has the philly cheeseteak, Chicago has deep dish pizza, Boston has lobster rolls, and Pittsburgh has… the Primanti Bros. sandwich. So what makes this sandwich so special? Every sandwich has French fries and coleslaw ON the sandwich.
A bit of history (from the Primanti Bros. website):
Back in the 1930's, Joe Primanti opened a cart in the Strip District selling sandwiches to truckers on the go. It was decided that he should expand to a small restaurant on 18th Street. The hours were 3am to 3pm to accomodate truckers and the like. His brothers, Dick and Stanley, joined him along with nephew John DePriter who was the cook.
According to John, "One winter, a fella drove in with a load of potatoes. He brought a few of 'em over to the restaurant to see if they were frozen. I fried the potatoes on our grill and they looked pretty good. A few of our customers asked for them, so I put the potatoes on their sandwiches." And the rest is history. The Primanti Sandwich: a true taste of Pittsburgh.
So, are you ready to see one of these bad boys?
It's piled high with meat, cheese, lettuce, tomato, (fresh cut) French fries and coleslaw. Not mayo coleslaw, though, an oil and vinegar slaw, which makes all the difference in the world. This is all sandwiched between two pieces of hearty Italian bread. It's a dream. My personal favorite is the pastrami, but the menu is packed with almost an endless array of options. We have a lot of family in the Chicago area, and it's always a blast to take one of them to Primanti's for the first time. Most of the time they stare at the sandwich for a moment with skepticism. Probably trying to figure out how to not be rude when they really want to tell their cousins, "Thanks for lunch, but there's no way I'm going to eat THAT!" But then they do. And they love it. LOVE, love, love it. We haven't had a hater yet!
They now have 17 locations in the Pittsburgh area (including the football and baseball stadiums and the hockey arena), and three in Florida. If you want the authentic Primanti Bros. experience, definitely hit up the Strip District or the Oakland shops. Primanti Bros. is as Pittsburgh as a Heinz pickle. So if you ever find yourself in the Steel City, make sure you get yourself to one of these spots and give the sandwich a try. You simply can't visit Pittsburgh and not taste one of them!
Some media mentions:
Serious Eats: Sandwiches at Primanti Brothers: Pittsburgh Between Two Slices
Esquire: The Best Sandwiches in America
Man v. Food: Primanti's in Pittsburgh
Does your city have a specific food or restaurant that it's famous for? Share in the comments below so I can make a list for when I'm on the road!
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated in any way with Primanti Bros. and I was not compensated in any way for writing this post. I simply love their sandwiches and wanted to share a Pittsburgh eating destination with my readers.


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John Wilkes Booth (born May 10, 1838, Bel Air, Maryland; died April 26, 1865, Caroline County, Virginia) was an American stage actor.
On April 14, 1865, Booth assassinated the 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. By a strange coincidence, like Lee Harvey Oswald, who was charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, Booth himself ultimately ended up being killed.
In 1931, a photo of Booth was used in the mind map test for the Mental alignment meter. His assassination of Lincoln was meant to prompt a negative response from a Model Citizen.[1]
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We are continuing our journey west tomorrow. We have really had a great time here in Colorado and hanging out with Jeff's parents. Just so you have an idea about how quickly the weather here can change, here are two shots of pikes peak. I took both of them on Sunday, one on the way to church around 10am, and one on the way home, just after noon. Later in the day we could even see that snow had fallen on top of the mountain, which as a Southern girl I still find a little mind boggling.
Today we had even more unusual weather - after a fairly sunny morning, it has basically been storming and rainy all afternoon. (Afternoon thunderstorms are common, but not this much afternoon rain.) I actually wanted a sweatshirt this afternoon while we took Judah to play on a playground. But we are thankful for the cooler wet weather as it has really helped with the fire, which at last count was 75% contained. We are hoping Bill and Sue will at least be able to see their house in the next day or two to have an idea about if they had any damage and how long they might be evacuated.
We are just doing a fairly short leg tomorrow and staying in Grand Junction, CO tomorrow night. Then we get to Utah and hopefully spend some time in a national park or two.


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"A goose to hatch the Crystal Egg after an Eagle had half-hatched it! Aye, aye, to be sure, that's right," said the Old Woman of Beare. "And now you must go find out what happened to it. Go now, and when you come back I will give you your name."
I don't think any aspect of modern science has been more exploited by spiritual hucksters and new age con-men than quantum mechanics.
That has nothing to do with quantum physics.
Sounds like a quote from some new age garbage like "The Secret"
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Because music is en endless connection as passion ressains unlimited between musicians and composers. We only plan a humane meeting.
Behind each note, each instrument, human beings appear. Music is a real language which makes possible the assembly of differences and this universal language enables trips whose mind only knows the destination.
It's in this train we wish to take you away; you will travel from more and more amazing cars: sometimes string, wind and percussion, these instruments will give rhythm to your multi-faceted trip.
Digresk group with its celtic-electro-rock music join to the Philarmonic Orchestra of Loire-Atlantique whose conductor is Philippe Hui couldn't fail to impress you.
We enthusiastically offer an original programm in which classical music fans – but also traditional music – will share the same pleasure.


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The first tool you will need is the latest edition of the Thomas Guide Street Maps Book for Los Angeles County.
This book is widely used in the entertainment industry for giving directions to studios, location shoots, etc. Agents and Casting Directors are often extremely busy and don't have time to give out detailed step-by-step directions over the phone, so by using the Thomas Brothers Guide, they can just give out a quick map coordinate thus saving quite a bit of time and avoiding confusion.
One important note about commuting in the greater LA area... LEAVE EARLY! The horrific traffic situation in LA is a well known fact of life. But it is never an excuse for showing up late on any interview, audition, or call time. You are expected to leave early enough and give plenty of time to compensate for traffic jams. If you want to burn bridges fast in the entertainment industry, just start showing up late for appointments. You will be back on the bus to Timbuktu in no time.
Speaking of buses.... having a motor vehicle to get around Los Angeles is a huge advantage, but one can use the public transportation system, as I did when I first moved to LA. The public transit system in LA is called Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Their website has everything you need to get from point A to point B on time, including an easy to use trip planner. Here is their website:
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A Void Paperback
by Georges Perec
Anton Vowl is missing. Ransacking his Paris flat, a group of his faithful companions trawl through his diary for any hint as to his location and, insidiously, a ghost, from Vowl's past starts to cast its malignant shadow.
This virtuoso story, chock-full of plots and subplots, shows the skill of both author and translator who impart all the action without a crucial grammatical prop: the letter 'e'.
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- Publication Date: 01/01/2008
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Review by xuebi
The most remarkable thing about this story is that both in its original and in translation, the only letter "e" used is in the author's name: this is a testimony to the expert translation and to the quality of Perec's writing. Though at times a little heavy-going, A Void is a worthwhile detective story written using one of the hardest constraints in writing. A true ode to lipograms.
Review by BayardUS
Very technically impressive, even more so for the translator Gilbert Adair than for George Perec himself. Adair surely earned his Scott Moncrieff Translation Prize by translating a book from French to English, maintaining the lack of the letter "e." It's Adair that gets this book a second star, not Perec.

The problem is that being technically impressive doesn't do anything for me unless it's matched with an interesting piece of writing- if someone writes an entire grocery store romance novel on a single grain of rice, that would be even more impressive than the feat Perec pulls off here, but the book itself would still be garbage. There is barely any story here, and what there is unfolds in a stilted manner. The restraint that Perec put on himself means that most sentences are awkward, and the book often falls back on just listing things in a given category that lack the letter "e." There are few characters, little descriptive imagery that's any good, and frankly the whole book was one big slog for me.

It seems to me that a gimmick that detracts from the story and writing is a gimmick that should be discarded. Instead Perec stuck with his gimmick. If he wanted to prove to himself that he could do it that's fine, it's when he had it published so that other people would read it that I started to have a problem. This is a technically impressive terrible book, and you should read something else instead.
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Building a Champagne Network on a Beer Budget. Jon Dolan, Data Svcs. Mgr., OSU Ben Doty, CEO, NoaNet Oregon Curt Pederson, VP of IS, OSU . Overview of Presentation. Introduction The Crisis/Opportunity The Partnership Approvals, Money, and Politics Results Parting thoughts.
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House moves forward to repeal healthcare bill
January 19, 2011
Following the Republican victory in the House, lawmakers are now trying to push for the repeal of the healthcare reform package that was passed last year, according to USA Today. While the GOP is expected to pass the legislation, most expect that it won't be able to clear the Senate.
"This is nothing more than partisan grandstanding at a time when we should be working together to create jobs and strengthen the middle class," Senate majority leader Harry Reid said of the repeal.
One of the biggest issues is the cost of the legislation – Republicans say that it will add $701 billion to the deficit, while Democrats argue that repealing the bill will cost $230 billion.
Many seniors may have felt the effects of the law already, as they are now entitled to free preventative exams at doctor's offices to ensure that they are healthy during their golden years.
Still, it's likely that most older adults want to remain as independent as possible and avoid lengthy hospital stays. Many may want to consider installing a personal emergency response system in their home. This can supplement the services provided by the healthcare bill, but also act as a way for seniors living alone to send a medical alert if they need to get in touch with doctors immediately.


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greenclansman (151) Nicosia, Cyprus | August 23, 2015
Huge place with 4 different bars (U.S, UK, CZ, Belgium). You can sit anywhere and drink any beer from any bar. The atmosphere was very corporate alike and it felt like being in a theme park. Dissent selection with some good micors, but very expensive. Not my style.
JapanTony (153) , Japan | December 23, 2014
Stopped in and had two pints with a friend. Place was very busy at 3pm (holiday). Server was young but knowledgable. Had an 8% Czech and Spatan Optimator, around 1250&1400/500mls plus tax. Was told the 10% service charge kicks in at 5pm. Nomihodai for about 5000! But set of 5 for 4500 was just five pours of 180mls plus a little food-not recommended. My friend had Pike's IPA and Hoffbrau. Food looked good, but prices are quite high. Almost 30 taps, and the condition of our brew was fine. A place to go when feeling flush or wanting a place within 5 min of JR station. Takeout bottles were about 650 and up. Delerium for 1100 is almost 50% more than most liquor shops.
KyotoLefty (747) Kyoto, Japan | April 26, 2013
Just opened, so this may change, but it is hard to be excited about this place. It was a fun atmosphere on the first day, albeit a lot like a food court in a mall. The best things they have going for them are 1. Great location and 2. Large selection, especially of beers you cannot find elsewhere in the area. Of 19 taps, 12 I had never had before, and dozens of bottles of stuff I had never seen. There are just two drawbacks, though these are huge. First, the pricing is ridiculous. Prices for the Czech beers are competitive, but that's all. I know they are paying huge rents in this brand new top-end building in Osaka, but pints are ¥300 higher than elsewhere and bottles at the bottle shop are bar prices: ¥900 for an Orval! Prices for food are similarly much higher than you pay at any similar bar, though this is all industrial frozen food. The second problem is condition. We tried 7 draught beers, and at least 3 were not in top condition. They import themselves, and we all guessed it was not refrigerated, which means the whole thing is a waste of time. I'll go back, as there are several more beers I want to try, but if they want to survive after the hype wears away they will need to lower prices. This is not the Skytree. Ok, maybe I'm wrong. Businessmen who just want to be seen drinking German beers or want a fake "International" beer experience will continue to come here and be ripped off, while beer lovers will come for their required ticks and then go give their money to some place that actually cares about beer.
KansaiBeerLvrs (527) Kyoto, Japan | April 26, 2013
I went there on opening day and this place is HUGE! They say they have seating for 700 people and 6 bars (American, Czech, Belgian, German, British & Asian) with most being in their own architectural style. They also have a small "Beer Market" with bottles available for take-away. There is currently a 3 bottle set for 1500 yen of 2 Czech beers with special labels for the Grand Front Buildings grand opening and also 1 German beer. There is tons of staff who are young, friendly & helpful but don't seem to really know beer or anything. They have 200 bottles most in the 800-1200 yen range though some of the bigger ones will hit 2000 yen! The selection is truly huge and does represent the globe but most aren't really rare or anything. Several beers are new to Kansai though, like Pike Brewing's beers from the US. The food was great pub grub from around the world. I had a Czech meal: Branborak potato pancake 780 yen & a Merlin Cerny Schwarzbier plus a small plate of fries 500 yen. Good food but small portions. Overall, this is a good place for World Beers & beertickers will love it but prices are a higher than average. Drafts are from 650 yen for 300 ml(Czech beers 3 taps), 750 yen (UK 3 taps, 800 yen 280ml, 1380 yen 470ml (US 5 taps), 8-900 yen (Belgium 7 taps), 750-900yen (Germany 3 taps) & Asia (2 taps). So about 20 to 25 taps, 50 bottles for takeaway and 200 bottles available to order in. It's non smoking and open for lunch & in the afternoon so I can see myself dropping by again sometime. Oh they also have a 4500 yen 5 beers + food daily deal with the dish rotating between countries based on the day of the week(German sausages, American Burger, Fish & Chips, etc). Most of this ratings score comes from the size of the place & selection but not so good for prices & a 10% service charge . It is worth checking out, especially if you are in a big group.


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Pakistan today violated the ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera and Krishnagati sectors of Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistani troops shelled mortars and opened fire on forward posts drawing retaliation from Indian troops.
The exchange of fire was going on when last reports came in.
"Pakistan Army resorted to mortar shelling and firing on forward posts along the LoC in Nowshera sector in Rajouri district from 0730 hours", a Defence Spokesman said.
Pakistani troops also opened fire along the LoC in Krishnagati sector of Poonch district from 0740 hours, he said.
"The Indian Army posts are retaliating strongly and effectively and the firing is presently on", he said.
On May 17, Pakistan Army had fired on forward posts along the LoC in Balakote sector in Rajouri district.
The Pakistan Army had shelled forward areas and civilian belts along the LoC in Rajouri district on May 15 and 16.
The firing and shelling by the Pakistan Army in May this year has affected over 12,000 people.
The Pakistani Army had on May 13 pounded civilian areas and forward posts along the LoC in Nowshera area with mortars, killing two civilians and injuring three.
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Kung Fu Rascals Trailer (1992)
01 January 1992 Action, Comedy 101 mins
In the tradition of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and the Three Stooges comes this wildly funny action comedy from director Steve Wang. When chased by mutated monsters, crafty ninjas and a 300 foot tall stone god, the bumbling heroes battle against the powers of darkness in search of "The Power Most Big".
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text: In this episode of the Warriors of Wrestling's Warrior Wire we will hear from W.O.W Commissioner Rob Blatt as he describes the issues and the incidents that happened at "Hit the Lights"…No-Limits Champion Darius Carter escaped yet again with his title talks about his latest victory against "Wrestling's Man of Steel" Chris Steeler, and as guys start to choose sides between W.O.W Owner Joey B. & W.O.W Commissioner Rob Blatt just what side is "The American Nightmare" Logan Black on??? Hosted by Brian Black, some words from former WWE Superstar Damien Sandow and so much more.


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Orkut in Brazil
Brief history of social networking sites
How do social networking sites work?
What has contributed to their immense popularity?
Why was Orkut so successful in Brazil?
What caused problems later?
Why did Google refuse to hand over Orkut user data?
What caused problems later?
Internet laws were not well-defined
Illegal activities over the Net
Fight crimes like pedophilia and racism on the Internet
Brazil = home of variety of cultures and ethnicities
World's highest level of socio-economic inequality
Favelas (shantytowns) = are crime-rich
Success of Orkut in Brazil
Thank you for your attention and for your participation!
Zanna Aleksahhina,
Eva Maria Falkenburg
Ines Kuric
Vojin Mitic
Travis Westover
What is Orkut?
Social networking website - owned by Google
Named after Orkut Büyükkökten
2005 - Portuguese version
Blogs had proved successful
Popularity by 2011 -> 59% Brazil; 27% India
25 million Brazilian users visited Orkut
Has more than 50% of all Internet users from Latin America
Started getting wired in 1988
1999 -> third highest number of Internet users in America
Passionate about social media applications
BUT: sensitive to the American dominance
2005 - joined China in a bid
Few laws and limited resources to govern the Internet's rapid growth
Derivided problems for Orkut
Anti-social-formed communities (e.g. Neo-Nazis)
Violations of human rights
Gang of drug dealers used Orkut to sell drugs
Distribution of pornographic images involving children on Orkut
Problems with the Internet-use:
How do social networking sites work?
Social file and media sharing opportunities ( Flicker, Last FM)
Symbiotic relationship between friends and bands (MySpace)
Added features (MySpace)
Access above age 13 (Facebook)
Facebook Platform for developers (Facebook)
Brands and companies create profile pages
Advertising -> opportunities in user-generated content
History of social networking sites
1997 -> SixDegrees.com
Failed due to lack of sustainable model
2002 -> Friendster
Word-of-mouth -> grew to 300,000 users
Technical & social difficulties
2003 -> MySpace
Symbolic relationship between friends and bands
2004 -> Orkut in Brazil (Google)
2005 -> Facebook
Popularity -> illegal activities (child pornography, harassment)
1. Creation of a unique account -> registration with and
email address and password
2. Confirmation email for validation of person's identity
3. Creation of profile (location, hobbies, upload photos
and multimedia content)
4. Search for other users by name/email address -> send a
friend request
5. Accumulate a large list of friends -> adding himself
herself to the social network -> easily stay in touch
What has contributed to social website immense popularity?
Social file and media sharing opportunities (Flicker, Last FM)
Symbiotic relationship between friends and bands (MySpace)
Added features
Access above age 13 (Facebook)
Facebook Platform for developers
Companies especially brands created profile pages
Problems with the Internet in Brazil
Why did Google refuse to hand over Orkut's user data?
Two lawsuits against Google
Civil one - for loss of representativeness
Criminal one - for protecting criminals & refusing to comply
Claimed US law - data stored on U.S servers
Not subject to Brazilian law
Release would set a precedent for other, less democratic countries to request to do the same
2006 -> SaferNet passed on ~ 100,000 complaints against Orkut
Demands for the site to be shut down
How should Internet companies decide whether or not to share user information with the legal authority?
They eventually released the data
significant fallout
Advertising on Orkut
Adsense not so sensible
Many companies pulled their advertising from Orkut
Deresky, Helen; International Management, Harlow: Pearson, 2014
Orkut.com Site Info; In-text: (Alexa.com 2013); Bibliography: Alexa.com. "Orkut.com Site Info." 2013. http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/orkut.com (accessed 11 Nov 2013).
Easy to pronounce
Colour scheme -> Brazilian Football World Cup Team
Embedded in Brazilian culture
"I'm going to delete you from my Orkut"
Lacked advertising
Communities were built around serveral themes
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