Aril accepts #bugbucket challenge
Aril has 1000 lady bugs dumped on her head for a $100 donation to Traveling Stories. Way to hold it together, Aril. Watch more challenges here https://www.youtube.com/user/accuratetermitepest1.
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Kevin accepts the #bugbucket challenge
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Denise accepts #bugbucket challenge
Denise has 1000 lady bugs dumped on her head for a $100 donation to Traveling Stories. Handled it like a pro. Watch more challenges here https://www.youtube.com/user/accuratetermitepest1.
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Living in South Florida we enjoy the subtropical climate butunfortunately this is ideal for unwanted pest.
We contacted Dusty Montiel the head of the Pest Control Division at One Two Tree and asked if he could share some tips on Pest Control in Miami.
Another thing is if we have an area where you have a lot of food storages in the kitchen. Just make sure your not to leaving out materials like food products or water sources, we need to eliminate that to avoid pest and insects to reproduce.
Cultural is one of the best ways to start a green environment where you are not using products around your home if not need to or unnecessary. One of the main things that we always look at is cracks or broken screens, window seals that are not sealed correctly, cracks under your door, vents all of these areas are things we looked into or if could improve by just changing or sealing and any of these and now we are eliminating the infestation or even the entrance points of the insects, so that cultural.
Now we have to do the actual product treatments we go ahead and start looking the best way to treat and use as minimal product as possible inside your home so that we are targeting the insect at the point of source where they living.
Theres different product lines ,we have variety of different products that we can use but the threemain sources that we used are bates we can apply them at a very low volume and its bating the insects where you know they commonly walk the path, we have dust and it can be applied to crack, outlets and out of reach where we are interacting within our home so that we dont come in contact, theres also liquid foams that we could apply in your home within that family group of that product there is product that are now more driven or targeting a specific pest and only to target insects they have a low hazard exposure to us.
The exposure of the product to us is very safe we have one in particular that is used to control a specific insect like roaches and this product is very special because it only attacking a certain genetic strand the roach has. Even if i come in contact or our pets it is non toxic and thats we call modern technology. Theyre making this product safer for us and making them extremely efficient to control insects to the source. So those were the different products that used and different volume in your home to control insects.
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Published: 11:16AM Saturday September 13, 2014 Source: ONE News
National has released its conservation policy, promising a new national park in Northland kauri forests, an overhaul of marine protection and more pest control if it's re-elected.
Conservation spokesman Nick Smith says a specific priority will be to establish New Zealand's 15th national park and the first north of Rotorua in the treasured kauri forests at Waipoua.
Dr Smith says National has committed $30 million this term to protecting New Zealand's forests from kauri dieback disease. The next step is to work with the local iwi Te Roroa to fund a high-quality upgrade of the visitor facilities to help grow tourism in Northland, he says.
Having created 460,000 hectares of marine reserves in the last three years, the next step is a major overhaul of the Marine Reserves Act with a new Marine Protected Areas Act, Dr Smith says.
This provides for a wider range of different types of protected areas and improved processes for created marine reserves, parks and sanctuaries, he says.
Dr Smith says National has taken an aggressive stance against pests like rats, stoats and possums that kill 25 million native birds a year.
He says the commitment is not only to carry out one million hectares of pest control this beech mast year, but to ramp up the annual area of control from 150,000 hectares to 450,000 hectares a year.
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Bedbugs are set to invade the Westcountry, experts warn.
BEDBUGS could be set to invade the Westcountry, pest control experts are predicting.
Pest control experts warn people could see a dramatic rise in the number of infestations after witnessing similar problems during the same period last year.
Theyre putting homeowners on red alert and say those who have been away on holiday could be among those most under threat.
Problems with bedbugs, which feed on human blood and often leave irritating bite marks, have become far more common over the last decade or so.
Experts put the rise in numbers at least partly down to an increase in international travel and say thats why the parasites are often more prevalent in the UK during late summer.
Now theyre warning people to check their properties, particularly if theyve been abroad.
Rob Simpson, managing director of independent pest controllers register Baisi Prompt, said: A number of our members reported a significant peak in the number of bedbug infestations at around this time last year and that pattern seems likely to be repeated this time.
People often associate an increase in the number of bedbugs with the warm weather, but it is far more likely to be caused by trips abroad or even hotel stays in this country.
Families can bring them home in luggage or clothing and would never suspect a thing. The first time they know about it is when they wake up with a rash which can be itchy for days.
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Written by Patriot Staff September 12, 2014
A travel lane restriction on the Sagamore Bridge in Bourne is scheduled to start on Sept. 22 at 8 a.m.as contractors work to complete the $12.3 million bridge painting project, according to officials with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The Sagamore Bridge lane restriction will be temporary and will avoid dates of peak traffic volume using the bridge. The plan is to take only one lane daily during8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.starting onSept. 22and leave open one lane going on Cape and two lanes going off Cape.
Then, starting on Oct. 14, Sagamore Bridge travel lanes will be restricted to one lane in each direction one lane going on Cape and one lane going off Cape daily during8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Lane closures may be possible on weekends, if needed by the contractor to complete the work.
To sign up for bridge work alert emails send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it with the subject title "Bridge Work Alerts."Updates also are available from the Corps' New England District via Facebook and Twitter atwww.facebook.com/CorpsNewEngland; on and twitter.com/CorpsNewEngland.
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Trex Co. Inc. ( TREX ) has made its foray into the e-commerce marketplace with the launch of its high-performing Trex Outdoor Lighting collection on Amazon.com - the reputed retail website of Amazon.com Inc. ( AMZN ). This will complement Trex's traditional channel strategy, while making the brand and product line available to a wider consumer base.
Trex Outdoor Lighting will be the first product line to be sold by Trex directly on Amazon.com. The website currently sells Trex-branded products available through Trex licensees, including Trex Outdoor Furniture, Trex RainEscape and Trex Pergola,
Trex chose the Outdoor lighting category to be made available on the website because of its wider customer base than the decking contractors and consumers who shop for Trex products at lumber yards and retail centers. The line comprises a Deck Lighting collection recently upgraded with Cree LED components and "plug-and-play" designs for easy assembly, along with an all-new Landscape Lighting collection including well, path, multi-function and spotlight components. Each lighting option scores over traditional incandescent lighting by using 75% less energy and eliminating the concern of voltage drops. In addition, the lights offer durability, weather-proof and salt-air resistant characteristics.
With the increasing inclination of consumers toward online shopping, Trex's move in the area is well timed and a wise move. Amazon.com's wide reach and marketing skills will help Trex to maximize the potential of this product category and also to increase consumer awareness and credibility to the Trex brand. Trex will continue to strengthen its channels of distribution, which is already the strongest in the industry.
Trex's several distributors reported record sales of Trex's products, reflecting its expanded distribution footprint and dealer conversions. Moreover, the company has started realizing the benefits of three cost reduction initiatives that it has been implementing this year. In addition, pent-up demand and market share gains led to a 21% year-over-year increase in second-quarter 2014 earnings to 46 cents. Backed by strong sales activity in the quarter, Trex expects sales of around $92 million in the third quarter, reflecting a y-o-y increase of 27%.
Earlier this year, Trex marked its foray into a new industry that leverages two of its core strengths: recycling and extrusion. Trex is now manufacturing and selling polyethylene pellets made from recycled plastic to the plastic bag, film and sheet markets. These pellets are expected to partially displace virgin and off-spec resin, thereby lowering the cost for original equipment manufacturers.
Trex will benefit from the ongoing economic recovery. Additionally, the company's consistent focus on industry-leading distribution presence, best-in-class product platform, low-cost manufacturing and brand will drive growth. In addition to the outdoor lighting products, introduction of more products online will help boost Trex's revenues.
Winchester, VA-based Trex manufactures and distributes wood/plastic composite products and related accessories, primarily for residential and commercial decking as well as railing applications in the United States.
Currently, Trex carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks in the same sector include Gibraltar Industries, Inc. ( ROCK ) and PGT, Inc. ( PGTI ). Both of these stocks carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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As ambulances at a Vacaville hospital speed off to their next patient, an ultrasmart, energy-efficient system is lighting the way. Installed in partnership with the University of California, Davis, the lighting system now illuminates the emergency vehicle routes, parking lots and outdoor walkways of the NorthBay VacaValley Hospital. The system is reducing outdoor lighting energy use at the 24-hour site by 66 percent, saving about 29,000 kilowatt-hours annually -- enough to offset the greenhouse gas emissions of 7.2 tons of waste.
The project is the first comprehensive study of networked adaptive outdoor lighting for the health care sector and could lead the way to more efficient lighting at other hospitals. Adaptive lighting uses tools such as occupancy sensors to adjust lighting to suit activity levels.
This project is an excellent example of UC Davis innovation making an impact beyond the campus, said professor Michael Siminovitch, director of the California Lighting Technology Center at UC Davis. Adaptive lighting systems consistently achieve deep energy savings and reduce facility costs while streamlining maintenance. Hospitals nationwide will benefit by looking to this project as a model.
The outdoor lighting system was first demonstrated at UC Davis. As part of its Smart Lighting Initiative, the university in 2012 unveiled a campuswide exterior lighting retrofit designed by the California Lighting Technology Center that has reduced the campus's exterior lighting energy use by 86 percent (1,231,758 kwh annually), saving at least $120,900 in annual energy and maintenance costs.
At the hospital, a total of 57 lights were replaced with dimmable LEDs. Motion sensors, including a new type of long-range microwave sensor, control the lights so that energy use automatically drops when areas are vacant, yet plenty of light is available when and where staff and visitors need it.
To confirm this, the project team surveyed doctors, nurses, security guards and other hospital staff as part of the study. About 88 percent of those surveyed offered positive feedback on the quality of the new lighting.
Were thrilled to work with UC Davis to put their expertise and technology into action at our facility, said Dave Mathews, senior director of plant operations and general services for NorthBay Healthcare. Its our honor to be part of the first comprehensive study of network adaptive outdoor lighting for the health care sector, potentially transforming the energy efficiency of outdoor hospital lighting nationwide. Not only does this free up more financial resources for patient care, its the right thing to do environmentally.
The lights are also connected to a wireless network lighting control system that lets facility managers monitor energy use, make adjustments and receive alerts when a light requires maintenance.
CLTC recently received an award for its work on the project, winning Best Use of Lighting Controls in a Single Facility from the Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking Campaign. LEEP Campaign winners have saved a total of nearly 45 million kwh and $4 million per year by upgrading to energy-efficient lighting.
The NorthBay VacaValley project is led by CLTC and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in coordination with the Better Buildings Alliance Lighting & Electrical Project Team and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. It was partially funded by Commercial Building Integration within the Building Technologies Program, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Siemens served as the energy services company for the project, managing both indoor and outdoor retrofits, facilitating contracting for the work and guaranteeing savings for the hospital.
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