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Beijing, China, March 17, 2014 – The AVC Beach Volleyball Council confirmed its beach volleyball competition tournament calendar for 2014 at its annual meeting at the Jakarta Sultan Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday.
A total of 13 tournaments will be organised across the AVC region in 2014. To date the venues and dates of nine tournaments have been confirmed while the other four are pending confirmation for the dates.
The nine confirmed events are as follows:
The Indonesia Palembang Open, which customarily takes place right after the Thailand Songkhla Open has been postponed to later in the year. It is scheduled to take place after the Asian Beach Games in November – before or after the Indonesia Bangka Open in December – on account of elections in Indonesia. The Oceania Championship will be held in June in Papua New Guinea with the exact date to be confirmed.
The AVC Beach Department, together with media company IEC in Sports is in close discussion with the UAE Volleyball Association and Dubai Sports Council to organise the AVC Pro-Beach Tour Final in Dubai. The tournament will welcome the top 12 men's and women's teams as per their AVC ranking points. The dates are tentatively scheduled for November and should be confirmed by end of April.
It will be a busy year with three major multi-sports games in the AVC territory, a second Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China from August 17 to 27, the 17th Asian Games from September 20 to 29 in Incheon, Korea and a fourth Asian Beach Games from November 16 to 23 in Phuket, Thailand. In addition, the fourth Western Asian Games will be held on the Kish Island of Iran after the Asian Games with the exact date to be confirmed.
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China to host women's 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball Xiamen Open
The 2013 Xiamen Open – that will be held from October 23 to 27 – will be presented under the new tournament structure.
China has hosted over 23 women's and 14 men's tournament on the FIVB World Tour but this will be the first visit for an FIVB international beach volleyball event in Xiamen. This event in Xiamen is one of four FIVB international events being held in China in 2013. The first 2013 FIVB Open tournament was held in Fuzhou on April 23 to 28 followed by the Shanghai Grand Slam, which took place from April 30 to May 5. The Beijing Grand Slam is scheduled to take place from October 2 to 6.
With a guaranteed purse of US$75,000, the bonus pool will push the total purse for the event to nearly $120,000.
As part of a new development strategy focusing on the current Olympic cycle, the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Council decided that FIVB Beach Volleyball Opens would no longer be part of the World Tour in 2013, putting in place an intermediate property that provides more opportunities for athletes worldwide to play.
With a total of seven FIVB Beach Volleyball Opens currently on the 2013 calendar comprising five double-gender and two women-only tournaments, there are numerous possibilities for athletes to compete in high quality, international competition.
Xiamen, also known as Amoy, is a major city on the southeast (Taiwan Strait) coast of the People's Republic of China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city of Fujian province with an area of 1,699.39 square kilometers (656.14 square miles) and a population of 3.67 million. Its built up area is now bigger than the old urban island area and covers all six districts of Xiamen (Huli, Siming, Jimei, Tong'an, Haicang and recently Xiang'an). It borders Quanzhou to the north and Zhangzhou making this a unique built up area of more than five million people. The Jinmen (Kinmen) Islands administered by the Republic of China (Taiwan) are less than 10 kilometers (6.2miles) away.
Xiamen was a treaty port in the 19th century and one of the four original Special Economic Zones opened to foreign investment and trade when China began economic reforms in the early 1980s. In 2006, Xiamen was ranked as China's second "most suitable city for living", as well as China's "most romantic leisure city" in 2011.


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WESTERVILLE, Ohio, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney says President Barack Obama's re-election campaign is engaging in "character assassination."
Romney, in an interview with CBS News Wednesday, said the Obama campaign tries to "completely misrepresent my point of view, along with why I'm in this race."
"This is a campaign, not about character assassination, even though that's what I think has come from the Obama camp by and large," Romney said.
Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters Thursday Romney "and his team have a tendency to look at the president and make outrageous accusations about his truthfulness," but she said the Republican campaign has a "record of mistruths.
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Romney and Obama both campaigned in Virginia Thursday.
Romney told supporters in Ohio Wednesday his tax-reform plan would probably not cut Americans' tax bills as much as they might be thinking.
"By the way, don't be expecting a huge cut in taxes, because I'm also going to lower deductions and exemptions," Romney told a crowd in Westerville, near Columbus.
"But by bringing rates down, we'll be able to let small businesses keep more of their money, so they can hire more people," he told the crowd. "My priority is jobs and I'll make it happen."
His campaign also backed away from statements Romney's tax plan would preserve most deductions for taxpayers whose adjusted gross income is less than $200,000 a year.
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Obama seized on this Wednesday.
"My opponent and his running mate are big believers in top-down economics," he said in Bowling Green, Ohio, near Toledo. "They basically think that if we just spend another $5 trillion on tax cuts that favor the very wealthiest ... then prosperity and jobs will rain down on everybody else, the deficit will magically go away and we will live happily ever after."
While Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, told reporters as late as last week, "I want to lower taxes on middle-income people," he told CBS's "60 Minutes" in a broadcast that aired Sunday that because he plans to limit exemptions and deductions, most people will essentially pay the same taxes as before.
"That's right. Middle-income people will probably see a little break, because there'll be no tax on their savings," he said.


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The New England Patriots and the Denver Broncos clinched American Football Conference division titles with victories over teams from Florida on Sunday.
The Patriots defeated mistake-prone Miami 23-16 to claim the AFC East, while the Broncos took their winning streak to seven and claimed the NFC South with a 31-23 win over Tampa Bay.
Quarterback Tom Brady went 24-of-40 for 238 yards with one touchdown pass to Wes Welker and an interception as the Patriots capitalized on a number of miscues by the Dolphins at Sun Life Stadium.
"We accomplished one of our goals this year, to be in the postseason," New England coach Bill Belichick said. "That's good, but more importantly we just got to keep working to get better."
Belichick earned his 201st career victory which ties him for seventh on the all-time coaching list with Dan Reeves.
Stevan Ridley rushed for a touchdown and Welker finished with 103 yards on 12 catches for New England, whoclinched the division title for the 10th time in 12 years. Welker tied Jerry Rice's NFL record for most games with 10-plus catches at 17.
Rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill completed 13-of-29 passes and finished with 186 yards for Miami.
New England's offense had a rare off night in southern Florida as they had averaged 44 points per game in their last four victories in Miami.
The Patriots recorded just two first downs in the third quarter, before finally finding their form late in the third.
Brady set the tone in the fourth by hooking up with receiver Aaron Hernandez for a 31-yard pass.
Peyton Manning had three touchdown passes for the Broncos, who beat the Buccaneers and clinched their division title for the second consecutive year and the 12th in franchise history.
Manning went 27-for-38 with 242 yards and an interception and moved past Dan Marino into second place all-time for completions with 4,986 to his name.
Demaryius Thomas finished with eight catches for 99 yards and two touchdowns, while Knowshon Moreno had 69 yards on 20 carries and added four catches for 14 yards for Denver.
Quarterback Josh Freeman went 18-for-39 with 242 yards, two touchdowns and an interception for the Buccaneers, who have lost two straight. Mike Williams and Dallas Clark each caught a touchdown pass in the loss.
The loss by Tampa Bay allowed Atlanta to clinch the NFC South. The Falcons had defeated the New Orleans Saints on Thursday last week.
In Detroit, Michigan, Andrew Luck and Donnie Avery combined on a 14-yard score on the final play of the game as the Indianapolis Colts stunned the Detroit Lions 35-33.
"Some teams find a way to win, others don't," Indianapolis coach Bruce Arians said.
"Today our guys did and I couldn't be prouder of them. This was a big team win and everyone took part in it. This was a big win on the road against a quality opponent," he said.
Aaron Rodgers threw for 286 yards and a touchdown as the Green Bay Packers scored 13 unanswered points in the second half to rally for a 23-14 win over the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field.
In the night game, Tony Romo threw three touchdown passes as the Dallas Cowboys defeated Philadelphia 38-33, handing the Eagles their eighth straight loss.
In other games on Sunday, it was:
‧ Seattle 23, Chicago 17
‧ St Louis 16, San Francisco 13
‧ Houston 24, Tennessee 10
‧ New York Jets 7, Arizona 6
‧ Buffalo 34, Jacksonville 18


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Enjoying Timesaving Contribute Tips
Even the best programs get better when you know how to make the most of them. These tips and tricks can be helpful if you're in a hurry or trying to work more efficiently.
Importing a connection key
If you're working with a good Web site administrator, he or she should send you a Connection key, usually via e-mail, which you can easily import into Contribute to take care of all the connection setup automatically. If you haven't been sent a connection key and you're having trouble connecting to your Web server, make sure you get in touch with your site administrator.
Using sample pages
Macromedia included a variety of sample page designs that you can use to create new pages that already include some formatting. In the Sample Web Pages folder (available in the New Page dialog box every time you create a new page), you find many great starter pages designed to make it quick and easy to create common page styles. Such styles include calendar pages that come preformatted with boxes for days of the month, and resume pages that make it easy to format the sections common on a professional resume. To use these predesigned pages, simply select the design you want as you are creating a new page and Contribute bases the new page on that design.
Creating a new page from a template
Of all the different ways that you can create a new page with Contribute, the ability to use templates designed especially for your Web site in Dreamweaver is the most powerful. Templates enable you to leverage the strength and design skills of your designers and make their work available so that other team members can create new pages more easily.
A template can include all the main design elements of page, such as the logo, navigation bar, and so on, and then include spaces where you can easily add photo new photos or text. Macromedia makes templates even more powerful by including a feature in Dreamweaver that "locks" any part of the design, even when it is used in Contribute. So although you may be able to easily change a photo, you may not be able to change the navigation bar and logo area at all. When you are working with a team of people with different skill levels and experience in Web design, the ability to lock certain sections of a template can save you lots of time, grief and frustration by preventing mistakes.
Adding keywords and descriptions
The Keywords and Description option launches a dialog box where you can enter information you want to make available to search engines. This information is stored in the Meta data of your page (if you don't know what Meta data means, it's information stored at the top of the HTML document, but it doesn't show up on the page that viewer's see.) Keywords and description text are read by most search engines and used to rank your placement when visitors search for keywords. This is an easy step to forget because you don't actually see this text displayed on your page (it's all behind the scenes). That's what makes Contribute's Keywords and Description option so helpful and it's really easy to use, just choose Format –> Keywords and Description and fill out the two text boxes with a brief description of your site and a list of keywords you want to match if someone searches for you.
Adding content from Microsoft Word and Excel
The Insert Microsoft Word and Excel Documents feature enables you to insert the entire contents of a Word or Excel document by simply opening the page within Contribute. The biggest advantage of this feature is that Contribute automatically formats the content to be as close to the original document as possible when it inserts the text and any other elements on your Web page. That means you don't have to recreate the formatting, a definite time saver. To use this feature, open the page you where you want to add the content, or create a new page, and place your cursor where you want the content to be inserted. Then choose Insert –> Microsoft Word Document or Insert –> Microsoft Excel Document and browse to find and select the file you want to add to your page.
Working on multiple Web sites
Many people on work on one Web site, but if you find that you are responsible for making changes to multiple sites, you'll appreciate that Contribute enables you to establish connections to multiple sites and then switch between them so that you can quickly move from working on one project to another. Choose Edit –> My Connections to open the My Connections dialog box where you can set up and manage each connection.
Designing in a Flash
Flash rocks! Macromedia's vector-based design and animation program, Flash, is one of the hottest programs on the Web today because it makes creating fast-loading images and animations that dynamically adjust to fit any screen size. Now that the Flash plug-in is built into most current browsers, Flash has become a standard, and Contribute makes it easy to add Flash files to your Web pages. Choose Insert Flash Movie to launch the Open dialog box and then navigate around your hard drive until you find the Flash file you want to add to your page.
Making Fireworks with your images
If you have little or no experience with creating and editing images, you may find it easier to use Fireworks, an image program Macromedia created especially for Web design, than Adobe Photoshop, the most commonly use image program available. Although both tools do a great job of converting images into GIF and JPEG formats for the Web, Fireworks includes a great wizard that makes it easy to do the conversion, even if you've never used a graphics program before. You can download a fully functional 30-day trial version of Fireworks from the download section of the Macromedia Web Site.


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Supposed I do the following:
b= b + a;
, where b is a long long variable and a is an int variable
Will the compiler do any type casting which is expensive? Does this depend on the compiler?
Should I initially declare "a" as a long long to improve the speed? In my situation, always speed over memory and I am using gcc .


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A History of the World in 100 Objects
From the renowned director of the British Museum, a kaleidoscopic history of humanity told through things we have made.
When did people first start to wear jewelry or play music? When were cows domesticated and why do we feed their milk to our children? Where were the first cities and what made them succeed? Who invented math-or came up with money?
The history of humanity is a history of invention and innovation, as we have continually created new items to use, to admire, or to leave our mark on the world. In this original and thought-provoking book, Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum, has selected one hundred man-made artifacts, each of which gives us an intimate glimpse of an unexpected turning point in human civilization. A History of the World in 100 Objects stretches back two million years and covers the globe. From the very first hand axe to the ubiquitous credit card, each item has a story to tell; together they relate the larger history of mankind-revealing who we are by looking at what we have made.
Handsomely designed, with more than 150 color photographs throughout the text, A History of the World in 100 Objects is a gorgeous reading book and makes a great gift for anyone interested in history.


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The Smallest Printing Company: Miniature Printing Presses For a Mobile Printing Studio
Forget the latest desktop printer from HP or Epson, what you need is a new miniature printing press designed by the traveling open source design studio Letterproeftuin out of the Netherlands. Created for the International Poster and Graphic Design Festival Chaumont earlier this year, the miniature screen and letter printing presses were created so that Letterproeftuin could create smaller prints while on location at printing shows. While it doesn't look like they have any plans to mass produce the presses I imagine such a thing could be extremely popular these days. See much more here. (via Quipsologies, Printeresting)


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Spokane mail processing consolidation made official
Thu., Feb. 23, 2012
Mail processing operations in Pasco, Yakima and Wenatchee will move to Spokane's processing center on the West Plains, the U.S. Postal Service said today.
The Postal Service will cut more than 300 jobs in Washington as it consolidates mail processing. In addition to the Spokane center absorbing more work, sorting operations in Everett, Olympia and Tacoma will transfer to Seattle.
Spokesman Ernie Swanson says 97 jobs will be cut in Everett, 29 in Olympia, 139 in Tacoma, 19 in Yakima, 20 in Wenatchee and two in Pasco.
Swanson says the Postal Service hopes the cuts can be made through attrition without layoffs. Employees whose jobs have been cut can request transfers or move into jobs such a letter-carrier, if there are openings.
The Postal Service is trying to slash $3 billion in spending and avert bankruptcy. Nationwide it plans to eliminate about 30,000 jobs and close 252 mail processing centers.
"The decision to consolidate mail processing facilities recognizes the urgent need to reduce the size of the national mail processing network to eliminate costly underutilized infrastructure," Chief Operating Officer Megan Brennan said in a statement. "Consolidating operations is necessary if the Postal Service is to remain viable to provide mail service to the nation."
The Postal Service has experienced a 25 percent decline in first-class mail volume since 2006. It receives no tax dollars for operations, relying instead on the sale of postage, postal products and services.
No dates have been set for moving the mail processing to Spokane. For now, residential and business mail will continue to be served through the facilities in Pasco, Yakima and Wenatchee.
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Currency App: Introducing Banknotes in a New and Interactive Way
Educating the public about the design and security features of a new banknote series is vital for broad acceptance and to ward off counterfeiters. Thanks to our Currency App, central banks can show and explain all features in an interactive and captivating manner. The smartphone app supports a holistic, multi-channel approach to raise the public's awareness.
A smartphone app is a modern and efficient medium for communication with the public, especially when introducing a new banknote series. In most countries, smartphones are widely used, and a Currency App that offers fascinating functions and can be downloaded for free will capture the interest of a broad public. People can learn about and experience the new banknotes intuitively and interactively, and can use the app whenever they need assistance identifying individual notes.
In our Currency App, banknote features are presented in high resolution. Touching areas of interest provides a detailed view and specific explanation. Tactile structures, such as raised intaglio printing, are simulated by the smartphone vibrating when the corresponding areas of the banknote are lightly rubbed. Tilting the phone allows dynamic effects, such as the color play of a RollingStar® security thread, watermarks, and see-through elements, to be made visible.
In order to follow a multi-channel approach, links to YouTube channels, social media accounts, and other useful webpages can be integrated. Practical functionalities, such as the automatic recognition of denominations using the phone's camera, support visually impaired or non-visual visitors by identifying individual notes. Optional features, including the combination of real banknote images with stored data or augmented reality, create eye-catching effects.
Our Currency App Supports Your New Banknote Series Campaign:
Fast and easy distribution. The Currency App can be downloaded for free from the App Store and the Google Play Store.
Holistic information. Multiple displays of new banknotes and detailed views with an explanation of all features and areas of interest (e.g. portraits, languages).
A multi-channel approach. Modernization of public relations through the use of various digital channels including video, web pages, social media,etc.
A tangible experience. Simulation of security features (look, feel, and tilt) to demonstrate optical and haptic experience. Audiovisual denomination recognition for the visually impaired.
Customizing effect. We offer our Currency App as a whitelabel for central banks. The app can be adapted to their needs and corporate design.
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I dont know if it's just the way I think, but after using the "View Unread Posts" option on other forums, I find it a lot easier to check on the newer happenings on a forum.
If I just use the New Posts button, and get interrupted, I miss out on all the potential gold that has been now marked as Not New.
Dunno how hard it would be to add this, but it would be nice.
Poll added to show support, or lack thereof.


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I know this subject has been covered a million times, and I have been searching this topic for days,
I have only ever used warm and natural - But I really want to make a comforter puffy style quilt with my next project,
There are so many batting to choose from I know
I am intrested in Quilters dream supreme or Puff
does anyone have pictures of quilts made with either of these? My local stores dont carry it to feel and see so I will have to buy online .
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My DVR has been stacking up with the Zooey Deschanel show New Girl. I finally caught up this weekend. It's basically stupid funny, which we can all use a little of now and then. Anyway, the flashback to her youth totally cracked me up. While fretting about an upcoming date with that guy who is known as "that guy who was a Mac on the Apple commercials who used to date Drew Barrymore," Jess laments to her friend "everything I know about sex I know from Spencer and the Clinton impeachment trial."
We flash back to Jess as a tween, glued to her portable radio and tantalized during the 1999 trials in her girlhood room.
Afraid she's been busted by her mom, she hurls the radio and replies "Mom?!?!?!? I'm not listening to NPR!"
However, the plot is beside the point. The star of this scene is that fabulous wallpaper. It's fun, flirty, floral, a little retro-yet modern, pink and orange…what else could you want in a fun and eclectic wallpaper for a girl's room? It's Momento by Amy Butler for Graham and Brown. Yeah. We got that. What's amazing is that it's totally groovy in a retro mid-modern dining room, lounge, hallway, what have you – super versatile:
Are there any stylish TV sets you've been admiring lately? I can't think of any that have knocked my socks off since Mad Men began. I had high hopes for Pan Am but they don't really compare.
- Images 2 and 3 via New Girl on Fox.


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Select from the frequently asked questions below.
All individual and team entries are conducted online via the Mooloolaba Triathlon Festival Entry Page. Simply click on 'Register now' and follow the prompts. Entries open soon
If you received a 2019 Mooloolaba Triathlon confirmation email and payment receipt you are registered.
If you do not receive a confirmation email please contact our office on 1300 761 384.
Start lists will be published the week prior to the event.
No. You will collect you race kit when you Check-In for the event. See Event Schedule under 'Athletes' in the menu to view event check-in times. You will need Photo ID to check in.
Your race kit will include race briefing, race number, ID wrist band, timing chip, Swim cap, helmet and bike stickers. You will also receive an event bag with your official 2019 Mooloolaba Triathlon gift.
Please note: It is only necessary for ONE TEAM MEMBER to Check-In for their team; however they are responsible for passing on the team kit to other team members BEFORE race start.
All changes to your race entry must be made in writing to [email protected] prior to Sunday 10 March 2019. Any changes to your individual or team registration after this date will need to be made at the Help Desk at Check-In. It is important that we ensure that we have the correct details for all the competitors, especially team members.
Yes. Mooloolaba Triathlon as it is not a sell out event. You are able to transfer your registration to a friend. You must do this prior to Sunday 10 March 2019. You do this through your active registration by nominating the person you wish to transfer the entry to. They will receive a link and once they have redeemed and paid for their registration you will be reimbursed your entry fee minus the $25 transfer fee.
Any attempt to transfer your entry or allow another person to participate under my name without the event organisers knowledge may result in total cancellation without refund, insurance being deemed void, and an inability to enter further IRONMAN events.
If you need to cancel your event registration, please contact IRONMAN via email [email protected] or phone 1300 761 384. Your refund will be processed within 7 working days onto the credit card you used to register for this event, if your credit card has expired or if your credit card has been cancelled it will take up to 30 days to process.
Please note that cancellation fees apply to your registration.
50% refund 21 December 2018
25% refund 1 February 2019
If you withdraw on race day prior to the race start, please advise Information on Beach Terrace. You will need to hand in your timing band. If you withdraw during the race, please report to the Event Information and advise them you have withdrawn and also hand in your timing band. If you do withdraw please DO NOT cross the finish line area.
Individual competitors must be a minimum of 15 years old as at 31/12/2018.
Team competitors must be a minimum of 14 years old as at 31/12/2018. 14 year olds may only complete 1 relay leg
View the 2019 Mooloolaba Triathlon and Festival Event Entry Fees page.
Yes, for the Open Categories only. Elite Category requires a Professional Triathlon licence. A start list will be provided to TA for verification prior to event.
To be eligible for the Open category you must supply your best three race results and race names in the past 18 months. Men: sub 2:05, Women sub 2:18.
No qualification times are required for Age Group or Team Categories. Age as at 31st December 2018.
No. Drafting off another bicycle, motor vehicle or motorcycle is forbidden. Experienced draft busters will be on the course and penalty boxes will be in use.
Yes. Your bike will be visually inspected by Triathlon Queesland Officials. As long as your bike is accepted and passes inspection, you will be eligible to ride.
A number belt means that you don't have to use safety pins on your triathlon clothing. You simply attach your number to the race belt and then put the race belt around your waist. If you plan to use a race belt then it will be necessary to ensure the complete race number is displayed. It is compulsory to wear your race number during the cycle leg and run leg.
Triathlon Australia wetsuit ruling applies.
For all Open Elite and Open categories, wetsuits will be allowed if the water temperature is below 20 degrees Celsius.
For all age group categories and teams, wetsuits will be allowed if the water temperature is below 24 degrees Celsius. Please note, it is not a requirement to wear a wetsuit if the water temperature is below 24 degrees Celsius.
A provisional wetsuit ruling will be posted at the Check-In and Event Information on the day prior to race day. Final wetsuit ruling will be announced on Sunday morning.
No. The following items are prohibited from use or carriage on all legs (instant disqualification);
If you are a category place winner and are unable to stay for presentations, you will need to contact the IRONMAN office on [email protected] or 1300 761 384 within two weeks of the event to arrange for medal collection.
If you are unable to collect your medal from our office we can send it out to you for a surcharge of $10.00. Please note, you will be ineligible for random draw prizes if you are not at presentations.
As transition is located on one of the main parking areas of Mooloolaba, parking close to the event area is limited, so please allow plenty of time. Please be aware all parking regulations will still apply throughout the Festival. Refer to council parking signs for more details.
There are three designated all day parking areas available throughout the festival. Please follow the advertised parking signs. Mooloolaba Triathlon staff or volunteers will be directing drivers toward these car parks from Saturday afternoon onwards.
All day, paid parking will be available at the Mooloolaba State Primary School, with all proceeds going to the school. We recommend making good use of this service as the school grounds are located in prime walking distance to the race course and middle of all the festival action.
The official event photographer for 2019 is FinisherPix. Photos will be available to purchase from www.finisherpix.com with 24-48 hours after the race.
Technically that's not a question, but it's no problem. Just email us at [email protected] or phone 1300 761 384.


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Define a prime zipper as an increasing function $f(n)$ mapping $\mathbb{N}$ into $\mathbb{N}$
with the property that, for every $n \ge 1$, there is at least one prime within the
inclusive interval $[ f(n), f(n+1) ]$.
For example, let $f(n)=2^n$.
This is a prime zipper, because Bertrand's Postulate says that, for every $n$, there is a prime $p$ such that $n < p < 2n$.
What is the slowest-growing known or conjectured prime zipper? Is there a polynomial prime zipper?


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This question already has an answer here:
There has been a "movement" of sorts on Stack Overflow. Users are flagging questions that are just a link or little more than a link, like:
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/4737028/396458
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/4710255/396458
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/4582798/396458
Not only that, they have been flagging answers that have been accepted, SO's ultimate helpfulness indicator:
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/6431882/396458
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/5636060/396458
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/6138319/396458
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/4991941/396458
- https://stackoverflow.com/a/6272953/396458
A moderator deleted many of these, but I have reverted the deletions, at least for the time being. Questions:
- How should these answers be dealt with, in general?
- Should the accepted status of an answer affect its "deletability"?
- What if a link is all that's needed to answer a question, like this?


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Until it was restored in 2005, Cheonggyecheon Stream existed only as a neglected watercourse hidden by an overpass. Today, it has been transformed into a haven of natural beauty amidst the bustle of city life.
Narae Bridge, expressing a butterfly in flight, and Gwanggyo Bridge, symbolizing the harmony of the past and future, are just two of the more than twenty beautiful bridges that cross the stream. The 'Rhythmic Wall Stream', lined with fine marble, sculptures, and Korea's 8th stone building, Palseokdam, adorn the Cheonggyecheon Stream.
Cheonggyecheon Stream passes close to Deoksugung Palace, Seoul Plaza, the Sejong Center, Insa-dong Street, Changdeokgung Palace, and Changgyeonggung Palace, allowing visitors to easily visit major tourist sites after a leisurely stroll along the stream.
Cheonggye Plaza in Sejong-ro is situated at the fountainhead of Cheonggyecheon Stream. From Dong-A Ilbo Building, the starting point of Cheonggyecheon Stream, Cheonggye Plaza stretches all the way to Sindapcheolgyo Bridge. The Plaza is roughly 160m long and 50m wide and has a beautiful fountain, an artificial waterfall, and a miniature replica of Cheonggyecheon Stream, as well as a walking path. The area commemorates the Cheonggyecheon Stream Restoration Project, and also symbolizes gathering, harmony, peace, and unity. Cheonggye Plaza is roughly 2,500 square meters and is located at the starting point of Cheonggyecheon Stream. The square, created based on the design of Korean traditional bojagi (a colorful wrapping cloth), features the elegant beauty of traditional stonework that is colorful, yet tasteful. The Plaza also includes a model of Cheonggyecheon that provides visitors with a bird's-eye view of the formerly restored Cheonggyecheon Stream. At the Plaza, there are plaques that provide detailed commentaries on the 22 bridges that span the stream as well as a number of graceful fountains that add to the ambience of the area. After completing Cheonggye Plaza, Seoul Metropolitan Government designated the area as a vehicle-free zone on holidays, providing more leisure space for pedestrians. Since then, the waterfront areas of Cheonggyecheon Stream, and the surrounding streets have become popular places for those seeking refreshment and a variety of cultural experiences. A favorite of many is Candle Fountain, which features the magnificent synchronicity of three different lighting fixtures and a 4 meter-high, two-tiered waterfall. Along the two sides of the waterfall are 'Palseokdam'(wishing wells) made of 8 different stones from each of the nation's 8 provinces. Cheonggye Plaza never goes to sleep: visitors can enjoy the fantastic display of light and water even at night.


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similarity.pl - Command line interface to WordNet::Similarity
similarity.pl [--type=TYPE [--config=CONFIGFILE] [--allsense] [--offsets] [--trace] [--wnpath=PATH] [--simpath=SIMPATH] {--interact | --file=FILENAME | WORD1 WORD2} | --help | --version]
This program is a command line interface to the WordNet::Similarity package, which is an implementation of semantic relatedness measures between words. This project began in an effort to replicate the measures described in Budanitsky and Hirst (1995) "Semantic distance in WordNet: An Experimental, application-oriented evaluation of five measures", and has since grown to include additional measures. The measures described and implemented are as follows (those included in Budanitksy and Hirst's work are denoted with a *):
(1) Leacock and Chodorow (1998) *
(2) Jiang and Conrath (1997) *
(3) Resnik (1995) *
(4) Lin (1998) *
(5) Hirst St-Onge (1998) *
(6) Wu and Palmer (1994)
(7) Extended Gloss Overlaps (Banerjee & Pedersen, 2003)
(8) Edge Counting
(9) Gloss Vector (Patwardhan, 2003)
(10) Random
--type=type the type of similarity measure. Valid values are
WordNet::Similarity::path - simple edge counting
WordNet::Similarity::hso - Hirst & St-Onge (1998)
WordNet::Similarity::lch - Leacock & Chodorow (1998)
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La Pizzeria (Bread Republic) – Ashrafieh
Classic and Innovative Pizzas
Review by Souad
La Pizzeria is located in a ground floor of an old building on Furn el Hayek street. The pizzeria is divided in two stone arcade rooms. The place had an obvious attempt of renovation leaving the walls half stone half green, which gives the place a lot of charm. The decor, the wooden bar, the open cuisine and the not bran new furniture make you feel that the place has a soul and a life behind it.
The menu is varied with classic but also very curious items, either regional from around the world or innovative. Prices are low if you order pizzas and average if you order platters.
We ordered artichoke pizza and caramelized onions and garlic calzone. The artichoke came with fresh tomatoes and the the calzone without a red sauce neither tomatoes. Both were very good and original. I'm very tempted however to taste a pizza with a sauce to judge their classic pizza skills. The service was very friendly and fast.
If you're looking for a charming place not screaming 'Bran New', La Pizzeria is worth a try.Write a Review
Antipastis, salads, pizzas, homemade pastas, platters and desserts.
Suitable for vegetarians. Serves alcohol.
Furn el Hayek, facing Monop, Ashrafieh.
Call them
Phone Number: 01 201 520
Opening hours
Mon - Sun: 7:30 am - 12:00 am
Get there
Furn el Hayek, facing Monop, Ashrafieh.
See Also
Eat - Downtown(6 votes)
Italian restaurant near Nejmeh square
Pasta Di Casa - Joumblat(12 votes)
Italian restaurant serving fresh pasta
Cucina - Hamra(12 votes)
Italian Restaurant of Le Commodore Hotel
Tomatomatic Pizza - Ashrafieh(5 votes)
Pizzeria in Monot with regular and signature pizzas
Gigi - Gemmayzeh(1 votes)
Affordable Italian in the Heart of Gouraud Street
Silver by C&G(4 votes)
Sophisticated international restaurant


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Highlights of my son's musical tastes over the years (Pokemon songs NOT included!)
Kodo Drummers of Japan "Iromori" and "Lion": (< 1-2 years old)
Okay...now one of his VERY first songs to actually sing (he couldn't do the words yet, but he got the tune) was...well, this: (< 1-2 years old)
5 6 7 8's "Woo Hoo": (< 1-2 years old) He was VERY into this every time a Vonage commercial came on, and ultimately got us interested in Vonage (which we finally switched to recently after MetTel screwed us three months in a row).
Afia Mala (Royal Princess of Togo) singing Segne: (2-3 years old)
Bob Marley "Three Little Birds": (3-4 years old)
Woodie Guthrie This Land is Your Land: (3-5 years old)
"L'cha Dodi" sung by the Abayudaya, Jews of Uganda:
Tom Lehrer The Elements: (4-6 years old)
And my son singing the same song at the age of 5: (yes with some air guitar as well)
The Clash Lost in the Supermarket: (4-5 years old) (sorry this one has an ad before the music)
Pink Floyd "Wish You Were Here" and "Welcome to the Machine": (4-5 years old)
Gogol Bordello "Immigraniada": (6 years old)
Matisyahu "Youth": (6-7 years old)
"Ode to Joy" by Beethoven...okay this isn't the version he knows but I couldn't resist (he does like the song, though!)
And his sister got him briefly into Bohemian Rhapsody...and I think THIS should be the canonical version:
And, most strangely perhaps, his most recent favorite: Mike Curb Congregation "Burning Bridges" (which happens to come from one of my old favorite movie classics): (7 years old)
I am amazed at the variety of what catches his attention and we seldom (with a few exceptions like the Elements Song, which came after he was already obsessed with Chemistry) can predict what he will latch on to.
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Revisting: Preventing and Dealing With Bed Bugs
The plague of bed bugs continues to spread in America, even though it is not THAT hard to prevent spread of these pests. But no one seems to be paying attention to the ways that bed bugs can be kept at bay. Every day I am seeing more and more mattresses, entire beds, and other furniture thrown away because of bed bugs. But people CAN limit their risk if they put their minds to it. With information you can save time, money and stress. But very few people are doing it.
All of America is at risk of bed bug infestations. Many very fancy hotels are already infested. Many homes are infested. But your risk can be reduced and there are many things you can do to limit your chances of getting these pests.
In 2006 I wrote an article about a relatively new but spreading problem: bed bugs. Since I wrote that article the problem has gotten bad enough that it has sparked a whole industry of detection and extermination of bed bugs and has led to hundreds of articles all over the mainstream media reporting on this growing problem. But this has led to misunderstandings and some shady businesses as well. This article is designed to help you avoid bedbugs if possible, and get rid of them if you do get them. The problems continues to get worse. Every week I see sveral mattresses and couches wrapped in plastic laid out (unnecessarily!) on the street to be discarded, probably due to a bed bug scare or infestation. The last few weeks alone I saw some 20 mattresses as well as considerable amount of bedding and a couple of couches all tightly wrapped up and being needlessly thrown out. I assume most of these are due to bed bugs.
In 2010 the building I live in had a bed bug scare. It seemed at first as if several apartments were affected with possibly two separate initial infections (at opposite ends of the building). Turns out that probably only one apartment ever had them, but had the building's managing board not acted rapidly it would have spread. As it was the managing board spent tens of thousands of dollars to pinpoint possibly affected apartments and proactively treat them. During that time we became quite informed about the pests. More recently we had another scare. That turned out to be nothing. But it reinforced our knowledge of the issue. More recently an alert shareholder saw a single bed bug in their apartment. They caught it and put it in a bag so it could be identified. So far it seems like that is the only bed bug to make it in, but the building is spending hundreds of dollars to make sure.
The bad news is the problem continues to spread and a lot of what is being done about it is actually the wrong approach. For example, throwing away your mattress if it has bed bugs is unnecessary and it helps spread the problem because you have just put the bed bugs out on the street where they can get on people's shoes (including your own to re-infest your own home). The good news is there are some very simple things you can do that will prevent them from coming into your living space. Three relatively simple and inexpensive methods greatly reduce your chances of getting them: mattress covers, diatomaceous earth, and rubbing alcohol.
First, the problem...
From the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene website:
Bed bugs are small insects that feed on the blood of mammals and birds. Adult bed bugs are oval, wingless and rusty red colored, and have flat bodies, antennae and small eyes. They are visible to the naked eye, but often hide in cracks and crevices. When bed bugs feed, their bodies swell and become a brighter red. In homes, bed bugs feed primarily on the blood of humans, usually at night when people are sleeping...
Typically, the bite is painless and rarely awakens a sleeping person. However, it can produce large, itchy welts on the skin. Welts from bed bug bites do not have a red spot in the center--those welts are more characteristic of flea bites...
Although bed bugs may be a nuisance to people, they are not known to spread disease.
That is also good news. Bed bugs are not disease vectors like mosquitoes. They are just irritating in the extreme...and they can really infest an apartment if not properly addressed. But no one gets sick or dies from bed bugs.
The problem first became wide spread in NYC in 2005...after a lull of about 60 years where there were few or no reportings of bed bugs in NYC, one of the current epicenters. Since then the epidemic has taken off. Now I have heard from one professional that one out of every eleven apartment units in NYC has bed bugs. Let me emphasize that I was sounding the alarm early on this one!
Why the sudden epidemic? There are several possible reasons. Some have tried to blame it on immigrants. That is almost certainly not true since here in NYC we have a pretty constant influx of immigrants and the influx of bed bugs has never correlated with influx of immigrants. If this was going to be a major source of spread, there would not have been a 60 year lull. NYC has always been a major immigrant hub (I know my ancestors came through here) but the upswing in bed bugs seems to have only started around 2005 for NYC. But elsewhere in the country the upswing started more like 2000, according to a an article from Time Magazine back when I first looked into this. Blaming immigrants is just plain unfounded.
One aspect of the sudden rise of the bed bugs is simple evolution. I have often reported on how the misuse and overuse of antibiotics, particularly in animal feed, has led to a huge emergence of antibiotic resistant bacteria. This has been a huge problem and is one reason why I now only buy meat and chicken raised without antibiotics. Well the same thing happens with insects. Overuse and misuse of pesticides in America and abroad has led to bed bugs that are resistant to most pesticides. For the record, same goes with lice. Those horribly toxic shampoos used for lice are mostly useless by now because the lice have evolved resistance against them. The proper use of a lice comb and careful removal of eggs is the only truly effective way to remove lice. And many treatments for bed bugs are ineffective for the same reason. In fact, many scientists believe that over use of insecticides is exactly why we are having our current influx of bed bugs.
Another aspect that I suspect may be going on is global warming. Simple fact is that most insects prefer warmer temperatures. I want to emphasize that this is speculation. The evolution of pesticide resistance is not speculative but pretty much established fact. But global warming HAS been shown to be the cause for the spread of many pests, and it almost certainly will eventually be shown to play a role for many more. So I am betting that rising temperatures have helped the bed bug infestation spread.
So what can you do? I'm going to work backwards, from treatment to detection to prevention. Why? Because if I give you an idea about how awful the treatment and expensive and potentially inaccurate the detection, prevention will sound much better to you. And honestly the more we all work to keep these things under control the more likely it will be we can limit them. Remember that if your neighbors get them, you will probably get them too if you aren't actively trying to prevent them (diatomaceous earth is the best way to prevent spread from a neighbor!).
There seem to be three main treatments. All three are horrible to go through and hugely expensive. They are basically heating, freezing, and poisoning. I guess there is a fourth which you can use for any items that can't stand up to the other treatments: bag everything for 2 years. That is about how long it takes to kill bed bugs by starvation. I did notice that the more convinced exterminators were that we didn't actually have them, the more they backed off that number. Eventually they seemed to settle on 6 months. But there has been research that showed even after a year sealed in a bag with no food or water, the researchers could still find bed bugs not just living, but actually reproducing! They are tough SOBs. So sealing them off requires two years to be absolutely sure. One exterminator suggested adding moth balls to the bag you put things in can help speed up the process, but I have not confirmed that. Probably 6 months with mothballs in the bag is good enough, but not as certain as 2 years.
Also, I notice many homes in NYC with mattresses thrown out. I suspect this sudden increase in mattresses being thrown out is due to bed bugs. But there is no need to throw out a mattress because mattress covers will seal them in, away from you, until they die. Mattress covers are necessary anyway (see below) so just put them on and keep the mattress. It saves money and keeps them from spreading to other parts of the neighborhood. Mattress covers are cheaper than a new mattress!
Treatment usually involves bagging almost everything you own for months to years, punching 1 inch diameter holes in many of your walls, then either getting poison all over everything, including inside your walls (and it takes WEEKS to fully clean up), or raising the temperature in the whole apartment above what bed bugs can tolerate, or lowering the temperature in the whole apartment to below what they can tolerate. Only bathrooms and kitchens are largely left untouched (as long as you seal them off so the poison doesn't get in them). All of these treatments are horribly inconvenient, expensive and disruptive. Best to avoid them if you can by preventing bed bugs altogether!
Detection has issues as well. Usually what is first obvious is the itching from the bites. Then people will notice the bugs' very dark droppings (basically like dried up flakes of blood...yeah...your blood if you've got itching bites). By the time you are noticing them, it is likely that you have a pretty bad infestation. People won't always see them because they mostly come out at night, but a really bad infestation they will be everywhere, day and night. The earlier you catch the problem the easier it is to deal with.
There are two expert methods of identifying them: trained people and trained dogs. The dogs have been getting a lot of press these days, and they CAN be very effective. The dog's nose is an amazing thing, and they really can be trained to sniff out anything and tell you about it. There are bomb sniffing dogs, drug sniffing dogs, and now bed bug sniffing dogs. The flaws are that they are extremely expensive and, though potentially extremely accurate, they are in practice sometimes very inaccurate. Dogs basically want food and attention. They don't care about accuracy...they just want to be rewarded, so they are easily distracted. We are pretty sure that our building had many false alarms because of a dog whose handler was less than professional. I am not saying it is a scam (though that can happen if the same company offers detection and treatment!) or the dog was poorly trained. It just has a built in inaccuracy which has to be kept in mind. The dogs are VERY accurate IF AND ONLY IF they are properly trained and handled and not distracted.
When my building had a second scare I had the chance to better understand a good vs. bad use of a bed bug sniffing dog. I bet most of these dogs are almost as well trained as bomb or drug sniffing dogs, so have a lot of potential. But the handlers also have to be properly trained. The first time I personally witnessed a bed bug sniffing dog and handler team doing its thing I felt both dog and handler were performing for an audience and I felt they were giving false positive readings because of it. It seemed very unprofessional. Was the handler inexperienced? Or simply unprofessional? Or was it an outright scam to drum up business for his company? I don't know.
The second year we had an issue a different dog and different handler came (though from the same company). This time they seemed MUCH more professional and the handler limited the number of people around the dog to limit distractions. He did not detect bed bugs in our building. The difference was very clear between a handler who was showing off and one who was doing his job.
Bottom line is this: the dogs are potentially really accurate, but the handlers are variable, even from the same company. My advice is a.) get an inspection from a different company than you will hire to deal with any infestation and make that clear from the start. Otherwise the company you hire to detect a problem will be the same company that handles the problem, creating a conflict of interest. And b.) watch the dog and handler...if they seem to be playing to an audience there is a problem. If they seem to be open to one person observing but focused on keeping the dog from being distracted, then they are more trustworthy. Beware of show offs, whether dog or handler.
What about human detection? People will miss the very beginning of an infestation that a dog could catch, but they do the inspection in a smarter manner and so can be more accurate overall once an infestation has gotten going beyond the first stages. Dogs are potentially more accurate but sometimes people do the inspection in a smarter way. So it's a toss up which to hire.
But the bottom line is if either a dog or a person with training in detection tells you you have them, it is really hard not to say yes to the treatment because far, far better safe than sorry. The earlier you catch it the easier it is to stop, so if you want to wait and see if the dog or person is right, you may find yourself with an out of control infestation which will be even harder and more expensive to deal with.
Oh, and is now a good time to mention bed bugs are ALL OVER THE CITY? One out of every 11 apartment units in NYC. Hotels. In the UN building. In places of work. In movie theaters. The good news is that they don't really move around so much except at night, so they aren't jumping from person to person much. Though the darkness in movie theaters is a concern...when you come back from a movie, be particularly careful about your shoes, coat and pants cuffs. Treatment with rubbing alcohol (mentioned below) will help.
The main vector is bringing into your apartment items that have already got them living inside them...furniture, books, etc. But one exterminator I talked to believed people's shoes are a major vector. So they aren't spread so much directly from one person to another (like lice) but by bringing infested things into your building.
So what can you do to prevent them from coming into your living space?
First be really, really careful scrounging anything, particularly furniture. Now I have scrounged a lot of stuff in my time...still do from time to time, but now I am highly careful. If a book has bed bugs, it is pretty easy to detect...if you look. You will see the black specs that are their droppings. Furniture can be harder, but there are treatments if you really want to bring a scrounged piece of furniture into your apartment. Heating (if you can), rubbing alcohol, or diatomaceaous earth (see below). But my wife figures the safest is to not scrounge at all.
Mattresses and pillows can be sealed up. This costs some money, but if you get good mattress and pillow covers, even if you have an infested mattress or bed you can just leave it in the cover and they will eventually die and you keep the bed from being their favorite habitat. These covers are the most recommended action you can take. When exterminators heard we already had them, they were 90% sure we couldn't have a problem. So covering your mattresses and pillows with high end versions of these covers will really protect you. This is a cost you probably don't want to skimp on. And a good cover shouldn't be uncomfortable. It also keeps you from having major dust mite problems, something almost all beds have and can make allergies worse. So the mattress and pillow covers are good all around, reducing chances of bed bug problems and reducing allergies.
But shoes are an issue as well. One exterminator said you should always take your shoes off when you come in and if possible place them in a container with diatomaceous earth (again...see below). He believes that (scrounging an infested bed aside) this would prevent almost all spread of bed bugs. Not sure if that is true, but it certainly would help. Another exterminator I and others talked to suggested buying 90% or higher rubbing alcohol (a higher percent than the usual stuff you get, which is 70%) and putting some in a spray bottle in your entryway. Spraying your shoes every time you enter your home (particularly after being in a movie theater), your luggage when traveling (inside and out, before and after traveling), and any furniture you bring in can greatly limit the chances of bringing bed bugs into your home.
Now we come to some amazing stuff that I was dubious about but have seen in action. Diatomaceous earth is one of the best treatments to protect your home from ANY crawling bug, from ant to cockroach to bed bug, from entering. Diatoms are tiny animals that live in the ocean and create a silica shell. These shells are beautiful (if you have a microscope to look at them with), elaborate, and very sharp. These animals die, fall to the bottom of the sea, and form thick beds of diatom skeletons. When plate tectonics (earthquakes and continental drift) brings these deposits up above sea level, they can be mined. These deposits of tiny silica skeletons of long dead diatoms are called diatomaceous earth. It is a white powder of very tiny sharp skeletons. To us the sharpness, at worst, will irritate our skin a bit. It can't really harm us (in fact some people eat the stuff to cure or prevent intestinal parasites, but I am not sure this is okay!). But to something small like an insect, it is like the death of a thousand cuts. The coating around an insect that helps keep in moisture gets pierced and they dry out and die.
You can get diatomaceous earth online or in a hardware store. It isn't that expensive. If you even get so-called "food grade" diatomaceous earth it can be used in a kitchen because it is considered so harmless.
We got diatomaceous earth and I basically spread it around the entire perimeter of every room in our apartment, making sure to get it into every crevice. The problem is this stuff gets everywhere. I found it irritating to my lungs at first, but once most of it settled and we vacuumed up anything not around the edges of a room (this is also good for making sure your vacuum isn't infested!) that went away. Next time I use it so liberally I will wear a face mask. For months after I spread the stuff around, the diatomaceous earth was still visible in the crevices and corners around many of the rooms but isn't a problem in any way.
And the effectiveness? Within one day of spreading it around every single crawling insect, including ants, confused flour beetles, and cockroaches, just disappeared from our apartment. And they didn't come back for about a year. We live in a basement apartment, so we get insects every year and always have a kind of on going war with them. Nothing major, but we have to be vigilant. But after spreading diatomaceous earth, all crawling insects disappeared for a full year.
This year we started seeing some ants again and I spread diatomaceous earth next to the sliding glass door and our basement windows. And again all crawling insects just disappeared. I still see plenty of ants outside, but none have come inside. And no cockroaches for a more than year now! In NYC...almost unheard of. The stuff works.
So if most of NYC put their mattresses and pillows into bed bug covers, took off their shoes and put them in containers of diatomaceous earth or sprayed them with 90% or higher rubbing alcohol when they got home, and spread diatomaceous earth around the edges of their apartment walls, I am betting they would find many pests would be greatly reduced from their apartments. Bed bugs, ants and flour beetles are hard to get rid of. Diatomaceous earth does it. And it isn't the kind of thing that is easy to evolve a resistance to so it won't lose its effectiveness over the years.
So there you go. Together we can all fight bed bugs. Hope this helps!
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You can't take anything about "Le Corsaire" seriously — except the dancing. American Ballet Theatre's swashbuckling ballet is like "The Abduction from the Seraglio" meets "The Pirates of Penzance" as told by Looney Tunes. But it's a great excuse for technical fireworks, and — even before July Fourth — Monday night's cast was happy to provide them.
The story tells the adventures of Conrad, his band of pirates and his love, Medora, who's about to be sold to Pasha Seyd as a slave. It's clear enough from watching what's happening, but read the program to find out why. With four leading males and two ballerinas onstage, there's no time to waste on trivia like logic or motivation.
But there's plenty of exotic color and nonstop bravura dancing. The most familiar is known in its excerpted form as "The Corsaire Pas de Deux." It looks completely different here — it's actually a trio. Conrad joins in the dancing with Medora and Ali, the slave.
At Monday's opening, the all-star team of Marcelo Gomes, Ethan Stiefel and Gillian Murphy engaged in good-natured one-upsmanship. Dancing the part of Ali, Stiefel turned his solo into a 90-second showpiece packed with jumps exploding into splits.
Gomes' Conrad dances many of the same steps, so it can't help but seem like a competition. His loose, juicy dancing ended in an even more arched backbend.
Meanwhile, Murphy — Stiefel's fiancée — showed off her ball- bearing turns. Not to be outdone, Stiefel returned in a complex series of jumping turns.
The ballet gets even sillier as it continues with pirate massacres followed by dancing. Gomes relishes going over the top, and has a great time shivering his timbers. When he shoots a traitorous companion, it's hard not to snicker. Go ahead. It's a guilty pleasure.
The season ends Saturday night, when Stiefel, 39, performs as Ali a final time — he's leaving ABT to run the Royal New Zealand Ballet. From his extravagant, supple moves, it's clear he's hardly on his last legs. If his closing night is anything like Angel Corella's farewell last week, it will be worth checking out for the curtain calls alone.


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This is probably a silly question, but being a novice, I would like to know..I have been tying mine at the end of each seam, sure slows my work down, but it does make it secure.
I am making my first pieced quilt...the Disappearing nice patch. I have three blocks done so far.... Hugs, Dee