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Preventing bed bug infestation (Burmese version) – Video

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01-02-2012 16:00 Bed bugs went on a hiatus from about 1955 to 2000. In that time research wasn't being done because bed bugs weren't considered a pest. When they reemerged in the late 1990s, almost no research had been conducted on the new breed of bug. Scientists were starting from square one. Here are some tips, in Burmese, for preventing infestation.

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Treating bed bug infestation (Burmese version) – Video

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01-02-2012 16:02 Bed bugs typically wait about two hours after somebody goes to sleep, feed and then find a new hiding place. Don't leave clothing on suitcases on the ground while traveling because it allows an easy way for bed bugs to gain access to something that is traveling with the person, increasing the chances of spreading. Here are some other tips, in Burmese, for treating infestations.

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UNO Deals With Isolated Bedbug Incident

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POSTED: 8:38 am CST February 2, 2012
UPDATED: 8:50 am CST February 2, 2012

OMAHA, Neb. -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is dealing with a bedbug problem in its student dormitories, but it's not the only campus with the problem. The University of Nebraska-Omaha also dealt with the issue early in the fall semester.UNO Health Services officials said they had one bedbug incident at the beginning of the school year, but they were able to take care of the situation before it got out of control."It's kind of insidious," said Health Services Director Marsha Adler. "The problem is that it happens before you know it."Bedbugs were found in a dorm at University Village in the fall. Adler said a student brought the bugs in with her bed sheets."She did the right thing," said Adler. "She captured the bug and brought it to us in a jar. She had welts, so we could immediately retrace the steps."Adler said exterminators were brought in and the student's mattress was thrown out.UNO officials said the bugs were isolated to a single dorm room. Even though it was handled quickly, the incident has changed the lifestyles of several students."I'm just more cautious, don't leave my stuff sitting wherever and I'm more worried about my hygiene," said student Brandon Bayer."Every time that I go home, I just wash my sheets," said student Rebecca Ferguson.The students said when it comes to bedbugs, everyone is at risk."This is something every one of us needs to thing about," said Adler. "It's not just kids in college; it's moving into a new apartment or moving into a new house."

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TripAdvisor can't claim UK reviews are reliable

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LONDON (AP) — Travel planning website TripAdvisor must stop claiming that all the reviews on its British site were written by independent travelers — and therefore reliable — a U.K. regulator said Wednesday.

The Advertising Standards Authority said the claims on TripAdvisor.co.uk, including "reviews you can trust" and "more than 50 million honest travel reviews and opinions from real travelers", were misleading.

The agency said it was possible that some reviews on the website could easily have been submitted by people who were not real travelers but just trying to influence customers' choices.

TripAdvisor, based in Newton, Massachusetts, claimed it had invested in systems, processes and resources to identify and minimize fraudulent content.

It said the number of fraudulent reviews was negligible, that research showed the average traveler read dozens of reviews before making a booking and tended to discount reviews that were significantly out of line with others.

But the U.K. advertising agency indicated that even the risk of a small number of fraudulent reviews means the website cannot claim they are all trustworthy.

"Because we considered that the claims implied that consumers could be assured that all review content on the TripAdvisor site was genuine, when we understood that might not be the case, we concluded that the claims were misleading," the agency's ruling said.

The ruling came in response to complaints from two hotels which were not identified and KwikChex Ltd., based in Bournemouth, England, which offers services to companies for protecting their reputations.

In a statement on its website, KwikChex said TripAdvisor does have the capability of authenticating reviews but that a "substantial number" of reviews on the site, both positive and negative, are fraudulent.

"It is small businesses that suffer most as they tend to have few reviews and so the impact is much greater," KwikChex said, "although any business with a recent very bad review does suffer, particularly if it is for example a false accusation of something such as food poisoning, bed bugs or criminality."

TripAdvisor was set up by Expedia, Inc., but was spun off as a separate NASDAQ-listed company in December.

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Bed bugs reported at Huntsville Housing Authority's Johnson Towers apartment building

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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- The Huntsville Housing Authority is working to contain a bed bug outbreak at its Johnson Towers senior apartment building.

Spokeswoman Wendy Reeves said two residents on different floors of the building reported a bed bug problem last week. A subsequent door-to-door inspection uncovered the tiny pests in approximately 20 of 120 apartments, Reeves said.

While maintenance crews have already sprayed those apartments, Reeves said the Housing Authority plans to treat the entire eight-story building on Seminole Drive west of downtown. Residents of affected apartments will also be given special mattress covers designed to eliminate hiding places for bed bugs.

"We have a very aggressive plan in place," Reeves said Tuesday. "We want the whole building professionally treated so we manage this effectively."

Opened in 1965, Johnson Towers is home to about 130 elderly and disabled public housing residents.

Reeves said residents will have to vacate their apartments for about six hours following the pesticide treatment. To kill any lingering bed bugs, residents will also be instructed to wash all their clothes and bedding in hot water.

Even curtains will have to be taken down and tumbled in a warm dryer, she said.

Bed bugs were nearly eradicated from this country in the mid-1900s but have made a strong resurgence due to increased international travel and resistance to available pesticides.

While not known to transmit disease, bed bugs feed on the blood of humans. Their bites can cause an allergic reaction that sometimes leads to more serious skin infections such as impetigo, ecthyma and lymphanigitis.

Mattress seams, bed frames, headboards and dresser drawers are among their favorite hiding places.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, controlling bed bugs in multi-family housing is difficult because they can easily travel between units through holes in the wall or on the bodies of residents.

Joey Harris, an entomologist with Cook's Pest Control in Decatur, said bed bugs are on the increase in North Alabama but remain a "spotty problem."

"I've been in this business for 28 years, and for 25 of those years I had never seen a bed bug," Harris said Wednesday. "The last three or four years, we're seeing them more and more frequently."

Harris said Cook's has treated bed bug infestations in homes as well as businesses, and they are as likely to be found in wealthy neighborhoods as poor ones.

"It's not a socioeconomic pest," he said.

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