Atlanta Pest Control Company, North Fulton Pest Solutions, Discusses Periodic 17 Year Cicadas

    NORCROSS, GA, August 05, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Atlanta pest control specialists, North Fulton Pest Solutions, would like to take a moment to talk about cicadas. Residents along the east coast have recently experienced or are currently experiencing the buzzing melody this orchestra of insects puts on display, notes the Atlanta pest control firm. It may be hard to believe, but cicadas live underground for nearly their entire lives, waiting for the precise moment before they die to mate and prolong their species. Timing is very precious for these creatures, as they must quickly come to the surface and find a mate. According to the Atlanta pest control company, this is why we hear that loud buzzing. The males vibrate their bodies in order to attract females. The ritual becomes that much more astounding when realizing that it only occurs once every 13 to 17 years for the periodical cicada that recently made their presence known along the east coast.

The periodic 17 year cicada differs from the annual cicada that many are more familiar with here in Atlanta. The annual cicada is larger in comparison to the periodic cicada and green bodied. The periodical cicada is black bodied and red eyed making it quite easy to distinguish from its annual counterpart.

Many people may find the cicada chorus annoying, due largely to the fact that the sheer number of bugs that participate in the musical event can create an extremely loud and repetitive noise. However, the Atlanta pest control business says it is a unique opportunity to witness one of Mother Nature's most interesting occurrences. According to Blake Edwards, Vice President of North Fulton Pest Solutions, "periodic cicadas have a tough life. They have a very short period in which to find a mate, and many of them fall victim to predators or are unsuccessful in this regard. For those lucky enough to hear the sounds of the 17 year cicada, just know it's a phenomenon nearly two decades in the making. It's really quite astounding when you think about it!"

North Fulton Pest Solutions is a leading Atlanta pest control agency. To learn more about the services they offer including mosquito, termite, and wildlife control, please visit http://www.northfultonexterminating.com.

About North Fulton Pest Solutions:
Founded in 1970, North Fulton Pest Solutions is a family-owned and operated pest control company in Atlanta, Ga. With an A+ rating and zero complaints with the Better Business Bureau, North Fulton Pest Solutions is Atlanta's most trusted source for pest control, termite treatments, mosquito control and wildlife removal.

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Tornadoes hit North Texas; 6 dead - CNN

Rescue crews have scoured a subdivision "over and over and over again," sheriff saysThe six victims were in a Habitat for Humanity neighborhood in Granbury"There are a lot of traumatic injuries" in the town of Ellis, a witness saysNational Weather Service: At least 10 tornadoes touched down overnight in the areaAre you in the affected area? Send us your images and videos, but please stay safe.

(CNN) -- Rescue crews searched Thursday for seven people missing after overnight tornadoes struck North Texas, killing at least six.

"We're still working to identify people," Hood County Sheriff Roger Deeds told reporters about the fatalities, all of whom were adults.

It was not clear whether the toll would rise. Rescue crews had walked through one subdivision in the city of Granbury "over and over and over again," he said. "I'm confident we haven't left anybody behind, but we're still checking." Granbury is 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth.

The six victims were in a Habitat for Humanity neighborhood of about 110 homes -- most of which were destroyed -- called the Rancho Brazos subdivision, the sheriff said. That is where the missing were last seen, too, he said.

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At least 10 tornadoes touched down overnight in the area, the National Weather Service said. A weather service survey team said it found damage indicating an EF4 tornado had struck. That is the second-most severe classification on a scale of 0 to 5.

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"The main concern is life safety and finding any victims that still need our help, making sure we tend to those victims and their pets, too," Deeds said.

There were reports of homes in Granbury being flattened with people inside, Hood County Judge Darrell Cockerham said.

In nearby Ellis County, a suspected tornado knocked out power in the city of Ennis about midnight, said Steve Howerton, city manager.

"Several buildings in the downtown historic district have been seriously damaged," he said.

"There are a lot of traumatic injuries," said Donna Martin, a worker at a local veterans' organization. "My husband told me that a car was lifted in the air. It just came in and hit so fast."

B.B. French, who lives on a canal three miles from where the worst of the damage occurred, said she was lucky.

"We had extreme winds," the 71-year-old resident told CNN in a telephone interview. "And then the sirens went off and then I got inside."

As lightning flashed and rain poured, she watched from inside her home as two mallards lay on the pavement. "They just laid down on the sidewalk until the hail came, and then they were smart enough to waddle over and get underneath the roof" of her boat deck.

After the storm passed, she went outside to find that her neighbor on one side had lost a few shingles from his roof; on the other side, a neighbor had lost a couple of shutters; but her house was unscathed.

"It really is just luck," she said.

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CNN's Dave Alsup, Chandler Friedman and Mayra Cuevas contributed to this report.

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Trapoil increases North Sea stake

Trapoil saw its stake in P.1267, which covers Blocks 2/25a and 13/21b, rise to 90% following Dana's withdrawal.

The licence lies in the Moray Firth basin on the UK Continental Shelf and contains the Surprise and Nutmeg discoveries which proved oil in the Early Cretaceous Coracle and Punt sandstone reservoirs.

Trapoil has estimated the discoveries to hold gross recoverable resources of 12 million barrels of oil.

The company's future plans for the licence include the drilling of a single sub-horizontal deviated appraisal well in order to establish commercial flow rates from the Coracle reservoir.

If the well is successful, Trapoil will then look to progress the asset to the field development plan stage.

Following the completion of Dana's withdrawal from the licence, Trapoils remaining partners will include First Oil Exploration and First Oil Expro which will each hold a 5% interest in the asset.

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Trapoil increases North Sea stake

Trapoil saw its stake in P.1267, which covers Blocks 2/25a and 13/21b, rise to 90% following Dana's withdrawal.

The licence lies in the Moray Firth basin on the UK Continental Shelf and contains the Surprise and Nutmeg discoveries which proved oil in the Early Cretaceous Coracle and Punt sandstone reservoirs.

Trapoil has estimated the discoveries to hold gross recoverable resources of 12 million barrels of oil.

The company's future plans for the licence include the drilling of a single sub-horizontal deviated appraisal well in order to establish commercial flow rates from the Coracle reservoir.

If the well is successful, Trapoil will then look to progress the asset to the field development plan stage.

Following the completion of Dana's withdrawal from the licence, Trapoils remaining partners will include First Oil Exploration and First Oil Expro which will each hold a 5% interest in the asset.

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Economics of Undiscovered Oil and Gas in the North Slope of Alaska: Economic Update and Synthesis

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Shale Gas and Shale Oil Resource Potential of the Alaska North Slope

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5.3% of BlackBerry's North American traffic comes from BlackBerry Z10

According to information from Chikita Insights, the research division of online ad networker Chikita, the BlackBerry Z10 is responsible for 5.3% of North American BlackBerry traffic. To put this number in perspective, after the same 65 days following its launch last September, the Apple iPhone 5 was the source of 12.1% of North American Apple iPhone traffic. Most analysts believe that BlackBerry might have done themselves a disservice by not releasing the QWERTY equipped BlackBerry Q10 first, before the all-touch BlackBerry Z10. Company CEO Thorsten Heins, who otherwise has done an admirable job with the Canadian company, chose to launch the Z10 first because of the large number of workers bringing in touchscreen Android and Apple iPhones with corporate BYOD plans. The hope was that the BlackBerry Z10 would staunch the flow of those leaving a work-issued Berry for another touchscreen device. He also alluded to the greater difficulty in producing the BlackBerry Z10 and wanted to get it out of the way so that the Q10 launch could go smoothly.

We expect Chikita to revisit the data 65 days after the launch later this month, of the BlackBerry Q10.

source: Chitika via Forbes

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Iran, Syria and North Korea Stall Arms Treaty

The three countries, often isolated as pariahs for their arms and human rights records, used their rejection of the treaty to lash out at what they see as their unfair treatment.

Achieving consensus among all 193 member states of the United Nations is considered a monumental task, but it was hoped that it would be possible in this case because so many countries supported the idea of trying to regulate the $70 billion annual industry at the root of much death and destruction.

The treaty would require states exporting conventional weapons to develop criteria that would link exports to avoiding human rights abuses, terrorism and organized crime. It would also ban shipments if they were deemed harmful to women and children.

After Iran and North Korea voted against the draft treaty, Peter Woolcott, the Australian ambassador who was the president of the treaty conference, suspended the meeting. When it resumed, Syria voted against the treaty as well.

In the absence of consensus, it was expected that the treaty would be sent to the General Assembly as early as next week for approval. That is considered a weaker, but no less binding, manner of getting it passed. After General Assembly passage, the treaty would still require ratification by 50 member states before it could take effect.

“We are certainly disappointed, because we could not achieve the expected result tonight,” said Juan M. Gómez-Robledo, vice minister of multilateral affairs and the head of the Mexican delegation, “but it is only a matter of days, because this conference has shown that the overwhelming majority wish to adopt this text.”

He rejected the three countries’ objections that not enough time or attention had been given to address their concerns, noting that the talks had been going on for seven years.

Most countries who spoke after the treaty stalled said they fully supported it, although some major ones, including India and Russia, voiced strong reservations about some provisions. India said the draft treaty favored exporters. Russia said it should be more specific about banning conventional weapons sales to nonstate actors.

Thomas M. Countryman, the assistant secretary of state who led the American delegation, said that the United States would support the treaty in the General Assembly based on the fact, he said, that the pact would promote global security, advance humanitarian objectives and curb illegal arms sales, all without affecting the constitutional right to bear arms.

Although opposition from Iran, North Korea and Syria had been expected, diplomats and outside proponents of the treaty had hoped the three countries would not block an accord that so many sought. All three belong to the roughly 120-member Nonaligned Movement — Iran is its current president — and the bulk of its members in Africa and Latin American strongly backed the treaty.

But in the end, the three went with their domestic concerns. They are each subject to arms embargoes already, and were concerned that the treaty would add muscle to such blockades.

After the consensus failed, one delegate after another, notably from Africa and Latin America, took to the floor to express disappointment that just three countries had stalled a treaty aimed at curbing violence globally.

Their frustration was echoed by rights groups that have long sought such a treaty. “The world has been held hostage by three states,” said Anna Macdonald, the head of arms control at Oxfam. “We have known all along that the consensus process was deeply flawed, and today we see it is actually dysfunctional.”

In rejecting the treaty, the Iranian ambassador, Mohammad Khazaee, said it left too much in doubt.

“While the rights of arms-exporting states is well preserved in this text,” he said, “the right of importing states to acquire and import arms for their security needs is subject to the discretionary judgment and subjective assessment of the exporting states.”

He said that the measure would leave the sale of conventional weapons covered by the text “highly susceptible to politicization, manipulation and discrimination.”

Iran also took a couple of indirect swipes at the United States and Israel.

First, Mr. Khazaee objected to the fact that the concerns of many states were not met while dedicated language in the treaty’s preamble — meant to mollify the National Rifle Association and other American gun-rights groups — stressed that the use of individual weapons for sporting or similar activities was protected.

Second, Both Iran and Syria suggested that there should have been a specific reference to the rights of states facing occupation to acquire arms, referring to the Palestinians.

Given the civil war in Syria, that country’s ambassador, Bashar Jaafari, also said arms shipments to terrorist groups and nonstate actors should have been banned. But the violence being visited on civilians in Syria by government forces means the treaty, if in effect, could well curb weapons supplies to the Damascus government, which Iran supports as its key Arab ally.

Rick Gladstone contributed reporting.

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