#wingless pads are garbage

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Seriously, it's bullshit. I never even see them except in like, food boxes or when they have to give you pads at the mental hospital. They're the official Shitty Institutional Kind For Poors And Crazies. Do better for yourself if you possibly can. Shit, a wad of toilet paper works better if it's a big enough wad, I swear.

WHO tf keeping pads with no wings in production?? Put it in your draws and by the time you walk out the bathroom it’s down the street buying scratch offs at the corner store. Like girl

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Bed Bugs Problems During Holiday Travels

Bed bugs can without much of a stretch hitch a ride with clueless voyagers. While lodgings are the most generally detailed area for pervasions, all areas of the movement business are vulnerable. As you get ready for the most active travel season, there are a couple of things you Bed Bugs can do to help you rest tight and safeguard your vacation cheer. The accompanying data will help you recognize, forestall and treat bed bug invasions. 

The most effective method to Distinguish Bed Bugs 

Bloodsuckers are wingless, light brown to ruddy earthy colored bugs with straightened, oval-molded bodies. Grown-up bloodsuckers are roughly one-fourth of an inch long, or about the size of an apple seed. They feed on blood and cover-up in breaks and cleft close to their warm-blooded hosts. They can be found in furniture like beds, love seats, armchairs, dressers, and night tables, just as electronic gadgets like morning timers and radios. 

HOW Bed Bugs TRAVEL 

Pervasions for the most part start when voyagers bring kissing bugs home in their gear. Kissing bugs are difficult to dispose of on the grounds that they are equipped for satisfying a year without a blood dinner. Swarmed transportation vehicles like trains, metros, and maneuvers give bloodsuckers freedom to move from one spot to another. 

TIPS TO Lessen THE Danger OF Bed bugs Issues 

Check your dozing room when away from home. Investigate the sleeping pad, box springs and noticeable pieces of the headboard, particularly around the edges and creases. Search for minimal rust-shaded spots as a sign they've been near. Keep your bag off the floor (ideally on a level hard surface or gear rack) and try not to utilize the bureau compartments. 

When home, inspect your bag prior to bringing it inside. Unload and wash garments in steaming hot water and dry on high warmt the cleanser and water will assist with killing the bugs. One solution for cleaning your bag is to firmly encase the bag in an enormous, dark garbage sack and set the pack in the warm sun for a couple of hours. The warmth will kill the bed bugs. 

Wiping out bed bugs needs proficient support. In the event that you think you have an invasion, a prepared vermin control professional will give you a rundown of steps to follow, remembering clearing the floor for the pervaded room, washing bed materials, and dismantling the bed. Three medicines are suggested by bug control experts with visits divided into fourteen days separated. The rehashed medicines are required in light of the fact that kissing bugs can be impervious to certain medicines and eggs can endure meaning they may bring forth later. 

Bed bugs can be found pretty much anywhere, even in the most delightful hotels and all-around cleaned homes. By realizing how to spot, forestall and treat them, you will be grateful to show up back home with glad recollections as opposed to a vacation travel bad dream.

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How to Keep Bedbugs From Coming Home With You

After checking into a motel in Berkeley, Calif., a few years ago, my husband and I began a well-rehearsed ritual. We left our two young kids strapped in their strollers, pulled back the bedding, and scanned the surface of the mattress. Poking into the deep seams of the mattress’s pillow-top padding, I found what we feared: a multitude of brown-black flecks.

Bedbug stains

The motel manager offered to move us to a different room, but instead we drove to a relative’s house that night. That experience taught me that it’s worthwhile to take two minutes to check the mattress before you unpack. A 2016 survey of 100 hotels in the United States, conducted by Orkin, a pest control company, found that 82 percent of them had been treated for bedbugs in the previous year. Bedbugs have also been found on airplanes, cruise ships, and public transportation in recent years. And according to research published in the Journal of Medical Entomology, bedbug infestations peak in the summer, coinciding with vacation season.

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But don’t let bedbugs, or the fear of them, ruin your summer travel. Despite the statistics, the chance of encountering bedbugs in any given hotel room is “pretty darn unlikely,” said Michael Potter, a professor of entomology at the University of Kentucky. Here are some simple steps you can take to make sure you don’t run into bedbugs on your trip.

Know your enemy

In a survey of more than 2,000 hotel visitors conducted by Dr. Potter and two other University of Kentucky entomologists, fewer than one in three could correctly identify an adult bedbug.

Look at guides published by the Environmental Protection Agency, which show the size and appearance of bedbugs at different stages in their life cycle. Bedbugs are flat, wingless, and slightly teardrop-shaped, with tan, brown, or reddish-brown coloring. They range in size from 1 mm (nymphs) to 5—7 mm (adults), and their eggs look like tiny, white grains of rice.

Bedbugs leave behind fecal stains of digested blood, which resemble “little black spots that look like they’ve been made by fine felt-tipped marker,” according to Dini Miller, an associate professor of entomology at Virginia Tech. (These were the spots I discovered in the Berkeley motel.)

Inspect the area (but don’t tear the room apart)

Whether you’ve checked into a luxury resort, a modest motel, or an Airbnb apartment, spend a few minutes inspecting the beds and surrounding areas for signs of bedbugs.

Pull back the sheets and look closely at the surface, sides, and seams of the mattress near the headboard. “That tends to be the hottest area of the bed” for bug activity, said Dr. Potter. Dr. Miller suggested running a sticky lint roller over the areas you’re checking, so you can pick up any potential evidence.

Pack a small, strong flashlight to help you see into crevices and behind the headboard if possible. (Wirecutter recommends the Mini Maglite Pro.) “We know in hotels that bedbugs like to get behind the headboard. The reason for that is it’s the least disturbed area,” Dr. Miller said.

Though small, bedbugs and their fecal spots are visible to the naked eye, so if you don’t find anything after a cursory inspection, you can rest easy. “I’m not going to yank the whole bed apart, flip the mattress,” Dr. Potter said. Dr. Miller agreed: “If you don’t see anything, nothing’s there.”

Bites or skin reactions alone are not a reliable sign of bedbugs. It can sometimes take several hours for a person’s skin to react to an insect bite, so mosquito or sand fly bites from, say, dinner may not show up till morning, Dr. Miller said.

“You can’t look at a bite that I have, and a bite that you have, and even say that they’re the same thing, because everybody’s immune response is so individual,” she explained.

Protect your luggage

Dr. Potter suggested storing your suitcase on a hard surface, such as a dresser or luggage rack, which bedbugs are unlikely to be able to reach. If you’re staying for only a night or two, avoid unpacking your clothing or spreading items around the room. Packing cubes can help you stay organized and access your clothing and belongings without having to remove everything from your suitcase. (Wirecutter recommends Eagle Creek packing cubes.)

Dr. Miller suggested using a lint roller to check for bugs on your suitcase as well, especially after air travel. “Think about your suitcase and how many other bags it meets on your trip,” she said.

If you find some, don’t panic

If you’re in a hotel and find evidence of bedbugs, alert the staff right away and request a new room, either on a different floor or several rooms away. If you’re in a vacation rental or Airbnb, you may have fewer options. A representative from Airbnb said the company has a 24-hour customer service line, which can help with refunds and rebooking in the event that an issue like bedbugs arises.

If you think you’ve been exposed, you can take steps to prevent bringing any hitchhikers home. Jeff White, an entomologist and technical director of BedBug Central, an educational resource about bedbugs, suggests keeping a few large garbage bags in your car to store your luggage in. Once home, carefully inspect the inside and outside of your suitcase (the lint roller can help.) Run your clothing and other dryer-safe belongings through a hot cycle in the dryer, which will kill any bugs and eggs (washing is unnecessary.)

It’s worth remembering that bedbugs don’t pose the public-health risk of some other pests. “Don’t let bedbugs take over your mind,” Dr. Miller said. “The housefly landing on your salad is way more dangerous than having a bedbug walk across your bed.”

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Fantasy Football All-Man Crush team: Terrelle Pryor, Tyreek Hill top list

Tyreek Hill is sure to spread his wings and fly this season. (AP)

For the past several years, the Noise has lived a double-life. By day, I maintain a conventional existence playing the role of husband, father, terrier lover and, on Thursdays, foul-mouthed tequila imbiber. However, come nightfall, I walk a much different line, transforming into a connoisseur of the mantastic.

It’s true, when it comes to fantasy football, I’m admittedly a proud lush. Over the years, my fantasy feels were unrestrained. Brandon Jacobs, Rashard Mendenhall, Pierre Thomas,  Arian Foster, Le’Veon Bell and Melvin Gordon are just a few once unheralded names that were lustfully pursued. Those infatuations largely paid off. Others like Ameer Abullah, Felix Jones and Ryan Mathews, however, left my heart broken and rosters in squalor.

In a game where individual players are idolized owners can empathize. Professed obsessions commonly lead to lopsided trades, arm tendon tears and empty pockets. Don’t even ask how much I paid for Montee Ball in an auction a few years back (Think the approximate street value of one kidney).

In honor of fantasy fixations everywhere, here is your must avoid list the Noise’s 2017 All Man-Crush team — ridiculous adjectives and hyperbole included:

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Marcus Mariota, Ten, QB (97.5, QB8) – People with memory lapses tend to forget how volcanic the native Hawaiian was for a large chunk of 2016. From Weeks 5-12 he erupted, netting the third-most valuable passer line in fantasy, a stretch he completed 67.4 percent of his attempts, averaged 259.1 passing yards per game, 29.8 rushing yards per game and tallied a 25:3 TD:INT (two rushing) split. He was also dynamite inside the red zone (QB9 in RZ completion%) and downfield (QB8 in deep-ball completion%) while also padding the bottom line on the ground (24.3 rush ypg).

With Corey Davis and Eric Decker now running routes in Tennessee, I suspect Terry Robskie removes padlock from playbook and features more spread formations. Last year, the Titans ranked dead last in percentage of three-wide receiver sets (42, NFL average: 60). Fully recovered from a broken leg, Mariota is about to become a QB top-five megastar. There simply isn’t a better mid-draft option at the position.

Fearless Forecast: 4,087 passing yards, 30 passing touchdowns, 395 rushing yards, 2 rushing touchdowns

Ty Montgomery, GB, RB (40.1 ADP, RB16) – Similar to a freshwater sturgeon traversing a frozen Wisconsin lake,  Montgomery is a rare sight. Though deployed only occasionally last year, he was nothing short of dominant on a per touch basis. The advanced numbers don’t lie. Last year, Monty ranked top-five among running backs in juke rate (RB3) – he forced 17 missed tackles alone against rival Chicago Week 15 – yards after contact per attempt (2.8, RB1) and breakaway run percentage (RB2). And he accomplished that level of production “acting on instincts.” With a full offseason to work on his biggest weakness, stonewalling blitzers, he busts out in a big way in 2017.

Yes, Jamaal Williams will work into Green Bay’s backfield flow. Mike McCarthy was always going to employ some sort of running back by committee. And, no, Monty’s mysterious lower leg injury isn’t overly concerning. Once camp breaks, No. 88 registers roughly 13-15 touches per game. If his effectiveness is anything close to last year’s 6.7 yards per touch, he’ll toe the RB1 line in 12-team leagues, especially PPR. Remember he plays alongside arguably the best quarterback in the game, Aaron Rodgers, who was the primary reason why Monty saw light fronts a jaw-dropping 89.6 percent of the time in ’16. Ty one on, #TeamHuevos.

Fearless Forecast: 159 carries, 890 rushing yards, 51 receptions, 404 receiving yards, 9 total touchdowns

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Bilal Powell, NYJ, RB (69.1, RB27) – I know what you’re thinking, “A Jet?! Really?! Man, those brownies in Denver (my home) are quite strong!” But featuring Powell on this list was done with complete sobriety and clarity.

Few Puddle Jumpers are worthy of a roster spot, but the crafty veteran back most definitely is. Last year, he showcased his three-down wares once thrust into a featured role. From Weeks 14-17 he logged a December to remember, posting the second-most valuable line among running backs (5.0 ypc, 138.0 total yards per game, 3 TDs). Diving deeper, he also compiled 14 missed tackles and a 3.2 YAC over that four-game span.

Overall, “Boom Boom” is a better-than-advertised inside runner. He’s also an accomplished receiver and difficult to corral in space. Among RBs, he ranked No. 14 in juke rate last season. His backfield compadre, Matt Forte, meanwhile, checked in at No. 56 in the category and was one of the worst qualifying backs in yards after contact per touch (No. 61). Nearly three years Forte’s junior and with 2,067 fewer career touches under his belt, Powell packs more across-the-board punch.

My best guess is New York installs a 60-40 platoon Week 1 at Buffalo with Powell shouldering the heavy side (14-15 touches per game). If Forte doesn’t recover soon from a hamstring setback, the speculated distribution will only widen. Essentially, Powell should provide owners with significant versatility and value, particularly in PPR leagues. The Jets’ suspect defense boosts his garbage time appeal. Heck, they’re already down 21-0 in every game.

Fearless Forecast: 191 carries, 842 rushing yards, 58 receptions, 435 receiving yards, 6 total touchdowns

Terrelle Pryor, Was, WR (38.7 ADP, WR18) – The converted quarterback is my ultimate bae. Already this month, my fingers have typed hundreds of superlatives about the receiver. Is my adoration unhealthy? Possibly, but I have my justifications.

For starters, he compiled WR2 numbers last year with punchlines Josh McCown, Robert Griffin III, Cody Kessler, Kevin Hogan and Charlie Whitehurst hurling wingless paper airplanes in his general direction. It was arguably THE most heroic campaign of the season next to Kenny Britt’s 1,000-yard effort in Los Angeles. And he achieved that in his first full season as a wide receiver. Unprecedented. Exchanging his Factory of Sadness punch card for a gig in Washington’s Factory of Fun, his worth rockets skyward. His viral videos from training camp are merely a warmup.

Kirk Cousins sorely needs to improve in red-zone efficiency, an area the receiver notched top-notch numbers with the Browns (69.2 catch rate in ’16). Sure Jordan Reed, Jamison Crowder and Josh Doctson will challenge him for targets, but Pryor could match 2016’s share total (141). Keep in mind, Washington castoffs DeSean Jackson and Pierre Garcon accounted for 37.1 percent of the club’s vertical workload a season ago. Currently my WR8 (I’m a sick puppy!), Pryor turns a massive profit for his investors.

Fearless forecast: 90 receptions, 1,211 receiving yards, 9 touchdowns

Tyreek Hill, KC, WR (43.9, WR23) – He’s too small. He’s tied to Alex Smith and Andy Reid. He’s still relatively unproven. … These are common arguments Hill haters spew when talking themselves out of the wide receiver, a terrible mistake. History says their gripes are reasonable, but the ‘Freak’ is about to get nasty. According to Reception Perception, last year he ranked No. 3, behind Antonio Brown and Willie Snead, in getting open whether against man, zone or press coverage. Equally impressive, he totaled outstanding success rates on myriad routes. Bottom line, doubter comps to Cordarrelle Patterson are unfounded and laughable. Unlike the former Viking, Hill’s route tree actually has branches.

Reflecting on ’16, Hill ranked No. 5 in total output at the position Weeks 8-17 netting 47 receptions, 724 combined yards (rush/receiving) and six touchdowns. Most importantly, he accomplished that seeing just 20.2 percent of the targets share. His home-run hitting ability and scoring diversity explained his amazing efficiency. In terms of fantasy points scored per target (2.42) only Taylor Gabriel outpaced him.

Reid has made it crystal clear, Hill is the Chiefs’ offensive engine. Underused even during his breakout period last fall, he should log a snap rate in the 60-65 percent range (43.5 in ’16). Maybe I’m nuts, but the trends and data indicate a WR top-10 campaign is no stretch.

Fearless Forecast: 73 receptions, 817 receiving yards, 236 rushing yards, 8 total touchdowns

Tyrell Williams, LAC, WR (89.6, WR41) – Close to the double-digit rounds, there isn’t a better receiver value out there. A true shocker special last season, the long drink became a favorite Philip Rivers beverage post-Keenan Allen ACL disintegration. He attracted a respectable 21.1 percent of the targets share and tallied a 69-1059-7 line (WR22). Most impressively, Williams averaged 15.2 yards per route and finished top-11 in contested catch rate.

With Mike Williams on the PUP and without an official timetable to return (October?), it seems unlikely he’ll suddenly take a backseat to the rookie at any point this fall. Tyrell is the franchise’s new Vincent Jackson, an explosive weapon who was 87 percent successful against man or zone coverages and ranked No. 11 in contested catch rate in 2016. In other words, he isn’t some one-trick streak-only pony. His absurdly discounted ADP is a gift from the fantasy gods. With a highly competent quarterback throwing him the pill, he should match or slightly exceed last year’s WR2 output.

Fearless Forecast: 72 receptions, 1,103 receiving yards, 8 touchdowns

Cameron Brate, TB, TE (160.1, TE20) – In the later rounds, ‘X’ marks the spot for the grossly underrated Buccaneer. Many forget he was the sixth-most valuable tight end from Week 8 on last season. He and Jameis Winston, whether on short, intermediate or long connections, were around 63 percent successful according to Sharp Football. That hyper efficiency combined with Brate’s solidified red-zone role (25.4% red-zone targets share in ’16) and benefits playing alongside Mike Evans and DeSean Jackson point to another top-12 return. Yes, even with the supposedly divine O.J. Howard on roster. Understand Dirk Koetter features a ton of two-TE sets. Bank on Brate and Winston picking up where they left off.

Fearless Forecast: 52 receptions, 629 receiving yards, 6 touchdowns

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