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Mice In the Kitchen! How Have You Dealt With Mice?
Mice in the kitchen! Have you ever had this problem? This is not a pleasant topic, and we'll be the first to admit that. But it's one that many of us have to deal with at one time or another, and we are curious: if you've had mice in the kitchen, how did you get rid of them?
I live in a 100-year-old house that is full of creaky boards, massive heating ducts, loose wiring conduits, and great hiding spots for mice. When I found one under the stove last fall my husband and I pretty much resigned ourselves to a pitched battle and periods of uneasy truces with the cute vermin. I would prefer to not have them in the house at all, obviously, but that may not be realistic in this home. I just don't want them in the kitchen.
Well, we were finding increased evidence of mice, ahem, activity in the back of the kitchen cupboards last week, so we set out traps again and caught a couple. (Sorry guys, none of this "humane" stuff; the mice have to go. There are plenty waiting to take their places!) But I was also thoroughly grossed out by now and I read up on how to really get rid of them. After sifting through a massive variety of anecdotal, desperate, unscientific, Rube Goldberg-esque, and hardheaded ideas for getting rid of mice, the most frequently reiterated elements were:
• Don't make your house an attractive place to mice. - Don't leave food out where they can find it or smell it. Sweep the floor and wipe the countertops before you go to bed. Don't leave out things that are attractive for nesting materials, like cotton balls.
• Do everything you can stop entry in the first place. Make sure the little holes and gaps behind your cupboards and sink are closed off. This is hard! Mice can fit through holes as small as a dime.
• Trap the ones you've got immediately and get rid of them. If you must keep them alive, do not just shake them out into the yard around your house or apartment building. They'll come straight back inside. Drive them at least ten miles away and deposit them in a park or field.
We identified several places that they seemed to be getting in. All the activity was in cupboards and on the countertop; they were getting in under the stove and oven and running amok all night, apparently. The entry holes were open gaps of wood around wiring conduits for the stove and oven; they looked like they had been chewed a little wider.
So I spent a few hours stuffing steel wool tightly down these holes to block them. I used a chopstick to really shove it into the tiny spaces. (Although I didn't protect my hands enough; they're all scratched up now from the deceptively soft steel wool!) Mice apparently hate steel wool; it hurts their paws and teeth and they can't get through it. I stuffed it through very tightly, adding drops of mint oil, too, which according to some accounts is also a deterrent. (Mice are allergic to mint, apparently.) Then I wrapped the steel wool in a coating of spray foam latex, just to help block anything I missed. That alone probably wouldn't hold them off at all, but it's an extra coating on top of the steel wool.
Then I swept and vacuumed all these cupboards and disinfected them thoroughly. (This may be the one time when toxic cleaners might be a good idea!) We haven't seen any mouse activity since then at all, and we are crossing our fingers. We hope that we've blocked them from the kitchen entirely, but we will wait and see.
It's amazing how much time and energy can get sucked into dealing with such tiny critters! They are fairly harmless, of course, and I'm not particularly afraid of them, but their droppings and leavings can spread salmonella and other diseases, and it's just not cool to have them running about in the pots and pans at night. Ugh.
What about you? Have you ever gotten sucked into the madness of trying to "think like a mouse" and get them out of your apartment or kitchen? How have you done it?
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2 Humane traps, all dry goods are now in plastic or glass 'chew proof' containers, and I stuffed steel wool in all the gaps under the base boards. (use gloves!!)
I've had two mice "episodes" in the past 8 years in my kitchen area and I have done most of what you described.
Regular old mousetraps with peanut butter nabbed the ones I saw and tinfoil shoved into the openings around the water pipes prevented any more.
The worst part for me was that I live in a loft where my upstairs bedroom is open to the kitchen/living room below. I'd be in bed and I could hear the mice scurrying around downstairs. It was horrible.
I didn't try to get rid of mine; I fed him candy necklaces (I was 8). Our mouse used to watch Saturday morning cartoons with me every week until the dog got him. Poor little guy.
The first time it happened I had no idea what was going on--I noticed that my bag of rice had fallen open and was scattered about the floor so I cleaned it up---only to have it happen again. Anyway what I did was find the entry at a pried up board in the closet and seal it off with aluminum foil and packing tape---same basic principal as steel wool. Then all of the rice/grain typr products got moved from open storage to a set of plastic filing cabinets on casters. This made them easy to clean behind and the mice didn't seem to get into the sturdy plastic. Then there were traps. The problem was over for two years, then I got a bird and they were attracted to her seed and found new entry route by the radiator piping ---foil and duct tape solved that although they came back every so often and you could hear them chewing. Traps went only into closets where my bird could not get. One of the most useful ways of insuring your place is mouse free is to sprinkle baby powder where you've seen them run----they leave little tracks if they are still around, its a good to know if you have pets and want to put the traps away for good.
Haven't had any and don't expect to. With 3 cats and a dog roaming loose, anything that moves doesn't for very long!
We pretty much never see any living vermin. Occasionally we find evidence that our "Verminators" have been on the job the night before (they kill 'the bugs, but don't eat them), but I haven't seen a living bug bigger than an ant since forever!
I can only imagine if they found a mouse. Poor little thing would be in a world of hurt!
Haven't ever had mice in my adult life but as kids we did often in the kitchen (cute little teeny tiny mice) and my dad came up with a foolproof mice bait (which over the years I've heard other of using): a mouse trap and on the trap part a thick mix of peanut butter, crushed up dog bones (like milkbones) and tiny bird seed (like millet) he'd smear it on there and the next morning, all the traps were full.
As far as a no-kill way to do it, I've yet to see an effective one short of calling an exterminator.
you're doing all the right things, faith. i had one last fall/winter in my chicago apartment (vintage, no condo for me) -- turns out the former pantry which now holds the heater had a huge gap in the wall which is i think where he was coming in. plus the same gap where the gas pipe came in behind the stove. had to help the landlord drywall the former pantry and around the stove...
mice will get EVERYWHERE, too, so check your closets if you have a lot of stuff in them, spare rooms... yuck. yeah, mice are gross, they poop everywhere, too.
I freaked out the first time I saw him on my kitchen counter. I grew up in the country with lots of critters, so I wasn't scared, he just surprised me.
The second time, I just stared him in the eyes and said "I am giving you one warning. If I ever see you again, I will get traps."
He bailed. Maybe it was a coincidence or maybe he appreciated being treated with respect.
No amount of country living or my Dr. Doolittle fantasies prepared me for the rat in my friend's toilet last night.
"No amount of country living or my Dr. Doolittle fantasies prepared me for the rat in my friend's toilet last night."
Wait, what?!?! You just described perhaps my worst nightmare. You weren't sitting down, were you?
My cats work like a charm.
I had some problems last year; I live in SF, but next to some nice open space. I put all my food in containers (some of which still bear tiny scratch marks), set traps, etc. It helped, but they were still around. Then I got Jack, my cat, and within a month caught one (and left it in the middle of the living room for me). And then they were GONE. There hasn't been a trace of a mouse in the eight months I've had him.
Steel wool packed tightly into holes along the walls and in cupboards will prevent mice from entering a room. It's one of the only materials that they find too sharp to poke their noses through. Buy it in bulk and stuff liberally and tightly (use a pair of scissors to help pack it in).
In the year that we lived in a shack in the country, we had traps, exterminators and cats. While the cats caught the mice at first, the only thing that kept the mice out for good was the steel wool.
I lived four floors above a restaurant on the Lower East Side for four years. That is how I learned my cat Zach is an extremely good mouser -- he's so good that other friends have in the past asked to BORROW him for a week or so when they had their own mouse problems.
The kitchen I'm in now doesn't seem to have any issues, which is good because Zach is 16 years old and thus in his dotage.
Steel wool in the holes and then seal them with an expanding caulk or foam. Mice can eventually get through the steel wool and foam so you'll have to replace it over time.
We had a mouse this winter. My cat did not care either. So...after a few attempts at a humane trap (that mouse got out of) we did an old fashioned kill trap set with peanut butter. I was a little conflicted but it's not like mice are an endangered species.
Here's a link from strobist.com where a mouse invaded the house of an inventive photographer:
it's hilarious.
I have 2 cats and 2 dogs. Mice stay out of my house for their own safety.
Mice tend to come in during certain times of the year, so aside from preventing them entering in the first place, just keep placing traps. Graham cracker plus peanut butter is a good bait.
When I had mice, I didn't have the luxury of being able to deal with how they were getting in, so I just put out lots of traps and kept emptying until we weren't catching any more. To make the kitchen less attractive, we were very fastidious about cleaning up and I bought large glass jars to store all the dry goods.
Squirrely, the rat was dead.
Which I think means he crawled into the toilet & drowned (probably dehydrated from poison & looking for water) as opposed to swimming up the sewer pipe (possible, but in which case he probably would have been strong enough to get out of the toilet).
There is no upside to this story. Both versions are beyond super raunchy.
We had them in our pantry! Poop everywhere! We pulled out everything, anything in boxes or not 100% sealed containers was tossed/composted. Found the entry hole and filled it with expandable foam. Tried traps, got 1, tried glue, got 0, cats didn't help too much. They were living in the insulation. Finally we bought poison. Blocked off that whole section of the house from cats for 6 months. Replaced all shelving and walls, painted and scrubbed every other surface. We haven't had a problem since and it's been over 2 years.
cats = no mice, few bugs (at least at cat-reach levels)
i agree with the cat thing. We had a horrible mouse problem at my parents. We were catching 3 at a time per trap, several times a day. My kitteh just a kitten, but started catching the little mice. Soon as he caught a few, they left. Never came back.
How did I deal with it? I moved.
As others have said, steel wool works wonders! Put it in every small corner you can think of. We found a dead mice in our sink; he drowned because we left water in it and another one was hiding under the stove. We put steel wool there too. Also, peanut butter on the mousetrap (as others have said) and cotton balls dipped in peppermint oil. Mice hate the smell.
Shortly after we got a cat, but only because our friend was moving and couldn't take her cat with her and we couldn't stand the thought of her cat being homeless, but I understand that cats aren't for everyone.
This is so timely. I had been seeing warning signs (dog food bag gnawed at the corners, dogs suddenly bolting across room in tandem, etc.) but no droppings and denial was working for me. Then last night I heard scurrying when I turned on a light and saw a tail disappear down a hole I have been meaning to fix by the fireplace. The tail unfortunately looked too long to be a mouse. I shudder thinking about it. Did the steel wool and caulk trick in the hole and replaced a little piece of molding that has been missing since I bought the house. Got up this morning and AGAIN saw gnaw marks on the dog food bag that was intact when I went to bed! This is war.
Eeek! I had literally just finished the cleaning portion of the Kitchen Cure when I watched a mouse run across my newly scrubbed countertops. He then proceeded to taunt me by licking the peanut butter off my traps for two days until finally he was caught. Three days later I saw another one, who taunted me as well. I don't like how these mice are getting so sneaky with the PB... I'll have to try the graham cracker trick someone above mentioned.
We'd previously had problems with mice in our apt. and stuffed the holes under the cabinets with steel wool but I'm guessing some holes may have opened up in the interim. I'll have to try the mint tip. I wish my roommate wasn't allergic to cats, because I'd definitely love to have a mouser around.
My mice seem to come and go. I did two things:
1) Invested in a Rat Zapper - www.ratzapper.com - it is humane in that it kills them immediately and you don't have to see or touch any dead mice.
2) Stopped keeping any food items outside of the fridge. Everything is in my refridgerator - rice, pasta, etc. My dog's food bowl goes in there at the end of the night too. Keeping pet food out is basically the same as having mice for pets!
That cut down on mice dramatically. My mom kept all this food in her basement for when she would have guests. Her grocery store had a sale on pasta and she must have bought 20 bags/boxes. By the time she actually SAW a mouse, they had eaten two full pounds of her pasta!
Mint! I mixed peppermint essential oil (NOT extract) and some cheap vodka in a spray bottle and doused where the mice hung out - under the kitchen counter. I had to re-spray about... every four months or so? And I vacuumed up any poop every time I did this, so I'd a) know exactly what the mouse traffic was, and b) make it look, to the mouse, like a not-so-mouse-friendly place.
I also hung some long mint sprigs under the counter to dry, and that helped a lot too. For some reason, the little buggers just hate mint.
When we moved in our house was vacant for 5 months, They were tearing up the corn field behind our house and winter was coming. We had a ton of mice and a 3 year old so the humane traps weren't an option because there were too many mice and our child's health to think about so the glue traps worked great also the the dog loved to get the mice too. we tried the spring traps but they would be set off with no mice trapped. the glue traps sucked but once again poop in our pantry wasn't safe either the mice in our childs room.
I purchased something like this at a local hardware store. Unfortunately, I've had to use it several times. Just put a little peanut butter in the middle and you'll catch one very quickly. Then I drive them a few minutes away and let them go.
I second the suggestion of a cat. I lived in a 140-year old home in Holland, where the settling sand base dropped the floor of the kitchen 2 inched below the bottom of the wall! Talk about having a hard time sealing the gap! Even when I did that, the mice would break in - luckily I kept most everything in plastic containers and hidden away in suspended cabinets (thanks Ikea). The only real solution was to get a cat - which offered company and pleasure, as well as the occasional dead mouse body that they'd toss about after the catch. My girlfriend, who grew up on a farm, always insisted that the cat be allowed to catch, play with and then dispose of the mouse. Yes, the cat ate the mouse...let nature be, as we say...
We've been battling mice for over a year now. I keep every kind of food item we have in glass jars or hanging from baskets from the ceiling. We've set every kind of trap imaginable and haven't caught a single damn mouse. Our house is old and neglected (yay renting!) and I suspect it would be impossible to block every point of entrance, though that is definitely my next thought. It has been a nightmare. The mice are making us feel like they are smarter than us, what with managing to avoid all of our traps while still eating our food. Sigh. :-)
I have the ultimate hair raising rodent story. Flashback 12 years and I was living in my first apartment by myself in a historic shot-gun flat a few blocks from the mighty Mississip. I had just pitched my first failed attempt at baking a turkey into the trashcan underneath the sink. A few minutes later I hear a sound like the trashbag had fallen off the container. I open the cabinet and indeed it had, so I reach my hand in and pull out the bag and a RAT(!!!) climbs up my arm. I of course freak out as this giant rat is scurrying around the room trying to find someplace to escape. It finally does and later the building manager finally poisons the beast. Which leads to another intereting story about terrible odors coming from inside plaster walls...
I agree with the cat solution. My 16 year old cat is still a great mouser! But we never had a mouse problem in our old place, built in 1929, plenty of holes and old pipes, etc. But our new place, built 1970? First, mouse poop all over the kitchen when we moved in, to the point that I had to demand a whole new stove because I couldn't stand to cook on the existing one, even if it was cleaned. It was literally all over the inside of the stove. They took up residence in the place during the year or so the house was for sale. Then we were fine for a while until winter came and the mice and voles started getting into the crawl space, and chewed an opening in a wall in the basement bathroom, which connected to the crawl space. Here's another horror story for you: one evening we heard a strange sreeching and realized that our cat was torturing a vole that was trying to get back in through the bathroom opening. We saw a little blood on the wall and then the screeching stopped, though we never saw the body, which usually our cat delivers proudly to the living room for us to praise. I can only assume the little thing crawled off and bled to death somewhere. Yeah, peanut butter on the traps and my husband destroys the evidence before our 6 year old discovers them, and the cat takes care of the rest. Good times.
I too have a 100 year old house, and had been doing twice yearly battles with the mice (fall and spring). I essentially relinquished the basement, setting traps but not expecting to hold that ground. The turf I was fighting for was the Kitchen. During one evening I saw a mouse run across and then into my stove just after I had bleached the surface for the night (I was doing twice daily bleaching of the whole place).
When I pulled back the stove I discovered that the rehabbers had misdrilled the first set of holes up from the basement (for the gas lines) and instead of closing them up just left about a 1 and 1/2" hole straight into the basement, and of course the area was rife with mouse "evidence." A trip to Home Depot later I filled the hole with steel wool and latex combo, then to prevent them from climbing (perhaps in my crazy mind) metal sheeted the whole area around my stove (the cabinet back sides essentially). No mouse evidence in the kitchen since then. I still have traps out in common areas just in case, but no catches and no signs of life.
I am sure they are still in the basement, but for now I can live with that. Now, when I get my wine cellar . . .
Lots of good suggestions here.
We lived in an old farmhouse in the country for a while, and it was a constant battle to keep the field mice out of the kitchen. I hated to kill them, so we adopted a 2-strike strategy. We placed no-kill traps along walls (mice will almost always run along a wall instead of through the center of a room). When we caught one, we took him way out in the field and spray painted his tail red. If we caught a mouse in the house again with a red tail, we put down some snap traps.
We also filled every nook and cranny with steel wool, which seems to be the best way to stop them. And we moved most dry goods to the refrigerator and only used the pantry for mouse-proof canned goods. A sealed tupperware bin will also keep them out.
Finally, wipe down your kitchen counter and stove really well every day. There are probably food bits or drips that you don't see but that a mouse will certainly smell.
When we stayed in Philadelphia in University city we had mice trouble in the fall. Since I am really scared of them , I was determined to get rid of them. I informed the landlord and we set about plugging all the holes with steel wool.
Then I threw out all the food items which looked tampered with. We set up traps , with peanut butter. This helped us get rid of a lot of mice. I dint go about humane traps, since I consider them vermin to be got rid of. Glue traps worked well for me, and when it caught one my husband would get rid of it for me.
Mice can jump over the traps. A great tip we picked up from Family Handyman (great magazine) is to use two traps, taping them back to back on a piece of cardboard. Place them along the edges of walls. The mouse jumps over one and lands on the other. Far more effective.
Another vote for the Rat Zapper. We've had two mice incidents in three years in our apartment. The most important thing is to seal off any points of entry, or nothing you do will cure the problem. Once they're "in" sometimes the only way to get rid of them is to trap them. Since we live in the city, we don't really have anywhere to take live mice where they won't be a nuisance, so the Rat Zapper is the most humane & clean way to dispatch the buggers.
I have 3 cats. I always felt any mouse coming into that environment would have to be suicidal, but in my last apartment we had at least 4 mouse "episodes". One cat wasn't around at the time, one was a pathetic mouser (he finally caught a mouse once, but as soon as it moved, he dropped it), but the other cat was a great mouser. I felt bad for the mice, but... nature at work. (although I was ridiculously relieved he didn't eat them after the kill... *shudder* I don't need to come across that mess)
I once lived in a really old, beat-up apartment on a block filled with restaurants in Philly. It was infested with mice when I moved in. My roommate and I did the steel wool thing, as well as being vigilant about storing food in places where the mice couldn't get to them (or putting them in containers that were hard to chew through) and keeping things as clean as possible.
Unfortunately, that only helped a little bit (our other roommate was a big slob so she sort of negated our efforts). We eventually ended up adopting a shelter cat. After a few months of getting mice away from a growling cat and disposing of them, we had no more problems with mice.
We had a problem one winter, we tried tons of humane traps...nothing.
As soon as we set a kill trap with peanut butter it took 40 minutes to get the mouse.
Then we got a cat, no mice have been seen since.
I live in Queens, NY. Its very interesting to read all these stories. I know that in NY its hard to not deal with the whole Mice problem. However, I have a HUUUUGE, phobia to mice. So there is no choice for me or my husband (poor guy) to have to try and keep them out. From what I've read here you are all doing the right thing. Before moving to a new place I always inspect any open gaps or holes, especially behind the fridge or stove. Make sure not to leave food lying around, crumbs or splatters in the kitchen. Make sure you clean the lid under the stove top. That is a #1 feeding ground for them.
My husband (my hero) usually gets peanut butter traps and lines them up between doorways and that's how we've caught them.
Hope this is helpful. :)
I live in a 2-family house and we began having a mouse problem from our downstairs tenant (they were coming through the heat vents). d-CON No View, No Touch Mouse Trap worked right away, but we learned a trick. We put butter, not peanut butter as suggested--they weren't eating the peanut butter but they ate a half a stick of butter I forgot on the counter! As soon as we loaded them with butter, we caught all SIX of them within 24 hours! You just fill them, twist them to set it, and it swings shut once the mouse is inside. The outside of it will say "Caught" and you won't have to see or touch it. Just pick up the trap and toss it in the trash.
Good luck!
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I got one of those things that plug in to the wall and emit a noise that should deter mice. After that Mr. McMouserson didn't make a comeback.
I have only ever had one mouse in the house who was ably dealt with by our cat. My mother had an infestation however. She had an exterminator out who told her that she had multiple entry points for the mice and needed a carpenter.
Right about the same time, she got a cat. The mice vacated the house even though she (the cat) was too obese even to waddle after them effectively. She thinks it was the cat's odor that chased them away.
Our 1890's SF Edwardian has never had a rodent problem (THANK GOD!) but it is good to know the steel wool trick. I hope I never have to use it.
My husband and I used to live in a hole-ridden 140 year old farmhouse in upstate NY. We had a snake that lived under the fridge... he just moved in. I only almost stepped on him twice in 4 years, so that was ok. He kept us mouse free, and freaked the hell out of the cat periodically.
Miss that house, miss that snake, miss that cat.
We had a huge mouse problem in my current apartment in Brooklyn when we moved in...tried everything- humane traps (total joke, it just doesn't work), steel wool (works, but hard to find EVERY hole), hardening-expanding-foamy-stuff (same thing), mint oil (saw no difference really, but the place smelled good)- but the only thing that seems to have completely gotten rid of them was the building two doors down (all attached or separated by inches) burned down (under suspicious circumstances!) on election night. Not a mouse since (cross fingers). We're guessing they must have had a nest in there, and who knows where the survivors went.
So I guess my only suggestion is arson :-/
Our dog just ignored the mice for the most part...if they ever come back we're getting/borrowing a cat!
poison administered by a professional. it's not green. it's not PC. if administered properly, however, professional-grade poison is extremely effective; this is especially true if you insist that your professional close up the critters' access holes.
there, i said it.
one word - Cat. I am ashamed to say that if I saw her with one that was still alive, I would do my best to rescue it and put it back where it came from. They were tiny and cute, I couldn't help it!
i also live in a really old house that has been split up into apartments. my one bedroom was ridden with all sorts of pests when i moved in last summer: ants, roaches, mice but the worst of all for me was fleas!! i couldn't sleep at night because they'd bite me all night long! i made the landlord hire an exterminator and they bombed and sprayed the house...twice! that seemed to get rid of everything that moved. i know it's not exactly "safe" from a chemical perspective, but it worked! now, for the first time since living here, i noticed mouse dropping in the drawer where i store my chewing gum. then the other day the gum had been chewed up! THEN the other night i woke up because i heard a crinkly noise. i turned on my lamp and saw a little brown mouse was sitting inside my trash can right next to my bed! he ran out (it's wicker) and hurried through my apartment straight into the kitchen and under the stove! my boyfriend and i spent the next few hours chasing his out with a broom handle, but he was fast! he'd run from the stove to the fridge before we could stop him. i'm moving in two weeks so i've decided to just let the little guy bother the next tenant! but i have already made plans to have my new apartment exterminated before i move anything in. the residue will last up to six months, so anything i might bring with me (scary thought!) will die in the new place. oh, and one last note: don't poison rats or mice! they will die in your walls and stink up your house for weeks or even months depending how big they are, and most likely attract all sorts of other unappealing bugs and rodents. ewwww!
Those D-con traps (and the like) do work - I caught 3 critters in one night! BUT, I used packing tape to tape the bait hatch shut. This is after 3 failed attempts were the mice got in the front of the trap but their velocity forced the back hatch open. First one hung there, dead... or so I thought. As I reached for the trap he sprung up an out! Eeeeeeek! Just momentarily stunned. A variation on the theme happened a 2nd time, so I started taping the back hatch shut after adding the bait. Worked like a charm.
It's funny that this article is the first result when I google "mouse kitchen". (I actually found this site over the weekend and used this recipe http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-classic-southern-colesl-147343 at our Father's Day low country boil.)
Anyway, after reading all of the comments here is what I concluded. I will not try humane traps, I don't want a cat, I will not let a snake live under my fridge (theskyisfalling I can't even believe that's real), I will be using regular traps. And since I hate shopping in stores I'm going to go online http://www.domyownpestcontrol.com/mouse-traps-c-21_131.html
Here's to hoping for a mouse free kitchen!
Laugh at me if you want to, my husband certainly does, I am TERRIFIED of rodents. So of course, I have mice. They have somehow avoided snap traps, glue boards, and the traps where they walk in but can't walk out. . . I have not seen them in my pantry, or any evidence of them. There have been droppings in my lower cabinet and we have seen one scurry from my sons room down the hall and into the linen closet. My dog is either too lazy or to stupid to notice. (She is pretty smart so I'm voting for lazy) last night I was taking a bottle to the baby in bed, and I saw one. Sitting in the hallway. He ran as soon as I flicked on the light. But I was paralyzed. I spent the rest of the evening walking around in my husbands motorcycle boots with a broom in my hand. My husband has been no help. He works nights and leaves me to deal with the problem. Yet I am paralyzed with fear over these critters. My landlord gave me poison, which I unwillingly placed in an I frequented area by dog and humans. My sister has kittens she is trying to re home. My husband HATES cats. If he doesn't do something constructive about the mouse problem this weekend, I am driving to my sisters and picking up a cat. He will have to live with it.
I'm with you. If I could afford it I would go for it I just want them GONE!
A fellow on YouTube took plaster appearace dry and added OATMEAL & raisins stir together DO NOT ADD WATER MIX IT DRY MICE GO FOR THE RAISINS AND OATMEAL BUT THEY CANT DIGEST THE PLASTER DEADER THEN FOR O'CLOCK HE USED IT IN HIS OLD CAR IN THE GARAGE HE WASNT SURE IF ITS PET FRIENDLY SO KEEP OUT OF THEIR REACH Dogs can't have raisins anyway I mixed some will let you know how it goes He said it works for him Plus I also heard peppermint oil on cotton ball around your house Drives rats and mice away they go crazy but it made my house smell really good but still see mice droppings Must use organic oils I found it at Martins grocery store I do know baking soda and sweet orange oil make fleas look like they jumping from a building on fire when mixed together a put on dogs lol 1t. Oil to 1c baking soda
Weird mouse tip that works.
Should you find that a mouse is running loose in your bathroom (or other room) be ready .. shut the door and have handy a rectangular type mop bucket, as with the help of a broom for fielding, the little blighters very helpfully tend to run into the bucket. Then standing the bucket up you have caught yourself one live rather frantic mouse to quickly run outside the house with. After a cup of calming decaf tea proceed to the nearest store.


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A Davenport teen faces serious charges in connection with a crash that sent three people to the hospital.
Coal Valley police say 17-year-old Thomas N. Taylor was behind the wheel when he struck two pedestrians walking along Highway 150 Saturday night, October 12, 2013. A passenger in Taylor's car was also taken to the hospital with injuries.
Taylor was initially cited in connection with the crash. Now, police say he faces criminal charges on three counts of felony aggravated driving under the influence and one charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.
Those who were injured in the crash were expected to recover.
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This here was a uni project (hence the short comings). We were asked to create a 30 second animation on the theme of opposites and this is my submission.
Oh and apologies for the awful 'punch line', it was the best I could fit into 30 secs.
Either way enjoy and I promise my next animation will be longer!
Created using Flash, After Effects and Photoshop.
Note: You can watch it on Youtube/Vimeo in HD if you want:
http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=nseMjzyIseM (remove any spaces)
*EDIT* Yay front page! Thanks all. I cant keep up with all your comments so know that I am reading EVERY single one, and thanks for them, even the bad ones!
P.S. If you're dissapointed by the storyline, go watch my earlier submissions, 'Well, that was easy' and 'The Lost Lake'. They look terrible but they really are choc full of narrative
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 14, 2011
A nice short!
Clean Animation, I like your cartoon style!
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 15, 2011
what wha-....what am i supposed to feel about this?? X(
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 12, 2011
it says it all. 30 second animation.
I like it, the art work was good, for what was fit in the animation it provides enough to figure out whats going on.
And people really need to realize that it was ONLY A 30 SECOND PROJECT! geez. all the comments of "too short" or "that was it?" i mean, it shows that they didnt read the reason behind it. but all in all.
Very good animation. =D
thanks! Yep people need to read
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 16, 2011
great animation
i lol'd at the pilot's face at the end
Rated 5 / 5 stars January 13, 2011
Epic Fail!
lol How could he possibly think he'd fly with those small ass wings?! xD


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[QUOTE=lostboy;836991] .... used the idle drop/starter button mixture check?[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=lostboy;836991] .... used the idle drop/starter button mixture check?[/QUOTE]
What is that?
My bike ran fairly well for 8000 miles after I bought it last year, and I averaged about 38 mpg.
I checked and adjusted the valves last spring and that instantly brought me up to 45+ mpg, sometimes 50 mpg with good ethanol-free fuel.
[QUOTE=ARGENT BRICK;837631]What is that?[/QUOTE]
Something that is only relevant when everything else is properly adjusted (valve adjust, throttle sync, etc).
When the bike is fully warmed up and running, pressing the starter button should not cause the idle to rise (if it does, the bike is running lean). Inserting the altitude plug should not cause the idle to rise (if it does, the bike is running too rich). Ideally, both these tests should cause the idle to drop slightly.
Well it is clear, Lee, that I need to get my bike to you, so that I can learn about it.
What would novice brick owners do without you?
I replaced the "Z breather hose" as suggested somewhere on here but no improvement :(
I've contacted a couple of local (150 miles away) repair shops but they claim their diagnostic equipment is too modern to use on my bike.
What was the result of your valve adjustment check?
To be honest I haven't checked the valves- I'm scared I make things worse... Is this a reasonably failsafe task?
Cheers for sticking with me on this issue,
CHECKING the valves only involves removing the valve cover and being able to operate feeler gages. The only thing you can make worse doing this is: a leaky valve cover gasket because you didn't replace the 10 $.73 grommets that go on the valve cover bolts or stripped out threads on the head because you torqued the valve cover bolts more than 6 1/2 ft/lb (78 in/lb) Always use an INCH/lb torque wrench for these bolts as a FOOT/lb torque wrench is not accurate at such low torque ($20 from Harbor Freight $9.99 on sale). Engine must be cold (less than 90 degrees) not ridden for the previous several hours.
ADJUSTING the valves IF any are found to be out of tolerance requires $30 worth of special tools. The actual adjusting can be done at a later date once you know that there is one (or more that need adjusting). This allows you to order the tools and set aside time to do the job when convenient.
Follow your manuals instructions.
Valve checking/adjusting is something that should be done at least every 15,000 miles. The more miles that are on the bike, the higher the odds of the valves needing adjustment. If you don't stay on top of it, it can cause all kinds of problems.
PM me with your phone # if you want me to talk you through it and tell you my "easy" method.
I did a trip with low mileage. When I got back my K bike rec'd afuel filter and then a fuel pressure regulator. Old one had not worked correctly, pressure too high.
Next I changed the temp sensor, went well with a sawed off (short) 19 mm open end wrench. These things might have helped but then found (myself) some tight valves, esp exhaust. Had them adjusted (by a dealer) and mileage went back up over 40. Your K75 should respond similarly.
Poor mileage isn't just related to the engine. Bad wheel bearings, rubbing brake pads or a failing bearing in the drive line can all reduce mileage. Might be worth looking.
One other thought to leave you with..
Winter mileage is typically poor. The L-Jetronic system uses an intake temperature sensor to richen the mixture when there is cold air. It actually tends to run a bit too rich IMHO even on a correctly adjusted/working bike. Since there is no feedback (02 sensor) in the system, it has no way to correct for the rich mixture. The use of a simple air-flow-meter instead of a MASS-air-flow (MAF) meter compounds the problem. The system doesn't know the density of the air, so the fuel map is purposely biased toward rich as the temperature drops to avoid running the engine lean.
The nice part of this is - how great the engine feels with cold dense air and a rich mixture. The bad part can be the fuel mileage suffers. The winter-mix gasolines also tend to do this to some extent.
Really a case of YMMV - but on a K75, if it's running good, and the temperatures are below about 45F, IMHO, 35-38MPG is about normal. At least it was on mine.
Forgive my delay in replying, I've been having computer issues as well :(
Thanks for the on-going advice- I'll let you know how the valve clearance check goes.
checked the valve clearances today and they were okay, also balanced the throttle bodies and installed another set of spark plugs.
Still no change in MPG so I'm now looking at rear crown bearings- anyone have any experience of problems here, as there are two different bearings and I don't want to replace both if not needed.
The brake pads don't appear to be rubbing, wondering if an out of adjustment clutch might be a factor in this ongoing equation??
Thanks to all for your continuing input.
[QUOTE=jpevehouse;831220]Glad yours was so easy to fix. I've been battling poor mileage on mine since I got it. Normally around 35 mpg but on highways with moderate speed, I can get 39 or so.
Replaced temp sensor - to get the fan working, intake rubber, new injectors, lots of gas treatment, balanced TB, checked and adjusted valves, new plugs and went over every thread on several forums regarding bad mileage. Pretty sure the brakes are not dragging. It has always started and run like a sewing machine.
Let me know how yours turns out.[/QUOTE]
I had fuel consumption problems.Replaced most everything replaceable finall did compression check on advice of a auto mechanic.BIKE HAD POOR COMPRESSION REMIDY i REPLACED ENGINE FROM beemer bONE YARD.hARD FIX but problem solved.
It's possible that the fuel injectors need cleaning/servicing.
Mr.Injector in Idaho can service yours or sell you some replacement ones at a VERY reasonable price.


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Over the next weeks I will copy a few old posts per day from Tesugen.com. The main reason for this is that I want to fix markups and check the spelling, and that I won't have the time to do all at once. So if you want, you can read some vintage posts that you might have missed.


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Goodbye Steve Jobs — You Will Be Missed
I'm here at Interop New York and when I first saw the news of Steve's passing last night come through Twitter, I, like thousands, felt a sense of loss and sadness. In the aftermath, I have seen media legends — Om Malik, Walt Mossberg, and Anderson Cooper — all comment on what this loss means to technology and Silicon Valley; but I wanted to write what it means to the PR community.
Jobs did an amazing thing; he transformed high-tech concepts and produced universally-loved devices that my Mom had to have. He put color in machines; he made using a computer easy; he made getting a computer fixed easy (thank you Genius bar!); and he made technology cool again. I'll admit that my Mom has a Macbook and an iPod, and just got the iPad 2 for her birthday.
By making his products user friendly and intuitive, Jobs broke down the education barrier for millions of people making it easier for them to understand technology worldwide. And for us PR pros, we were able to take that knowledge and apply it to our own clients. Wi-Fi, yes your iPhone can use it. Security? Yes, it applies to your iBook too. Before Jobs, only a handful of people both in press and technology would understand what an "app" is and what it could do for you.
Steve Jobs also taught the PR world other valuable lessons including how to present to an audience (ever been two minutes late to an Apple keynote? Good luck finding a seat. He was that good.), the value of being passionate about your products and how never to lose sight of what's important for the customer.
So yes, we lost a brilliant thinker and a genius entrepreneur; but for PR, we lost a man who was the Willy Wonka of technology — able to bring pure imagination and wonder to technology — which for the most part has been cold and hard to understand. So thank you Steve Jobs. We here at Trainer Communications will miss you and will continue to learn from all that you taught us — especially, a little color goes a long way.
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I am planning a photo holiday to Iceland next year and before I start trawling the internet I would like comments from members who have actually experienced this trip before.
I always find that true life experience is handy to know about and crucially from a photographers point of view.
Best time of year, accommodation and transport are my first items to look at. I anticipate travelling around and do not want luxury digs.
If anyone can put me on the right path to get started I would really appreciate that,
You might want to check out HappyOstrich's portfolio.. he lives/works that way and has some super images. He may be the chap to give you the best tips.
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I would suggest that the summer months would offer you more options. There's some dramatic winter stuff includng the chance of an aurora or two but more of the country is accessible in the summer, widening your options. Then there's those long long slow summer evenings. No rush.
Outside of the main towns you're somewhat restricted to hotels, which can be quite expensive. But there's plenty of companies that will arrange it for you. Camping's always an option but the weather can be very unpredictable. There's also hostels, which tend to be fairly basic but cheap.
There's buses, which go 'round the whole island and if you hire a car you're faced with negotiating a lot of unsurfaced roads. It may be ensible to travel between stops on buses and then hire a taxi or take a tour at each of the stops. You'll get to all of the major tourist stops either by bus or by taxi but a car will get you to the out-of-the-way places. I'm not sure how much car hire is these days.
Beware dust, which can be a real nuisance. Fine, abrasive volcanic dust that can really get into the nooks and ruin your kit.
A fabulous, austere, fascinating country. I just wish they'd change thier whaling policy.
I have some friends in Iceland, and they tell me that it is a photographers paradise for landscapes. I have heard that the northern lights are only visibe in the winter.
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Quote: I have heard that the northern lights are only visibe in the winter.
Not true - saw them three nights running in late August when I was there in 1985. The nights are getting dark by then. Spectacular too!
Quote: I'm not sure how much car hire is these days
Bloody expensive! If you are going for more than a couple of weeks it might cost less to take your own car across from Scrabster via the Faroe Islands. See Smyril Line. You won't be able to use the inland tracks though, unless you've got a suitable vehicle. I'm also thinking of Iceland next year - was going to Norway but it looks like the Newcastle-Bergen ferry won't be running any more after this year.
Quote: as you need a decent 4WD to get to the interesting bits,
Most of the interior is not actually accessible by conventional vehicle at all in winter.
Watch out for the hostels being open in the winter, many are schools that are used when the children are on vacation.
Great country, but also as other folks have said driving off-road needs to be considered, most hire companies consider your insurance invalid as soon as the wheels touch water.
You might want to check out Daniel Bergman, very expensive but good photographer.
Also, remember to pick up some duty free on the way in, else it could be a 'dry' holiday!
This site always amazes me.
I've been here for years and never heard of happyostrich, just looked up his site and the pic of the week is a STUNNER ! - go take a look...
We tried organising a photo tour to Iceland for 2 years running - had everything in place, but no customers ! - expect the costs put a lot of people off but the locals are well set up to cater for photographers and their transport, so it can be done.
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Quote: I'm also thinking of Iceland next year - was going to Norway but it looks like the Newcastle-Bergen ferry won't be running any more after this year.
Don't know if it's of any interest, but you can now fly direct to Tromso from Stanstead... I'm planning a trip up that way for the Northern Lights Festival in 2010...
As for Iceland - I went at the end of March last year - best of both worlds really - enough snow and ice to make it interesting, but enough of a thaw to mean that there was plenty accessible. We hired a car in the UK to pick up when we arrived, and it worked out significantly cheaper than hiring once we were out there.
In terms of accommodation, outside of Reykjavik and Aakueri you're going to struggle. Best bet is to get hold of a copy of a Rough Guide or a Lonely Planet guide.
Thanks James but I have a small camper van (converted Mazda Bongo) and I'm planning taking this across to either Norway or Iceland, for up to two months. Accommodation won't be a problem - I just park up anywhere and get a brew on!Last Modified By loweskid at 17 Aug 2008 - 8:37 PM
Ahhh... No worries Vince.
Can I just say that I'm so incredibly jealous though?
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Here's my feeling on the matter:
I'm kinda underwhelmed with who was left to reveal. Some of these returners I feel like were inevitable. The characters who hadn't been "officially" revealed yet, the Duck Hunt Dog, Bowser Jr., and Dark Pit, are kind of "meh" additions, though I am impressed how they varied up the Duck Hunt Dog and I appreciate that Bowser Jr. isn't /just/ Bowser Jr. The Kooplings are better anyway.
And, yes, I'm disappointed that Mewtwo isn't back and ESPECIALLY disappointed that Ganondorf didn't get revamped like he should have.
As for who I wish would have made the cut, I'd have loved to have seen Dixie Kong, Krystal (Adventures-style), The Elite Beat Agents, and either Bayonetta or Wonder Red (from Platinum) join the roster. These feel like real misses to me.
I'll wait for the New 3DS version of the Red Smash version.
TMNT and WayForward? I'm on board!
Ooooh, I can't stay mad looking at that beautiful Smash Bros. New 3DS... <3
Let's hope they fix that game-breaking bug.
I still don't completely buy the leaks and they probably pulled them just because it would cause some people to get excited over something that wasn't true. Hopefully this was all just an early build or something.
I dunno, this actually looks fake to me. Shulk is moving too much like Zelda and Bowser Jr. doesn't seem to do much of, well, anything. Plus, the graphics are slightly off and the bottom screen is too close to the top screen. I'm calling fake.
If I cared about Ubisoft's opinion, I'd own a PS4 or an XB1.
Let's see, Ubisoft. You released AC3 on a major delay (unavoidable due to the launch of the Wii U, but you still could have thrown in some bonuses), then you launch AC4 /without/ the option for the bonus editions, making the other versions much more appealing. If AC doesn't sell on Nintendo, it's your own fault.
I have no love for hackers or the hacking community. At all.
Beeeeeaaaaaaauuuuuuuutifuuuuuuulllll... <3_<3
Not doing yourself any favors in my book, Ubisoft. I'm just waiting for you to say Beyond Good & Evil 2 isn't coming to Wii U so I can be done with you completely.
And I'm still putting imaginary money on them cancelling Watch_Dogs for Wii U before the year is up.
Happy he's back, but maybe he can give some of that power to Ganondorf to help balance the characters out a bit?
Um,yeah, hey, Night Trap manchildren? Did you stop to think the people behind Nintendo /then/ may not be the people behind Nintendo /now/? And it's been twenty years. You're acting like huffy kindergartners. Night Trap was a game that came in during a time when video games were just beginning to be taken seriously as a medium and you guys got caught up in some of the inevitable controversy. Of course Nintendo went against you, they were the ones who wanted to keep things simple. That was their vision, and you had a different one. That's fine! I can understand being mad at certain people within Nintendo, such as Howard Lincoln, but he's not there anymore and, honestly, most of the people there weren't there back then, at least not in the capacity they probably are now.
And that's a shame. No Nintendo release, no Night Trap for me. This game doesn't really inspire me any more or less to want to pick up one of the other two systems. Ah well. Save my money for Shantae: 1/2 Genie Hero!
...I don't like this. I hope the different packs will be available as pay DLC at least at a later date! I want 'em all!
"That read made every English teacher in America happy!"
...What do you say after /that/?! XD
That's great to hear! It's a high-quality game that deserves its success.
I'm just barely over 100 if you count the pre-installed stuff. I think I'll be okay.
I think Zelda, Ruto, and Midna are going to be my regulars in this game.
It doesn't make sense to me. "We can't stop it, so stop fighting?"
Ruto makes sense. She's the most well-known Zora out there, was pro-active in trying to save her people, and helps round out the Hyrule races. I approve!
Now I want to see Ashei, Nabooru, and maybe Tetra.
That's fine with me, just don't forget a Super Mario Bros. 3 mode.
It would have to be someone /huge/. Third party, almost assuredly. While I'd love to see it be someone like Professor Layton, Simon Belmont, or Chrom, I think this character /could/ be someone who has appeared on Sony or Microsoft platforms. I'm /very/ interested, to say the least!
Seeing those Smash Mega Man images makes me want Nintendo to purchase Capcom, or at least the Mega Man series, all the more.
Dophs his hat.
...You could have been Kirby, or Pokemon, and then you would have been loved.
WoowhooWHOOO! I LOVES ME MY SHANTAE! <3<3<3
All of my want!
The Heavy in Smash Bros.? "I LIIIIIIIIIVE!"
...Also, Sandviches.
...Also, also, I want that Heavy figure. That thing looks awesome.
Wow. Awesome! So, how about The Last Window or Ace Attorney Investigations 2 for 3DS?
Now, how about the Game Boy/Color complete collection? Or, y'know, some non-Pokémon games?
It's promising a dramatic new world. Maybe this isn't the remake we're expecting?
I'm fine with this. The games are still a blast and I have fond memories tied to them.
Aw man, he was one of my favorite actors! R.I.P. Mr. Hoskins.
A giant robot game came out. Japan loves giant robots, right?
They shipped mine out the other day. I'm not entirely sure what the error was, exactly, though. But hey, free poster!
I suddenly want to see a Zelda game in the Metroid style.
Ha! Nice.
Yes, but at this point I'm so jaded by /all/ third parties not named WayForward that I'm just not blowing a gasket anymore and sticking with Nintendo all the way now.
Where's. My. Shantae?! (((O.O)))
Now if only I could get the download to /work/.
Okay, let me clarify something for all of you once more.
Yes, Sony and Microsoft /do/ in fact pay third parties to favor them over Nintendo, but also over each other. Why do you think Sony and Microsoft each have "exclusive launch content" to offer? Unlike Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft's platforms cannot and will not self-sustain on first-party releases. Halo only made sure that the original X-Box wasn't a dismal failure. PlayStation only survived because third parties migrated over after being angry with Nintendo. These are not opinions, these are facts.
To date, Nintendo is the only console maker whose first party releases can not only self-sustain, but drive a company. They're the Disney of the video games industry. To carry that analogy further, Sony is the, well, Sony, of the games industry while Microsoft is the... oh... let's call them Universal. Some shady business practices to go along with some good and bad stuff.
Some Nintendo fans do need to get a grip. Sony and Microsoft aren't teaming up to gang up on Nintendo. They are, however, both going after Nintendo as they go after each other, especially Sony, who has huge gaming capital from the PS2 and Sony's other entertainment divisions, which they've scaled back on to focus more on games and movies. They have surplus capital too, but rather than save it, they use it to try and double down on their investments.
As for third parties, I think there's another reason for this delay, and again, it's Nintendo's own fault. How? By being too good at their own game. Third parties can't compete on a Nintendo platform against their first party offerings. Oh, they'll have their fans, maybe even technically be better in some regards, but the Nintendo mascot juggernaut really is unstoppable on their home field. Why? Because the people who bought the Nintendo system specifically are buying it specifically for what Nintendo has to offer. This is the nature of Nintendo nowadays.
Sony and Microsoft system owners, on the other hand, generally buy it for services and performance. Maybe there's a franchise or two they want to keep at, say, Halo or whatever Naughty Dog is doing, but they'll buy it just for that performance upgrade, like it were just their next car or computer, which is what game systems are rapidly becoming, dumbed down computers.
As for me? Being someone who doesn't like having multiple consoles, long story there, I made a choice a long time ago. Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Kid Icarus, Punch-Out, F-Zero, Star Fox, & Pokémon, or Halo, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Little Big Planet, Spyro, ModNation Racers, Crash Bandicoot, Destiny, Kameo, Banjo-Kazooie, and probably that Beyond Good & Evil sequel? I've always had the most fun with Nintnedo systems and that's where I pledge my allegiance. I couldn't imagine gaming without Nintendo, so I'm sticking with them to the bitter end for either one of us.
And, honestly? I think companies are dreading the day Nintendo goes multi-platform or third-party. Why? Because they'll reach their biggest audience they ever have, their characters will effectively become immortal, and virtually every game they ever made will become another little gold mine waiting to happen for them. Will it happen? Yes, I think it will. And in our lifetimes. But only because I think everyone will go multi-platform for the universal gaming medium in whatever form it takes.
...and, hey, if there's something I /really/ want that isn't on a Nintendo platform, I can always look for it on Steam.
They don't give us Pac-Man Museum, they don't give us the Symphonia HD games, Namco, what the heck is going on with you?
Y'know, this withdrawing support from Wii U isn't making me want to rush out and buy a PS4 or something else. In fact, it's making me resent the companies who are holding out on Nintendo's platforms.
I figured it'd be around late-April, so I'm only a little off.
I still think Nintendo's next home console should be a package console/handheld gaming system that can be both so customers will buy both.
Show us the GAMES, EA.
Nintendo gets the most out of their games because they're the masters of the hardware they put it on. They know all the ins and outs of it, they can get out of it, and they know how to harness it to maximum efficiency. Using someone else's hardware brings inert limitations that I don't think Nintendo wants any part of.
I'd suggest partnering with a major tech developer to make their next system so the third parties will be happy, yet their still be masters of their own hardware. An outside tech developer would help them come up to a modern standard while also maintaining the inside knowledge of what makes their hardware tick.


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Cyber Storm: Securing Cyber Space
Cyber Storm, the Department of Homeland Security's biennial exercise series, provides the framework for the most extensive government-sponsored cybersecurity exercise of its kind.
Congress mandated the Cyber Storm exercise series to strengthen cyber preparedness in the public and private sectors. Securing cyber space is the Office of Cybersecurity and Communication's top priority.
Cyber Storm participants perform the following activities:
- Examine organizations' capability to prepare for, protect from, and respond to cyber attacks' potential effects;
- Exercise strategic decision making and interagency coordination of incident response(s) in accordance with national level policy and procedures;
- Validate information sharing relationships and communications paths for collecting and disseminating cyber incident situational awareness, response and recovery information; and
- Examine means and processes through which to share sensitive information across boundaries and sectors without compromising proprietary or national security interests.
Each Cyber Storm builds on lessons learned from previous real world incidents, ensuring that participants face more sophisticated and challenging exercises every two years.
Cyber Storm IV
Cyber Storm IV is the fourth installment of the Cyber Storm exercise series. The series is part of the Department of Homeland Security's ongoing effort to assess and strengthen cyber preparedness, examine incident response processes in response to ever-evolving threats, and enhance information sharing among Federal, state, international, and private sector partners. Through these efforts, the cyber incident response community will improve both their capabilities and response processes, thus bolstering the nation's cyber resilience. Cyber Storm IV consists of individual, building block exercises at the Federal, state, and international level that provide the cyber incident response community with the opportunity to design focused events that evaluate specific capabilities.
State Exercises
State exercises are two-day tabletop events where representatives from a variety of state departments and agencies assess their cyber response plans. They identify and simulate how to engage elements across state governance, as well as cybersecurity partners such as law enforcement entities and the private sector. Throughout the event, participants can validate policies, plans, and procedures that enable response, recovery, and continuity of operations. Players, planners, and observers represent a variety of positions, including technical and non-technical staff, emergency managers, public affairs representatives, and leadership.
State exercises conducted/scheduled:
- Maine, February 2012
- Oregon, May 2012
- Washington, August 2012
- Idaho, October 2012
- Missouri, June 2013
- Mississippi, August 2013
International Exercise
The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) sponsored the International Watch and Warning Network (IWWN) Exercise on March 20-21, 2013. Eleven of the fifteen IWWN nations participated in the distributed, functional event. The participating nations included: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. The session featured a distributed exercise control (ExCon), with ExCon members located at operational centers across the world. Participants examined the IWWN's common plans, standard operating procedures, policies, and capabilities necessary to ensure the security of the interdependent global cyber infrastructure and, where applicable, applied lessons learned from Cyber Storm III, conducted in September 2010. The scenario engaged operational staff, such as civil computer emergency response teams (CERTs) and policy-level stakeholders within the IWWN. The IWWN member nations participated at varying levels; some organizations participated continuously (24x7), and others participated solely during their respective normal operating hours.
Evergreen (formerly the "Concluding Event") is the largest Cyber Storm IV event. It is a distributed, functional cyber exercise sponsored by the NCCIC and scheduled to take place in Fall 2013. Players will represent the State of Washington, the Federal Government, an international partner, the private sector, and several coordination bodies. The exercise will leverage a controlled environment to observe and evaluate a simulated cyber attack originating in a municipality, focusing on escalation from internal discovery and communication to national and international information sharing and incident management.
Overall, these efforts have and will continue to enable DHS and its partners to increase their overall cyber preparedness and the resiliency of critical infrastructure. The results of the exercises and the ongoing planning activity have greatly improved the readiness and response times in responding to any cyber incident impacting the nation's critical infrastructure.


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I also moved my daughter from a 'great' private school to MPS, and was amazed at the skills required of her. I think her teacher has been supportive and fair-Mrs. Wheeler challenges the children but gives them the tools needed to accomplish the assigned tasks. The PTA is very organized, creative, and supportive. I am very happy with this school.
I am very happy with this school, and his teacher. My son and I recently relocated to the area and my concerns were his education level. He was in a private well known catholic school in another county. To my surprise, he was lacking some of the skills these new classmates were already demonstrating. With the help of his teacher and alot of extra time and energy in homework, I was able to bring my son's academic level equal, if not better in some cases, to thoses of his fellow classmates within 3 months. Thank you Mrs Medvitz.
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A suggestion for the editors: A few footnotes would be appreciated--say, for instance, concerning the misprinting that resulted in the "thirty-three days" that appear in the letter. Thanks!
Columbus reports on his first voyage, 1493
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On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. On October 12, more than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador; the natives called it Guanahani.
For nearly five months, Columbus explored the Caribbean, particularly the islands of Juana (Cuba) and Hispaniola (Santo Domingo), before returning to Spain. He left thirty-nine men to build a settlement called La Navidad in present-day Haiti. He also kidnapped several Native Americans (between ten and twenty-five) to take back to Spain—only eight survived. Columbus brought back small amounts of gold as well as native birds and plants to show the richness of the continent he believed to be India.
When Columbus arrived back in Spain on March 15, 1493, he immediately wrote a letter announcing his discoveries to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who had helped finance his trip. The letter was written in Spanish and sent to Rome, where it was printed in Latin by Stephan Plannck. Plannck mistakenly left Queen Isabella's name out of the pamphlet's introduction but quickly realized his error and reprinted the pamphlet a few days later. The copy shown here is the second, corrected edition of the pamphlet.
The Latin printing of this letter announced the existence of the American continent throughout Europe. "I discovered many islands inhabited by numerous people. I took possession of all of them for our most fortunate King by making public proclamation and unfurling his standard, no one making any resistance," Columbus wrote.
In addition to announcing his momentous discovery, Columbus's letter also provides observations of the native people's culture and lack of weapons, noting that "they are destitute of arms, which are entirely unknown to them, and for which they are not adapted; not on account of any bodily deformity, for they are well made, but because they are timid and full of terror." Writing that the natives are "fearful and timid . . . guileless and honest," Columbus declares that the land could easily be conquered by Spain, and the natives "might become Christians and inclined to love our King and Queen and Princes and all the people of Spain."
An English translation of this document is available.
I have determined to write you this letter to inform you of everything that has been done and discovered in this voyage of mine.
On the thirty-third day after leaving Cadiz I came into the Indian Sea, where I discovered many islands inhabited by numerous people. I took possession of all of them for our most fortunate King by making public proclamation and unfurling his standard, no one making any resistance. The island called Juana, as well as the others in its neighborhood, is exceedingly fertile. It has numerous harbors on all sides, very safe and wide, above comparison with any I have ever seen. Through it flow many very broad and health-giving rivers; and there are in it numerous very lofty mountains. All these island are very beautiful, and of quite different shapes; easy to be traversed, and full of the greatest variety of trees reaching to the stars. . . .
In the island, which I have said before was called Hispana, there are very lofty and beautiful mountains, great farms, groves and fields, most fertile both for cultivation and for pasturage, and well adapted for constructing buildings. The convenience of the harbors in this island, and the excellence of the rivers, in volume and salubrity, surpass human belief, unless on should see them. In it the trees, pasture-lands and fruits different much from those of Juana. Besides, this Hispana abounds in various kinds of species, gold and metals. The inhabitants . . . are all, as I said before, unprovided with any sort of iron, and they are destitute of arms, which are entirely unknown to them, and for which they are not adapted; not on account of any bodily deformity, for they are well made, but because they are timid and full of terror. . . . But when they see that they are safe, and all fear is banished, they are very guileless and honest, and very liberal of all they have. No one refuses the asker anything that he possesses; on the contrary they themselves invite us to ask for it. They manifest the greatest affection towards all of us, exchanging valuable things for trifles, content with the very least thing or nothing at all. . . . I gave them many beautiful and pleasing things, which I had brought with me, for no return whatever, in order to win their affection, and that they might become Christians and inclined to love our King and Queen and Princes and all the people of Spain; and that they might be eager to search for and gather and give to us what they abound in and we greatly need.
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