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Squirrels in the Attic - Guide to Safe Removal
Brief Step-by-step summary for complete guaranteed squirrel removal from attic:
Step 1
- Inspect the house, and find the squirrel entry holes (usually soffit or roof vents, or eave gaps)
Step 2
- Seal shut (with steel mesh) all the entry holes, but leave the main squirrel entry/exit hole open
Step 3
- Mount either a repeater trap or better yet, a one-way squirrel exclusion door on that main hole
Step 4
- Within just a day or two, you'll have either caught or excluded all the squirrels. When you hear no more scurrying noises in your ceiling/attic, you can remove the trap or excluder door, and seal shut the hole with steel mesh.
Step 5
- Optional. You can clean and decontaminate your attic, which has squirrel urine, feces, and nesting material
The following tactics will NOT help solve your squirrel problem:
- The use of rat poison. Most squirrels won't touch it, most won't die, & unresolved open holes will mean new squirrels.
- Setting squirrel traps in the attic. It seems sensible, but they rarely enter a trap inside the attic. Almost never, in fact.
- Setting traps outside, or on the roof. This will catch some squirrels, but rarely all of them. It's a dumb, slow, approach.
- Using any kind of repellent powder, spray, noise machine, flashing light, etc. These gimmicks simply don't work.
It's not a simple job for people with no experience. If you want in-depth information, everything I know, please read on.
The below guide is written by a naturalist and wildlife removal specialist with many years of experience and hundreds of cases of safe and humane removal of wild animals from homes and buildings. This guide provides the information needed to understand and solve a problem with squirrels living inside the attic of a home. This guide is written about the Eastern Gray Squirrel, but the principles also apply to red squirrels and flying squirrels.
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So! You have a squirrel (or multiple squirrels) in the attic of your home. In the field of human-wildlife conflicts, probably the most common scenario nationwide is the squirrel in the attic. Most people become aware that an animal is living in their attic when they hear scampering, or scratching noises above the ceiling. A wide variety of animals choose to live in the attics of buildings, from rats and mice, bats and pigeons, raccoons, opossums, and of course squirrels. Most of these animals will oftentimes use other areas of the home as well, from the soffits to the wall voids to the space between floors, so the attic is not the only area you'll find critters.
How To Get Rid Of Squirrels in the Attic:
It's crucial to find out where they are getting in and out (yes, they go out for water and food). Once you find the entry hole(s), you can mount a special repeater trap or a one-way exclusion door right on the hole. The repeater trap will trap all the squirrels in one shot, and the exclusion door will let them out, but not back in. It's vital to make sure that any secondary holes are sealed shut, or else this won't work. Another option is to set several small cage traps on the roof (under eaves) and bolted to fascia boards, to trap them all. But cage traps aren't nearly as efficient, and they often don't fully succeed, and they can catch non-target squirrels. Once all squirrels are definitely out, and any trapped squirrels are relocated at least five miles away, you can seal up the primary entry hole. You will also want to clean up their feces and nesting material, and check for electrical wire damage. But wait! It's not always so simple. Squirrels go into attics to give birth to a litter of young. You must deal with the baby squirrels in the correct manner. Below, and on the many pages of this site, I've written everything you need to know about getting rid of squirrels in the attic.
Squirrel Noises:
If you hear noises in your attic and you are unsure as to the source, it's relatively easy to determine if it's squirrels – squirrels are active during the daytime. Thus, if you hear scampering and scurrying noises during the day, it's likely squirrels. Other attic-dwelling critters, such as rats and mice, bats,
flying squirrels
, opossums, and raccoons, are nocturnal, so they mostly only make noise at night. Flying squirrels are also nocturnal. If the noises happen at night, there's a strong chance of mice or rats, so in that case, please visit my other website about how to get rid of rats in the attic:
. Gray squirrels are most active during the morning and evening. They can be heard as they exit the attic in search of food and as they come back in, as well as during the times they simply run around in the attic. Mostly, it sounds like a quick and light scampering. Sometimes people can hear them as they gnaw on wood, and sometimes as they roll nuts around. Depending on the acoustics of the home and the sensitivity of the listener, the noise may sound faint or like a "pack of wild dogs" as I've heard it described. Read more about
animal noises in the attic during the day
or a discussion on
are squirrels ever active at night
Squirrel Sightings:
Because squirrels are active during the daytime, and because they often chew a large entry hole, many people often see the squirrels exiting and entering the house. That's the best way to be certain that the critter(s) you hear are actually squirrels.
Why Are They There?
Attics make a great place to live! They are warm and dry and safe. Eastern Gray Squirrels are highly adaptable animals, and they are very agile. They are arboreal, which means they live in trees. Female squirrels give birth to two litters of young per year, one in summer, and one in winter. The exact time of birth can vary a bit based on several factors, but generally the winter litter is born in early February and the summer litter in early August. Much of the time, the female makes a leaf and twig nest high up in a tree. If she can find a hollow tree, that's even better. If she can find an attic, that's better still. Squirrels are very urbanized animals, as you can see when you look out your window. They are members of the rodent family, and are excellent at gnawing and chewing on wood. Combine these factors, and of course it makes sense that female squirrels chew their way into attics in order to have and raise young. In fact, male squirrels or any squirrel at any time of the year may find that an attic makes a good place to safely spend the night and store nuts. Though the squirrels mostly live in the attic, they'll also live in soffits,
squirrels down in walls
, between floors in the
, and other areas inside the architecture.
How Did They Get In?
Squirrels are excellent climbers. Most of the time, they've chosen an attic based on convenience or proximity to their normal home range. Squirrels are excellent chewers, so they often chew through wooden fascia boards or other areas to gain access. If there's an easy and obvious way in, all the better. A house with wide-open holes and easy access stands a higher chance of seeing a squirrel enter at some point. Squirrels can fit through small areas, so most of the time they don't even need to chew their way in – they just find a gap somewhere in the architecture. Easy climbing access, such as trees adjacent to the house, also increases the probability of animal entry and habituation. But even without nearby trees, squirrels have no problem climbing almost anything. The most popular area of entry is any place where an eave meets up against a roof portion of the house, such as a dormer, or any architectural bend leading sections of the roof to meet. They also often get in where the roofline meets the fascia. Vents, both on the roof, the gables, and under eaves, are very common entry points, especially if they are not sealed properly.
What Do They Do Once Inside?
After a squirrel finds a way in and decides to live in an attic, it basically sets up shop. It establishes areas in the attic it likes to live in, establishes feeding and bathroom areas, it flattens and clears out insulation in areas it wants to sleep, and if it's a female, it finds areas in which to give birth and raise its young. During the course of its time in an attic, it expands all of these areas and uses more and more space.
What Damage Does a Squirrel Cause in An Attic?
The squirrel often finds bedding material by shredding roof or wall paper, and shredding vent ducts and insulation around pipes. The biggest problem is that they chew, and I've seen dozens of cases in which they've chewed electrical wires. It's estimated that half of house fires of unknown origin are due to rodent chewing on electrical wires. I've been to several homes that have experienced power outages due to squirrels chewing on wires, along with alarm systems being tripped, and PVC plumbing lines chewed through, resulting in big water damage. Basically, if you've got any wires or pipes in the attic, the squirrels will gnaw on them. Also animals that live in houses also sometimes die in houses, and the odor of a dead squirrel is incredible. I remove many dead squirrels from attics. They also urinate and defecate everywhere. I've seen some attics that have been heavily contaminated with squirrel droppings. This is not only unsanitary and smells bad, but squirrel droppings are host to a number of zoonotic
What Health Risks Do Squirrels Pose?
Squirrels are typically not important vectors of disease - I don't think there's any documented cases of rabies transmission from squirrels, for example. Like all animals, squirrels can carry parasites, they leave behind excrement, and they can leave both in your attic. Squirrel droppings, like pretty much any wildlife dropping, are associated with Leptospirosis and Salmonella.
Why Would I Want To Remove Them?
That's up to you. People who have squirrels in the attic often first object to the noise they hear. That's enough for most people. Some people simply don't like the idea of having wild critters in the attic. However, the main problems are that if the squirrel lives in the attic for enough time, it almost always starts to cause damage, in particular to wires. They also sometimes chew on various areas outside the home, especially wood trim, though this is a minor issue. There's also the issue of the waste, which is scattered prolifically throughout the attic. It is up to you, but aside from just the noise, the risks of damage and risk of fire make the removal of the squirrel(s) a good idea.
What About Squirrels in a Chimney?
Squirrels get into chimneys as well. Some of the same principles as outlined below apply to squirrels in chimneys. However, odor deterrents are more effective due to the concentrated area. DO NOT START A FIRE if you have squirrels in the chimney - you'd have to open the damper to let the smoke out, and they will enter the fireplace instead of climbing out. Even if they don't get into the your house or fireplace, you will cook animals alive and get a horrendous odor that will last a long time. Many professional wildlife removal experts have special squirrel in chimney removal systems if odor deterrents don't work. If you've got a slick metal flu that the squirrel has fallen down, the only way to get the animal out (aside from letting it into the fireplace) is to lower a thick rope, with a weight on the end, down the flu. This will allow the squirrel to climb out on its own.
Won't They Just Leave on Their Own?
It depends on the situation. If it's a female with young, she may leave after three months, when the young are grown. But then she will be back a few months later for her next litter. If it's squirrels that are just happy to have a good place to live, the answer is generally no. Are you going to just leave your house in a few days for no good reason?
How Do I Get The Squirrels Out of My Attic?
I will now discuss the various methods used to remove squirrels from attics, outlining their various degrees of effectiveness and the level of expertise needed to successfully achieve permanent removal. Remember, it is my goal to be as humane as possible to these remarkable and cute creatures. I get inundated with squirrel emails. I don't mind your questions, but I don't respond every day. Oftentimes, your best bet, if you have a difficult squirrel problem, is to hire a professional - wildlife control is ABSOLUTELY NOT for amateurs, any more than electrical work. Click on the below banner for a directory of squirrel removal experts, servicing 472 different US cities:
Do Repellents Work?
In some cases. This is the first and easiest thing that you can try. Especially when a female squirrel is concerned about having a safe place to raise her young, a harassing presence including any scent (predator urine is good) and noise (radio) might encourage her to leave the attic with her young. You can also spread habanera sauce on any area that squirrels are trying to chew to deter them. I have written more about this in my
how to keep squirrels away
page. That said, in general there are many long-standing old wives' tales about animal repellents to get rid of squirrels, and there are many modern products sold meant to evict unwanted critters from property and homes, and most all of them are bogus. Some of the old-fashioned standards include naphthalene (moth balls), ammonia, bleach, and even human hair. The idea behind these repellents is that they simply create an unpleasant odor that squirrels don't like, which encourages them to leave. In my years of experience as a wildlife removal professional, I've seen many of these tactics used in an attempt to evict squirrels. I've never seen them work, but that's also because in the cases they do, I'm not called out. The problem is that an attic is large and well-ventilated, and the odor isn't very strong. A squirrel will often just move to another, less offensive part of the attic. Even in cases in which the odor is strong, it's not enough incentive to make the animal leave. Once a squirrel has established a home in an attic, it takes more than a bad odor to make it leave – you wouldn't abandon your home if someone spread some mothballs inside. This is a wild animal that needs to survive, and it will tolerate quite a bit in order to keep its home. That includes all of the current repellent and deterrent products sold. If you do an online search, you will find all sorts of squirrel repellents sold, many with confident money-back guarantees. Most of them are made of …mothballs. In fact, most animal repellents sold are made from either mothballs or coyote urine. I've been to many homes at which the homeowner has placed a great deal of mothballs in the attic – one had fifty pounds of mothballs! – and the squirrels didn't care. They also don't respond to coyote urine. Some people recommend the use of bright lights, strobing lights, or noises. The most common noise deterrents are regular radios and ultrasonic high-pitch sound emitting devices. Once again, I've seen both of these tactics used multiple times to no effect. In fact, the FTC has issued an official warning against the high-pitch noise machines, stating that they are 100% ineffective and fraudulent. It'd be nice if a simple product would solve the problem. That goes for almost any cheap and easy fix for a serious problem. The truth is that repellents very rarely work. Go ahead and try every one of them if you're not convinced, and then take care of the problem properly when you discover that cheap repellents are pointless. I have listed a few different
squirrel prevention
tips here.
Does Poison Work?
There is no registered poison for squirrels. There is no legal poison for squirrels. There's no effective poison that I know of for squirrels, though I admit that I don't know much about poisoning animals. That's because I consider poison the worst possible approach to animal control. It's ineffective and inhumane. If you were able to successfully poison a squirrel, it would most likely die in the attic, where it would decompose for weeks, and create a horrible odor throughout the house. It has to be smelled to be believed. Furthermore, the death of the animal would be very painful and inhumane. Finally, if it's a female squirrel with babies, the mother will die, and the babies will be orphaned in the attic, where they will suffer and starve to death, and then die and cause more odor. And poison won't solve the root of the problem, as I'll discuss below. Please don't try to poison a squirrel or any other animal. I know that people want to try this method, because they ask me, and because I see many internet searches for the phrase "
squirrel poison
". Please, read on, and learn how to handle the squirrel problem without attempting to resort to poison.
Do Traps Work?
Yes. But it has to be the right type of trap, and it has to be used in the right way. There are dozens of types of squirrel traps, some live traps, some lethal traps. I'll quickly discuss the various types of traps, but before I do, I must point out the single most important thing to keep in mind regarding squirrels in the attic, and the reason a squirrel in the attic is not such a simple matter.
– Yes, in about 66% of cases of any squirrel in an attic, there's a litter of 3-5 baby squirrels. The most common reason for a squirrel to enter an attic and choose to live there is the case of a female who needs a safe place to give birth and raise its babies. The mother squirrel usually gives birth shortly after moving into the attic, within 1-2 weeks, and then spends about 8 weeks nursing the baby squirrels. At about 6-8 weeks and beyond, the young squirrels start to run around the attic on their own, and that's when homeowners really start to hear a lot of noise – one squirrel has now become five! The presence of these young complicates the matter of removing squirrels, because if you trap and remove the adult female during the first 6 weeks after birth, the young are left behind. I've seen several dozen such cases: a homeowner uses some sort of trap to remove the mom, but the noise continues, and no more are caught. When I get called out to such homes, I crawl through the attic and find the babies, remove them by hand, put them in a sack, and remove them from the attic. I then bring them to a wildlife rehabber who will feed and raise them and relocate them to the wild when they are large enough to fend for themselves. If the problem had been taken care of properly in the first place, the young would be able to stay with the mother during relocation, where they would stand the best chance of survival and being raised properly. Thus, the presence of baby squirrels makes simple trapping a not-so-simple matter. The babies, as they lay in a cluster in an attic, aren't capable of entering traps. If you do trap a squirrel, check for nipples! If you can see them, you've got babies up there, and they've got to be found and removed, and it's often no easy task. The good thing about squirrels is that people don't often notice or do anything until the young are up and running around, and at that time it's easy to trap or exclude the young as well. By 12 weeks old, they are pretty much adult size.
Body Grip Traps:
These are lethal traps, kind of like giant rat traps. There are several types, with the most common the double spring-loaded connibear traps. These types of traps are used mostly by olde-time fur trappers. The basic gist is that they are set over an area a squirrel will move, such as over a hole leading into an attic, and when sprung, snap down on the animal and kill it via choking or crushing. They are dangerous and difficult to use, and very few people, other than old fur trappers, would use them. If you hire a wildlife trapper who uses this type of trap, please be aware that there are better alternatives.
Single Animal Live Cage Trap:
This is by far the most common type of trap used by wildlife control companies and do-it-yourself homeowners. There are many different makes and models of cage trap. Cage traps are generally metal cages into which the squirrel enters, lured in by food. Near the back of the cage is a trip pan. When the squirrel steps on the pan, it triggers the trap door shut, and the animal is trapped inside, alive. Some of these traps are made from different materials, such as solid-walled plastic or other materials. Most are made from steel bars. A cage trap needs to be large enough to hold the squirrel, and most squirrel-size cage traps are at least 16 inches long and 5 inches high and wide. If it's too small, the animal won't fit inside, or may trigger the trip pan, but not allow clearance for the door to shut all the way. If it's too large, the squirrel may run around and smash itself against the cage walls and hurt itself. The most commonly sold brand in the United States is the Havahart brand, which is sometimes sold in large hardware stores. The fact that it's readily sold to the public often leads people to believe that they can just go out and trap animals. However, there are many very important considerations when squirrel trapping that one should consider before just buying a trap and setting it.
Repeating Live Cage Trap:
A great trapping option used by professionals. Mount this trap on the hole that the squirrels are using to enter and exit the house. If all alternative routes of escape are sealed off, the squirrels have no choice but to enter this trap on their way outside to get food and water. This trap has a one-way door that allows the squirrels into the trap, but not back out. These traps can hold many, I've caught up to six, squirrels at once.
One-Way Exclusion Door:
Even better than the repeater, in my opinion. This may be the best method for removing squirrels from attics. The one-way squirrel door is like the repeater trap, but it is simply open on the end. The squirrels are able to leave the attic, and push their way through the spring loaded one-way door, but then they can't get back in. They are all blocked outside, and the problem is solved! The only drawback is if the home has much wood or is in a bad state of disrepair. In such a case, the squirrels will simply chew their way back in elsewhere, or do a lot of damage chewing all over the place. If this is a concern, or if you don't want the animals acclimated to your attic on your property any more, then cage trapping and relocation is the better option.
1) How To Target The Correct Animal?
One problem amateurs encounter is that they set a trap and catch non-target animals instead of the animal that is causing the problem. This isn't often the case with squirrels, however, as they are often territorial. Still, the best way to get the squirrels you want is to set the traps on the roof, near the entry points. Traps set in the attic will not catch the squirrels. They do not enter traps in attics, ever, for whatever reason. Of course, setting a repeater trap on the exit hole ensures complete capture of the target squirrels.
2) What if I Can't Catch it at All?
Failure to catch the animal commonly arises amongst people who don't know much about trapping. So many important and subtle nuances go into successful trapping. The right type of traps must be set, they must have no defects, they must have the correct pan tension. It must be flush to the roof or bolted to fascia boards with no wobble. It must be set in the animal's path of travel or exploration. If it's a repeater trap, there must be no other alternative areas of exit, the spring must be the right tension with no blockage, etc.
3) What Type of Bait Should I Use?
This factor isn't nearly as important as other factors in terms of success. Squirrels are gluttons, and they are curious. That said, trapping is still difficult, and bait doesn't really matter. As stated, it's a far better option to mount repeating traps or exclusion devices on the exit holes. If traps are set, it should be on the roof areas near the entry/exit holes. The best bait is peanut butter smeared on the pan, and whole peanuts, in shell, on the pan, behind the pan, and leading into the trap. If the squirrel is dehydrated, oranges make a great bait, because they want the water in the fruit.
4) What Types Of Accidents Can Occur With Trapping?
With squirrel trapping, this isn't much of a concern. But if you are working on the roof, which is pretty much the only way to go for successful squirrel trapping, then there are ladder and roof safety concerns. I would never advocate an inexperienced person to work on a roof or with ladders.
5) Is it Legal for me to Trap the Squirrel?
In most states, no. Or, if it is legal, you must kill and dispose of the animal on your property at the time of capture. Are you able and willing to do so? It is not legal, in almost all states, to trap a squirrel, stick it in the trunk of your car, drive it off to the woods, and release it. Check the regulations posted by your state's department of wildlife (or fish & game) and you will see that it is illegal to do so if you are not a licensed wildlife control professional. That said, no one is going to set up any roadblocks and call the hounds after you if you do trap and relocate some squirrels.
6) Okay then, I Want to Avoid the Law and do it Myself – How?
Okay, here's the deal on how to get rid of squirrels yourself, for free. As stated, much of the time, a squirrel in the attic is a mother with babies. Don't trap the mother and leave the babies up there to die, and cause an odor. First, try to determine if the young are large enough to go outside on their own. You can watch the exit hole and see if there's more than one squirrel, or you can listen to see if you hear more than one running around. If so, set the traps or the repeater trap or the one-way exclusion door. If it's just one squirrel, especially in August or February, there's likely a nest of babies. You then have the option of waiting a few weeks for the young to get big enough to be active, which is what I recommend, or you can go into the attic and find the babies! That's right, you explore the whole attic, find the built-up nest of insulation and debris, often near the edge of the attic near the roofline, and remove the young by hand. Of course, when in an attic, be mindful to walk only on the wooden beams, or you'll fall through the ceiling. And be careful not to get insulation on your skin. I wear a HEPA filter mask to avoid breathing in airborne dust particles. And I wear thick gloves, particularly when handling wildlife, even baby squirrels, which are usually gentle, but can bite and claw. I put them in a pillowcase, and bring them out of the attic. They can often be very hard to find. The mother squirrel stashes them in a safe place, often down at the very tight edge of the attic, down in the soffit, or down a wall. I usually find myself climbing through very tight quarters to find the young. It can be hard to do. I bring the young outside, and then – here's one of the tricks to solving a problem with squirrels in the attic – I use the babies as "live bait" to trap the mom! There are usually four babies, so I set two traps (one is backup) with two babies in the back of each trap. They are held back there by a metal cage divider. A mother squirrel will always enter a trap to get to its young. If I were ever to trap a squirrel with visible nipples, I'd be sure to go find the young, and if I could not, I would release the squirrel on the spot, so as not to leave orphaned young. I got some additional information on
squirrel removal
in cases such as this from a rehabber. Due to the risk of leaving young in the attic or the risk of the mom abandoning them if they are removed, I often advocate waiting the few weeks until the young are big enough to run around, or to try repellent/intimidation attempts to get the mom to move them out herself. You can also consult the
squirrel board
message board for more squirrel info and questions.
What if I Can't Find the Litter of Baby Squirrels?
They can be very hard to find at times. If you can't find them, you may want to just wait it out for a few weeks until they are bigger and moving on their own. If you must find the, now, the only answer is to keep trying. Listening for scratching is a great tactic. If that doesn't work, or to pin down the exact spot, I carefully run my hand over the wall or ceiling, and when I feel a warm spot, I know that's where the litter of young are nesting! I cut a hole in the drywall adjacent to the area, and remove the young, and then patch up the hole. Persistence is the key to success. If you can't find them, just wait a few weeks, and they'll be big enough to go out on their own.
What Do I Do with the Squirrel Once I've Caught It?
First of all, check the traps every day, or several times a day, so that you don't leave an animal suffering in a cage for long. Don't let your fingers enter the cage, or the squirrel may lunge and bite! Some states require that the animal be euthanized, often under laws regarding the spread of an animal that could possibly carry rabies. Many people and wildlife removal companies ignore such laws, because they don't want to kill wildlife, just like many people ignore wildlife regulations out of ignorance or lack of concern for laws. If you do relocate the squirrel, it should be at least five miles from the capture site. Some people recommend at least ten miles. Many critters are amazingly adept at tracking their way back to a home range. If you relocate a mother squirrel with babies, the mother will bolt from the trap and run away as soon as it's opened. Let the babies go as well, even if they are very young, and the mother squirrel will usually come back for them and bring them to a new shelter. For additional information on this tactic from a professional rehabber, including the risks, click on
relocating squirrels
. Bear in mind, this time period may be tough for her and her young, but the young stand the best chance of survival with their mother, even over a licensed wildlife rehabber. Bear in mind though, there's a chance the squirrel will abandon the young, so keep an eye on them. If you do find yourself with orphaned baby wildlife you can do an internet search for a local wildlife rehabber. The site
is an example of a site with a searchable directory.
Is my Job Done Once The Animals Are Out?
Ha ha, of course not. There remain three important things to do. The first is to fix the holes that the squirrel used to get into the attic in the first place. If you leave the holes open, you're going to get new wildlife entering your attic eventually, and you have to start out all over again. Repair shut any open areas, and secure any vulnerable areas. Bolt in new heavy-duty steel screen over your vents. Bolt down your torn open soffits and seal them shut with concrete screws and sealant. Fix the hole in the roof, etc. Second, you'll want to inspect the attic and repair any damage in the attic, from torn ducts to cleared insulation. As state, I've seen many cases of electrical shortages from chewing on wires, and water damage from leaks caused in re-plumbing pipes that have been chewed open in attics. Often its this type of damage that caused a homeowner to call me out to remove the squirrels in the first place. Finally, you should probably clean and decontaminate the attic to remove any parasites and pathogens that the squirrel has left behind. I remove all of the squirrel poop by vacuum (with decon suit, mask, and gloves of course), remove all of the urine crusted insulation, and fog the attic with a special enzyme-based decontaminating agent. You can also install a squirrel nesting box on your property to give squirrels in your area an alternate place to live instead of your attic, though I've found that things like this are not 100% foolproof. Squirrels will choose on their own where they want to live.
This Sounds Difficult:
I know that the above process I've described may sound difficult. If you can't do it yourself, you may want to hire a pro. There are many available. Some do great work at a great price, and some are lousy. There's a reason for wildlife removal professionals, whose level of expertise and knowledge is just as relevant as that of many other professions, such as electricians or plumbers. If you are the type to re-wire your house or fix the broken pipe, then you may think you can trap wild animals. But without the proper tools, training, and experience, you probably will not do the job correctly. In fact, a great proportion of licensed wildlife trappers don't even do the job properly. This is highly specialized work that requires lots of experience and careful attention to detail, and common sense! There are so many variables that go into each situation. Before you hire any company to handle a problem with squirrels in the attic, ask them to describe their process. If it sounds as though they just want to set a trap on the ground and quickly get to the next customer, find someone else. You want someone who demonstrates knowledge of squirrel behavior who you feel confident in. I have reviewed most of the companies on this
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directory and believe most are humane and competent. Due to requests from readers for competent and honest wildlife professionals to assist with squirrel problems, I have been doing research on the matter, and can confidently recommend companies in these cities: -
Jacksonville Florida
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, more coming soon, but for a complete list in the United states, click on the wildlife-removal.com directory.
Are There Any Alternatives?
Yes. You can risk chewing damage and wait for the squirrels to grow to at least three, maybe four or five months old, wait for them to move out, then seal all the entry holes. But just remember, they may not ever move out, and a squirrel that wants back in will often be able to get back in if there are areas it can chew open. I personally would at least use the one-way exclusion door method rather than wait for an uncertain departure months down the line.
The Bottom Line
is that a squirrel in the attic is a serious problem, and it's not always the kind of thing that can be solved with a quick and easy fix. I wrote this guide to make homeowners aware of this, so that they can address the problem in the correct manner. I've spent my career as a nuisance wildlife specialist confronting the problem of orphaned squirrels in an attic, and I don't like that. It's usually due to inferior trapping companies and do-it-yourself homeowners who trap mama, relocate her, and leave the young up in the attic. Then I get called out because I am capable of finding the young and doing whatever it takes – tight crawls through hot attics, cutting through walls, hours of searching – in order to find and remove them. I think that the issue of abandoned baby animals is a big problem in wildlife trapping, one that many people overlook – until they hear the noise or smell the odor that is. So please, if you have squirrels in the attic, do address the problem, but do it correctly. If you aren't capable of following the above steps, please hire a competent wildlife expert who can do so properly, and ask them the right questions. I wrote a poem about a squirrel in a fireplace that turned into a fiasco -
Fireplace Squirrel Poem.
Tip of the Week: What diseases do squirrels carry?
Squirrels can bring with them a whole host of disease, although it's primarily their waste matter that you should be concerned with. Squirrels CAN contract and carry rabies, but it is unlikely. They fall into the same bracket of other small mammals that also CAN but RARELY carry the disease - guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, mice and chipmunks. Squirrels can also carry ticks, however, and these have been shown to be quite dangerous to humans. They can carry a disease called Lyme disease, caused by the Borrelia bacteria. Affecting the heart, nervous system and joints, the disease can lead to what is considered an inflammatory disorder. Symptoms will start to materialize up to a month after you are infected, and the earliest symptoms are very similar to flu, making them easy to miss. Muscle pains, chills and headaches make the bacterial infection rather difficult to diagnose, and it's a disease that requires antibiotics to treat. The waste matter of squirrels is also as dangerous as the animals themselves, and can contain the bacteria responsible for salmonella poisoning, a rather nasty condition that leaves you with a painful upset stomach for a few days. It can also cause a fever. Tularemia is another condition that can be carried in the feces, and this condition's symptoms will vary dependent on how you were infected by it. The latter is a condition that can range from relatively mild, right the way through to seriously life-threatening. This is why it is very important to protect yourself when dealing with a squirrel invasion.
Squirrels can carry different diseases that can be communicated to the humans. Even if there have many diseases which can be transmitted, there are some common illnesses that can be passed on from squirrels and they are louse borne typhus, tularemia, ancephalitis, tick fever and plague. Squirrels are also the host of the ticks with other pests that may lead to the spread of Lyme disease. Because there are many diseases that are fatal when they are not treated, individual have to monitor the symptoms and should seek the medical attention after coming in the contact with squirrel feces and urine since breathing into the particles of the excrement of the animals can be one method of transmission of these disease.
The right way to prevent the disease is avoiding contact with the squirrels or their waste. When it is necessary to get into contact with them, you should put on the masks or to wear the gloves. When there is an infected squirrel in the residential areas, it is recommended to contact a professional wildlife. As the diseases may be transferred through bites, scratches, feces and urine, only trained individuals may handle or approach the squirrels. Professional technicians can remove the problematic animals and will sanitize the homes to make sure that the homes are safe, the same as the nearby individuals.
Since squirrels bite rarely, if they feel threatened and cornered. The pests can coexist with the humans without too much issue. However, they transmit and carry diseases that make the presence undesirable or sometime dangerous.
- Rabies is rare but squirrels may pass this virus to the humans through scratching and biting.
- Leptospirosis includes rash, jaundice, vomiting, headaches and fever
- Tularemia is unpleasant condition which cause ulcers and swollen lymph
- Lyme disease is spread by the ticks found on the squirrels; the symptoms of Lyme disease are inflammation of spinal cord and brain, stiffness and nerve pain.
- Salmonellosis: salmonella bacteria are found with the droppings that cause fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea.
Contrary to a popular belief, squirrels may not pose too much of health risk to the humans. Anecdotal evidence can suggest that humans may catch rabies caused by squirrels but it had not been confirmed by a reputable research.
There are people who say that squirrels in their attic do not cause too much problem but these are pests which may cause too much damage. There are problems caused by squirrels on the home or on the structure while there are also health risks. There are people who think that health risks of squirrels are rabies but the worst health problem is the feces.
If you have an animal near your home, it is good to learn about the poop types of different animals since it is the only way to know the traps that you can use. The common squirrels that may cause the problem are gray and red. The main difference found between the poops is in their size. They can leave the droppings which look the same like the shape of the rice. The poop of the squirrels may also be different from one another since gray squirrels may be larger compared to red squirrels. Gray squirrels have longer poop while the dropping of the flying squirrels look the same as that of a grey squirrels.
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|2010-04-29, 11:16
|Link #4023
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Houston
Age: 31
Ch. 59 had some careless errors that I was surprised neither Kami or his ED noticed. I think possibly he decided to do that walking out naked joke after he already finished the previous page. Or it was too late to fix when the final work was done
|2010-04-29, 12:38
|Link #4024
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Regarding Doppelganger. If I remember right, it can only be used as long as your organic mass is no different from the object you copy, right?
But Blade can't use it because he's flesh and metal.
Arclight on the other hand can use it, but don't you think that he taking Blade's body would nullify his Doppelganger? This is the hint I was talking about, if Arclight takes his body, then he gets a metalic structure, and therefore...
|2010-04-29, 14:44
|Link #4025
Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Houston
Age: 31
Arclight has since abandoned the plan to take Blade's body. Arclight only wanted Blade's body originally because they had similar body structure. Arclight did not realize who Blade was or that he had metal bones.
|2010-04-29, 14:51
|Link #4026
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Join Date: Nov 2009
We also don't know if Blade was lying to Cruz that he couldn't use Doppelganger due to his metallic skeleton. There could be another reason which we might discover in these memories that helps explain the nature of Doppelganger.
We don't know what's going on at Simeon really since the last time we saw them was 21 chapters ago. I guess Arclight is still mainly interested in the data chips from the resistance.
|2010-04-29, 14:51
|Link #4027
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Actually, he commented the following:
I can guess by fraction he meant the Needless Hunt, where limbs or pieces from many needless were missing. Yet Blade's body wasn't even damaged in the end. Arclight isn't aware of the metalic structure wich would make him unable to use Doppelganger anymore.
Also, since Blade's memories have been altered, who knows how many things will be different from how they were originally meant to be. I mean, not just the irruption of Cruz and Saten, also Kafka and the many needless Blade met can be found into that brand new memory!
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|2010-04-29, 15:38
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There's a reason the story went into the memories and hopefully it'll be revealed sometime soon. Perhaps that Overload guild may have something important in the present since the guy Blade fought in Overload got replaced by Kafka. They may look for Voras after this.
Despite what's going on in the memories, I'm more interested in what's going on in the present with Ishiyama, Blade, Disk and Eve in the room (and Mio down the pit). Then there's Kana Village with Seto and Solva. Aruka is out on her own somewhere. Disk still has no body. And we're still missing Gido and Teruyama!
I wonder how much time will pass between the beginning and the end of the memory. I hope we're able to get back to the real world soon before too much changes (unless it's an instant in the real world, then I guess nothing will change).
|2010-04-29, 16:02
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|2010-04-29, 16:05
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Location: Houston
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that is my thought, but something bothers me about this whole scenario. What are Satan and Cruz currently at?
What I mean is memories are electrical impulses of the brain but Ishiyama took Blades and gave them a physical form that hit Cruz. So are these just visions that Cruz and Satan are having in their minds or are they physical there?
I guess they are physically there since Cruz's physical wounds were healed but where exactly is there? Did they get sucked into the crystal or what?
|2010-04-29, 17:00
|Link #4031
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Join Date: Nov 2009
Looking at the nature of Ishiyama's fragment, he creates a door which he opens and, most likely, enters. I'm guessing his fragment creates a world in which the memories are played like a movie. Maybe a movie isn't the best example, but a play in which 2 audience members were brought on stage or something.
Be interesting to see how they finally get out of this memory world.
|2010-04-29, 17:06
|Link #4032
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^Well, by the looks of it, they were probably sucked into that shard that stabbed Cruz.
But more important than that is how the hell they will manage to escape from there when Saten already commented that with the door broken there's no way of return.
I also remembered Arclight's body is reinforced with metal too, and yet he can use Doppelganger. I guess the absortion of the remains of the Second Christ had something to do.
Of course, the high quality Needless has is proved mainly because each development or detail, even the seemingly minor ones, is more or less relevant in the plot. Therefore it should be obvious there's much more for Cruz and Saten to do inside the brand new memories than just travelling around
The question that remains is the following. Were they sucked into the totality of Blade's scattered memories or just inside that one single shard? To me and looking at Saten's reaction, is the later.
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|2010-04-29, 18:09
|Link #4033
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Location: Houston
Age: 31
^ Arclight's body is not fully metal, only his eye and heart are cyborgish. If you look back you will see Eve blow off Arclight's head showing all the gooie mess that was flesh. Also Blade was able to break Arclights arm in their fight as well.
If you notice Arclight never transforms his upper half, because of his special metal heart that he can't transform
|2010-04-29, 18:22
|Link #4034
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^Now you say, it's true, metal parts cannot be altered. Then I'm right when I said Arclight taking Blade's body would made him unable to use Doppelganger.
Anyway, it looks like Cruz and Saten were sucked into that shard, so it remains to be seen what characters have been gathered here. For now there's Kafka.
|2010-04-29, 20:09
|Link #4035
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I just touched up the script for ch60. Turns out that we had a couple of mistakes in ch58 due to not knowing some very specific word choices were vital when we worked on it. Oh well.
Ignoring that, ch60 is incredibly awesome. Look forward to it :>
|2010-04-29, 20:24
|Link #4036
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Are you going to release ch58v2 or not? (I guess the new chapters are more important but if there's a delay, do you think you'll go back and fix them?)
Also, I wonder if Arclight just wants the heart from Blade to replace his own. Seems like his body is pretty good but they did do that stuff way early on about his body. Seems to be a very minor point in the series now lol.
It'll be a matter of time before Cruz figures out the way to get out of the memory. Might involve them having to meet Ishiyama in the memories and doing something with Blackout Invoke or something.
|2010-04-29, 22:40
|Link #4037
Senior Member
I seriously doubt if having Blades body would alter anything for Arclight, remember he fused with the 2nds remains and exploded. After that still his heart and eye wouldnt fix, remained busted. So what would another clone body help him?
But thats up to the writer ofc, to deal with that.
|2010-04-29, 23:39
|Link #4038
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Houston
Age: 31
I wonder why Arclight has been unable to recover as of yet. If he just needed calories than he should have gotten enough food by now. I wonder if his DG is off like Eve's or perhaps he lost that ability.... to someone else.... like blade..... hmm.....
Edit: Oh the part in 58 that is wrong was when cruz asked Rin about the "incidents" but instead the word "bombing" was used. Cruz said "incidents" and Rin responded to that by calling them "bombings" which is an important clue because if she wasnt the bomber she would not know that they were bombings... so not tooo big of a plot problem, ill make a ED note in ch 60 for it
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|2010-04-30, 08:13
|Link #4040
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Join Date: Oct 2009
It's no wonder Arclight cannot even recover. He's being kept alive with complex machinery, yet he needs a big pack of humans to devour in order to heal his body, and even with that he can't recover and his body is upper half is blasted with holes. He's in the same state he ended up before the PF blast, a flesh mess in the form of giant and sharp-tooth jaws.
It's true only his heart and right eye are metal, but Arclight himself said (ch.9) his body is unstable and that it wouldn't last long. For that reason he ordered to speed the Needless Hunt, until Saten came and talked him about Blade, wich led him to make the decision to take his body.
As for his current state, he can't move, he can't even get out of the ssuport crystal because it would be suicide. He's more concerned with the data chip, but that's just because he doesn't even know Blade is alive.
During the Bloody Rain arc, Hatfield commented Arclight would be pleased to know "his" new body is in one piece. Of course, Hatfield didn't even had the chance to go back to Simeon HQ because he was annihilated.
@Nvis, Eve is safe, Ishiyama injected her with an antidote (at least that was what he and Saten said).
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|2012-10-18, 03:44
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Wonderland.
Age: 26
Yeah, I've thrown so many coins in that fountain and my wish finally came true d(TwT)
Now I'll throw even more coins for a high budget anime adaptation of the 3rd season
... I just realized, maybe all the personifications of Norse Gods from GREMLIN are blond
|2012-10-18, 04:24
|Link #20545
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Hmm, well, Birdway needed a small appearance/minor role in the previous arc before she became a major character in the next arc. It could be the same for Misaki too, so before she becomes a major character, she'll get a small appearance or a cameo with a minor role in this arc first. After all, this arc is definitely the perfect chance for her to get involved.
|2012-10-18, 04:44
|Link #20547
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Join Date: Aug 2011
Anyway...I just hope my really old wish come true...that misaka get a power upgrade...I Soo want her to be strong...
there is many strong character, especially myth based like angel or gods that have power of electricity...if only she could be as powerful...she could toe to toe with other magic chara..
Oh yeah..there is Thor right..maybe he can teach her a trick or two seeing him also electricity user...
|2012-10-18, 04:54
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Academy City
It doesn't help that a lot of combat that Mikoto does, doesn't really show her full power. They either saving it for the Railgun Side story (Aka Manga) or just leave her as the "Vulnerable Character" (Of course that Bull) in Index
|2012-10-18, 08:16
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Inside my mind
Finally managed to pull myself away from Xcom long enough to catch up on this volume.
Prologue: I agree with rladls716 that the girl on Touma's back is probably Cendrillion.
Chapter 1: Yes, hilarious Touma and Fukiyose antics. Nice to get some details on the Imagine Breaker. Makes me wonder, since it is a reference point, is it possible to shift it and change what phenomenon and existences count as distortions. Silly Touma, you should have known that Misaka was a fake when she didn't immediately zap you with lightning.
Chapter 2: Ok, Thor is definitely one of my top three male characters is this series now. I hope he sticks around for a while. Got a laugh at him telling Touma all he needs for a motivation to do something is to save a girl. The fight was great as well. I really want to see it animated. ITEM and Hamazura just going about their daily lives. We also learn that the true villain of Academy City is the dentist.
Chapter 3: Mikoto spying on Touma's school was amusing. Poor Komoe-sensei, no one thinks you are a teacher. Well Cendrillion, that is one way to reconstruct yourself. I wonder this part will be like animated.
|2012-10-18, 09:09
|Link #20553
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Wonderland.
Age: 26
I really hope it is Cendrillon, having someone like Fraulein hanging on his back is more than weird unless she shrinks as well, that is ... or maybe it's Thor cross-dressing as a girl? (because him doing it with his real girl-like appearance is not my taste) O.O
|2012-10-18, 09:22
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EDIT: BTW, I don't know why I didn't think about it before, but I want that recipe! (mind you, I'm not that much into lolis so I would use the proper quantities)
|2012-10-18, 09:38
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Wonderland.
Age: 26
^ ... in a near future, humankind might be able to create artificial humans (or more likely flesh-made puppets) that way. But since those things called "human rights" might still be there as well, it would probably be reduced to underground business if you really want one for your "personal needs".
Meh, I now wonder if Index could just become as crazy as A simple survey as time goes on. >.>
|2012-10-18, 10:20
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Join Date: Aug 2011
but can you imagine....how weird it will be...
You : hello... mail order?
Phone Assistant: yes... how can i help you?
You : i want to order 1 home made kit do-it-yourself human ready mix made by Acme
PA : which type ?
You : do you have a blond, Loli, with asian feature one?
PA : let me check.... we have one.. would you like to pay by credit card or transfer?
You : Credit Card.. send it to XXXX at XXX ill pay at home
PA : ok.. ill send it to your home right away it will be $XXXX
when it arrive...
You : ok...how do i do this...first open the package...oh here is the body part...lets check everything...the eye is brown...i prefer blue...oh well...
do as the manual said...put everything into the bathtub...in proper order...am i missing anything? then..wait for 2 hour..your human is ready.. great!!!
see kinda weird isnt it...
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MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Barry Buccaneers split a pair of Sunshine State Conference softball games with the seventh-ranked Rollins Tars at Buccaneer Field on Thursday afternoon, preserving a tie atop the SSC standings. The Tars took game one 5-1, while the Bucs bounced back to take the nightcap 4-0.
Alexis Yohe (11-5) tossed a shutout in the second game and Ashley Fernandez provided the pop with a pair of solo homers.
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McGowan, who lost for the first time this season, allowed two runs on two runs on three hits and two walks in 2.2 innings.
In the first game, the Tars jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a solo homer by Brittany Johnson in the second inning off Barry starter Britney Pugh (5-3). But in the fifth, off reliever Camille Czanecki, the Tars scored four runs as the first six batters reached base safely.
The Bucs tallied their lone run in the seventh. Martinez singled with one out and pinch hitter Kristina Pazienza doubled. Martinez scored on a ground out by Alexis Kent.
Nikki Fogle (19-1) went the distance to pick up the win for the Tars. She allowed the one runs on five hits, walked two and struck out six. Pugh, who worked the first two and last two innings, allowed three hits and walked three and allowed just the one run on the Johnson homer. Czarnecki, who worked the middle three innings, allowed four runs on five hits and three walks.
The series concludes on Friday with a single game at noon.
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Rollins 5, Barry 1 (Game 1)
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Barry............... 000 000 1 - 1 5 1 (21-12, 9-4 SSC)
Pitchers: Rollins - Niki Fogle and Veronica Alred. Barry - Britney Pugh; Camille Czarnecki(5) and Kayla Monroy.
Win-Niki Fogle(19-1) Loss-Britney Pugh(5-3) T-1:36
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Barry 4, Rollins 0 (Game 2)
Rollins............. 000 000 0 - 0 4 2 (35-5, 10-4 SSC)
Barry............... 011 011 X - 4 8 0 (22-12, 10-4 SSC)
Pitchers: Rollins - Taylor McGowan; Stephanie Sullivan(3) and Veronica Alred. Barry - Alexis Yohe and Kayla Monroy.
Win-Alexis Yohe(11-5) Loss-Taylor McGowan(5-1) T-1:41 A-83
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It's rare in the world of photography for a manufacturer to come up with an entirely new product line from scratch, and it's equally rare for a famous manufacturer such as Nikon (the world market leader) to offer a new lens mount (Nikon CX). This makes the launch of the Nikon 1 line (Nikon J1 and Nikon V1) a major event in photography this fall.
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Audi Sailing Series - 2013 Sailing Season Overview
27 March 2013
Milan, March 27, 2013 – Organized by B-Plan Sport & Events agency, thanks Audi for your strong and continued support as the main sponsor. The Audi Sailing Series is ready to start its sailing season.
Encouraged by the great media success last year, the Audi Melges 20 and Melges 32 circuits are two of the most successful one-design classes in the U.S. and Europe. The series will begin mid April in Gaeta, Italy.
The Audi Melges 32 sailing series will officially start in Geata, Italy April 12-14, while the first Audi Melges 20 series will begin the following weekend from April 20-21st.
The season will continue with Event No. 2 in Porto Ercole, where the Melges 32 fleet will race May 10 – 12, with the Audi Melges 20s set to compete May 18 -19. Event No. 3 of the series is set for May 31 – June 2 in Portoferraio (last year's sailing stage) and the Audi Melges 20s will race June 8 – 9, 2013.
The Audi Melges 20s will sail on the Garda Lake, in Torbole July 6 – 7, and the Audi Melges 32s will sail the following week happening July 12 – 14.
The most decisive stages will be the last events scheduled on the calendar. In Porto Rotondo, the Yacht Club Porto Rotondo together with the Yacht Club Costa Smeralda will work closely with B-plan Sport & Events on event organization.
The last regattas on the schedule for the year will be of major importance since they will assign the European title to the Audi Melges 20 Class happening August 29 – September 1st and the Audi Melges 32 class September 18 – 22nd.
B-Plan Sport & Events also manages the Audi Ultra Team activities, the Melges 24 owned by Riccardo Simoneschi, placed third at the World Series in Torbole and achieved a well deserved victory in the Class World and European Rankings, and opened up the 2013 sailing season with a 1st place finish at the Bacardi Miami Sailing Week.
Back from the first U.S. stage, the Simoneschi team composed of tactician Enrico Fonda, Trimmer Vittorio Rosso, Pitman Federico Buscaglia and Bowman Lucia Giorgetti will be participating in the first edition of the Melges 24 European Sailing Series this year.
The managing leaders of the Class have chosen the following stages: Lake Balaton (April 26 - 28), Kiel (June 22 – 26), Torbole (July 26 – 28), Medemblick (August 16 – 24) and Hanko (September 6 – 8).
The Audi Ultra Team will also be competing at the Rolex Big Boat regatta happening September 26 – 29 and the Melges 24 World Championship happening September 30 – October 5th in San Francisco.


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Statement of U.S. Representative Rush Holt To the New Jersey Senate State Government Committee
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By US Representative Rush Holt
December 13, 2008
Chairman Scutari, Vice Chair Weinberg, and honorable Members of the New Jersey Senate State Government Committee, thank you for giving me the opportunity to address you today on the matter of S. 2380, a bill to remove the requirement that voting machines produce voter-verified paper records by January 1, 2009, and to replace that requirement with a pilot program for paper records or ballots. I want to commend Assemblyman Reed Gusciora for his leadership and commitment in securing passage of New Jersey's paper record requirement in 2005, and to express my very deep disappointment and concern not only that New Jersey has failed to implement it, but is now considering possibility of abolishing the requirement and its timetable for implementation altogether.
Voting must not be an act of faith, it must be an act of record, and that is why we must implement requirements that make computer-assisted elections independently auditable, and we must do it without further delay. I will explain my concerns in detail below, but let me dispel some possible misconceptions at the outset. First, as you know, I am a physicist, and so I am not arguing in favor of paper-ballot-based voting out of some fear or lack of understanding of the technology we vote on. Second, the original group of experts who helped me draft my legislation when I first introduced it in Congress in 2003 were computer security experts – among the best and most highly-credentialed computer security experts in the country. Therefore, I would also like to think it is obvious that the driving force behind my legislation is not a lack of understanding of computer security risks, but rather a long experience and familiarity with computers, computer security and computer experts. And finally, as you may recall, I have personally experienced human error in vote counting: in my very first run for the seat I now hold, one of the county clerks in my district ascribed my vote totals to my opponent, and newspapers reported that I had lost the race. In fact, you might even say it runs in my family, because my own father was the apparent victim of the theft of paper ballots when he ran for office. So I am not operating under the assumption that human beings are automatically more reliable than computers, nor that paper ballots are fraud-proof and computer tallies are not. The point is – voting must not be an act of faith, it must be an act of record, and independent audit records (voter verified paper ballots) must be required.
New Jersey enacted such a requirement in 2005. But inexplicably, although more than half of the country has succeeded in implementing such requirements since I first commenced this effort in 2003, New Jersey – once a national leader – is slow to act. Do people in those other states know something we don't? Say what one will about Frank Hague and wandering paper ballots, if it had been pocket-sized memory cards or cartridges we were using back then, that's what would have wandered off. Or software would have been modified, if that is what we were using. Whatever the ballots are recorded on, theft is possible and rigorous chain of custody must be required; this is just as true for memory cards and cartridges as it is for paper ballots.
Jurisdictions across the country upgraded their voting systems between 2004 and 2006 in response to the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), and touch screen deployment increased from 21.5% to 36.6% of counties during that period in part because touch screen machines were specifically recommend by HAVA. However, as reported by the voting systems information clearinghouse Election Data Services in its report on voting equipment usage in 2008, "[a]fter nearly three decades of consistent growth in their use with each election, nearly 10 million fewer registered voters will be using electronic voting equipment in the 2008 general election compared to just two years ago. Every county that has changed voting systems since 2006 has moved to optical scan equipment" [my emphasis added]. In 2008, 92.5 million registered voters resided in jurisdictions using optical scan equipment, while only 55 million resided in jurisdictions using touch screen voting equipment (much of which was equipped with voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) printers), and the trend is clear. Although the optical scan systems are not perfect – and no voting system is perfect – the fewer problems with optical scan systems and – most important – the ease of verification by each voter and the probability of meaningful audits and recounts make that the system the choice of most states, even states that like New Jersey, at first moved toward electronic, touch screen voting machines.
The national trend is clearly to move away from touch screen voting and towards more reliable, less troublesome optical scan voting systems. There are only seven states left in the country that, on a statewide basis, use paperless voting systems. Regrettably, and despite passage of the Gusciora bill more than three years ago, New Jersey is still one of them.
Based on what other states are doing, New Jersey could certainly have implemented its paper record requirement as of the original implementation date of January 2008. And it could and should do so now, without further delay.
What is the best choice? From a technical standpoint, touch screen voting machines – whether outfitted with voter verified paper record printers or not – suffer from certain performance problems that optical scan systems do not. For example, since 2004 incident reporting systems have produced an endless stream of reports of calibration problems on touch screen machines – so called "jumping Xs" – in which the voter will touch the screen for one candidate only to find his or her choice register for another. Last month, that reportedly even happened to Oprah Winfrey. This cannot happen with an optical scan system, because voters mark paper ballots, rather than touch a temperamental screen interface that may or may not be properly calibrated. Similarly, when a touch screen machine malfunctions, even if it is equipped with a so-called VVPAT printer, voters cannot vote unless they are given paper ballots. This problem delayed our Governor from voting not long ago, and evidently prevented some others in his district from voting. With an optical scan system, all voters are given paper ballots anyway. If the scanner jams, the completed ballots can simply be placed in a ballot box for later counting.
Optical scan systems are less problematic and more reliable, and they are more cost effective. Today, if the job can be done at least as effectively and reliably but at lower cost, that should be the choice we make. And that is the case with optical scan systems as compared to touch screen systems. That is what other states have determined evidently.
First, fewer items of equipment are needed if optical scan systems are used instead of touch screen systems. The act of voting takes time -- often many minutes per voter. When touch screen machines are used, voters engage in the act of voting on the machine itself. To avoid waits counties provide multiple voting machines. When optical scan systems are used, voters engage in the act of voting in a private marking station using a paper ballot. They only occupy the optical scan machine when feeding the completed ballot into it, which takes seconds. The optical scanner will identify over-voted ballots or ballots with improper marks, and will tally only ballots correctly marked. Even if the machine rejects the ballot, that too only takes seconds and the voter can return to the marking station to correct the ballot. Therefore, while touch screen systems were deployed at the rate of one per every 250 to 850 registered voters in New Jersey in 2004 according to New Jersey's report to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC), jurisdictions using optical scan systems often deployed their optical scanners at the rate of one per thousands of voters. No matter how many voters are assigned to an optical scan election district, it will likely need only one optical scanner and one accessible ballot marking device, for a total of two items of equipment. In 2004, according to the EAC survey, the average number of touch screen machines per polling place was 4.4 in Gloucester County, 4.5 in Sussex County, and 5.3 in Salem County; 18 of New Jersey's 21 counties used more than two voting machines on average per polling place. In purchase costs alone, converting to an optical scan system would likely cost no more than adding printer retrofits to New Jersey's existing touch screen machines, and probably less. (By the way, get independent estimates; beware of vendor claims.) According to New Jersey's currently-posted Voting Equipment Inventory, there are approximately 11,200 touch screen voting machines in the state. The estimated cost of a printer attachment is $2,000. In 2005, the Office of Legislative Services produced two separate fiscal estimates for the cost of retrofitting the machines, one for $26.4 to $39 million, which assumed that more than 3,000 of the underlying machines would have to be replaced entirely to meet the paper record requirement, and two months later an estimate for $21.4 million, which assumed that only 209 of the underlying machines would have to be replaced entirely to meet the paper record requirement (although almost 3,000 new machines were still needed to meet HAVA disability access requirements). As I understand it, the printer retrofit recommended by the Title 19 Committee only works with the AVC Advantage Model D-10, which is not yet in use in any county. By reference to a recent contract between Sequoia voting systems and a New Jersey County, the price for a headset-equipped Sequoia touch screen machines is $8,000. Therefore, arguably, every county will need not only new printers at $2,000 each, but also new touch screen machines at $8,000 each. The total cost could be as high as $112 million.
In contrast, if New Jersey converted to optical scan systems, the total cost would be closer to $36 million. With optical scan systems, only two items of equipment would be needed per election district, and I have been advised that advanced optical scanners and ballot marking devices retail for approximately $5,000 each. New Jersey has approximately 3,600 election districts. Therefore, two items of equipment at a total cost of $10,000 for each of New Jersey's 3,600 election districts would put the cost of converting to an optical scan system at approximately $36 million. In addition, fewer items of equipment translates to costs savings not simply in the purchase, but also in the storage, programming, use, maintenance and transportation.
Finally, the printer retrofit recommended by the Title 19 Committee does not appear to provide a way for disabled voters to verify the accuracy of the paper printout from the paper printout itself, rather than from the internal memory. The most current version of the EAC's Voluntary Voting System Guidelines provides that: "[i]f state statute designates the paper record produced by the VVPAT to be the official ballot or the determinative record on a recount, the accessible voting equipment shall provide features that enable visually impaired voters and voters with an unwritten language to review the paper record. . . . [f]or example, the accessible voting equipment might provide an automated reader that converts the paper record contents into audio output."
In the New Jersey law, as in my federal legislation, if there is a discrepancy between the electronic record and the paper record, the paper record is the vote of record. This is as it should be, because that is the only tangible record of the vote verified by the voter. Therefore, each voter must be able to verify that the contents of the paper printout accurately reflect his or her choices. The New Jersey law specifically requires that the paper records "be made available for inspection and verification by the voter at the time the vote is cast," and that includes disabled voters. Advanced ballot marking devices used with optical scan systems meet this requirement, by allowing voters to use audio and other features to mark a paper ballot, and also to convert the contents of the paper record into audio output, to confirm to the voter that the ballot accurately reflects his or her choices. There are no VVPAT printers currently on the market that do this, and nothing I have seen in the descriptions of the printer attachment recommended by the Title 19 Committee reflects that it does that. Therefore, if New Jersey chooses to deploy VVPAT printers instead of converting to an optical scan system, even after spending as much as $100 million or more, New Jersey will find that it is back to square one in terms of meeting HAVA's accessibility requirements.
I would urge you not to proceed with any legislation that removes New Jersey's requirement for paper-based auditable voting, but rather to honor New Jersey's paper record requirement by taking such action as is necessary to deploy optical scan voting systems accompanied by accessible ballot marking devices across the state as expeditiously as possible. Thank you again for your time and consideration. I look forward to continuing to work with you to protect the accuracy, integrity and security of voting systems in New Jersey.
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Lindenwood University's commencement ceremonies are headed back outdoors—temporarily.
University officials decided Monday that the 2007 undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies would be held outdoors on May 18-19 at the university's athletic stadium. Commencement had been indoors for the past three years at the Hyland Performance Arena.
President James D. Evans said Lindenwood's commencement had outgrown the Performance Arena and "needed more space." Evans said students would be allotted eight tickets apiece with commencement outdoors, as opposed to two apiece if it were brought indoors.
He stressed that hold both ceremonies at the athletic stadium was likely to be just for one year. The university tentatively plans to move its two commencement ceremonies in 2008 to the Family Arena, and students will be allowed to bring even more guests.
The baccalaureate ceremony and graduate commencement will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Undergraduate commencement will be at 10 a.m. Saturday.
In case of inclement weather, both ceremonies will be moved to the Hyland Performance Arena. In that case, only two of each student's eight tickets will be able to be used. Notification of moving the ceremonies indoors will be made on the front page of the Lindenwood Web site.
Lindenwood held commencement outdoors on the main campus for many years before moving it inside in 2004.


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Wrinkled Shrew
Wrinkled Shrew was a science fiction fanzine by Pat Charnock.
Poblished in London, England, the first issue of Wrinkled Shrew appeared in July 1974. It featured writing by Pat Charnock and Graham Charnock, Graham Hall, Dick Howett, Charles Platt (Beyond), and Chris Priest. Some subsequent issues were edited by both Pat and Graham Charnock.
Contributors to issue 2 and 3 included Malcolm Edwards, Dave Garnett, Graham Hall, Cas Skelton (Small Friendly Dog), and Graham Charnock writing about his experiences recording an album with Michael Moorcock (A Fanzine Called Eustace, Typo). Issue 4 carried articles by Dick Howett, Roy Kettle, and a convention report from Peter Nicholls, voted 'Best Article' in the Checkpoint Poll for 1975-76. In the fifth issue Dick Howett does an illustrated column and Roy Kettle continues his memoirs. The 6th issue contains cartoons and a column by Dick Howett, and contributions by Roy Kettle, Joseph Nicholas (Vector), and Chris Priest. Issue 7, from March 1977 featured contributions from Robert Holdstock (Macrocosm), Tom Perry (Quark), Greg Pickersgill (Stop Breaking Down), Charles Platt, Andrew Stephenson and a fanzine review column by D West that won another 'Best Article' award for Wrinkled Shrew in the Checkpoint Poll for 1977, as well as winning in the 'Best Single Issue' category. Issue 8, from 1978, won the award for Best Fanzine Cover in the Checkpoint Poll of 1978-1979, with cover art work by Pauline Jones, and limerick by Graham Charnock.
8 issues were published, the last in April 1979.
Wrinkled Shrew was voted Best Fanzine in the Checkpoint Reader's Poll for 1976/77.
Wrinkled Shrew was considered to be a part of the group of fans and fanzines known as 'RatFandom'.


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5 Decor Pieces & Projects Inspired by Tetris
I've played it. You've played it. Everyone we know has played it. Tetris: it's the greatest video game of all time...a game which has inspired numerous home and decorative goods that can fit into any home decor.
Each of these products offers a subtle nod to the familiar shapes of Tetris blocks, without screaming out cheesy '80s game nostalgia. Trading in the game's signature cyan and orange falling block pieces for real world wood and concrete, these decorative examples transform everyone's favorite childhood puzzle into grown-up accessories for walls, tables and sofas.
- Tvilum Stewart Bookcase: A short narrow console perfect for the living room with cubbies that shout out to familiar Tetris shapes. ($279.99)
- Throw Pillow: The pattern on this felted wool pillow from Etsy seller plytextiles uses the "T"-shape from tetris to create a tribal-looking design. ($160)
- Tetris Tiles: Turn a bathroom remodel into a puzzle with Tetris Tiles, available in tons of different colors.
- Concrete Tiles: For an earthy look, opt for these concrete backsplash tiles from Etsy seller fmcdesign. ($35/sq.ft.)
- Tetris Mirror: A basic acrylic mirror gets 'broken' into 13 pieces for a waterfall Tetris effect. ($61)
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Castlight Health Inc (CSLT) Hits New 52-week Low During January 29 SessionEquities Staff Follow |
Castlight Health Inc (CSLT) established a new 52-week low yesterday, and could be a company to watch at the open. After opening at $3.15, Castlight Health Inc dropped to $3.08 for a new 52-week low. By the closing bell, the company's stock was at $3.28 a share for a gain of 4.63%.
Falling to a new 52-week low is never fun for company's shareholder, but, depending on who you ask, it can be either a buy or a sell signal. Someone bearish on the stock might see it reaching its lowest price in a year as a sign of growing downward momentum and make sure they sell their shares. Bulls, though, are more likely to see a new 52-week low as the stock hitting its low point and anticipate a bounce in the share price.
However one plays it, it's often a critical moment for any stock and should be noted by investors.
Castlight Health Inc saw 277,361 shares of its stock trade hands, that's out of 94.64 million shares outstand. The stock has an average daily volume of 715,668 shares. After hitting a new 52-week low, Castlight Health Inc enters the new trading day with a market cap of 309.96 million, a 50-day SMA of $3.94 and a 200-day SMA of $6.00
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Castlight Health Inc provides new category of cloud-based software that enables enterprises to gain control over their escalating health care costs.
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