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We live on the 12th floor of a large apt building. In the last few we discovered two geckos in residence. We have lived in the apt for 4 months and this is the first time there have been any. I know that typically geckos live in houses or first floor dwellings. Anyone have any idea how to encourage them to move outside? They both look like babies. Does that mean we have a Mom somewhere in here? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks. |
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Well, geckos catch bugs for you so they're not altogether a bad thing :-) If I need to relocae a gecko I carefully catch it and take it out into the garden. The kind we have will drop their tails as a defense mechanism if they get too spooked so I go very slowly and carefully so as not to scare them too much. The tail grows back but takes a long time and the new one isn't detachable so the gecko loses its defense against predators :-(. Hold one hand in front of the gecko and slowly urge it from the back so it runs into your open hand. Gently cover it with your free hand. Take it outside and put it under a bush or in long grass so the birds won't spot it before it can find cover. I guess you could try the jar and carboard trick but I'd worry about hurting the gecko. |
I don't remember this many geckos 20 years ago. We buy the mouse glue boards and attach them to a broomstick handle with duct tape. Then we go outside after dark and 'pat' them gently so they'll stick. They are quick and if they see you coming after the 1st time you missed, you have to move on. They also poop everywhere and I don't think they eat enough bugs. There is nothing to use to get rid of them but if someone has a solution, feel free to let us know what it is. |
- Posted by sewhappy_2007 (My Page) on Tue, Nov 17, 09 at 9:36
I'm not sure if we have geckos here in Georgia, but we do have little lizzards. I had a couple in my house a week ago. I was able to open a door and chase one out but the other I had to catch by dropping a large plastic cup over it, slide a thin piece of cardboard under the cup and carry the whole thing outside. |
elbits,Yikes! Those poor little geckos. :-( It never crossed my mind that people would kill geckos or lizards. They are extrememly beneficial. I have a lot of them on my porch and patio at night... and no bugs in my house. |
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As Germans voted in parliamentary elections on Sunday that will have wide repercussions across Europe, GlobalPost takes a look at some of the major issues. Senior correspondent Paul Ames made a 900-mile roadtrip across all 16 German states to take the measure of the continent's most influential country.
A wary Germany faces up to new responsibilities as Europe's pre-eminent power.
Editor's note: As Germans prepare for parliamentary elections later this month, senior correspondent Paul Ames made a 900-mile roadtrip across all 16 German states to take the measure of Europe's most influential country. This is the second in his five-part series.
HEIDELBERG, Germany — Mark Twain Village will cease to exist this year.
The high school in this American town taught its final class in June. A nearby Taco Bell has served its last quesadilla. And behind a wire-mesh fence, the grass is already overgrown.
After 68 years, American forces are pulling out of Heidelberg, a picturesque riverside city that served as headquarters for US Army Europe and played host to 20,000 military personnel and their families.
By 2015, all US facilities here will be handed over to the German authorities, who are planning to construct civilian housing, a business park and sports facilities.
Some drab army apartment blocs are already being painted vivid yellow or orange for students settling in for the new year at Heidelberg's famed university.
Germans have become used to US military downsizing since the Cold War ended a quarter of a century ago. Troop numbers in Europe have fallen from a high of 400,000 to around 70,000, most based in Germany.
The latest restructuring, announced by President Barack Obama in 2012, includes the withdrawal of 10,000 troops. It's also highlighting a tricky time in US-German relations.
As Germans prepare for national elections on Sept. 22, political debate and media outrage have focused on US whistleblower Edward Snowden's revelations that American intelligence agencies ran a vast eavesdropping operation targeting Germany and other allied nations.
Although headlines have railed at the United States for paying too much attention to Europe, the longer-term concern for German policymakers may be that US interest in Europe is fading.
Those troop reductions and Obama's much-hyped foreign policy "pivot" to the Asia-Pacific region is putting pressure on European allies to show greater leadership in their neighborhood and take more responsibility for their own defense.
That pressure is particularly strong on Germany.
The euro zone crisis has underscored its position as Europe's dominant economic power, which has pushed the country into an unfamiliar and uncomfortable leadership position.
"It is not our aim to be alone," says Karl Lamers, a prominent lawmaker with Merkel's center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Party. "Germany is not looking for leadership, but many others are looking to Germany."
Lamers, who has represented Heidelberg in Germany's parliament for almost 20 years, is seeking re-election this month. He's also vice-president of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly that brings together lawmakers from both sides of the Atlantic.
Like many German politicians, he insists the country remains committed to working within the European Union as an equal to the other 27 members rather than becoming the bloc's de facto leader.
"We don't like this position, to be the No. 1. We are among a number of strong countries in Europe," he said in an interview during a break from campaigning. "We are part of Europe, part of the EU, part of the euro zone, maybe a very strong part, but a player with all the others."
Nevertheless, it's clear that the euro crisis has changed Germany's position within Europe.
As the EU's paymaster-in-chief, Merkel's government has the last word on the bailouts that have kept the euro zone's peripheral economies afloat. It was Berlin that imposed the austerity designed to get southern economies back in shape by making them more like Germany.
The elections will therefore resonate far beyond Germany's borders.
Protesters in Portugal, Ireland and particularly Greece may have vilified Merkel for prolonging their austerity agony. Back home, polls show most Germans support the way she has managed the euro crisis, keeping the currency bloc together with limited bailouts — provided weaker countries accept tough conditions to knock public finances back into shape.
Less than two weeks before the vote, her CDU has a 15-point poll lead over the main opposition Social Democratic Party (SPD).
Fears of a euroskeptic backlash over perceptions that hard-earned taxpayers cash is being lavished on spendthrift southerners have not materialized. A new anti-euro protest party called Alternative for Germany is forecast to get less than 3 percent of the vote, too little to win any seats in parliament.
"Germany is still committed to Europe," says Ulrike Guerot, senior policy fellow at the


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Police have confronted an estimated 1,000 people in Portland, Oregon, after clearing parks occupied for weeks by Occupy movement protesters.
More than 300 officers from about a dozen law enforcement agencies, some wearing riot gear, were sent to evict Occupy Portland protesters from two downtown parks and maintain order in Oregon's largest city.
Police said more than 50 people were arrested after refusing to leave one of the parks. There were no injuries.
The demonstrators, described by observers as generally peaceful, regrouped in the streets, blocking traffic for hours. "The whole world is watching," they chanted during a standoff with police that continued through the afternoon.
Most of the crowd left as evening approached but a core group moved to a downtown square to discuss their next move.
Encampments sprang up in several cities in recent weeks in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York to protest against what demonstrators see as economic inequality and undue political influence by corporate interests.
The sites have sparked complaints from business owners and officials who say they are urban eyesores.
Over the weekend officials moved to dismantle an Occupy protest camp in Salt Lake City, Utah, where 15 people were arrested, while Denver police on Saturday removed mattresses, cooking grills and tents illegally placed on a sidewalk.
Denver police said on Sunday that 17 people were arrested.
Citing health and safety issues, some officials have urged demonstrators to dismantle the camps and others have used such concerns as reasons for police to force the issue.
The Portland mayor, Sam Adams, who had warned the protesters last week that they would be evicted, told CNN on Sunday that the camps were linked to increases in crime and drug overdoses, and that one camp had been used as cover by an arsonist.
Adams said he sympathised with the protesters' goals but the Occupy movement needed to evolve beyond encampments "in order to get the kind of reforms we need".
The Philadelphia mayor, Michael Nutter, on Sunday ordered beefed-up police patrols at the city's protest site at Dilworth Plaza, saying conditions were "dramatically deteriorating."
He said communication had broken down between officials and protesters, and the city's concerns about fire hazards, litter and a lack of toilets had not been addressed. Thefts, assaults and an alleged sexual attack had occurred.
Nutter said a $50m makeover of the plaza was planned and by opting not to move, "Occupy Philly is now purposely standing in the way of a nearly 1,000 jobs for Philadelphians at a time of high unemployment".
In Oakland, California, where police and demonstrators have clashed previously, the city issued a third eviction notice on Sunday, warning protesters they faced "immediate arrest" if they continued to camp out in its plaza and parks.
The city offered alternative emergency accommodation at two homeless shelters and provided a shuttle service to one that was not within walking distance of the encampments.
The St Louis mayor, Francis Slay, has warned protesters they have to leave their encampment but has offered to continue talks to find a permanent place for the protest.
The nationwide protest movement, which started in New York in September, has voiced opposition to what the demonstrators see as an unfair concentration of wealth in the United States. Among other issues they object to corporate excesses and bailouts of major banks.
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The gun-slinging action continues when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases Justified: The Complete Second Season on Blu-ray and DVD January 3rd.
In the second season, Timothy Olyphant continues to serve up his own brand of justice as U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens for the critically acclaimed FX Productions and Sony Pictures Television series that airs on FX and is based on the short story Fire in the Hole by crime novelist Elmore Leonard and developed for television by Graham Yost.
The second year garnered an Emmy win for Margo Martindale (Win Win) as Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role as Mags Bennett. The exceptional ensemble cast also features Nick Searcy (Moneyball), Joelle Carter (TVs Prime Suspect), Jacob Pitts (TVs The Pacific), Erica Tazel (TVs Jericho), Natalie Zea (TVs Person of Interest) and Walton Goggins (Straw Dogs). Jeremy Davies (TVs Lost) guest stars.
Justified: The Complete Second Season is executive produced by Fred Golan (TVs Boomtown), Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly (both with TVs A Gifted Man), Michael Dinner (TVs Kidnapped), Graham Yost (TVs Boomtown) and Elmore Leonard (Out of Sight); and produced by Timothy Olyphant and Don Kurt (TVs White Collar).
SYNOPSIS: Fresh off the epic gun battle that concluded Season One, Season Two of Justified finds Bo Crowder dead, and the Crowder criminal grip on Harlan County broken. Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens must now face off against the criminal organizations that are moving to fill the void, and finds himself entangled once again with the mercurial Boyd Crowder and the brutal Mags Bennett.
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Two New Featurettes - On the Set of Justified, Clans, Feuds & Apple Pie
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My site was running well for the past three years. Recently googlebot's request my server got increased. and at one time i got network unreachable error. When i contacted my hosting company they asked suggestions from me and i gave a list of google ips to white list. They said that their server will block ip's which are of huge traffic.
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I have 300 links indexed by google. will that affect much? So i thought of reducing the crawl rate. Please see the image below and give me suggestions.
Previously it was default and now i reduced to the one shown in the picture. Will this affect my indexing in google.
Besides will a server block google ip's for this kind of crawl rate like i have 300 links indexed. and they irresponsible say that i have to switch over to vps. confused.


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