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Clear them completely, seal them off or open them to sunlight. Look for accumulated seed pods, cholla or other unnatural conglomerations. Second, get rid of nests, which often are easy to find-look for them in dark outdoor hiding places, like under cactus. All traps should be set only at night to prevent killing inquisitive birds like Cactus Wrens. For the squeamish, Jim provides baited traps and retrieves the captured rats. You can also feed them to predators indirectly by releasing them in the desert. He euthanizes and freezes them for rehabilitating raptors. Give those caught in a live trap to our local, licensed naturalist, Jim Cloer. If you have a nest, you can kill rats till the cows come home, while new arrivals continue to use the nest.įirst, get rid of the rats you have by killing them in a disposable trap or catching them in a live trap. You need to do two things: get rid of the rats and get rid of their nest. They nest outside near their food, and only come inside to gather nest material and chew stuff up. That creepy ceiling scurrying means you need to rescreen your eaves, but rats aren’t playing house there. If you find fecal rat pellets, chewed pillows or hear the patter of tiny feet in your ceiling at night, you’ve got one. Adding insult to injury, poisoned bait boxes are one of the pack rat’s favorite nesting spots.įollow the above advice and your house won’t be a rat’s first choice. This is like putting mosquito repellent on your naked body and going outdoors in Minnesota. Poisoned bait will bring many more rats to your house than it will kill. There are many reasons not to use poison, but this is reason enough. By necessity, rat poison is rat food, and if bird food attracts birds, guess what rat food attracts. And don’t even think about using poisoned rat bait. Don’t leave pillows and cushions outside. To stay off their ‘A’ list, keep your property open and light and your attics screened. They like dark hideaways, clutter and cactus and hate sunshine. Rats are nocturnal feeders and hide out during the day. Nevertheless, we can still make our place less attractive to these little buggers. They also got here before we did, though that’s never cut much ice. As much as we might hate them, rats are a necessary part of the food chain, a key element in the diet of owls, hawks, bobcats, coyotes, ringtails and other wildlife. The forests of Oregon come with the gray skies and rain that keep them lush, and sunny Arizona deserts come with pack rats. How do You Keep Pat Racks from Choosing Your House? We prefer the comforts of home, and so do they. Here they find fatter cactus, fewer predators and lots of stuff to chew. Well-watered landscaped yards offer shelter from the storm. Having lived a perilous life in the open desert for millennia, pack rats view a desert community like SaddleBrooke like a nine-year old looks at Disneyland. One female can produce two babies every two months, and a newborn female can start the same production line in just two more months, blessing us with a ten-fold population jump each year. Unfortunately for homeowners this includes wiring, cables and irrigation tubing in your yard, air-conditioning unit, hot tub, swimming pool equipment, car, attic and garage. They chew cholla and mesquite pods for food and water, and just about anything else to keep their teeth honed. Pack rats crank out a lot of urine and fecal pellets, and spend more time chewing than a baseball player. What’s not to like? Well, from a people perspective, quite a few things. Pack rats are as cute as pet rats, important native desert mammals, not venomous and won’t bite. To be accurate, what we call ‘pack rats’ are White-throated Wood Rats ( Neotoma albigula ), but let’s call ‘em pack rats it will keep the article shorter. What is a ‘Pack Rat’ and Why do they Bring out our Killer Instinct? To enjoy all this, we tolerate hot summers, spiny stick-yous and scary stuff like snakes and scorpions. Year-round outdoor living: walking, hiking, biking, swimming, pickle ball, tennis, golfing and more. Sunshine brings us here, like moths to a flame. We leave beautiful places, family and friends. We move here to escape crowds, clouds and cold. Many people who retire here, like most of us in SaddleBrooke, came from somewhere else, often somewhere dramatically different. White-throated Wood Rat, aka ‘Pack Rat’ (photo by Jim Cloer)Ī lot of folks live in Arizona for a lot of reasons. In the above example, the box now has a 5, and that may help you solve that 3×3 area, or might help you solve the lines that cross that area. Seek the Missing NumbersĪs you fill in the easy solutions, you may start to find other missing numbers that are easy to place. Filling these blanks will get you on your way to a solution. The same may be the case for one or two missing numbers in the smaller boxes. A line might be missing a 5 and a 6, but a box along that line will already have a 6 in it, so you know this blank must be a 5, and the other blank must be the 6. Many puzzles will leave one or two blanks either in a line or in a box. Here are a few tips that can help beginners solve sudoku puzzles: 1. The puzzles will help you get started by providing some correct numbers – the fewer numbers provided, the more difficult the puzzle. To challenge you more, there are 3×3 squares marked out in the grid, and each of these squares can’t have any repeat numbers either. A 9×9 square must be filled in with numbers from 1-9 with no repeated numbers in each line, horizontally or vertically. 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In this 4:27 short video, we introduce the Scatterplot, what it is, why use it, and how it can be helpful in your six sigma projects. This video on the Histogram explains what it is, when to use it, and how to use it. In this 4:48 minute video, you will learn the history of the Pareto Principle, why it's important, and how to apply the Pareto Principle in your lean and six sigma efforts using excel. In this HD video, we explain the checksheet, what it is used for, see various examples of checksheets, how to create one, and be able to download a checksheet template from the Shmula content library. We follow this video several videos where we focus on the detailed of each of the 7 quality tools. We briefly introduce each of the 7 quality tools. In this module we learn various graphical methods and how to do them. Graphically representing data effectively is required to effectively communicate meaning. This is a brief introduction to statistical distributions and what inferences we can draw from them. We also begin the foundation for our discussion on distributions in a later module. In this module we learn various data measures that tell us key characteristics of a data set. In this article we explain the various types of data, how they're different, and what they tell us about process behavior. We introduce the Measure Phase and show the Measure Storyboard, a high level map of what the phase is about and the expected outputs. We explain the Kano Model to identify service and product characteristics that should be "satisfiers" and the ones that be "good enough" and don't need to go any further. We provide a zip file of VSM Symbols for you to download. In this 4:42 video, you will learn understand the value stream map symbols and learn how to design your own value stream map. We explain how to translate Voice of the Customer into Critical to Quality Metrics.Īrticle explaining the critical to quality tree, with examples, and a template to download so you can create your own for your six sigma projects. In this video spanning 5:11, we explain Voice of the Customer and how Six Sigma is rooted in the customer. Identifying the key spots where measurements can be taken in crucial. Learn how to apply this technique in this video. Video length is 2:47.Īffinity Diagram is a tried and true method for brainstorming and coming up with ideas. This is especially crucial if there are any influential stakeholders that are resistant to your message. Identifying stakeholders and their needs is one of the most important steps in Define. In this video, we show you how along with several real world examples of effective problem statements. This method is important for the selection of an improvement project.Īrticulating the problem well gets you much closer to a solution. In this short 2:51 minute video, we learn a simple and effective method for prioritizing between competing priorities. In this 5:37 minute video, we explain the role of the project charter and its importance in Six Sigma DMAIC projects. In this video, we discuss how to identify business needs of an organization and how to take that knowledge and transform it into a formal DMAIC project that will get the backing and support from top management. We introduce the Define Phase and show the Define Storyboard, a high level map of what the phase is about and the expected outputs. We also discuss the positive and negative of Black Belt certification. In this article, we provide various resources where you may take the Black Belt exam should you choose to do so. This article shows a comprehensive history and timeline of Lean and of continuous improvement beginning in the 1600's. We also go into the history of the Toyota Production System and how the term "lean" was coined. In this video, we go through the various contributors of Six Sigma, their contribution, and why it's important in the practice of modern Six Sigma. We specifically show the storyboard for each phase in the DMAIC framework.Īrticle describes how PDCA is used in Lean and the similarities and common history between PDCA and DMAIC. In this 4:17 video, we explain the DMAIC framework and give an introduction to each phase in DMAIC. We specifically discuss 6 definitions of "Sigma", ending with the most relevant definition which is related to the DMAIC Method of Problem Solving. The various definitions of Six Sigma is explained in this 5:42 video. We have also worked with several ASP.NET control vendors to ensure their support in this new designer. Web Live Preview enables your running app to be the design surface and provides code synchronization across source and web surface to help you navigate directly to the code file for the element you are editing.Īfter continued studies of developers with Web Forms apps, we have improved the experiences even more in this release. In the initial release of Visual Studio 2022 we introduced a new capability for those working with Web Forms applications and the designer. We’ve heard you and the ‘wrap div’ shortcut is enabled, use Shift + Alt + W to execute.The new Razor editor now supports snippet functionality in C# code!.Ability to collapse regions for easy readability and organization.In 17.2 we’ve added support in the editor for: Since 17.1 we’ve been improving the reliability of the new Razor editing experience. For more details into this capability, be sure to check out other examples in our preview blog post from April. This provides a much easier view into this type of data to rapidly see the information you seek and be able to navigate quickly. NET code and want to inspect into large and maybe complex collections, we’ve introduced a new visualizer in the debugging experience for IEnumerable object types: We recently highlighted this capability in a Visual Studio 17.2 Preview 2, but it bears repeating again. Place your cursor on a normal or verbatim string, then press CTRL + ‘.’ to trigger the Quick Actions and Refactorings menu and select ‘Convert to raw string.’ To use raw string literals, set the language version in your project file to preview (using preview). We now have a refactoring to convert a normal or verbatim string literal to a raw string literal. In C# 11 we added a new language feature called raw string literals. As seen below in this animation it’s as simple as placing your cursor on a symbol and press CTRL + F12 to navigate to the original source file. 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As I say this portion of the prayer, if I am harboring hatred or resentment, I am inviting more resentment, when I should be calling on the spirit of forgiveness. I ask, "Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us." In this case, as means, "in the same manner." I am asking to be forgiven in the same manner that I forgive others. It is well for me to contemplate a small, but very significant, two-letter word every time the Lord's Prayer is said. Before I placed the first name on my list, I said a little prayer: "I forgive anyone and everyone who has ever harmed me at any time and under any circumstances." I can see immediately that this Step entails forgiveness because if I'm not willing to forgive someone, there is little chance I will place his name on the list. It is a list of all persons I have harmed. I am not free to select a few names for the list and to disregard others. One of the key words in the Eighth Step is the word all. Just for Today: I will walk the path to self-acceptance. We can freely tell the truth about ourselves, for we have nothing to hide. and became willing to make amends to them all. And we incorporate all these disciplines into our daily lives, 'practicing these principles in all our affairs.' By working the steps, we can become people we are proud to be. Transitions Daily Alcoholics Anonymous Recovery Readings Podcast on Apple Podcasts. ( Windows XP / Vista users, please go to my old archived article: ) Devnullius's Latest Choices: a list of default programs to keep your Windows 10 PC running well, 2021 Edition! Planning to do this for a long time, I decided to add a (long) list with (free) software I like and a short description when needed. As with most major P2P portals, Tribler allows you to browse simply by media category, and the most popular content is displayed first.I always install the same programs for my friends, but once in a while I forget one or two temporarily or even forever p What I really liked about Tribler, however, is the preview function. When you select a file, you can choose whether to preview or download it. Preview it by clicking the big Play button and Tribler will search for other users with the file so that you can see whether it's worth downloading. The disadvantage of this though is that the previews take ages to load as it searches for other users with the same material. You can configure a nickname for your profile on Tribler, a maximum upload and download limit, the router port you want Tribler to use, and a default download location. It doesn't save your search terms, so you have to retype them if you want to search a subject regularly. Overall, Tribler is an excellent P2P file sharing client for those new to it, although seasoned users will find it more than lacking in certain areas.īy Anonymous reviewed on February 23, 2012Ī great concept, a decade in the making. A pity its interface and functionality is diabolical. It doesn't consistentl y work, its a huge memory hog, it interferes with other programmes, and is extremely erratic in downloading. its difficult to say since most of this programme rarely functions) a lovely morality function to 'punish' low/non seeders. This has been tried before, it just never appears on highly successful PSP facilitators like Mu-Torrent and Bit-Torrent because it's functionally redundant. The academics that made this program have apparently never bothered to correlate seeding profiles. Low seeding is a problem at the beginning and end of popular torrents, and to efficiently balance your upload/download quota requires being a seeder at the very beginning of any hot new torrent, or alternatively uploading for months. Seeding rates are far more complex than this facile provision allows for. This prog needs to be entirely re-formed by an end user responsive commercial company.Avast is mostly a free antivirus software that accompany a number of other stuff. The totally free version picks up and removes malware and out-of-date application, as well as dangerous browser addons and network problems. The program as well shields you from malicious websites, vulnerable, unguarded, isolated, exposed, unshielded, at risk hypersensitive docs, and vulnerable accounts. The premium version also comes with anti-ransomware and firewall protection.Īn additional key element of Avast’s reliability is the ability to find and take away spyware. 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Two of Cups Meaning – Love & Relationships (Reversed) If you’re with someone, it can signify a positive transformation in your existing relationship. If you’re single, this card encourages you to pursue a partner. They uplift, support, care for, and communicate honestly with each other. Both parties are on equal footing, with a mutual sense of attraction. It signifies a very good start to any romantic partnership. It stands to reason that, when it’s in a love reading, it’s considered one of the most positive relationship omens in tarot. Two of Cups Meaning – Love & Relationships (Upright)Įven when it isn’t specifically in a love reading, the Two of Cups often indicates a very happy, loving relationship. See also: Check out alternate Tarot decks here. Instead of becoming more than the sum of its parts, it is beginning to be a drain on one or both partners. Just as you need the right balance of reagents for a chemical reaction, this imbalance has damaged the relationship’s transformative powers. The power balance has shifted in an undesirable direction, and things are no longer equal. It can signify a falling out, or simply a negative change in what was once a harmonious relationship. When reversed, the balance of the Two of Cups is thrown off. No matter whether it’s for business, friendship, or romance, this relationship will be transformative, fruitful, and - above all - balanced. If you’ve recently met someone like that, this card is a sign that you may form a very close partnership. Regardless of where you are in life, or what you might be seeking, it’s likely that you will soon meet someone you will form a bond with. While it’s typically regarded as a love card, the relationship it describes doesn’t necessarily have to be romantic. When upright, the Two of Cups is a very positive message for anything related to a partnership of any kind. See also: Check out Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot decks here. The imagery here is complex but the message makes sense - the connection and communication between these two figures is a powerful transformative force. Elsewhere, the “red lion” is also used as a name for the Philosopher’s stone, which is said to turn base matter into gold. He also refers to the lion having an erotic aspect. Jung considered the lion a representation of one of the stages of the transformation of “Mercurius.” The fact that the caduceus is topped with a lion’s head hearkens back to alchemy. It’s also sometimes used to symbolize Mercury, and is associated with negotiation, communication, messages, and trade. In antiquity, the winged caduceus was actually the staff of Hermes and was often carried by messengers. While the caduceus is often used to represent medicine and healing, this is because it has been conflated with the staff of Asclepius (which has only one snake, and no wings). In the background, there’s a small house visible on top of a green hill. Between the two, there’s a caduceus topped with a winged lion’s head. The woman wears a laurel wreath and is dressed in blue and white, while the man wears a wreath of roses and is dressed in black and yellow.Įach figure holds a cup, and you can see the man’s left hand extend toward the woman. In the Rider-Waite-Smith tarot deck, Pamela Colman Smith’s artwork depicts a man and a woman looking into each other’s eyes. Keywords (Reversed): Mistrust, broken relationships, selfishness.Keywords: Harmony, partnership, mutually beneficial relationships. Water is said to govern the emotions, so all of these cards tend to reflect the querent’s relationships, feelings, sense of fulfillment, and general inner landscape. 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In many cases, a person with a tibial fracture will require physical therapy and crutches or a walker to help them get back on their feet. A traction or functional brace, which is used in cases of less severe breaks to hold the bone in place while it heals.A splint can be removed easily and so it is a more flexible treatment option than surgical ones. A splint or cast to hold the bone in place, stop it from moving and allow it to heal.Where surgery is not necessary or is not possible, for instance, due to a person’s health, a doctor may use the following treatments for a fractured tibia: They will attach these to a rigid frame called an external fixator to hold the bone in place. The surgeon may also use rods placed inside the tibia or pins placed through the bones above and below the fracture. A surgeon may place metal screws and plates on the bone to hold it in the right place, allowing it to heal with minimal long-term damage. In severe cases, surgery may be necessary to make sure the bone heals properly. Treatment of a tibia fracture depends on several factors, including a person’s overall health at the time of the injury, the cause and severity of the injury, and the presence or extent of damage to the soft tissues that surround the tibia. Share on Pinterest A cast, brace, or splint may be used to treat a tibia fracture if surgery is not appropriate. With closed fractures, the bone does not break the skin, though there may still be internal tissue damage. Open fractures are fractures where a broken bone breaks through the skin. When bones are broken, they can either stay under the skin or break through its surface. This model is fully interactive and can be explored with your mouse pad or touchscreen. When the bone fractures into three or more pieces, this is called a comminuted fracture.īelow is a 3-D model of a stable fracture of the tibia. When a twisting movement causes a break, there may be a spiral-shaped fracture of the bone. These fractures are small, thin cracks in the bone. Stress fractures, also called hairline fractures, are common overuse injuries. Surgery is often needed to correct this type of fracture and realign the bones back together. With a displaced fracture, a crack in the bone moves part of the bone so that it is no longer aligned. The broken parts of the tibia line up and maintain their correct position during the healing process. A stable fracture involves a crack in the bone that leaves most of the bone intact and in its normal position. The tibia can have the following types of fracture: Tibia shaft fractures occur below this area. Proximal fractures are those that affect the upper part of the tibia. It may be a transverse fracture, meaning the crack is horizontal across the bone, or oblique, meaning the crack is at an angle. 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