Article: Check online to find petitions requesting more federal funding for national arts programs. Some government websites provide an online petition space where signatures can be collected digitally. Other websites, like PEN America, can help direct you to these petitions. The petition portion of the United Kingdom’s Parliament website has hosted petitions related to the arts. Go to the website of your school district to find out where and when the school board meets. While not part of the federal government, the school board does make decisions that affect where funding goes within the local school system, such as the music and art programs. If the school board wants to give more funding to another group, like the athletic department of a school, they might take funding away from an art, music, or theater program. Work with the leader of a Parent-Teacher organization to schedule a meeting with a school board member. Be patient when you go to schedule a meeting. Depending on the size of your school district, it may take some time before you can get in touch with someone. to ask for more federal funding. Join up with other like-minded individuals to protest a lack of support for the arts in a public area. Try to center this protest around an upcoming legislation or a physical event, like the demolition of an art gallery. Protesting in a public place helps to generate interest for your cause. Make sure to be respectful throughout a public protest. Many successful protests have created change through their peacefulness. to a legislator to lobby for their vote. Draft a letter explaining why you think the government should support the arts, and why you think this legislator should vote in favor of federal funding for the arts. While petitions and protests demonstrate public interest in the arts, individual letters show dedication and commitment to a cause. Research online to see which members of government will be voting on funding for the arts, and direct your letter to one of those individuals. Explain how the arts have positively impacted your life, and why funding is important.  Be sure to include your return address on the letter, so the government official can potentially write you back. You can write to some members of government via email. You can find their contact information here: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials. Consider calling a legislator on the phone to speak with them directly. This may be more efficient than sending a letter through the mail.
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Sign a petition to demand government funding for the arts. Propose more funding for the arts in your school at a board meeting. Protest in public Write a letter
Article: Measure a piece of regular sewing thread to the be about the length of your forearm. Tie the 2 loose ends in a knot, creating a loop.  Avoid threads that are highly synthetic. Cotton thread works best for threading. If the thread is too long or short for your liking, feel free to cut a new piece of thread to meet your personal preference.
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Prepare your thread.
Article: Rats that have entered a building do need to be removed before they can cause any damage, and the easiest way to catch them is with traps. There are many styles of traps out there, depending on your intention:  Live traps are the most environmentally friendly and humane, because they don’t kill the rats. Instead, they trap living rats so you can relocate them.  Glue traps are extremely inhumane. Animals caught in them often cause themselves severe injuries trying to escape, and they usually die of starvation or dehydration.  Snap traps are a less inhumane trap for dealing with rats when you intend to kill the animal. They are spring-loaded and designed to kill the rat quickly. Use a metal or quality plastic one that can be reused. Electrical traps are also less inhumane than glue traps, but are also designed to kill the animal. Trap placement is very important when you're trying to get rid of rats. Once they’ve established themselves in a building, rats will tend to follow the same paths over and over again, so if you don’t get the traps in these locations, you may not catch them. Place your traps:  Close to where you’ve found any droppings.  Along the base of walls, at a 90-degree angle to the walls, and with the baited end closest to the wall.  Out of the way of people, children, pets, and other wildlife.  Two or three in a row, especially with spring traps, to stop the rat from just jumping over it. If you have pets or children in the home, you should take extra precautions to prevent them from getting hurt with a trap. Instead of leaving the traps out and exposed, place them inside a lidded cardboard box. Cut a square or round hole (about three to four inches) in either side of the box, and then place the box where you would normally put the trap. When you bait a snap trap, be sure the food is securely attached to the mechanism that trips the spring, and use the least bait possible to prevent the rat from just running off with it. There are many different foods you can use to bait a trap to catch a rat, but some of their favorites include:  Peanut butter (either mix it with oats or spread it over a cotton ball)  Pumpkin seeds  Apples, bananas, or other fruit Meat, and especially bacon  Vegetables, and especially corn Some traps, like a live or electric trap, you can set right away. But with snap traps, you may have to bait the trap once or twice before actually setting it. Rats can be quite cautious of new things in their environment, so if they set off a trap that’s baited and set without being caught, they won’t go near another one in the future. You can get them used to the trap by baiting it a few times without setting it, and allowing them to eat the bait.  Once you’ve baited the trap a couple times and the rat has eaten the food, set the trap. For some snap traps, you'll just have to pull the lever back to set them, but with others you have to pull back the bar attached to the spring, then wedge the pin into the metal trigger. Never touch a wild rat without the protection of gloves, even if the animal is dead. With live traps, take the entire trap to a nearby field or forest, open the trap and let the animal escape.  To deal with a dead rat, wrap the body in two plastic bags, sealing each separately. You can then dispose of the body according to local by-laws, such as by burying it or throwing it in the garbage.  If you happen to find a live rat caught it a glue trap, you can free the animal by massaging cooking oil or mineral oil around the glue where the animal is stuck. Eventually the oil will remove the glue’s stickiness, and the animal can then be freed and transferred to a shoe box for relocation.
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Select a trap style. Place the traps around the building. Keep pets and kids away from set traps. Bait the traps. Set the traps. Release or remove the rats you catch.