INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You can use a garden sprayer to treat yard with insect and mosquito specific replants such as pyrethrin and pyrethroid sprays. You can spray the underside of shrubbery in your yard or spray around the perimeter or your yard to create a barrier. Pyrethrin is a botanical insecticide made from dried chrysanthemums. Pyrethroid is a synthetic version of pyrethrin, and in some cases is considered to be a more effective repellant when compared to pyrethrin. There are also repellant granules that can be scattered across your lawn using a fertilizer spreader. These granules are normally infused with mosquito repelling oils. Typically, these granules are safe for pets and children.  These repellants can be bought at home department stores or online. You should check the packaging material to see how long the mosquito treatment is supposed to last; some treatments claim to last all summer, while other only last a number of weeks before another treatment is needed.  You can spray your yard yourself with a store bought repellant, or hire a professional to treat larger yard areas. Professional may be able to better spray hard to reach places and may have different formulas that work on a variety of yard surfaces.  Pyrethroid can be dangerous to other helpful insects such as bees and butterflies. To reduce the harming of these insects, pyrethroid spray treatments should be applied just before dusk, and on clear, non-rainy, non-windy days. Mosquitoes and other insects are attracted to incandescent lighting.  To keep mosquitoes away and out of your yard, change your outdoor lights to fluorescent, LED, yellow “bug lights”, or sodium lamps. Replacing the bulbs near doors and entrances will especially help keep mosquitoes out of your home. Although mosquitoes account for only a portion of a bat’s diet, bats can eat hundreds of mosquitoes within an hour To help combat the mosquitoes in your yard, buy or build your own bat house and attach it in an open, sunny area of your yard, about fifteen feet from the ground. Combined with other mosquito repelling approaches, a bat house in your yard can reduce the number of mosquitoes looking for a meal on your property. Since mosquitoes are very lightweight insects, a breeze more than 2 miles per hour can knock them out of their flight pattern. If you plan to relax outside, place a few fans in strategic areas (perhaps from behind) to blow the mosquitoes off their course and away from people.

SUMMARY: Treat your yard with repellant. Change your outdoor light bulbs. Install a bat house. Use fans in your yard.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Before you accept a job, you have to know about it! Ask the person what your responsibilities would be. Discuss the pay structure, who will pay you, and when you’ll get paid. Study each answer closely. Most scammers don’t have good answers for these questions or can’t come up with answers that sound legitimate. Your questions may get answered with promises of vast riches within a short timespan, money requests, few responsibilities, or responsibilities that don’t make sense. Trust your gut. The main target of scammers is financial information, including your bank account and Social Security number. It’s great if the job asks you for this information right off the bat, since you know it’s a scam. You do need to give some financial information in order to get paid, but this is done after you’ve gotten a job offer in writing and signed on with the company. Other sensitive information includes your driver’s license number and credit card number. Never give out this information until you’re certain the company is legitimate. Online scams work by securing a fee or even banking or credit information. They’ll tell you you need to buy training or materials. They may even suggest you pay to secure the job. No way! You’d never do this in real life. Don’t settle for the chance to work, because you’ll be left waiting as the scammer runs off with your money. You should also never pay to access job listings. This qualifies as buying materials. Use sites like Indeed, Monster, and Craigslist for free. The golden catch for a scammer is your personal information. The scammer may demand that you give them your bank account information for direct deposits instead of using a third party like Paypal. Others will offer to send you big checks or prepaid cards which turn out to be fake. Demand that the scammer pay through a third-party site. Let the Internet protect you for once. Most of these scammers will demand your financial information right away, which makes things easy on you because you can instantly laugh at the bad scam. Initial contact through email is acceptable. However, your communication should move on to videoconferencing or a phone call. Nasty scammers won’t reveal themselves in these formats, as that would leave evidence for the authorities. A boss of a legitimate company is not going to interview you through IM or email. If the person gives you a 1-900 number, don’t call it! These are the creepy premium numbers you see in TV ads when you stay up too late. They charge you per minute.

SUMMARY: Ask questions about the job. Avoid giving out sensitive personal information early. Reject jobs with startup costs. Stay away from convoluted pay structures. Demand a video or phone interview.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Try to get the person to open up to you by asking non-intrusive questions about how they’ve been doing lately. Keep in mind that if they’ve been concealing their depression on purpose, they don’t want you to know they have it. Avoid putting them on the spot or asking questions that will make them uncomfortable.  For instance, don’t just ask them, “Do you think you have depression?” This will probably make them feel defensive. Instead, start by saying something like, “I haven’t seen much of you lately. Is everything going okay?” Don't feel like you need to cover everything in a single conversation. The person may not be ready to talk, and it may take several attempts before they open up. Even if they’re not ready to tell you everything, your friend or family member may decide to open up a little about what’s going on. You might need to read between the lines of what they say. Ask good follow-up questions to help the person feel comfortable telling you more.  For instance, if the person tells you they’re feeling overwhelmed at work, you might say, “That sounds pretty stressful. How is it affecting the rest of your life?” Be aware that they may not be ready to open up yet. Don’t push them to talk more than they’re comfortable with. Make sure you are responsive to any small show of progress or trust — thank them for sharing with you, and let them know you are available to talk whenever they feel comfortable. . Let the person know you hear what they are saying and you aren’t judging them. They may feel embarrassed or guilty about their depression. If you put them at ease with kindness and empathy, they will be more likely to be honest with you. If the person reveals that they’re having a hard time, avoid telling them that you know how they feel. Instead, say something like, “That sounds really tough,” or “I’m sorry you’re dealing with that.” Tell your friend or family member that you want to support them, and ask them what they need from you. Avoid giving advice, even if you think it would help.  Someone with depression might perceive advice as pushy or insulting, even if you don’t mean it that way. Instead, let them decide how much and what kind of help they want to accept. If they say they don’t need any help, let them know that you’ll still be there if they change their mind. If your friend or family member admits that they are depressed or struggling, encourage them to see a counselor or therapist. Emphasize that visiting a mental health professional is an ordinary thing that many people do, and that they will feel better after they go. You could say something like, “Would you be willing to talk to a counselor to put my mind at ease? I can help you make an appointment.”

SUMMARY:
Ask gentle questions. Pay close attention to what the person tells you. Empathize Ask how you can help. Encourage the person to seek therapy.