INPUT ARTICLE: Article: It's the circular button at the bottom of the phone's screen. Doing so will invoke the Siri menu after a second or so; Siri will open in "listen" mode and await your instructions.  If your iPhone uses AssistiveTouch for a broken Home button, tap the on-screen AssistiveTouch square and then tap Siri (or press and hold the Home icon). You can also say "Hey Siri" out-loud if you enabled the "Hey Siri" function. Once you see a multicolored line appear, you're free to begin talking to Siri. While Siri can handle most iOS-internal requests (e.g., calling a friend), Siri will search the internet for an answer to more complicated questions. It's in the bottom-left corner of Siri's screen. Doing so will bring up a list of apps with which Siri can interface and a brief description of how to use them. Doing so will close Siri. You can also say "Goodbye" if Siri is in listen mode.

SUMMARY: Press and hold your iPhone's Home button. Wait for a rainbow line to appear at the bottom of the screen. Ask or tell Siri something. Tap ?. Press the Home button again.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: It can be tough to keep a gift shop afloat financially. Once way to increase your profits and bring in additional customers is to offer services beyond gift-item sales. For each service offered, you can charge customers a small fee. Be flexible about the fee structure: if customers turn down a service due to the expense, lower the cost.  You could offer gift-wrap services, and charge a small fee (say, $2 USD) per item wrapped. The shop could also offer to customize certain pieces by engraving a monogram on them. The fee for this could be larger, perhaps $10 USD. The gift shop could also offer monthly community classes, charging $20 USD to participate. For example, hands-on classes could focus on making various crafts which could be used as personalized gifts. Since many of your customers will be walking in from the street, make sure that the displays in your windows, or items placed on the sidewalk in front of your shop, are appealing. Set up seasonally-appropriate displays with a visual flair that will indicate what’s currently in your inventory.  Displays inside of the store should also be visually appealing. Avoid having a cluttered store, and organize inventory in clear categories: books, decorations, holiday-themed gifts, etc. Maximize the amount of merchandise you can display by investing in shelving and cabinetry. This will also allow your customers to peruse a larger amount of inventory than they’d have access to otherwise. Sales are a great way to draw in customers and acquaint them with parts of your inventory they may not have purchased from before. Theme sales around specific holidays or seasons. For example, put patriotic and flag-inspired paraphernalia on sale in late July, once the Fourth of July rush has passed. Pumpkin- and witch-themed gift ideas should be on sale in early November, right after Halloween has ended. Alternately, if you feel that one section of the gift shop is being overlooked, attract customers by placing items on sale. the financial expenditures and income of your shop. Keep track of your business finances, including financial assets, loans (and loan payments), monthly rent payments, and income from sales. As a small business owner, you'll be responsible for keeping track of tax deductible expenses, and paying taxes every year. When you first open the gift shop, you'll be on a tight budget and won't have money to hire help. After several months or a year, though,  if your shop is financially stable enough, start thinking about bringing in additional help. Think back to the gift shops that you visited. Were most gift shops run by the owners themselves? If not, how many employees worked at the shop?

SUMMARY: Offer additional services that appeal to customers. Set up your displays to attract customers. Put items on sale seasonally. Bookkeep Decide if you need to hire additional workers.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You'll also need a bunch of plastic eggs and candies to fill them with. Or, make as many as you have bunny prizes to give away. Pour the chocolates or candies in the plastic eggs. Occasionally put a golden ticket in one of the eggs.  Explain to all participants that whomever finds the golden ticket, wins the chocolate bunny (or bunnies, depending on how you're running this).  Ask the child to verify by keeping the ticket. This way, everyone gets something for their efforts.

SUMMARY: Buy some gold paper and some decently sized chocolate bunnies. Make at least three or four golden tickets. Fill the plastic eggs with candy. Go out and hide the many candy-filled eggs in the yard or house. Have a golden ticket egg hunt. Have all players keep the eggs that they find.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You can use a jar, ziplock bag, or any sealed container. If you develop symptoms within two weeks of the bite, take the jar with you to the doctor. The doctor can send the tick out for testing.  If you want to save a tick for testing, do not squash it, burn it, or put it in alcohol. Simply put it in the container, and leave it until you are ready to test it. Medical testing can be expensive. Even if the tick carries a disease, it does not mean that you have been infected. Attach the tick onto a piece of paper with a sturdy piece of transparent tape, like packing tape. This will keep it contained until you can identify what type of tick it is. Different species are likely to carry certain diseases. If you become sick, this information can help your doctor make a diagnosis.  You can bring it to the doctor or you can look up different species of ticks online to identify it yourself. Black-legged ticks are more likely to carry Lyme disease while lone star ticks and dog ticks can give you Rocky Mountain spotted fever. If you do not want to save the tick, kill it with alcohol. Fill a cup or bowl with rubbing alcohol, and dunk the tick inside. Leave it for several minutes. This will likely kill the tick. Just to be safe, you should avoid throwing out a tick in the trash. Instead, wrap it in a piece of toilet paper, and flush it down the toilet. This will ensure that the tick is safely out of your home. Next time you go outside, try to prevent ticks from latching onto you. There are many things you can do to reduce your chance of a tick bite.  Apply an insect repellent containing DEET. If you have children, spray the repellent on for them. Use permethrin on all of your clothing and gear. This is usually available at outdoor stores. Check everyone for ticks after coming inside. Pay special attention to their arms, knees, waist, belly button, ears, and hair. Remember to check pets as well! After coming inside, put your clothes in the dryer on high heat for an hour to kill any ticks that might be hiding in your clothing.  Light-colored clothing will let you see ticks more easily. Wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants, and boots if possible. Tuck these into one another.

SUMMARY:
Put the tick in a secure container if you want to test it for disease. Tape the tick if you want to identify its species. Drown the tick in alcohol to kill it. Flush the tick down the toilet to get rid of it permanently. Use caution when you go outside to avoid ticks.