INPUT ARTICLE: Article: There should be very little soil left. When it does need to be repotted, move it into a container that is no more than 1 inch larger than the old one. Put 1 inch of potting soil into the new container, gently remove the Hoya from its old container and set it in the new one. Fill in around the roots with potting soil and water it generously to settle the soil and give it a good drink. It will bloom again on that same stem. The faded flowers can be snipped off with sharp scissors just below the flower.

SUMMARY: Do not repot the Hoya until the container is full of roots. Repot your plant with peat-based potting soil. Leave the flower stem on the Hoya after the blooms fade.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Focus on the three key things that make a difference: hygiene and style, plus a smile. Be clean, wear comfortable and well maintained clothes, and always remember to smile. Smiling can automatically make you more relatable and radiant. Make sure to brush your teeth or use mouthwash. Bad breath is a real turnoff. There is nothing quite so helpful as rehearsal; preparing your mind helps you to feel familiar with the situation. And when you have a speech prepared, it will go a lot better. If you don't practice you may blurt out: 'ummm er wanna...go out...with, umm...let's date' or something silly like that. Keep practicing until it feels natural, or at least okay. Practice conversation starters such as:  ”Hey, how is your day going?” "Hey, you're Greg’s friend aren't you?” “Do you want to hang out sometime?" ”Would you like to go to dinner or grab a coffee sometime?” Confidence is important in any human interaction, but especially when asking someone out. Having confidence can help stop any stress or nervousness that might come up. Breathe deeply and focus on yourself overcoming your shyness.

SUMMARY: Look your best. Practice in the mirror. Be confident.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Games that kids won't need much help with (like Candy Land) are best if you are trying to occupy your kids so you can get things done around the house. Try not to use difficult games like Monopoly, unless there is an older child who can help the younger ones.  Card games are good, too. You can find specialty card games for kids, or you can teach your kids to play simple card games like War and Go Fish with a standard deck of cards. If you don’t have any games on hand, teach them to play a game that doesn’t require any materials, such as I Spy, Simon Says, or Red Light, Green Light. You can find puzzles for all different ages and difficulty levels. You can also have children create their own puzzles with cardboard or construction paper, and if you have multiple children, you can ask them to complete each other’s puzzles. This could be playing football, skipping, playing on a trampoline, or playing games with each other such as chase or hide and seek.  If you have smaller children, fill a large bucket or something quite big with water and add plastic boats, rubber ducks and other toys. You can also use this same bucket to put sand in and let them build miniature sand castles. Give them some sports equipment and tell them to make up a new sport. You can get creative with the materials by using buckets for targets or trash can lids for bases, for example. You can either hide items around the house, or just create a list of items they will be likely to encounter in the area where you’re playing. You can use furniture or any other household items as obstacles, and set up your course either indoors or outdoors. Make up new rules for each round or rearrange obstacles to keep things interesting. For younger children, encourage critical thinking by making up your own games with materials you already have around the house. You can write numbers or letters on scraps of paper and ask them to put them in the proper order, or give them pictures cut out from magazines and ask them to group them in a specific way. The possibilities are endless.

SUMMARY: Give them some board games. Challenge them with a jigsaw puzzle. Let them play outside. Try a scavenger hunt. Set up an obstacle course. Make your own matching games.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Before you set out to compose music in GarageBand, you should have a general idea of the instruments you'd like to use and the genre in which you'd like to operate. When you first load GarageBand, many of the available sounds aren't packaged with it. You can download these sounds for free by doing the following:  Click GarageBand in the top-left corner of the screen. Select Sound Library  Click Download All Available Sounds  Follow any on-screen prompts. MIDI instruments typically connect via a USB cable, so you may need a USB 3.0 to USB-C adapter for your Mac. If you do have a MIDI keyboard, you can skip ahead to the next part. Skip this step if you don't have a MIDI keyboard. Click the Window menu item, then click Show Musical Typing in the resulting drop-down menu. This will bring up a list of the keys which you can use to replicate piano keyboard keys. If necessary, you can change your Musical Typing preferences by doing the following:   Keyboard section — Click and drag the slider at the top of the window left or right to change which part of the keyboard is being used.  Pitch Bend — Press the + or - key listed in the upper-left side of the window to raise or lower this value.  Octave — Press the + or - key listed in the lower-left side of the window to raise or lower this value.  Velocity — Press the + or - key listed in the bottom-right corner of the window to raise or lower this value.

SUMMARY:
Determine the type of music you want to create. Download the GarageBand sound library. Attach a MIDI keyboard if needed. Open the Musical Typing window. Change your Musical Typing settings.