Win the War Against Mosquitoes

Win The War Against Mosquitoes

Note: Most chlorine-treated swimming pools are inhospitable to mosquitoes. Just make sure you keep the chlorine and other chemicals at appropriate levels to discourage them from breeding.Check the gable vents in your home. Bats, birds, and flying insects love warm attics during the fall and winter months. The air vent screens should be of a small mesh and should not have any holes. Remember, the mouse and the dime here too. Mice are known to scale walls, and they could enter your attic very easily if the screen is old and worn enough that they can chew through.Mosquito netting can also make a difference to your comfort at night. In developing countries, simply distributing mosquito nets and encouraging them to be put up around beds has slowed the spread of diseases like malaria and West Nile encephalitis. While these diseases are very rare in the US, it's proven that the nets do cut down the number of bites people receive while sleeping. This can be especially helpful if you have a baby or toddler in the house-in the rare event that disease-carrying mosquitoes are present in your area, babies and young children would be the hardest hit if they were infected by a bite.Image Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=1698724 Image Available: http://www2.marketwire.com/mw/frame_mw?attachid=1698727Media Contact: Colin Crook Voce Communications (for Sifteo) Email Contact 650-269-5235 @colincrookDid you know that mice can squeeze into an area the size of a dime? They can, and with that in mind, you should take a close look around the outside of your house. Keep a dime in your pocket so you will remember just how small the holes can be. Often, you will find holes around outside water facets, next to windows, doors, and where electrical and cable enters your home. You should seal these areas with foam insulation, caulking, wood putty, or a small patch of concrete, depending on where the holes are found. Check the areas around the foundation of your home especially, because at the foundation is where weather could have caused some damage over the past year or so, and it is a good place for pests to enter. When sealing the holes, keep in mind that you may not be keeping out just a mouse. You may be keeping out carpenter ants, beetles, spiders, and a whole list of other insects, so you probably want to seal these areas even if they are smaller than a dime.Parents and educators have also hailed Sifteo as a compelling education platform that promotes learning while having fun. Sifteo cubes and games encourage the development of core thinking skills -- for example:Ladybugs, spiders, crickets, roaches, box elder bugs, millipedes, and many more insects begin their search in the fall for a warm place to make their home. Before you are overrun with these tiny little creatures, you might want to try some prevention techniques.About Sifteo Sifteo, Inc is building the world's first platform for Intelligent Play. Sifteo has designed Sifteo cubes, a next-generation play system consisting of physical blocks with full color graphics that sense each other and their motion. Sifteo is dedicated to producing applications and games for adults and children, encouraging development of key thinking skills through fun, engaging and social games. Sifteo is located in San Francisco, CA. For more information, visit Sifteo at https://www.sifteo.com/ .The highly anticipated Sifteo cubes were first previewed in prototype form at the TED Conference in February 2009 ( https://sifteo.com/ted_2009 ) by David Merrill, Sifteo co-founder and President. After debuting the product at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company launched an Early Access program last January, resulting in several design awards and critical praise from enthusiasts and influencers alike. The company has since improved the gameplay experience, developed the Sifteo Creativity Kit, and forged partnerships with leading game and interface designers such as Scott Kim, Tyler Hinman and Stimulant, a San Francisco-based interaction design consultancy.3. Time Your Day RightHome maintenance professionals recommend a maintenance plan for your home to help you save energy during the cold months of winter. But, many of the same techniques the maintenance professionals recommend also help in keeping out insects, mice, birds, and bats.Pricing and Availability The Sifteo Pack includes three Sifteo cubes, a Sifteo charging dock and a USB radio link which wirelessly connects the cubes to any Windows or Mac computer, enabling users to download and play the latest Sifteo games. The Sifteo Pack, priced at $149, and additional Sifteo cubes, priced at $45 each, are available for U.S. and Canadian customers to pre-order at Sifteo's website ( www.sifteo.com ) and will begin shipping to customers in September 2011. The Sifteo store contains a collection of fun, social and engaging titles across a spectrum of arcade, strategy, language and puzzle games, priced at $5 or less.1. Get Rid of Standing Water

Fortunately, the companies that make domestic pesticides have found safer ingredients for their potions in recent years-ingredients that don't skimp on effectiveness. Black Flag, America's oldest pesticide manufacturer, has a range of Backyard Foggers that minimize your yard's exposure to harmful chemicals, but show no mercy to mosquitoes. Their Mosquito Spray and Mist can also be used to treat bushes, shrubs, tall grass, and other places where mosquitos might nest. With these products, you can enjoy your summer-not spend it scratching bites.

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