FACT ABOUT MOSQUITOES & DISEASES CAUSED BY THEM

Mosquitoes or mossy as they are irritatingly called are real pests. They are such a nuisance in our lives causing so many problems although they are so tiny. So even before we go into the issues let’s try and understand some facts about them.     

FACT ABOUT MOSQUITOES & DISEASES CAUSED BY THEM  

• There are more than 3000 species of mosquitoes. Guess it couldn’t get better. One by itself is pesky imagine meeting the different family members.
• A mosquito weighs only 2.5 mg.
• Mosquitoes fly at the speed of 1 to 1.5 mph. While this looks fast in the insect world they are comparatively slower than the others in the insect family.
• A mosquito beats its wings 300-600 times per second and this causes the buzzing sound we hear.
• If u can believe it mosquitoes have 47 teeth.
• A lot of people think that mosquitoes drink blood. But in fact they are wrong. These pesky creatures drink nectar from flowers. It is the female mosquito which drinks blood because it needs the blood which provides protein for its eggs.
• The mosquito bite isn’t the cause for the itches on our skin. It is the saliva that causes it.
• Mosquitoes need water to breed. Any water source like rain water puddles, stagnant water in homes, water left in open tubs, water in the flowerpots are all excellent sources for breeding.
• The mosquitoes do not have a good vision and can smell exhaled carbon dioxide and body odors of humans from up to 75 feet away and this is what enables it to locate the victims.
• Mosquitoes do not victimize only humans. Some species specialize in animals. So I guess even animals aren’t   spared.
• The airline industry sprays its airplanes to eliminate any mosquitoes that hitched a ride on the planes, especially those coming from countries with outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases.
• Mosquitoes can live anywhere from 3 days to 5 months. However, even within two weeks, females may lay their eggs 4 or 5 times.
• These creatures can fly in all directions meaning they can fly backwards, sideways and upside down.
• About sixty mosquito species help spread diseases than can be very harmful. These diseases include malaria, heartworm, yellow fever, filaria and other diseases. They will bite an infected person and then transmit the disease to a non-infected person.
• Yellow fever is caused by mosquitoes in jungle areas in parts of Africa and South America.
• In Srilanka the prevalence of dengue is a cause for worry, there has been a rise in infected people. Dengue fever is a disease caused by a family of viruses that are transmitted by mosquitoes.
• A sad but shocking truth is that mosquito borne diseases are prevalent in more than 100 countries, infecting 300-500 million people and causing about 1 million deaths every year.

There are few simple rules we can follow to prevent mosquito attacks

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  Keep your home and surroundings clean
• Dress to protect
• Avoid strong fragrances
• Clean up after eating and cooking
• Use wire mesh and screens on doors and windows
• Bring out the nets
• Use Mosquito Repellent Bands by Moscut                                                                                      

Article Complied by 

Danusha Chandrasekaran

Lead Copywriter – The Creative Factory  

Source taken from internet 

TAKE TIME

Take time to see the birds soaring

Take time to see the leaves rustling

Take time to hear the waves roaring

Take time to hear the birds chirping

Take time to hear the children laughing

Take time to smell the roses

Take time to dance in the rain

Take time to collect yourself                                  

Take time to laugh in abandon

Take time to talk to your friend

Take time to help someone in need

Take time to reflect on this world

Take time to breathe easy

Take time to stop what you are doing

Take time to look all around you

In today’s busy world

We barely take time for ourselves

It’s no wonder that we are always stressed.

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

THE FEAR FACTOR

Are you afraid of the dark?   Or are you afraid of ghosts?  Better yet do lizards freak you out or are you one who climbs up chairs at the sight of the mouse. Join the club!!!

According to the dictionary fear is defined as the feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger. A real simple explanation is being afraid. We all are afraid of something or the other. While some fears are genuine some are formed in our mind. While some are harmless some are debilitating to our life. While some are hilarious some are causes for concern. There are over 530 phobias and this article doesn’t provide medical solutions neither are all the phobias listed. It’s just a list complied of fears in no particular order. You can check with your friends and family to see what fears you have.

WHAT'S YOUR FEAR !!!

Glossophobia	Fear of public speaking
Thanatophobia	Fear of death
Trypanophobia	Fear of needles and injections
Acrophobia, Altophobia	Fear of heights
Gamophobia	Fear of marriage
Achluophobia	Fear of darkness.
Acousticophobia	Fear of noise.
Agliophobia	Fear of pain.
Agoraphobia	Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded, public places like markets. Fear of leaving a safe place.
Arachnephobia or Arachnophobia	Fear of spiders
Bacteriophobia	Fear of bacteria.
Bibliophobia	Fear of books
Bathophobia	Fear of depth
Bogyphobia	Fear of bogeys or the bogeyman.
Cardiophobia	Fear of the heart
Chorophobia	Fear of dancing.
Claustrophobia	Fear of confined spaces
Cyclophobia	Fear of bicycles
Decidophobia	Fear of making decisions
Dentophobia	Fear of dentists
Equinophobia	Fear of horses
Herpetophobia	Fear of reptiles or creepy, crawly things
Insectophobia	Fear of insects.
Lachanophobia	Fear of vegetables.
Mycrophobia	Fear of small things.
Myrmecophobia	Fear of ants.
Musophobia or Muriphobia	Fear of mice.
Noctiphobia	Fear of the night.
Numerophobia	Fear of numbers.
Ophidiophobia	Fear of snakes. (Snakephobia)
Pharmacophobia	Fear of taking medicine.
Phasmophobia	Fear of ghosts
Pyrophobia	Fear of fire
Ranidaphobia	Fear of frogs

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

Just God & You !!!!

Dear God      

                                           

I hope you are listening to me

I am in deep pain

My heart feels ripped apart

My head is heavy

My breath comes in bouts

I no longer have the will to proceed and

I feel I am never going to get up

To which God replied

I am listening to you son

For your pain is my pain

I may not be right there but

I will be your strength

I will be your courage

I will be your patience

So don’t ever lose faith in me

For I haven’t given up on you

So don’t give up on me

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

Have I ever told you ......

Have I ever told you how much you mean to me?

Have I ever told you how much I need you?

Have I ever told you how much I love you?

Well I guess I haven’t ever told you

How much you mean to me

How much I need you

How much I love you

Coz I believe you know

That you are my everything

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

BELIEVE

Believe in yourself

Believe in your strengths

Believe in your dreams

Believe in your abilities

Above all believe that you can

I believe in me

I believe in myself

I believe I can do whatever I want to do

I believe I can achieve

I believe……..

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

EATING THE RIGHT WAY

Eating is an art. We all know how to eat, when to eat and what to eat. It’s such a simple thing like breathing. Yet in fact we all go wrong. We flounder along the way; we gain weight, face issues and lose confidence. Why? All because we fail to eat correctly. These are steps we can follow to ensure a healthy lifestyle.

IT’S NOT WHAT YOU EAT BUT WHEN YOU EAT:

Prefix a fixed time and to the utmost stick to the timeframe and eat your meals within that range. Having meals at the same time tunes your body clock and helps you keep control of what you are eating.

SIT DOWN AND EAT:

It’s so easy and simple. Why eat in a hurry and when on the move? So take time to sit down and eat .it again helps you realize what you are eating and how much you are eating.

EAT WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS:

This is hard. Believe me it’s the hardest. But this is the main culprit to overeating. When you are reading, watching TV why even talking you are definitely bound to overeat. So try and avoid doing other things while eating.

SET A SMALLER PLATE:

Eat your meals in a smaller plate. It makes the food portion look huge and you can avoid eating more. It’s actually a psychological move.

EAT SLOWLY:

When you eat fast your stomach is unable to signal to your brain that you are feeling satiated and you will end up eating more. So chew your food properly and take time to enjoy your food.

AVOID HEAVY MEALS:

To the best of your ability avoid heavy meals at night.try to eat as early as possible. Digestion slows down and you end up feeling sluggish.

BREAKFAST:

Whatever you do or don’t never ever skip breakfast. It actually harms than helps. Skipping breakfast induces hunger pangs and causes us to overeat.

These are things we all know but tend to overlook. Being healthy should be a priority. We owe it to ourselves and also to the ones who love us.

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

FRIENDSHIP

                                  

Mountains are meant to be climbed

Oceans are meant to be crossed

Distances are meant to be covered

Records are meant to be broken

Lessons are meant to be learnt

But friendships are’nt meant to be broken

For new ones to be forged

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

A TOAST TO FRIENDSHIP

HERE’S TO THE FRIENDS WE HAD

                         AND THE FRIENDS WE MADE

HERE’S TO THE DIRECTION’S WE HEAD

                         AND THE LIVES WE’VE LED

HERE’S TO THE LAUGHS WE’VE HAD

                         AND THE SECRETS WE’VE SHARED

HERE’S TO THE HANDS WE HOLD

                         AS SORROWS UNFOLD

HERE’S TO THE CURSES WE’VE UTTERED

                         AND THE GRUMBLES WE’VE MUTTERED

HERE’S TO THE TEARS WE’VE WEPT

                         AND THE PROMISES WE’VE KEPT

HERE’S TO THE PLACES WE’VE SAT

                         AS WE HAD THOSE HEARTFELT CHATS

HERE’S TO ALL THINGS NICE

                         AND ALL THAT ADDED SPICE

 HERE’S A TOAST TO FRIENDSHIP.

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

Hello little friend

There are some things I want to tell you

I love coming with you to play                              

I love being with your friends

I like the way you use me

I am happy whenever you are

I like the way I bring you smiles

But this is something you need to know

You hurt me when you throw me

I also feel very lonely when you leave me on the sofa

I would love to be with my friends

So after your done playing with me

Please put me back in my place with my friends

Your best friend

Bat                                                                             

      

                                                                      

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

Revelation

Well, here I sit down again at my study
to write down a poem about a tragedy.
A tale about a naive girl, who thought she met a partner
when all she met was a boy with a bad temper.  


The first two weeks of the relationship was pure bliss.
The girl thought "well this won't be another miss".
But as time passed, as in all cases I tell you,
she came to realise that he is not from the normal menu.


His mask came off little by little
showing off an image that was very brittle.
The poor girl didn't know how to handle this case,
'cause her heart was already in his vase.


But Time, the healer & master of all things
taught her a valuable lesson about human beings.
That you should give priority to people who cares and loves you,
and not give your heart to a stranger who comes from a wrong menu.


Another truth she realized about people,
as time goes by all whites become purple.
That experience has lifted a veil from her eyes,
teaching her that time reveals people and makes you wise....

  

A TRIBUTE

I lost my friend today

But I lost her while she was still around

Our friendship got lost by distance

For I just lost in touch

While days turned to months

Months turned to years

Now I realize I’ve lost her for good

For no more is she alive

I have just learnt the hard way that

You don’t have to lose someone

To know the value of your dear one

Adore cherish and respect the ones

Who are beside you for you never know?

When they won’t be around you anymore

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author striving to inspire people around her.

RAIN

What is rain I asked my mom?

What do you think is rain mom asked me?

I thought and thought and thought some more

But I just didn’t know

I asked my brother who is older to me

He gave me his lofty smile and said

Water changes into water vapor

Water vapor condenses

Clouds become heavy and come down as rain

I haven’t a clue to what he said

I looked out of my window and oh what did I see

I saw the plants and trees dancing

I saw the people hurrying by

I saw the cars step on puddles

I stretched my hands and felt those drops

I glanced up and said

The water from the skies

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author  striving to inspire people around her. 

MY WORLD IS MY MIND

In my mind I can conquer mountains

In my mind I can sail tempestuous seas

In my mind I can run a marathon

In my mind I can roam in the meadows

In my mind I can soar the skies

In my mind I envision the future

In my mind I relive my past

In my mind I can escape

To a world solely belonging to me

In my mind I belong.

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author  striving to inspire people around her.

Life’s Little Pleasures

The gentle caress of a breeze

The silent waves kissing my feet

The pitter patter of raindrops

The first sight of morning dew

The joyful laughter of children

The aroma of  a fresh baked cake

The happy reunions in an airport

The encouragement from friends

One random act of kindness

Soaking my feet in warm water

Soothing massage to ease all aches

Sloppy kisses from my kids

Curling up with that bestseller

Haunting old shops for their books

A goodnight’s rest after   a job well done

I guess the list is endless……

But these are mine.

Author

Danusha Chandrasekaran

An inspirational author  striving to inspire people around her.