INPUT ARTICLE: Article: One of the most common reasons for ear pimples is lack of hygiene. Touching your ears with unwashed hands can transfer oil and bacteria to the skin, which clogs the pores and causes pimples. Make sure to keep the shell of your ear, your earlobes, and behind your ear cleaned. Shampoo, gel, and other hair products can get on the ear and cause pimples. Use soap and water and clean when you shower or wash your face and hair. Clean the inside of your ear when needed. Make sure to irrigate the ear with solution and don't use cotton swabs inside your ear. Wipe your ear after every shower. This is when the pores are slightly open, so you can remove excess oil and help reduce blackheads. Another common way of getting ear pimples is through the telephone. Wipe down your cell phone after use. It is especially important to wipe down a telephone if you share it with other people. Since earbuds go into your ears, they can get caked with oil, earwax, and other dirt and grime. When earbuds are out of your ear, they can pick up dirt and other contaminants. When you place them back in your ears, that stuff transfers. Use an alcohol wipe to clean your earbuds after each use. If the pimple is in your external ear, don't use earphones until it is gone. This will aggravate the pimple. Wipe over it with an anti-bacterial wipe, since the pimple could return if your earphones are dirty. If you get ear acne often, your ear is covered with black dots, or you have a zit that is draining fluid, you need to see your doctor. You also should see a doctor if your ear blemish is very painful and lasts longer than a week. They can give you something to help clear it up and determine if the underlying cause is hormonal.

SUMMARY: Wash your hands. Clean your ears. Wipe your ears after a shower. Wipe your telephone. Clean your headphones. See a doctor.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: One way you can pursue and maintain friendships is to commit to your treatment. When you take your medication and make the lifestyle changes as your doctor instructed, you should be able to manage your bipolar depression well. Skipping your medication or ignoring your treatment can cause unstable moods, which can hurt your friendships. Following your doctor's prescribed treatment helps you maintain your quality of life and enables you to have positive relationships with others. Make sure to talk to you doctor first if you are considering going off of your medication(s). Sometimes, large groups can be overwhelming and cause your moods to become unstable. This may especially be true if you are with a bunch of people you don't know. To help with this, interact in small groups. Meet with a few friends at a time, or choose to go to places with smaller amounts of people, like coffee shops or movie theaters. You can find people who share your interests on sites like Meetup.com. When you are meeting people for the first time, or when you are talking to people you've known for a while, you should listen to the other person more than you talk. Bipolar disorder can sometimes make your focus only on yourself, so try to put the focus on the other person. For example, you can ask questions, such as, "Why did you choose to be a teacher" or "How did you get into knitting?" Due to your bipolar disorder, you may find yourself reacting certain ways due to your mood disorder. You may get angry and yell at your friend, you may try to push them away, or you may just stop calling them. You should set boundaries for your friendship so that both of you can be fulfilled by the friendship. For example, you may tell your friend, "If I cancel on you, try to reach out to me during the next week. I will meet you halfway by answering the phone or returning your call within a few days. If I do not return your call, I realize that is my fault and not yours. If I continue to ignore you, I understand that you may not want to be friends with." If you have mood swings, you may tell your friends, "I understand that my mental illness is no reason to take it out on you. If I get angry, upset, or emotional, you should leave. We can try to talk a few days afterwards when my mood has balanced back out." Whether you have just become friends with someone or have been friends with them for a long time, you should refrain from being needy and give them space. Your bipolar depression may make you feel abandoned or like you want to be around your friend all the time to believe they like you. Remember that your friend has a life and other friends. That doesn't mean they don't like you. Give them the space they deserve. Avoid calling too many times or writing e-mails when you feel needy. Things you say or do may be your bipolar and not you. Remind yourself that your friends like you, but that doesn't mean they have to be around you all the time.

SUMMARY: Commit to treatment. Interact in small groups. Listen to others. Establish boundaries with your friends. Give your friend space.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Dabbing at the excess can make the removal process a little easier. Take a paper towel and dab at the grease as soon as it gets on your jeans. The carbonation of sparkling water makes it more effective than flat water in removing stains. Get a bottle or can of sparkling water and pour it all over the affected area. Coarse salt acts as an abrasive, which can be useful for stain removal. Sprinkle the salt onto your jeans and use a paper towel to rub the salt over the grease stains. Try using cornstarch or baking soda if you don't have coarse salt. These may also act as abrasives that can soak up some of the grease. Squirt a little bit of dish soap, laundry soap, or even hand soap onto the grease stains. Continue using a paper towel to rub the stained spots. Wipe off as much of the salt and soap as you can with a fresh paper towel. Then rub at whatever is left of the stain with a Tide-To-Go or Clorox Bleach pen. Hang your jeans on a drying rack for a few hours so that they can dry completely. They may dry faster if you hang them on a clothesline when the sun is out.

SUMMARY: Soak up as much of the grease as you can with a paper towel. Pour sparkling water onto the grease. Sprinkle coarse salt onto the grease and rub it in. Add some soap and continue rubbing. Use a stain remover pen. Lay your jeans out to dry.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: This can be any spot between apps, in an open icon spot, or on a blank page. This will open a menu.

SUMMARY:
Find a blank spot on your Home screen. Press and hold the blank spot. Select "Manage home screen panels". Swipe over until you find the page you want to remove. Tap "Remove" at the bottom of the screen.