Article: If you encounter gossiping that focuses on another employee, end it by enlisting help from the gossipers themselves. Confront them and let them know that it’s impolite to gossip. Then, encourage them to help you silence the rumor mill. They’ll likely feel guilty and happily assist. Let’s say you overhear two coworkers whispering about your boss getting a cosmetic procedure. You might say, “I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I doubt she’ll be happy it’s going around…Why don’t you two help me stamp out those rumors? Honestly, they have nothing to do with our job, anyway.” Those who pass along damaging information are just as guilty as the person who started the rumor mill. Go to the culprits and discourage them from taking the rumor any further. For example, you might say something along the lines of, “If you wouldn’t say that in front of him, I don’t think you should be saying it behind his back.” In the midst of garden-variety conversations at work, you probably get multiple opportunities to shut down gossip. Start noticing these openings and use them to silence the rumor mill. Stand up for those who are being discussed. Try to steer the conversation away from gossipy topics. For instance, you’re talking to a coworker about Bill’s report and they say, “Yeah, I hear his wife asked for a divorce.” You might counter with, “Bill did a really good job with these numbers. What was your question again?”
Question: What is a summary of what this article is about?
Enlist those who gossip to help you stamp out rumors. Call out instigators. Become skilled at changing the subject.

Problem: Article: One popular hand-operated model looks like a bit like a flyswatter. Use your non-dominant hand to keep it stable and in place. Your slicer will make quick work of your tomato, slicing the whole thing all at once!  Hold the tomato slicer handle in your dominate cutting hand, with the sharp end of the blades facing the tomato. For extra leverage and stability, place your pointer finger on top of the handle where it intersects with the slicer's frame. Use a sawing motion to work the slicer's blades through the tomato. When you get about halfway through the tomato, move your non-cutting stabilizing hand to the top of the tomato so that it's not in the way of the blades. You don't want to cut yourself! Keep sawing back and forth through the tomato until you reach the cutting board. Once your reach the cutting board, you should have a perfectly sliced tomato.
Summary: Get out your tomato slicer. Put your clean tomato on a cutting board. Cut your tomato. Finish.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Crying is a reaction caused by a heightened state of emotions and the relaxing effects of breathing can help you to stop yourself from crying. Perhaps you’ve just thought of a sad memory, you’ve been broken up with, or something tragic has happened in your life. Calming yourself is a big part of stopping yourself from crying. Focusing on breathing, as in meditation, can help you to control the emotions you are feeling and help you to restore a sense of inner peace.  When you feel the tears coming, breathing in slowly and deeply through your nose, then exhale slowly through your mouth. Doing this will both relax the lump that forms in your throat when you are on the verge of tears, and will stabilize your thoughts and emotions. Try counting to 10. Breathe in through your nose when you count a number. Exhale through your mouth when you are between numbers. Counting helps you to focus solely on your breath and not whatever is making you want to cry. Even taking just one deep breath can steady you when you are faced with something that makes you want to cry. Draw one deep breath in, hold it for a moment, and then let it back out. In that moment, focus only on the air going in and out of your lungs. Taking this deep breath will also give you a moment to pause before you have to deal with the cause of your sadness. If you are in a situation that is making you want to cry, but you don’t want to show your emotions to others, moving your eyes can help you to control those tears. Some research has actually shown that blinking may help stop the flow of tears.Blink a few times to clear your eyes of any tears.  Cross your eyes or roll them several times. Of course, you may only want to do this when you know that no one is looking at you. Aside from mentally distracting yourself (you have to focus to cross your eyes) it will also physically keep the tears from forming. Close your eyes. Closing your eyes gives you a moment to process what is happening. Closing your eyes paired with taking several deep breaths will help you to calm down and focus on not crying. When you are on the verge of tears, it is important to get your mind onto other things. Physically distracting yourself is one way to keep yourself from crying.  Squeeze your upper thighs or squeeze your hands together. The pressure should be enough to distract you from the reason why you feel like crying. Find something else to squeeze, whether it is a stress toy, a pillow, a part of your shirt, or a loved one’s hand. Press your tongue to the roof of your mouth or up against your teeth. Furrowing your brow and frowning may make it more likely that you will start crying because our facial expressions can affect our emotions. To help stop yourself from crying, try to adopt a neutral facial expression in any situation where you feel like you are going to cry. Relax your brow and the muscles around your mouth so that you are not wearing a look of concern or distress. If it is appropriate or you can get away for a few minutes, try smiling to stop yourself from crying. Some studies have shown that smiling can alter your mood in a positive way even if you don’t feel like smiling. One of the hardest parts of trying to hold in your tears is getting rid of the lump in your throat that forms when something makes you want to cry. When your body registers that you are under stress, one of the ways the autonomic nervous system reacts is to open up the glottis, which is the muscle control the opening from the back of the throat to the voice box. When the glottis is opened, it makes it feel like there is a lump in your throat when you try to swallow.  Take a sip of water to release the tension caused by the glottis being opened up. Sipping water will relax your throat muscles (and calm your nerves.) If you don’t have water on hand, breath steadily and swallow slowly several times. Breathing will help you relax, and swallowing slowly will help tell your body that it doesn’t need to keep the glottis open. Yawn. Yawning helps to relax your throat muscles, which means that it helps ease the tightness you feel in your throat when you glottis is opened.

SUMMARY: Focus on your breathing. Move your eyes to control your tears. Distract yourself with a physical movement. Relax your facial expression. Remove the lump in your throat.

Try to use the full-fat variety, as it will be more beneficial for your skin than the low-fat or nonfat kind. Do not add water to the milk yet. These will give the bath water a soothing, fragrant aroma. You can also experiment with using other types of flowers and herbs, such as dried rose or lily petals. Keep shaking until all of the ingredients are evenly distributed throughout the powdered milk. Avoid using water that is too hot, or it will cook the milk. Store the leftover mixture in a cool, dark place. You want the bath water to have an even color. The dried orange peel and flowers may float to the top of the water. Do not use any soap in this bath. When you are done, empty the tub and rinse your body off using soap and fresh water. Consider using a strainer to catch the dried orange peel and flower petals before you empty the tub. This way, you won't risk clogging your drain.
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Fill a glass jar with the powdered milk. Add the dried orange peel, lavender flowers, and rosemary. Close the jar, and shake it to mix. Plug your tub and start filling it with warm water. Add ½ cup (115 grams) of the mixture to the bath. Swish your hand through the water to mix. Get into the tub and soak for no more than 20 minutes.