Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Choose how often you want the posts to arrive. Understand what each of the terms mean.

Answer: All of the posts will come to you through an email group of one kind or other. You can have an email update as soon as an item is listed but this will probably overload your in-box, especially if your local Freecycle is very active. Or, you can ask for regular digests that summarize the giveaways for the day. You always have the option of reading all posts directly on the web. In order to make the most of your experience, you'll need to know what the item offer means. In a nutshell:  Offer - this means someone is offering this item for free. If it sounds like something you're interested in, write the person back directly to their personal address, not to the group list.  The one who makes the offer gets to choose who will be the recipient of the item. Wanted - this means someone is searching for a particular item.  Maybe you've got this stored in the attic, basement, or back of the closet.  Want to get rid of it?  Now is your chance.  When you have an item you're looking for, you can post a Wanted requesting that item. Taken - this means the item that was offered has been taken.  It is posted by the person who offered the item. Admin - occasionally you'll see the heading ADMIN. This is a message from the moderator that you need to be sure to read. It will often update you on small changes or it may draw attention to behaviors that have occurred that need to be changed/stopped or minimized (such as making demands on people like asking them to deliver a free item, etc.).


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Invest in many different companies. Invest in different sectors. Look at foreign stocks.

Answer: When you buy stock, you buy a share of the ownership of a company. You can buy stock in individual companies by using an online broker, such as E-Trade, Charles Schwab or TD Ameritrade (among many others). Do not, however, commit a large portion of your money to any single company. If such a company were to get in trouble, you could lose most of your money.   For example, Snap Inc. received a lot of press when it went public in March 2017 with shares priced at $27. However, by the following August the stock price had fallen to $11 per share. That's a drop of about 60%, which would have really hurt someone who had invested a large amount of money at the opening price. To avoid such a disaster, limit your investment in any one stock to 5% or (preferably) less of your total portfolio. Entire industries often rise and fall as a unit. If the price of oil surges, most oil-related stocks will rise as a group. When the price of oil dips, oil-company stocks tend to fall together. You can protect yourself against this risk by investing in several different industries or sectors of the economy.  Major sectors include technology, health care, financial services, energy, communication services, utilities and agriculture.   The industries or sectors you choose should have a low correlation to each other. That is, invest in various sectors whose stock prices tend to fall at different times.  For example, technology and communication services might be too closely related. On the other hand, energy and health care are not closely related and might be expected to rise or fall separately. As the economy in one country falters, the economy in other countries might be doing well. For this reason some experts recommend that you diversify by buying foreign stocks in addition to the domestic stocks you own. Buying stock in multinational corporations automatically exposes you to international markets. For example, if you buy McDonald’s stock, you are already investing in foreign markets, since McDonald’s has expanded into more than 100 countries.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Start a journal or log. Get on the scale weekly. Take your measurements. Get a body fat percentage test.

Answer: Whenever you're trying to lose weight or reduce your body fat, it's a good idea to start a journal.  You can include a variety of information, but this log will help you see and measure your success.  Start a journal prior to making any changes.  You might make notes about what you plan to change, your timeline and any other ideas or thoughts you have. Think about keeping track of your foods and beverages.  Logging what you eat has been shown to help people stay on track.  It will also allow you to see any slip ups or help you determine if what you're eating is affecting your success.  Also keep track of any measurements you take like your weight. When you're trying to lose weight and reduce your overall body fat, it's important to monitor your progress.  One way to check in is by weighing yourself weekly.  Studies have shown that weekly weigh-ins help people stay on track and on target.  You're more likely to be successful long-term if you continue to self monitor and check-in with your weight.  Ideally, weigh yourself about one to two times a week.  It might be harder to see accurate progress if you're weighing yourself daily due to normal fluctuations in body weight. For the most accurate measure of your progress, weigh yourself on the same day of the week, at the same time and in the same clothes. First thing in the morning, before eating or drinking, before dressing, but after using the restroom is best. As you continue to lose weight and reduce your overall body fat, you'll notice that it's not only the scale that's changing.  If you're losing body fat, you should also notice the size and shape of your body also changes.  Prior to starting your diet and exercise program, take a variety of measurements.  These will help you see where you're losing the most fat. Typical places to measure and track are:  waist, hips, bust, thighs and upper arms.  Keep these measurements in a journal. Every month, re-measure yourself to help you track your progress. If your weight is staying the same, but your measurements are smaller and you have been working out, you are likely gaining muscle and losing fat, which is a healthy improvement. If you're able, get your body fat percentage tested and evaluated.  This is the percentage of your body that is made up from fat.  As you continue to diet and exercise, this percentage should decrease over time.  Many gyms offer body fat percentage as a free service to their members.  Ask a staff member or trainer at your local gym for more information. You may also ask your doctor or physician if they have the equipment in office to evaluate your body fat percentage. There are devices you can purchase for home use, but these typically take a lot of experience and practice using.  Your margin of error will most likely be much larger compared to a health or fitness professional doing the tests for you.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Write your introduction. Summarize the work. Present and discuss your organizing argument. Write your conclusion.

Answer:
You should use your introduction to identify the major themes or ideas of the work and to state your reaction or reactions to these themes.  For a four to five page paper, your introduction can extend to one or two paragraphs. For a shorter paper, though, restrict it to a short paragraph made up of three to five sentences. Introduce the work by describing how the work to which you are responding fits in within the broader topic it addresses. You could also introduce the work by explaining your own beliefs or assumptions about the topic the work agrees with before explaining how the work challenges or supports your beliefs. Your response paper should not focus on a summary of the work. There is some debate as to the proper length a summary should be for this type of paper, but as a general rule, the summary should only span half of the body paragraphs if not less.  For a four to five page paper, this section should only take up about two to three paragraphs. Describe the content of the work and present the author's main arguments, especially as they affect your response. The summary should be somewhat analytical in nature instead of a strict retelling. As you present the details of the author's work and argument, you should use an analytical tone and discuss how well the author managed to get those points across. This is the point at which you must explain how you react, on an intellectual level, to the work you are responding to. You can include separate paragraphs explaining where you agree and where you disagree, or you can focus on agreement or disagreement alone, and write out as many paragraphs as needed to cover your response.  Note that this response format is best to use when you are focusing on a single major theme or argument in a work. It does not work as well if you are discussing multiple ideas presented by a work. Back up your analysis with quotes and paraphrases. Make sure that each example is properly cited. If you took the time to find textual evidence to support your responses during the prewriting stage, this portion of your paper should be fairly easy. All you really need to do is arrange your argument in a coherent manner and write in the details of the support you have already gathered. At this point, you need to restate your stance to the reader and briefly defend the significance of your stance.  Even for a four to five page paper, you only need one standard paragraph to accomplish this. For a shorter paper, make this paragraph only three to five sentences long. State how this work has a broader effect on you and to the genre or community in which it is a part.