INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Traveling can dehydrate your body, especially long-distance travel. Dehydration can increase your risk of having a pulmonary embolism. Drink 2 cups (470 ml) of water every hour to stay hydrated. If you will be traveling for 1 to 3 hours, bring 1 to 2 water bottles with you. If you will be traveling for 4 or more hours, bring 3 or more water bottles with you. Sitting for long periods of time can increase blood clot formation in the legs. If you are on a road trip that is longer than an hour, take a 10 minute break every hour. Get out of the car and walk 5 to 10 times around the car.  If this isn’t possible, then roll your ankles 10 to 20 times every 15 to 30 minutes. Set a timer on your phone or watch to remind you to take a break or to roll your ankles every hour. If your flight is more than an hour, make sure to get up once every hour to move around. Walk from your seat to the bathroom and back again. You can also stand up next to your seat and bend your knees. If walking around the cabin or standing next to your seat isn’t allowed, roll your ankles 10 to 20 times every 15 to 30 minutes. Compression stockings apply even pressure to your legs to promote blood circulation. Wear compression stockings while traveling for long periods of time, especially if taking breaks while traveling is not possible. You can purchase compression stockings online or from your local pharmacy.

SUMMARY: Drink water while traveling. Stop for a 10 minute break every hour during a road trip. Walk around the cabin every hour if you are flying. Wear compression stockings.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: When it comes to compatibility, the most important thing is that you feel united in some way. It might be that you spend your free time in similar ways, share a hobby, or just enjoy being together. When you think about your partner, consider what items you want to connect on. Whether you both love camping or both already have children, make sure there’s at least one thing you can bond over with your potential spouse. Perhaps similar beliefs unite you or you both value family. Everyone has a different way of approaching problems in a relationship. Some people get angry and yell, others avoid, and still others handle conflict as it arises and compromise. It matters little which style you and your partner have, but more whether both of your styles are similar.  Think about how you tend to approach conflict and find a man who has a similar or complementary approach. Even if his style is different than yours, you both should work well together to resolve conflict. Resolving conflicts can help you understand each other better and not hold resentment toward each other. If religion matters greatly to you, find a partner who shares your beliefs. Marrying someone with different beliefs from you can affect your relationship and cause problems in the future, so think about how this might affect your potential marriage and family. If it’s imperative to you and your family that your husband share your same religion, you must either ask him to convert or break up. Talk openly about how religious differences will affect your relationship and potential children. Find common ground in your beliefs or values. Learn to accept their religion and learn about it. Consider how you approach money and find a man with a similar approach. If you tend to meticulously budget and save your money, find a man with similar values. Money can be a big problem and major source of conflict in a marriage, so pick up on a potential partner’s habits early on. Consider your values around keeping separate bank accounts or using a joint bank account. Have a plan for tackling debt, creating savings, and dividing money. Decide the role of family in your future marriage. If you want to be heavily involved in family life with your own family, choose a man with similar family values. Some people want little to do with their in-laws, while others spend lots of time together. Ideally, you want to at least feel welcome and accepted into his family and have him feel the same about yours. If you don’t have a great relationship with your own family and want to feel connected to your future husband’s family, look for a man who lives near his family and has a great relationship with his parents and siblings.

SUMMARY: Examine your compatibility. Have similar conflict styles. Discuss religious differences. Talk about finances. Build family relationships.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Prior to gathering business requirements, the company needs an issue to focus on. Once a problem is identified, the company, in turn, seeks the optimum solution to solve the problem. The business requirements provide an outline of justification for the project and the details necessary to determine the optimum solution.  That means that the company must continually gather data about its customers so that it can identify problems and so that it has data to provide justification for new projects. Once a new project is decided on, you can move on to gathering the business requirements.  To clarify the problem, start with the problem statement. The problem statement is essentially why you are starting the project. You saw a problem within the company or with your customers that needed to be addressed. Your problem statement should lay out exactly what the issue is.  The "problem" could also be a need the company has or an opportunity for growth. Since business requirements focus on a particular project, you can hold meetings with the relevant people from the project. The team will be composed of people in various roles associated with the elements affected by, or affecting the problem. You may need to meet more than once to gather the information you need.  In your team meeting, discuss what the problem is and who it is affecting. Make sure people at the meeting have numbers to back up the problem. For example, a quality problem will require production and inspection people, such as industrial engineers and foremen, as well as any staff HR people if there are potential labor elements (union) involved. That is, the problem statement should cover what the problem is, of course, but it should also cover who it affects, where it is happening, and when it is happening. It should also address what the problem is affecting, besides people. Remember that the team is not identifying the problems, but the causes, consequences, and effects of the problem statement as previously developed.  With the group, begin identifying the various departments affected, how they are affected, and the existing impact of the status quo. Have someone write on a board or screen that's visible to everyone. Write down the problem statement at the top. Let people throw out ideas and write them on the board.  Make sure people arrive prepared; if you've already created the problem statement, they should have read it and thought about it on their own.  Don't judge ideas. As people throw out ideas, don't offer judgment, at least while brainstorming. People will be more hesitant to say things if they think they will be judged.  Encourage everyone to speak. If someone hasn't said something, call on that person to see if he or she has something to contribute. Once you've brainstormed, it's time to narrow down your solution. Discuss which of the solutions seem like the best one. Basically, you're going to decide what your company is going to do to solve the problem. Maybe you've decided you want to return to some of your original designs with some updates.

SUMMARY:
Analyze the identified problem. Gather the team. Address all aspects of the problem. Narrow down ideas.