INPUT ARTICLE: Article: What's more fun than hanging with your friends? Grab a few pals and get brunch at a new restaurant. Have a girls day with a trip to the nail salon and a sleepover. Rent some movies and make some popcorn. Spend time with a few people, or invite everyone! Visit a shopping mall, department store, thrift shop, or grocery store. Treat yourself to something nice, or keep your spending within a budget. You can also do this while spending time with friends or family! Explore the internet by browsing social media sites, looking up something of interest, or reading neat articles or news stories. Use Google to learn more about things that interest you, such as fashion trends, new recipes, or current events. Travel to a city within an hour or two from where you live, and spend the day there. Try a restaurant, walk around shops, and try a museum or gallery. Exploring something new is exciting and fun way to spend time. Depending on the time of year, find decorations for the next holiday and hang them around your house. Easter, Fourth of July, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are great times to decorate.

SUMMARY: Hang out with your friends. Go shopping. Surf the web. Visit a nearby city. Decorate for the upcoming holidays.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Seed the poblano chiles and toast them in a skillet over medium-high heat until softened. Soak them in hot water for 20 minutes.  Use a sharp knife or kitchen shears to cut the chiles open lengthwise. Scrape out any seeds and large veins from the chiles, and remove any stems. Heat a skillet or griddle on medium-high heat without oil. Add the chiles, cut-side-down, and roast them for 1 or 2 minutes until they soften. Flip them once during the cooking process and do not let them burn Add 3 cups (750 ml) of water to a medium saucepan and boil it over medium-high heat. Submerge the toasted chiles in the pot of hot water. Cover the pot and remove it from the heat. Let the chiles soften in the hot water for 15 to 20 minutes. Add the cubed pork to a skillet of hot oil and cook until browned on all sides.  Cover the bottom of a large skillet or Sauté pan with 1 to 2 Tbsp (15 to 30 ml) olive oil. Heat the oil on medium-high heat. Dry the pork chunks with clean paper towels and season with salt. Brown the pork for several minutes, stirring infrequently. Make sure that the pork is brown on all sides and that the pan does not become too crowded. If necessary, work in batches. For a richer taste, you can use multiple types of pork instead of just pork shoulder. Substitute 1/3 of the pork for pork spare ribs or baby back ribs, for instance, or half of the pork shoulder for pork loin.  Chicken is another popular choice for pozole. You could use a combination of 6 skinless chicken drumsticks and 6 skinless chicken thighs instead of the pork in this recipe. While not as common as pork or chicken, beef can also be used in pozole. Instead of pork shoulder, add 2 to 2 1/2 lb (900 to 1125 g) beef shank, cubed, to the recipe. Add the browned pork to stockpot of hot chile sauce. Stir it into the sauce and increase the heat to medium-high so that it remains at a steady simmer. When adding the pork to the sauce, also scrape any browned bits off the bottom of the skillet and add those to the sauce, as well. Stir these four ingredients into the chile sauce and simmer for 15 minutes.  When adding the oregano, crumple it with your hands so that it breaks into more pieces as it goes in. Mexican oregano works best, but if you cannot find it, you can also use standard oregano. Add about 1 Tbsp (15 ml) salt. You can add more or less to taste, however. Rinse the hominy before adding it, especially if it came from a can. You can add more hominy if desired. Reduce heat and partially cover the stockpot. Cook until the pork is completely tender.  The pozole can be cooked for as little as 1 1/2 hours, but cooking it longer will result in a more tender dish. Leave the stockpot partially uncovered so that steam can escape. Reduce the heat enough so that the pozole just barely simmers.

SUMMARY: Toast and soak the chiles. Sauté the pork. Transfer the pork to the chile sauce. Add the chicken broth, cilantro, salt, and hominy. Cook for 2 to 3 hours.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The letter may become part of future legal proceedings. Regardless of how upset you may be regarding unfair accusations or possible threats contained in the demand letter, respond with calm and accurate language. Never try to match threats with anyone, as this can cloud the issues involved for a judge or jury that may have to evaluate a later lawsuit. Whatever you do, be sure to respond both promptly and politely. The three most common responses to a demand letter include: (1) truthfully denying that you have breached the contract, (2) asserting an affirmative defense indicating that circumstances beyond your control prevented you from acting, or (3) apologizing for your actual error and asking if you can “cure” or “fix” the breach in a specific way by a new, mutually agreeable date. Keep in mind that if you do provide an acceptable affirmative defense, you will still need to propose an agreeable way to “cure” the unavoidable breach. Carefully quote the terms of your contract and attach documentary proof, if necessary, that clearly indicates how you upheld your duties or which circumstances beyond your control prevented you from timely handling them. Unless you’re determined to get out of the contract and have your lawyer file a lawsuit, politely suggest alternative ways you can readily “cure” any perceived contract breach.  Remember to include notation of any errors included in the initial demand letter. Correct any factual errors but be sure to keep the tone calm and professional. Properly format your letter. Make the correspondence as professional as possible. Make one copy of your reply for each party and one for yourself. For example, if there are two Plaintiffs, you should make three copies, one for each of them, and one for yourself.

SUMMARY:
Respond carefully. Decide on the tone and type of response you will send. Write your response letter. Print, sign, and prepare your letter for mailing.