Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Clear website logins and passwords. Avoid oversharing personal details online. Send personal information encrypted. Make online purchases with a credit card. Be wary of unsolicited emails. Install security software.

Answer: If you work at a public computer, then you need to be careful about erasing your logins and passwords when you sign off.  Some internet browsers will ask if you want to save your password when you log onto a website. Always decline to save. If you save the password, then someone using the computer behind you could gain easy access to your accounts. You should also think about changing your user name and password frequently, maybe once a month. The rise of Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram now allows people to share many private details of their lives with others. Unfortunately, identity thieves can browse your profiles and learn personal information. They could then use this personal information to potentially answer the security questions on your accounts, thereby gaining access.  Long-time users of social media are twice as likely to become victims of identity theft as others. The dangers of sharing too much personal information online are very real. If you have social media accounts, you should at a minimum make them private so that strangers cannot access them. Indeed, it is best to use the highest level privacy setting. Encryption is a technology that scrambles your personal information before sending it over the internet. To check if encryption has been activated, check for the “lock” icon on your web browser's status bar. Think twice before sending personal information when using public Wi-Fi in a coffee shop, library, or other public place. You should do so only if the website is encrypted or the Wi-Fi is secured. If your financial information is stolen, then credit card companies typically offer greater protections than a debit card. Use a dedicated credit card for online purchases and monitor your credit statements. “Phishing” is a technique scammers use to gain access to your computer and your accounts. Often scammers embed a link into a spam email. When you click on it, they can install malware onto your computer and gain personal information.  Scammers also use pop-ups that look like those from a legitimate business or bank. Always take a moment to verify that you are at the right website before clicking links. For more information, see Report Phishing. You should install anti-virus and anti-spyware software on your computers, as well as installing a firewall. You will want these programs to update often and install any security patch that is necessary to protect your files. You will have to pay for internet security software. The prices can range from $29.99 for basic security software to several hundred dollars for more advanced systems.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Choose your format. Consider your audience. Consider your knowledge. Decide between a short or long-form SOP. Keep your SOP purpose in mind.

Answer: There is no right or wrong way to write an SOP. However, your company probably has a number of SOPs you can refer to for formatting guidelines, outlining how they prefer it done. If that's the case, use the pre-existing SOPs as a template. If not, you have a few options:   A simple steps format. This is for routine procedures that are short, have few possible outcomes, and are fair to the point. Apart from the necessary documentation and safety guidelines, it's really just a bullet list of simple sentences telling the reader what to do.  A hierarchical steps format. This is usually for long procedures -- ones with more than ten steps, involving a few decisions to make, clarification and terminology. This is usually a list of main steps all with substeps in a very particular order.   A flowchart format. If the procedure is more like a map with an almost infinite number of possible outcomes, a flowchart may be your best bet. This is the format you should opt for when results aren't always predictable. There are three main factors to take into account before writing your SOP:   Your audience's prior knowledge. Are they familiar with your organization and its procedures? Do they know the terminology? Your language needs to match the knowledge and investment of the reader.   Your audience's language abilities. Is there any chance people who don't speak your language will be "reading" your SOP? If this is an issue, it's a good idea to include lots of annotated pictures and diagrams.  The size of your audience. If multiple people at once are reading your SOP (those in different roles), you should format the document more like a conversation in a play: user 1 completes an action, followed by user 2, and so on and so forth. That way, each reader can see how he or she is an integral cog in the well-oiled machine. What it boils down to is this: Are you the best person to be writing this? Do you know what the process entails? How it could go wrong? How to make it safe? If not, you may be better off handing it over to someone else. A poorly-written -- or, what's more, inaccurate -- SOP will not only reduce productivity and lead to organizational failures, but it can also be unsafe and have adverse impacts on anything from your team to the environment. In short, it's not a risk you should take. If this is a project you've been assigned that you feel compelled (or obligated) to complete, don't shy away from asking those who complete the procedure on a daily basis for help. Conducting interviews is a normal part of any SOP-creating process. If you're writing or updating an SOP for a group of individuals that are familiar with protocol, terminology, etc., and just would benefit from a short and snappy SOP that's more like a checklist, you could just write it in short-form. Apart from basic purpose and relevant information (date, author, ID#, etc.), it's really just a short list of steps. When no details or clarification are needed, this is the way to go. What's obvious is that you have a procedure within your organization that keeps on getting repeated over and over and over. But is there a specific reason why this SOP is particularly useful? Does it need to stress safety? Compliance measures? Is it used for training or on a day-to-day basis? Here are a few reasons why your SOP is necessary to the success of your team:  To ensure compliance standards are met To maximize production requirements To ensure the procedure has no adverse impact on environment To ensure safety To ensure everything goes according to schedule To prevent failures in manufacturing To be used as training document If you know what your SOP should emphasize, it'll be easier to structure your writing around those points. It's also easier to see just how important your SOP is.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Water the plant. Remove the plant from its current pot. Prune the rootball. Untangle the remaining roots.

Answer:
Your plant will come out of its old pot more easily if the rootball is moist. You’ll want to water the plant a few hours before you want to repot it. This will help it maintain its health even if it loses a root or two during the repotting. The rootball is the part of the plant that extends into the actual pot. It’s made up of roots and soil and often keeps the shape of the pot after it’s removed Place your hand over the top of the pot, and place your thumb and index finger around the plant’s stem. Then turn the pot on its side and gently work the plant back and forth until it comes out.  If the plant won’t come out after several tries, you can use a knife to cut around the edge of the soil and try again.  If you happen to break some of the roots, don't worry, you’ll need to prune the rootball anyway. To make sure your plant takes to its new pot, you’ll want to remove some of the old rootball to expose fresher roots to the new soil in the new pot. Clip off roots that hang below the rootball and make three or four slits in the bottom of the rootball about a third of the way up.  If the rootball is black or smells, your plant might have some kind of fungal disease. You might not be able to save this plant or repot it. You can also shave away roots that seem particularly thick on the sides of the rootball. Once you prune the rootball and have exposed the healthy roots, untangle some of the roots that are left over. This gives the roots more contact with the new soil in the new pot. It encourages the roots to grow outward, instead of around the rootball.