Problem: Write an article based on this summary: If your party has a theme, work with it. Account for your audience. Plan on a budget. Plan your contents. Choose and fill your bag.

Answer: Are you having a pirate-themed party? A Christmas party? A black and white party? Whatever it is, start thinking about your goodie bag in terms of your party's theme. How does it fit in with the rest of your shindig? Think about when you're planning on giving out your goodie bag. If it's toward the end, you could include things that will remind your guests of the good time they had. Or you could leave room in the bag for them to insert a few things from the party that they enjoyed (crafts, candies, decorations, etc.). If the recipients are 10 year old boys, you probably don't want to fill those bags up with inkwell pens and small bottles of Courvoisier. And if your audience is a group of middle-aged women, you're not gonna be giving them bags full of beef jerky and Pokémon cards (and hopefully not having a jerky-themed, Pokémon party). What would your audience enjoy? The younger your audience, the more you should shy away from things that will be messed with for 5 seconds, broken, and then shoved in a drawer. You'd be better off with mostly candies or things that can actually be used, like pens or hair barrettes. If you are inviting 10 people, you can afford to splash out more than if you are inviting 30. These goodie bags are out of the kindness of your heart, so don't feel pressure to break the bank on them. How much money would you like to spend? Once you pick that number (and stick to it!), the contents will fall into place. A few dollars per bag is plenty. You want to aim for a number of filler items and just a few tokens that have actual value. Most goodie bags contain food or candy and tiny knick-knacks such as small toys, pencils, and stickers -- probably 3 to 5 of each. For example, if you were going with the pirate theme, you could include a shop-bought eye patch, some fake gold pirate's booty, and some themed sweets. You could even make homemade ones to save on the expense and make it even more personal.  You could also use tissue paper or pretty cellophane grass (the basket filler stuff) to give your bags some volume. Not all of it has to be gifts! Throw in some tootsie rolls, mints, tiny chocolates, or other pre-wrapped candies you can buy in bulk to add to the goodie bag while cutting down on your expenses. Visit your local dollar store to get to stuffing your bags on the cheap! Adults will be content with a basic gift bag, but children may prefer a more sophisticated bag with splotches of color or with themed designs. Anything from a cellophane gift bag to ironed tissue paper tied with a ribbon will look perfect. Consider adding ribbon, string, or a bow to add more flair to your bag -- or to add a way to tie on a tag where you can write the recipient's name. The more personalized it is, the more your guest will be touched!


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Try St John’s wort to help improve your depression. Take fish oil to boost your omega-3 levels. Increase your vitamin C to help reduce fatigue. Try 5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) to help increase your serotonin levels.

Answer: St. John’s wort is a herb that can help mild to moderate depression. You can buy it as a liquid extract, in capsule form, as tablets, or as an ingredient in commercial tea. Talk to your doctor about which form is the best for your current situation and whether or not St. John's wort is safe for you to use.  Supplements are standardized to 0.3% hypericin concentration, which is one of the active compounds in the herb. The supplement should be taken three times a day with a dose of 300mg. It can take three to four weeks for the herb to get into your system, which means it may take this long to show improvements. Don’t stop taking St. John’s wort all at once. There will be unpleasant side effects if you do. Instead, gradually lower the amount you take every day. People with attention deficit disorder and bipolar disorder should not use St. John’s wort. Also, do not use St. John’s wort if you are taking medications such as antidepressants, sedatives, birth control pills, or allergy drugs, or if you are pregnant and/or breastfeeding. Avoid grapefruit and grapefruit juice while using St. John's wort Fish oil helps with brain function due to the omega-3 fatty acids. Individuals with depression may have lower levels of brain chemicals called EPA and DHA in their blood, which are two substances found in fish oil. Eat fish or seafood a few times a week to get plenty of omega-3s. Eat salmon, mussels, sardines, herring, oysters, trout, and canned white tuna. You can also take over-the-counter supplements.  Fish oil should not be used as the only form of depression medication, but it may be helpful in addition to prescribed medications or other treatments. If you’re pregnant or nursing, talk to your doctor before taking supplements or increasing your intake of omega-3s. Avoid eating raw seafood, shellfish, tilefish, king mackerel, and shark. These all have high levels of mercury. Studies have shown that individuals with vitamin C deficiencies are more likely to feel fatigued and depressed. To avoid this, increase your daily intake of vitamin C. You can eat more food with vitamin C or take a dietary supplement. Eat more natural sources of vitamin C, such as red or green peppers, oranges, grapefruit, limes, lemons, spinach, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, strawberries, raspberries, tomatoes, mango, papaya and cantaloupe.  For supplements, take two or three doses of vitamin C per day that total 500 mg daily. Try to stay under 2000 mg per day between food and supplements. Be aware that higher doses of Vitamin C can cause diarrhea. Smoking depletes vitamin C, which means smokers need an additional 35 mg per day. Ask your doctor before taking supplements if you're on other medications, herbs, or supplements. This chemical is made in your body, derived from tryptophan, and becomes serotonin, a mood-regulating neurotransmitter. 5-HTP may have a help with sleep, mood, anxiety, appetite, and pain sensation. 5-HTP may work as well as some SSRI antidepressants (like Prozac and Zoloft) that are used to treat people with mild-to-moderate depression.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Choose an assistant. Tell the assistant about your plan. Return to the audience alone. Ask the audience to pick an object. Have the audience bring the assistant back. Point to a few wrong objects. Point to a black object. Point to the correct object. Repeat if the audience is excited.

Answer:
Ask a volunteer from the audience to come with you to another room so you can "form a psychic connection." Talk to the assistant in a private room, where no one else can hear you. In this trick, sometimes called Black Magic, you'll point at objects in the room, and the assistant will say whether or not it's the object you are thinking of. He should keep answering "No," then answer "No" again when you point to a black-colored object. The next object you point to after that will be the right one, and he'll answer "Yes." Read the rest of the trick below if you don't get how it works yet. Ask the assistant to wait in a separate room, where he can't hear the audience. Return to your audience and tell them "I have cast a spell on the assistant, so he can read my mind. I'll prove it to you with this magic trick." Ask an audience member to name any object in the room. Point to it, and say, "Now my assistant will read my mind and tell you which object you chose." Send out at least two or three people in the audience to bring back the assistant. This way, no one will think you are sending someone to cheat and tell the assistant what to pick. If you want, you can make a big show of "transmitting a psychic message" by staring at the assistant and holding your fingers against the side of your head. Point to something that the audience did not choose, and say "Am I thinking of ___?" Repeat this for a few objects. The assistant should say "No," as you agreed on. Point to another wrong object, but one that is colored black. Say "Is this what I am thinking of?" The assistant should say "No" again, but notice that this is black. Point to the item the audience chose, and say "Am I thinking of __?" The assistant will now say "Yes," since it is the first thing you pointed to after the black object. Smile and bow to the audience. If the audience is trying to guess how it's done, send the assistant out of the room again, pick another object, and repeat. Distract the audience from the real code by pretending to use silly faces, gestures, or different ways of asking the question as a code. Do the trick two or three times, then stop so the audience doesn't guess your secret. You can also talk to your assistant again and come up with a different code for next time. For instance, ask him to say "Yes" for the fifth thing you point to.