INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Although you do want to rest the swollen area, refraining from movement for extended periods reduces circulation and will eventually make your swelling worse. Get up and walk around occasionally during your regular work day, and include low impact exercise in your weekly routine. These may include yoga, swimming, and talking walks.  If you sit at a desk all day, try mixing it up by using a standing desk sometimes. If that's not an option, make a point of getting up to walk around the office every hour or so. When you are sitting, change positions often and keep your feet slightly elevated whenever possible. High levels of sodium contribute to swelling, so avoid consuming foods with lots of sodium. In addition, drink lots of water to flush the salt from your system.  To increase the cleansing property of your water, try adding cucumber and lemon slices - both natural anti-inflammatories. Whenever possible, choose water over beverages that contain sodium. Even sweet beverages often have high levels of sodium. Tight clothing above your swollen areas can further restrict blood flow, which will worsen your swelling. Avoid wearing tight clothes (especially nylon stockings or garters), and try wearing supportive swelling stockings instead. If you suffer from a magnesium deficiency, your swelling may be worsened as a result. Purchase magnesium supplements from a local health foods store and take 250mg daily. The bubbles and quinine in tonic water can help to limit your swelling. Pour cold (or lukewarm, if you can’t handle cold) tonic water into a dish and soak your swollen areas for 15-20 minutes once daily. Epsom salts work as natural anti-inflammatories when dissolved in water. Add two tablespoons of plain epsom salt to your warm bathwater and allow it to dissolve. Do this daily for the best results. Rubbing the swollen area reduces swelling and increases blood flow. Either get a professional massage or give yourself a rub-down on the swollen area of your body. Use grapefruit essential oil to help the process. If you give yourself a massage, focus the pushing movement upwards rather than downwards on the swollen area.

SUMMARY: Perform low-impact exercise. Minimize your sodium intake. Adjust your clothing. Take magnesium supplements. Soak the area in tonic water. Take an epsom salt bath. Get a massage.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Tap and hold an app on your Home screen until you can move it. Drag and drop it onto another app that you want to be in the same folder. A folder containing the two apps will be automatically created. Tap Edit with the folder open to change the folder's name. You can drag and drop more apps onto the folder to add them. You can change the color and layout of your folders from the Nova Settings app. Open your App Drawer, tap Nova Settings, and then tap the Folders option.  You can change the way the preview icons are displayed by tapping "Folder Preview". You can change the background shape by tapping "Folder Background". You can change the background color by tapping "Background". You can toggle app names by tapping "Label Icons". You can change the label color by tapping "Label Color". You can toggle label shadows by checking the "Label Shadows" box.

SUMMARY: Drag an app on to another app. Rename the folder. Add more apps. Change your folder settings.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: For this method, you will need one to two yards of fabric covered boning, fabric scissors, thread, a sewing needle and fabric pins, enough Grosgrain ribbon to fit around your waist with at least an extra 10 inches (25.5 cm) to spare, and two hook and eye clasps. Fit the ribbon around your waist, with 2 to 3 extra inches (at least 7 cm). This is what will make your waist stay. These ribbon patches will be used to sew the boning into place. Many strapless dresses come with boning already in them; however, this boning is usually of poor quality and very flimsy. Take your fabric scissors and carefully cut a small hole into the lining so that you can pull the boning out.  Do this carefully! You don’t want to damage the dress lining too much. Skip this step if your dress does not have boning already. Don’t worry if you didn’t have boning in your dress before. You can simply sew the boning to the lining of the dress.  You will need to use at least four pieces of boning. Two pieces will go in the front and two pieces will go in the back. Be sure to space the boning evenly! If you are sewing the boning directly onto the dress (and not using the old boning spaces), make sure you leave at least 1/4 inch of space (3 cm) at the top and at least 1 inch (2.5 cm) before the bottom of the waist. Do not sew the bottom of the boning, but leave it free (and not sewn into the dress).  When sewing boning to the dress lining, make sure you do a line of stitches on the top of the boning to keep it from poking you. Be cautious when sewing, you don't want your needle to go all the way through the liner to the outer fabric! You will need this “extra boning” in order to sew it to the stay (made from the Grosgrain ribbon). You can do this by using the small patches you cut out earlier and placing the boning between the stay and the patch. Sew backstitches from the top layer (the stay) through the fabric of the boning and then through the patch. Grosgrain ribbon has a smooth side and a ribbed side, make sure the smooth side is facing out so that it does not create lines in your dress. Before you move on to sewing the next piece of boning, try the dress on and pin the stay to make sure you will sew the boning to the right part of the stay. Once you have completed the boning, you will need a way to keep your waist stay closed. To do this, sew one half of the clasp to one end of the ribbon and the other side to the other end. Repeat this with the second clasp. This will allow you to clasp the waist stay together, similar to how you would do with a clasp bra.

SUMMARY: Get together everything you need to fix your dress. Measure the ribbon to fit your waist. Cut the remaining ribbon into four equal parts. Remove the boning in your dress. Insert the new boning into the space where the old boning was. Leave 1/2 an inch (1.3 cm) of the bottom portion of boning free from the dress. Sew the bottom of the boning to your stay. Continue this process with the three remaining pieces of boning. Sew your hook and eye clasps to each end of the stay.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Once you have finished writing the card, read it over and check for any errors. If you are handwriting the card, you may write out a rough draft first and check it over before you write it on the actual thank you card. If you are creating the card online, you can edit it for errors easily before you send it out.  Try reading the note backwards to check for spelling errors. Identify all the punctuation used in the note and make it sure it is correct. Double check the spelling of the person’s name in the note to ensure it is correct. Look over the note for flow and tone. Check that the note includes a specific mention of the gift or service you are thanking the recipient for. Make sure the note has a friendly, intimate tone, especially if you are close to the recipient. Try to keep the language in the note simple and easy to read. The message should be short and to the point. Once you feel the thank you note is at its best, put it in an envelope and send it out within a month of receiving the gift or service from the recipient. A month is just long enough for the recipient to remember giving the gift and will ensure they are thanked promptly for it. The sooner you can send out the thank you note to the person, the better. Any longer than a month can seem a little rude or tardy for a thank you note.

SUMMARY:
Check the note for spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Make sure the note is easy to read. Send the card out within a month of receiving the gift.