INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Set an alarm or write it down in a journal or on the calendar. Schedule your doses so that they are associated with normal daily activities like brushing your teeth or your regular bedtime. The patient leaflet will tell you if your antibiotic should be taken with food or if you must take it on an empty stomach. Food interferes with the absorption of some antibiotics. On the other hand, food may help prevent the stomach upset caused by other antibiotics. The information leaflet will specify how to take your medication. Do not fail to take the antibiotic because you cannot swallow a large tablet or the liquid's taste is too unpleasant. The antibiotic is an essential part of your treatment. The doctor has the option of prescribing the antibiotic in a different form or trying a totally different antibiotic. Take the drug as soon as you remember if you forget to take it. If it is close to your next dose, just wait. Continue with your normal dosing schedule as usual. Call your doctor if you end up missing several doses or more than one day's worth. She can advise you how to proceed. Skipping doses prevents you from maintaining therapeutic levels of the antibiotic in your system. The microorganisms are not being inhibited or destroyed properly. You increase your chances of experiencing side effects when you have too much of the antibiotic in your body at once. Call your doctor if you accidentally take too many doses, as you may need to take medical action. Do not compensate for a skipped dose by taking more than the prescribed amount of antibiotic. In most cases, antibiotic overdose does not cause severe symptoms, although it may cause stomach upset and diarrhea. Even if you are starting to feel better, an incomplete drug course can lead to antibiotic resistance and/or a recurrence of your symptoms. You may end up needing a second course of antibiotics. A complete course of antibiotics allows you enough time to eradicate the bacteria from your system. When you prematurely stop taking the antibiotic, the bacteria may not all be cleared completely from your system. The bacteria that survive are the strongest, and they are thus harder for the antibiotic to kill. These bacteria may also change or mutate, making the antibiotic less effective against this new strain. Antibiotic resistance is a serious problem, but using antibiotics wisely as prescribed can help prevent it.

SUMMARY: Keep track of when your next dose is due. Schedule your doses around your meals and snacks. Tell your doctor if you having difficulty taking the antibiotic. Do not skip doses of the antibiotic. Do not take extra doses of the antibiotic. Take all of your antibiotic doses.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The support posts belong in the open areas on the boat's deck. Each post needs a bottom and top cap to hold it in place properly. Place the first post near the bow, making sure it's at least 10in (25cm) above the highest point in your boat. Place a second post near the boat's stern. If you wish to make your own posts, measure the boat's height from the deck to the highest point. Purchase 2in 4in (5.1cm 10.2cm) wood posts 10in (25cm) taller than your measurement, then fit them with foam caps purchased online. You only need 2 posts for small powerboats. Place additional posts to support the shrink wrap on larger boats. Install an additional post for every 8ft (2.4m) of boat length you need to cover. Run a support strap from the back end of the boat to the front. Thread it through the grooves on the support post caps. Then, lay more straps side to side across the boat, including a single strap through each cap. Buckle all of the straps to grab rails or cleats along the boat's edges to keep them locked in place. Make sure the straps are tight and secure. They form a stable frame to fit the shrink wrap over. If the straps look loose, the shrink wrap will also be loose. If you can't find a place to anchor the strapping, run it all the way down to the trailer underneath the boat. Measure from the end of the strapping to about 8in (20cm) below the metal rub rail around the edge of the boat. Cut new straps to length, then tie the straps to the cleats and edge rails. Shape the free ends of the straps into well-tied loops about 12in (1.3cm) in size. Tie the straps in place using a basic overhand knot. Using a different kind of knot is also fine as long as the straps are well-secure. Start at the rear or stern end of the boat. Run a new piece of strapping through each of the loops you tied, making sure it fits tightly against the boat's side. When you get back to the stern, tie the ends of the strap together with a buckle. Pull the strap as tight as you can before tying it. For assistance, use a strap tensioning tool, available online and in most shrink wrap kits. You can tie the perimeter band around the boat's propeller. Use it as an anchor point to keep the strap tight and secure.

SUMMARY: Set up support posts along the center of your boat. Tie the support posts in place with polyester straps. Tie loops to the end of each piece of strapping. Wrap a perimeter band all the way around the boat.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Squeeze the fish's body gently with your whole hand, applying equal pressure all the way around so it doesn't slip out on you. Keep your grip fixed, only making minor adjustments if necessary. As long as you maintain a safe hand positioning while holding onto the catfish, you shouldn't have to worry about getting pricked. The combination of slick skin and caked-on mud from the river bottom can make catfish particularly tough to handle. A fresh catch may twist and wriggle suddenly in an effort to free itself. If you get caught off guard, you could lose it. A full-grown catfish can get very heavy, so keeping another point of contact on the tail section will make it a lot easier to lift. A two-handed grip will also allow you to control a fresh catch if it begins thrashing around. Make sure your support hand stays far away from the spines, as well. Whether it's destined for an onboard cooler or you've decided to return it to the deep, you'll need to exercise caution when letting go. Lower the catfish so that it's as close to the water as possible. Loosen your grip in one smooth motion, being careful not to let your hand brush along the fish's back. Instead of attempting to toss the catfish away from you, let it slip beneath the surface nice and easy and get moving on its own. Since your fingers will be behind the spines, it will simply swim harmlessly away.

SUMMARY: Lift the catfish. Use your other hand for support. Release the catfish cautiously.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: An irregular polygon is a polygon that doesn't have equal sides. If the sides of the polygon are all the same length, that means the polygon is regular, not irregular. Since not all sides of an irregular polygon are equal, you'll need to write out each individual side length. Even if some of the sides are equal, you should still write each length out individually. For example, if you're working with a rectangle that has 2 sides that are 4 units long and 2 sides that are 3 units long, you would write "4, 4, 3, 3." If you're working with an irregular polygon that has 1 side that's 2 units, 1 side that's 3 units, and 1 side that's 4 units, you would write "2, 3, 4." To find the perimeter of an irregular polygon, all you need to do is find the total of all of its side lengths. Simply add up each side length that you wrote down to find the perimeter of the polygon! For example, if the side lengths for the polygon were 4, 4, 3, and 3, they would add up to 14. Therefore, 14 would be the perimeter of the polygon.

SUMMARY:
Look at the length of the polygon's sides to determine if it's irregular. Write down the length of each side of the polygon. Add up all of the lengths to find the perimeter.