INPUT ARTICLE: Article: By drinking a glass of water before you drink soda, you're not thirsty by the time you get to the soda. This will help slow down your soda consumption. Replace one of your daily 8 oz servings of soda with water. That way you hydrate and get fewer calories. Do that for one week and then decrease your intake again. Continue to lower the amount of soda that you drink until you have given it up completely. Hopefully you've found some drink that's not soda that can be your daily drink -- coffee, tea, flavored water. Try to replace one of your servings of soda with your new drink and one serving of soda replaced by water. Do this for a week. Find out a combination that works for you -- water, some soda, some of your new drink -- and keep drinking less and less soda. This process might take a few weeks, or even a month. By doing it slowly, you're allowing your body to get used to the lower levels of soda it's taking in.

SUMMARY: Drink a glass of water before soda. Start small. Find a replacement. Keep cutting down the soda.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: If you can't decide who will start the game, have each player roll 2 dice. Whoever has the highest combined total between the 2 dice will start. Traditionally, you'll go clockwise around the table, meaning that the person on the starting player's immediate left will go second. They'll use the dice cup to shake the 5 dice and roll them at the beginning of each round. If you don't have a dice cup, you can use an opaque drinking cup. Another alternative is to simply roll the dice with your hand. While you can (and should) look at your own dice, you should make sure no one else can see yours. You can do this by flipping the dice cup on top of your dice and lifting it so that only you can see the dice. If anyone sees someone else's dice, have everyone roll again. This is the total between all the dice on the table. They'll make a bet out loud that includes a dice face along with the quantity they believe were rolled by the other players. For example, they might say "7 3's" which means they think there are 7 dice on the table with a "3" face up. Starting with the player to the left of the first player, each player can make a new bet. It has to be either a higher quantity of the same face (like 9 "3's" instead of 7 "3's") or the same quantity with a higher face (like 7 "4's" instead of 7 "3's"). There are many variations of betting rules. You can also allow betting a higher quantity of any face or any quantity of a higher face. Some variations consider "1's" to be wild, meaning it can be any value. However, if "1's" get called in the first round, it is no longer wild and must only be a "1" for the rest of the game. You can go around the table as many times as it takes for someone to challenge a bet. The only bet that matters is the last one spoken. If you have a lot of players, you don't have to worry about writing down previous bets. You just need to keep track of the most recent bet. By challenging the player before them, they're calling their bluff (essentially saying they don't think the player's bet was correct). Have all the players uncover their dice. If the player who challenged the bet was right, the player who made the bet has lost the round. They must remove one die from their cup and set it aside. If the player who made the challenge was wrong and the player before them got their bet right, the challenger removes one die from their cup. The loser will now make the initial bet and you'll play clockwise around the table. Each time someone loses, they start the new round. This means that the loser gets to make the first bet in the next round. This is the winner of the game. If, however, you get to the point where there are 2 players left, each with only 1 die, you bet on the sum of the 2 die instead of the quantity of faces.
Summary: Roll 2 dice to determine which player will go first. Hand each player 5 dice along with a dice cup. Have everyone roll their 5 dice at the same time, keeping them hidden. Let the first player guess how many total of one dice face were rolled. Allow the other players to challenge the bet or make a new one. Continue around the table making new bets until there's a challenge. Reveal all the players' dice when a player challenges a bet. Begin the next round with the loser of the previous round. Repeat rounds until there's only one player with dice left.

You can do this by cutting the watermelon into cubes and removing the rind. You can also simply cut a watermelon in half, and then scoop the flesh out with a melon scoop or coffee scoop. You can use regular cow's milk or another type of milk, such as almond, coconut, or soy. If the watermelon is already very sweet, or if you just don't have a sweet tooth, you can omit the nectar or honey. The more ice you add, the thicker the smoothie will become. If you don't want smoothie to get watered down, use ice cubes made from frozen milk instead of frozen water. The ice should be all broken up and the ingredients evenly mixed together. If the smoothie is not blending evenly, pause the blender, and use a rubber spatula to scrape any unblended smoothie down the sides and towards the bottom of the blender. You can drink it as is, or garnish it with a swirl of agave nectar or honey. You can also add a small watermelon wedge to the edge of each glass for a fancier touch instead.
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One-sentence summary -- Cut enough watermelon to fill 2 cups (304 grams). Add the watermelon to the blender and top it off with some milk. Add some agave nectar or honey, if needed. Drop in 5 to 10 ice cubes. Close the blender and pulse until everything is smooth. Pour the smoothie into one or two tall glasses and serve immediately.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: There are two main varieties: bush beans and vine (pole) beans. They are often labeled determinate and indeterminate, respectively. Lima beans are annuals, which means that they grow within a single season once a year. Find lima bean seeds at a local nursery or garden-supply store. Bush beans tend to mature more quickly. They are called "determinate" plants because they yield all of their beans at one time. The bushes grow up to 30-90 centimeters high. Stick to bush varieties (like Henderson or Fordhook) if you're growing lima beans in a pot. "Indeterminate" vine varieties mature more slowly, but they yield a better harvest per square foot, and they tend to have fewer problems with disease. On a pole, a vine plant can grow 2-4 meters high. Consider growing this variety in a small garden. Wrap your lima beans in a wet paper towel, then seal the towel inside an airtight plastic bag. Let the seeds germinate for a few days, until they sprout stems and small roots. Each bean should feature one prominent, noticeable stem. If you live in a region with a short growing season, start the seeds in seedling pots roughly 3-4 weeks before you expect the final frost of the spring. Bury each seed beneath 1-2 inches of loose soil. Keep them in a warm, moist environment, no cooler than 60 Fahrenheit and no hotter than 70. Consider using a biodegradable peat or paper pot. Lima bean seedlings can be delicate and difficult to transplant, so it is safest to use a pot that you can plant directly into the ground. Do not try to plant a clay or plastic pot into the ground, as this will limit the plant's growth.

SUMMARY:
Acquire lima bean seeds. Germinate beans in a bag. Start seedlings in a pot.