INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Drugs called antihistamines are the most frequently used and widely available medications for the symptoms of motion sickness. Antihistamines work by influencing the part of the brain that controls nausea and vomiting.The most common ones used for sea sickness include dimenhydrinate (Dramamine), cyclizine (Marezine), diphenhydramine (Benadryl), promethazine (Phenergan) and meclizine (Antivert). Non-sedating antihistamines appear to be less effective, and besides, you may actually want to sleep your time away while on a boat. Promethazine causes the most sleepiness, whereas meclizine (also used to treat vertigo) is less sedating and can be taken as a single daily dose. Medications are most effective when taken prior to boarding a boat and less effective for symptom relief after the sea sickness has begun. Anticholinergics are another class of drugs commonly used to combat motion sickness and they work by slowing down the messages related to the involuntary nervous system that go back and forth between the brain, inner ears, and eyes. Scopolamine (Transderm-Scop) is the most well-known anticholinergic and is available as a skin patch meant to be applied behind your ear at least eight hours before boarding a boat. It's effectiveness for nausea prevention can last for up to three days. Common side effects of scopolamine are the same as those of antihistamines (drowsiness, blurred vision, dry mouth, and confusion). Scopolamine also has the ability to cause hallucinations and wipe out short-term memory, so extreme caution should be used with this drug. Pills tend to produce more side effects than the transdermal patch, but never use more than one patch at a time. Other prescription medications sometimes used to manage sea sickness include: antidopaminergics (promethazine and metoclopramide), amphetamines, and benzodiazepines (Xanax and Valium). Some prescription drugs commonly cause nausea in sensitive users, so it's important to realize if yours are on that list. If they are and you're planning on a cruise or just going boating for the day, ask your doctor if you can discontinue or reduce the dose over the short-term. For example, some antidepressants, oral contraceptives, antibiotics (erythromycin), anti-parasitics and narcotics (codeine) are known to worsen the nausea of sea sickness. However, never change doses of prescription medication without your doctor's approval. If you are taking prescription medications, avoid mixing them with alcohol, particularly while on a boat. Over-the-counter anti-inflammatories, such as ibuprofen and naproxen, can also worsen the effects of motion sickness.

SUMMARY: Try over-the-counter antihistamines. Ask your doctor about prescription anticholinergics. Ask your doctor what drugs may cause or worsen nausea.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Straighten a paperclip, then use a pair of needle-nose pliers with a wire cutter to cut it in half. Use the pliers to pinch the end of one of the halves. Fold the end about 14 inch (0.64cm) from its tip. The folded end should be completely closed, so it's flush with the half's remaining length. Grab the folded end with the pliers and bend it at the fold's tip. When you're done, this half of the paperclip should look like a straight wire with a tiny hook bent at a right angle on one end. You'll insert the tension tool into the bottom of the keyhole and use it to turn the lock open. Hold an end of the other half of the paperclip with your pliers about 18 inch (0.32cm) from the tip. Fold this length at a 45 degree angle. The picking tool is what you'll use to rake and release the pins. Slide the tension tool in with the hook facing down. Push it into the keyhole's shear line, or the bottom of the hole, until you encounter resistance. Use as little force as possible to rotate the tension tool just slightly. You'll need to carefully apply slight rotational tension, or twisting force, with the tension tool as you jiggle the pins with the picking tool. SentrySafe locks typically open to the left. Slide the pick tool all the way to the back of the upper part of the keyhole. The 45 degree bend should face up. SentrySafe locks often have 4 pins, and you'll need to access the last pin at the back of the lock. Rake the pins by jiggling the pick up and down as you slowly pull it toward the keyhole's opening. Keep the tension tool turned slightly toward the open position as you jiggle. Keep raking until you hear a click, then turn the tension tool all the way to the left to open the lock.

SUMMARY: Cut a straightened paperclip in half. Pinch 14 inch (0.64cm) of an end of the paperclip and fold it over. Bend the folded end at a 90 degree angle to create a tension tool. Bend the other half's end at a 45 degree angle to make a picking tool. Insert the tension tool into the bottom of the keyhole. Turn the tension tool in the direction the lock turns. Insert the pick tool all the way into the keyhole. Jiggle the pick tool quickly until the lock opens.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: An amortization schedule will tell you exactly how your monthly mortgage payments will be split between paying off principal and interest and what your balance will be at the end of each month. Start by inputting the basics of your loan information in the top left of a spreadsheet program. For example, in cell A1, write out "annual interest rate." Then, input your annual interest rate as a percentage in the next cell over, B1. Continue down to cell A2 for the loan duration in years, inputting the amount in column B as before. Do the same for payment per year and loan principal in cells A3 and A4, respectively. Skip a line under your loan information. Then, place the following words across the spreadsheet, in row 6 from columns A to E: Payment number. Payment amount. Principal payment. Interest payment. Loan balance. Directly under the column headers you just created, start filling out your loan information. Under payment number, place a 1. Then, under payment amount, type in "=pmt(B1/B3,B2*B3,B4)". This is the payment function. Under principal payment, type "=ppmt(B1/B3,A7,B2*B3,B4)". This is the principal payment function and it shows the amount of the principal paid down each month. Under interest payment, type "=ipmt(B1/B3,A7,B2*B3,B4)". This is the interest payment function and it shows the amount of interest paid down each month. Finally, under loan balance, type "=(B4+C7)". Cell A7 should contain your first payment number, 1. Cell C7 should contain the payment amount. Select the range from cell A7 to E7. Then, drag the calculations down to the last payment. At this point, the loan balance in column E should be $0. Remember that your number of payments is calculated by multiplying the number of annual payments by the loan duration in years. If your loan payment numbers don't update down the amortization schedule. Type "=(A7+1)" into cell A8 (payment 2) and drag that down to the end of your schedule. The rest of the numbers will then update.

SUMMARY:
Set up your amortization schedule. Create your amortization schedule columns. Fill out your first month's amortization. Complete your amortization schedule.