A company blog is a useful tool for small businesses hoping to give others a glimpse into the company while also promoting the company's products and services.
While it's never a good idea to spam readers with irrelevant promotional messages, there are plenty of ways to provide valuable information and resources to existing and potential customers.
Here are five small businesses that are using a blog to reach local communities and showcase the company's experience and expertise. We've outlined exactly what they're doing right as a guide for other small businesses to improve their own blogging activities.
Cure Thrift Shop is a non-profit organization in New York City that donates 100 percent of proceeds to the Diabetes Research Institute. While the company focuses completely on philanthropic endeavors, it sets up a great example for other retailers hoping to create successful blogs.
Multiple times daily, Cure staffers update the company blog with creative pictures of new furniture arrivals, standout antiques, fashion inspirations and sale alerts.
Cure hosts its blog on Tumblr, which is known for fostering a community that appreciates beautiful photography. The thrift shop's quirky photos of one-of-a-kind objects fit right into the Tumblr mix while also letting followers know what's new at the shop.
Small business owners usually have a fair amount of expertise to share with the world. A blog can be a wonderful place to flaunt all of that pent-up knowledge—incorporating videos, though, can take your advice to the next level.
The folks over at The Brooklyn Kitchen understand the virtue of nicely-produced videos. The team creates how-to videos for its cooking-crazed fans. Whether they're showing viewers how to shuck oysters or clean a blade grinder, The Brooklyn Kitchen crew focuses on providing useful and targeted information in a high-quality format.
One of my favorite videos they've produced is a gem on how to saber a champagne bottle, as demonstrated by co-owner Harry Rosenblum. This is the type of how-to you'd only expect to get from a group of passionate foodies. Readers value that type of expertise, especially when they feel they can't find it elsewhere.
With seven locations in the D.C. area and one outside Philadelphia, Sweetgreen is a restaurant that offers all-natural salads and frozen yogurts—it's a healthy, sustainable business that immerses itself into local culture. The company's website explains, "We don't believe that you can have a successful business in an unsuccessful community."
Based on that idea, Sweetgreen's founders aim to make a positive difference in their community. The Sweetgreen blog captures all of the community activities that the company is sponsoring and taking part in, along with the usual day-to-day activities of running a restaurant. You can find the team throwing music festivals, hosting nutrition classes at local schools, or just concocting mouth-watering seasonal salads.
The blog acts as a central place where all company activities can be followed. The team maintains a great balance between community-focused posts and product-driven updates.
Birchbox, a startup subscription service that enables customers to sample beauty products before buying them, updates its blog multiple times per day, focusing on beauty and health tips. To keep content fresh, Birchbox editors bring in guest bloggers from top beauty and health companies and blogs to share their recommendations.
So far, the guest blogging program has included the likes of Dorothy McGivney, founder of travel newsletter Jauntsetter; Grace Atwood of beauty blog Stripes and Sequins; and Elizabeth Dehn, founder of beauty and wellness blog Beauty Bets.
Creating a guest blogger program is a great way to diversify content and bring in writers with experience and perspective in areas that the company's core bloggers may not be specialized in. Consider inviting guest writers to blog on your site if you're looking to expand into content areas that your company isn't as familiar with. For example, if your company hosts a blog about cooking, but would like to pair those dishes with tasty cocktails, consider inviting a mixologist to help kick off that venture.
There are plenty of blogs out there that are good at integrating social media, and there is another subset of blogs that excel at identifying the people behind the cog. But there aren't too many sites that manage to blend those two successfully. Emerson Salon, a tech-savvy hair salon in Seattle, is one small business that has tackled that formula and come out on top.
Salon owners Matt Buchan and Alex Garcia run their business with the goal of building a community, both online and offline. On the salon's website, users see a thorough overview of the company's digital footprint, including links to its Facebook, Twitter and Yelp pages.
Social pages for the company are to be expected, but Emerson Salon also highlights each of its employees with bio pages for each of its stylists. A typical page includes information on a stylist's professional experience, favorite local spots and interests, along with links to social profiles and a feed of his or her latest blog posts on the site. Each stylist blogs about the latest hair trends and tips, showcasing his unique thoughts on particular topics.
Personal touches on a blog, like adding profile pages and social contact information for individual specialists, make a business seem more approachable.
Because small business blogs usually service local communities, finding their blogs on the wider Internet can be difficult. We know we've missed a slew of wonderful, locally-run blogs, so let us know which are your favorites in the comments below.
Erica Swallow is an Associate Editor, Partner Content at Mashable, working primarily on writing, editing and managing supported feature content, with a particular focus on business and marketing. Erica is an international speaker, having most recently spoken at WOMMA Summit in Las Vegas, Social Marketers Summit in Prague and Social Media Brasil in São Paulo.
With record-keeping and quarterly payments, tax planning is a year-round event for the small business owner.
Tax-related activities, though, inevitably take on a new sense of urgency as April 15 looms near. While tax time can seem overwhelming for the time-pressed small business owner, there are many online tools and forums available to make the process a little easier and stress-free. Here are 10 of our favorites.
Sitting down with a professional who specializes in small businesses is always a smart idea, particularly during the first year or two of operations. However, not every business owner wants to shoulder the costs of hiring an expert to help fill out relatively routine fields on their Schedule C.
If you opt to use an online or software-based tax preparation tool, be aware that not all solutions (particularly the free tools) accommodate business tax filers. Before you sign up for any service, download software, or invest time filling out your information, make sure that the service supports the common business forms.
IRS e-file: The IRS offers electronic filing options for Employment Tax Returns, Information Returns, Partnerships, Corporations, Estates & Trusts, plus Exempt Organizations.
TurboTax: A popular tool for personal income filers, TurboTax from Intuit also offers software to guide small businesses through the filing process. The software helps you make sure you're taking advantage of every business deduction and write-off. A sole proprietor, consultant, 1099 contractor, or single-owner LLC should use the Home & Business version; S Corps, partnerships, C Corps, or multiple-owner LLCs should use the Business version. Free e-filing is included in both versions.
H&R Block Tax Software: Two versions are available for businesses: Premium & Business (LLCs, S-Corps, C-Corps) and Premium (sole proprietors). Even if you decide not to pay for the tax filing software, check out H&R Block's small business tax preparation checklist as a great starting point to get organized and make sure you're thinking about every possible expense and income source.
Tax Act Business: Tax Act has separate federal and state editions for business tax forms 1065, 1120S, and 1120.
Whether you're a road warrior or work strictly from the home office, you'll probably find yourself overwhelmed with the amount of receipts accumulated throughout the year. All too often, receipts are stuffed into pockets, end up on the car floor, are run through the washing machine -- every lost or illegible receipt represents a missed opportunity to deduct a well-deserved expense for your business.
Shoeboxed: This service takes the paper receipts off your hands. You can scan your receipts and upload them to your Shoeboxed account. Or, you can mail in the paper receipts and they'll handle the scanning and data entry for you. There's also an iPhone app (as pictured above), or you can take images of receipts with a digital camera. Online, you can sort your receipts, create charts and graphs, and export data to Quicken, Excel, or PDF. There are different monthly and annual plans, as well as a free trial. There are a number ofexpense report and receipt tracking apps out there, so definitely shop around to find the one that fits your needs.
NeatReceipts: You can purchase your own portable scanner from NeatReceipts which lets you scan receipts (up to a full-sized document) to your PC or Mac. You're able to export data to PDF, Excel, Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax.
Whether it's your first or fifteenth year as a business owner, you're bound to run into tax-related questions from time to time. Does deducting my home office really increase my chance of an audit? How can I deduct my health insurance? When traveling for business, are there limits on the amount I can deduct for my meals? Can I deduct the parking ticket I got while visiting a client?
If you haven't hired a CPA or tax preparer, don't despair -- you can still find answers to your specific questions online. Browse through community forums and post your own questions online. You'll get answers from business owners just like you. Of course, as with any online community, the quality and accuracy of answers may vary. But hopefully, the "wisdom of the crowd" will filter out the incorrect or less than helpful information. Here's a short list of various online forums catering to the small business owner and self-employed individual.
Small business and self-employed tax center at the IRS: The IRS has been beefing up its online resources -- the small business tax center offers FAQs, tax tips, help videos, and more. Most importantly, it offers highlights of the year's tax law changes -- for example, a new deduction for health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes for 2010 (part of the Small Business Jobs Act), is outlined. It also includes helpful information on home office deductions.
H&R Block Get It Right Community: Your questions are answered by certified CPAs and tax advisers.
About.com Business Taxes: While not a community forum, this About.com site compiles some useful information, definitions, and articles for small businesses.
Of course, trying to get your head around all the deductions and forms is not easy, particularly when you're just starting out. The IRS estimates that filing your own business taxes will take approximately 52 hours. Keeping your finances in order throughout the whole year can help immensely come tax time. If this is your first year filing business taxes, be sure to learn from the experience. For example, if gathering the details and documentation for a section (like your mileage deductions) is particularly time-consuming, take some time to think about what you could do throughout the year to improve the situation when it's tax time next year. And then, of course, you can turn to the Web for guidance when the time has come.
When a slow economy forces most businesses to reduce spending, one enormous customer continues to spend: the federal government. Just in 2009, the U.S. government spent $96.8 billion on products and services supplied by small businesses, including $33.5 billion with small, disadvantaged firms and $16.4 billion with women-owned small businesses.
Given the government's procurement goals of awarding 23% of their spending to small businesses and 5% to women-owned businesses, federal contracting is an important avenue of growth for many small businesses--and now more than ever women-owned small businesses--to consider.
The Small Business Administration's (SBA) long-awaited Women's Procurement Program to expand federal contracting opportunities for women-owned small businesses takes effect Friday, making federal contracting a more viable revenue booster for women business owners.
According to American Express OPEN's government contracting survey of small business owners, two-thirds of women whose firms do business with the federal government generate more than $1 million in sales, despite taking nearly two years, on average, to land their first contract.
There are, however, important steps you must take to pursue federal contracts. Following are key steps, plus useful tips that can improve your chances of landing your first government contract.
When registering, there are a few important tips to keep in mind. First, make sure that the small-business owner is registered as the primary point of contact. Second, be sure to identify your company's industry categories or NAICS (North American Industry Classification Codes). Third, explore if your business qualifies as a small business on the SBA websites.
If your business is owned by a minority, woman, service-disabled veteran, or located in a particular area, for example, you may have an edge in government contracting.
Also seek any possible benefits offered by the 8(a) Business Development or HUB-Zone programs from the SBA. The 8(a) program was created to help small disadvantaged businesses compete in the American economy and access the federal procurement market. The HUB-Zone program provides federal contracting opportunities for qualified small businesses located in Historically Underutilized Business Zones areas.
If your business qualifies for either of these programs, you may be eligible for sole source, "no bid" contracts up to $4 million in products and services and/or $6 million in manufacturing.
Once you're properly registered in the CCR database, the next step is to learn about the government as a customer. Successful government contractors routinely peruse Fed Biz Opps, an online listing of government contracts that detail all contracts with a value exceeding $25,000. Small business owners can search for contracts that are designated as small-business set-asides and peruse all contracts to better understand what the government is looking for.
When you find a good match for your company, you can bid on contracts directly.
Another valuable resource is USASpending.gov, where you can research contracts by state, industry and several other categories to obtain information on where the money is going. Create a summary search and you can find out who are the largest government contractors within your geographical area, how much the contracts were awarded for and how long the contract will last.
The federal government has over 60 federal agencies and thousands of sub-agencies underneath it. From Acquisition Central, you can view upcoming future contracts and learn key insights on creating a strategic marketing plan. The site also provides contracting officer contact information.
An additional resource is the General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule Program. The GSA acts as the "purchasing store" for nearly $66 billion in federal spending, accounting for more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars.
The Amex survey of small business owners found that getting on the GSA Schedule could be an important strategy for winning government business. Under the GSA Multiple Award Schedule Program, GSA establishes long-term, 20-year government-wide acquisition contracts with commercial companies, providing government buyers with direct access to more than 10 million products and services. This program accounts for more than $40 billion in sales every year.
Want to know how much the federal government is purchasing your products and services for? Explore the GSA eLibrary where thousands of GSA Advantage Pricing Catalogs are posted to help federal buyers with their procurement orders. Viewing these prices and services can be a valuable tool to determine your pricing strategy.
An effective way many first-timers gain entry into the world of government contracting is to work as a subcontractor for a company that has been awarded a federal contract. To learn of opportunities with larger firms who have already won contracts, keep an eye out when perusing Fed Biz Opps. Any contract for more than $550,000 in products and services and $1 million in construction should have a small-business subcontracting plan.
Business owners can also search for potential teaming partners based on industry, geography and other specific attributes by registering on TeamingUSA.com. Once your company profile is complete and you are logged in, you will be able to search for potential teaming partners anywhere in the U.S.
Business owners that team or subcontract to procure federal contracts are far more likely to win those dollars. Compared with active small contractors overall, the survey found that small-business owners who employ teaming or subcontracting strategies win 50% more contracts.
Gaining entry into the world of government contracts can be complicated and time consuming, but by following the steps above and continuing to research and pursue opportunities, you'll be well on your way to landing your first federal contract.
Lourdes Martin-Rosa has over two decades of experience in helping small businesses navigate the procurement landscape. In addition to being an American Express OPEN advisor on government contracting, she is also the president of Government Business Solutions.
Have you heard? We're slowly moving out of the worst financial crisis many of us have ever experienced toward an optimistic time of recovery and eventual growth.
Without spending too much, invest now in any education you need to make your post-recession business a success. Attend seminars online and in person, read books and trade magazines, and make sure you're reading what's on the cutting edge in your industry.
If you can pay off any debt, now is the time to do it. Taking on debt during a recession is common; however, now that the recession is lifting, don't add to it. Pay cash for everything you need. Put your credit cards in the freezer.
Now that money may be flowing a little more, resist the urge to splurge on extras you don't need. Think before you add all the bells and whistles to your business or cell phone. Think before you buy new technology. Do you really need that Starbucks' latte twice a day?
Read the papers or watch the news. Know what is happening and stay on top of it.
Have your new clients sign a long-term contract and your current clients renew or extend their contracts with you.
Right after a recession, it is common for small business owners to think that cutting prices will help them attract more clients and customers. Don't do it. Keep your prices steady, while offering your customers a coupon or a rewards program, to reward them for sticking with you during tough times.
These are exciting times we live in. Finally, we're seeing evidence that the U.S. economy is starting to recover. Now is the time for small business owners to jump to action. Don't wait.
Susan Reid brings the gift of inner vision and insight to spiritually conscious businesswomen ready to run their business confidently, effectively, and fully aligned with their deepest inner principles.
Twice award-winning author of "Discovering Your Inner Samurai: The Entrepreneurial Woman's Journey to Business Success, Dr. Susan revolutionizes the way women do business in the world through the transformational process called discovering your Inner Samurai.
There's no dearth of predictions, trends and watch lists this time of year. Here is my nomination of three small businesses that have been making the news recently, along with a few thoughts on what makes them noteworthy.
In 2004, the FAA introduced a dramatic change in regulations by creating the Light Sport Aircraft category, a pilot license requiring just half the 40 hours of flight time for a private pilot license. Niche created!
Shortly thereafter, in 2005, ICON Aircraft was launched by Kirk Hawkins, a graduate of Stanford Business School, accomplished engineer, former U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot, and long-time motorsport enthusiast.
ICON Aircraft's sole purpose has been to bring the freedom, fun and adventure of flying to all who have dreamed of flight. One look at the stylishly elegant A5, and it becomes clear that ICON is fulfilling its purpose. The plane is amphibious, with foldable wings, and easily stored in your garage. The plane was designed, engineered and developed by famed Scaled Composites, which created such record setting projects as Voyager, Global Flyer, the X-Prize winning SpaceShipOne and Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo.
Want your own? Place a deposit by credit card online at the company's website.
* Great team: In addition to deep design talent, ICON counts IDEO's David Kelley, Mastercraft CEO John Dorton, and Boeing CEO Phil Condit among its advisory team.
* Design simplicity: The A5 keeps gadgets and gizmos like dials and levers to a minimum, favoring intuitive and user-friendly design.
* Quick reflexes: Recognizing the opportunity to fill a niche, the ICON founders moved quickly and gathered an incredible team.
Solar and wind power as renewable energy are all the rage. Except at Indie Energy, which has in four short years built a thriving business and leadership position around the neglected stepchild known as geothermal energy. Indie creates investment-grade geothermal systems with its innovative engineering, construction and metering technologies, and won the 2009 U.S. Department of Energy funding award for transformational technology.
To make a transformative impact for businesses and the environment, entrepreneur and CEO Daniel Cheifetz knew he needed to break old patterns and challenge conventional thinking. He recruited a diverse team of leaders that blend expertise from the worlds of technology, engineering, product development, construction, finance and business.
"Reducing the amount of energy used to heat and cool buildings is one of the most meaningful ways we can increase building energy efficiency, lower operating costs and reduce our carbon footprint," states the company's website. "While geothermal systems have been used in rural locations for decades, the technology did not exist to implement systems in larger commercial buildings and in urban areas, with proven return on investment."
Added bonus: Indie Energy's Smart Geothermal systems also make it possible to utilize American Recovery and Reinvestment Act incentives to make geothermal systems affordable for most buildings.
* Close collaboration: Indie systems designers and engineers work closely with other professional resources involved in each building project, from architects, engineers, general contractors, to owners themselves.
* Leverage constraints: Indie pioneered the production-scale harvesting of geothermal energy in space-constrained, highly-structured and tightly-regulated environments. Their innovative drilling system allows drillers to effectively harvest clean, renewable geothermal energy in spaces as small as 100 square feet. Not only are Indie geothermal drills are much smaller than traditional drilling rigs (12 feet in length vs. a typical 40-foot drilling rig), but they are track-mounted and remote-controlled to navigate better in small spaces.
Omhu is Danish for "with great care." Omhu is three people: Susy Korb (President), Rie Norregaard (Creative Director) and Susan Towers (VP, Sales & Marketing), along with freelance support. Founded on the belief that life is imperfect and beautiful, Omhu offers groundbreaking designs to support people's abilities as they change throughout life.
Omhu celebrates good design because it's life-enhancing, and fun. By creating more exciting choices of things that help, Omhu hopes to help change the way people feel about aging and ability.
* Understand market dynamics: let's face it, everyone grows old, and more of us are living much longer.
* Product availability: In addition to buying on their site, Omhu products will be widely available at retail.
* Inspired design: Omhu taps the talents of folks like Allen Zadeh and Ted Muehling.
Add these eight success factors to your company's arsenal for 2011... if you haven't already!
Matthew E. May is the author of The Shibumi Strategy: A Powerful Way to Create Meaningful Change (Jossey-Bass, 2010), In Pursuit of Elegance: Why the Best Ideas Have Something Missing (Broadway Business, 2009) and The Elegant Solution: Toyota's Formula for Mastering Innovation (Free Press, 2006). Matt works with individuals, teams and companies to guide change through a focus on design thinking and problem solving. He spent nearly a decade as a fully retained advisor, master kaizen instructor and jishuken leader for Toyota, a company that implements over 1 million new ideas each year. Matt is a graduate of the Wharton School and The Johns Hopkins University, but considers winning The New Yorker Magazine Cartoon Caption Contest among his proudest achievements.
In the movie, Groundhog Day, Phil, played by actor Bill Murray, is forced to live the same day over and over again until he learns where he is making lifelong mistakes.
Many small business owners are also doomed to make the same mistakes over and over and over again. Here are the top 10 mistakes that are repeated by small businesses and how they can be solved.
1. They focus on profit not cash.
We learned during the great recession that company financial statements can be pure fiction. Profit at the bottom of the income statement is meaningless if your business does not have the cash to pay its obligations. Your profit could be "stuck" in your accounts receivables, inventory, or work in process. Understand the cash flow statement to learn how "profitable" your business really is and how much cash it has to invest, save, or distribute.
2. They don't diligently collect the money that is owed by customers.
Customers that do not pay aren't really customers; they are collection problems. Have a strict process on how your business operates in this area. This includes setting mutually-agreed-to prices and payment terms, checking with the customer when your invoice arrives, and asking when it will be paid. If it is not paid on time, call to find out where it is. Remember, the squeaky wheel always gets paid first.
3. Lack of focus on what your business does.
Many entrepreneurs early in starting their company want to be all things to all people. They believe they should not turn away any type of business from any customer. However, the successful company focuses on solving one pain first profitably for customers. They don't expand too quickly to solving other related problems. To build a strong company, get boring and narrow real fast.
4. Expanding too quickly by increasing fixed and overhead costs.
Many entrepreneurs hear that bigger is always better. After some initial success, they want to have more office space. This is only a way to "grow yourself broke." In order to grow profitably, keep as many expenses variable and available as possible. This will ensure that expenses only increase when sales grow at the same time.
5. Hiring the wrong people.
Many small business owners have big egos. They routinely hire the wrong people for all the wrong reasons. This includes employees that are friends, relatives, or just not as good as themselves. This comes out of a basic fear that they will be overshadowed in their business. It is critical to hire people that are complementary to your skills. The only way to build a profitable sustainable business is to find leverage with people and processes.
6. Not firing employees quickly enough.
Every business owner's mantra needs to be "slow to hire and quick to fire." If a mistake was made in the hiring process, this will be evident in the first 30 days of employment. People have a hard time changing within a company. What is worse is that everyone knows who the non-performers are in the company and this holds the business back. Fire your non-performing employees today.
7. Knowing when to quit.
The most successful entrepreneurs know "when to hold them and fold them." Will Rogers said that "if you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do, is stop digging." It is time to shut down your company if you run out of your passion and cash. In this case, there truly is not a way or a reason to turn the business around.
8. Not focusing on marketing and distribution.
The biggest error in thinking for many entrepreneurs is that "if you build it, they will come." The reasoning goes that if "I build a better mousetrap," customers will automatically buy it. There could be nothing further from the truth. The most successful businesses execute a superior marketing and distribution strategy that finds the customers that have the money to buy the product that solves their pain. Unfortunately, the best products don't always sell the most.
9. Failure to systematically do marketing even while they have "too much work."
We actually can't sell anything to anyone; we just need to be there when people are ready to buy. This is why having a systematic and constant method to building relationships with customers, prospectors, influencers, and connectors is critical. Trust is built over a long period of time. Build relationships by consistently giving value freely. As a result, when a prospect or their friend has a problem your company can solve, they will call you.
10. Not consistently seeking help.
Small business owners are a stubborn group. We want to do it alone and not ask for help, until it's too late. Get one or more mentors for your business early on. This can come from hired professionals like bankers, lawyers, or accountants, or organizations such as SCORE or SBDCs. Better yet, join a mentor group and talk to other business people who have been where you are right now. You will be surprised how many will volunteer their help.
What other mistakes do you think small business owners make over and over again?
Small Business Speaker, Consultant, and Author Barry Moltz gets business owners growing again by unlocking their long forgotten potential. With decades of entrepreneurial experience in his own businesses ventures as well as consulting countless other entrepreneurs, Barry has discovered the formula to get stuck business owners out of their funk and marching forward. Barry applies simple, strategic steps to facilitate change for entrepreneurs, and get's them growing their business once again.
Dear Karen: I want to make more overseas sales in 20011. Do I need a foreign distributor?
Answer: It certainly helps, said Kathleen Brush, an international business consultant based in Seattle. "Finding a good local partner in the country you're targeting will help you understand business and legal details you would have tripped over," she said.
Brush recommended using the Gold Key Matching Service offered by the U.S. Commercial Service. "They do credit checks, criminal checks, they walk you through the distribution process and advise you about what you need to look for" in any country where you want to start selling, she said.
It is important to take your time and make sure you have found a good distributor before you ramp up international sales. "Small businesses often make mistakes because they are anxious and they want to make money right away. Be patient and get everything set up properly before you start," she said.
Dear Karen: My business was up over the holidays. How can I extend that momentum into this year?
Answer: Create incentives in the form of gift cards or discounts that encourage customers to return in 2011. Encourage those who are redeeming gift cards to reload them.
"Offer a bonus for customers who reload their gift cards after redemption. For instance, a free drink with a $25 reload or a $5 bonus on a $50 reload," said Barbara Roeber, senior vice president at electronic payment firm First Data.
Small-business questions? E-mail Karen at smallbiz@latimes.com.


Christmas is fast approaching. In a few weeks, we will be celebrating the most wonderful time of the year known for celebrations, reunions, and gift-giving.
Every year, I am excited to create my list and think about the perfect gifts to give to my family and friends. However, I am not a fan of last-minute shopping thus, as early as October, I start buying gifts already. Not only do I save myself from the stress but it also allows me to shop and look for the best details and biggest discounts.
And my latest discovery is Groupon. With Groupon, we can enjoy fun activities and huge discounts. When I say huge, it really, really huge that you'll get crazy with the amazing deals with Groupon Goods. They offer as much as 95% off.
Let me share some of my favorite finds.
Groupon Goods features fashion accessories, home and decors, gadgets and technology plus a whole lot more. It simply means that we can find the perfect present for everyone. With a click of a button, your shopping experience will never be the same. Easy, fast and huge savings.
So, what are you waiting for? Hurry and start shopping now. Some deals are expiring today (October 31st).
If you have already tried Groupon, share your experience in the comments section below.
This weekend features the highlights of the Masskara festival here in Bacolod. Aside from the wonderful activities such as street dancing, fireworks display, electric masskara and huge parties, the Masskara festival is also a time for family reunions.
Samsung believes that this is also the best time to upgrade your family's home entertainment system as Samsung launches the GIGA Fiesta promo.
Get a free 32-inch Samsung Hyper TV when you buy a Samsung GIGA Sound MX-HS7000 or MX-JS8000.
These special offers are valid during the MassKara festival from September 30 to October 31, 2016 only.
The Samsung Giga Sound System is the perfect entertainment system for your fiesta celebrations. It produces 2,400-watts of clear, quality sound with a powerful bass. Create fun and memorable singing sessions with the Karaoke function. Liven up your party with family and friends with the built-in DJ Beat and Lighting effects that pulse to the music's beat.
Aside from the promo, Samsung and Barangay 107.1 Bacolod FM will had a Giga-oke challenge last October 19 at 8:00 AM at Barangay 16 Covered Court to let the public experience the power of the Samsung GIGA Sound System. In the Giga-oke challenge, contestants performed a song of their choice using the Samsung GIGA Sound System.
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We've all seen how the Pinoy popstar princess went from being the industry's favorite girl nextdoor to being the girl peg with countless citations and awards under her belt. Not only has Sarah Geronimo's contribution to the music industry been widely recognized (with 10 AWIT Awards, 6 ALIW awards, 23 MYX Music Awards, Best Asian Artist – MNet Asian Music Awards 2012, Best Southeat Asian Act – MTV Europe Music Awards 2014, Bestselling Filipino Artist – 22nd Word Music Awards, among others), her film and television work has also earned her as much accolade (Iconic Movie Queen of Philippine Cinema – FAMAS 2015, blockbuster movie after blockbuster movie). At the cosmopolitan age of 27, Sarah has proven that she definitely owns a permanent spot in both pop culture and local showbiz.
So, how does Sarah do it? Entertainment analysts will be quick to say that Sarah is one determined woman. Her innate talent, coupled with her passion to perform, has made her the celebrated artist that she is. Another thing that makes Sarah stand out among her contemporaries is the importance she places on keeping herself and her image not only wholesome but also holistic. In fact, this ideal balance has transformed the girl next-door into somewhat of a beauty icon, what with the slew of beauty endorsements up her sleeve.
In Sarah's case, she only trusts one beauty vitamin partner to keep her body and beauty holistically sound. In fact, with Myra, Sarah knows that her skin is cared for from the inside.
celebrity life—produce bad free radicals in the body. These free radicals, in turn, steal life from healthier cells, causing damage and making the skin tired-looking and dull. In showbiz, there is no room for haggard or dull days. The spotlight is always cast on our favorite stars and celebrities, and the competition is tough. Sarah, as always, is determined to keep her game on.
With Myra, Sarah rests easy knowing that the Vitamin E in Myra capsules acts as a powerful antioxidant that's good for the body not only because of its beauty benefit but health benefits as well.
This is what Myra does: Ang alaga ay mula sa loob , kaya mas tumatagal ang pagkaganda at healthy ng skin. When you take Myra in, your skin will not only be soft, smooth and young-looking, but you'll also look fresh , hindi-haggard looking at may healthy glow ang skin.
After all, best skincare really starts from the inside. In fact, it is this amped up level of alaga from within that gives skin that healthy, lasting glow for Sarah's—and for anyone of us aspiring.
Have you ever wondered what happens to your skin in your 20s, 30s and 40s and how to keep it looking healthy? I just envy women who were able to take care of skin properly.
I realized these when I had fever a few weeks ago, when all of the sudden my face had all redness and extreme dryness. My skin is no longer have the same moisture as I was younger and it can no longer handle an increase of body temperature.
As they always say, we are not getting any younger but aging isn't a bad thing. Birthdays are great. I love celebrating my special day. However, we should never neglect taking care of our skin. It's important to have healthy looking skin no matter what age we are. Our face will go through these changes but there are also ways to prevent premature aging.
Thank God that Myra E got us covered all throughout our journey. Read on to know more about the common skin problems at every age and what we can do about it.
Many will experience acne, even if it wasn't an issue as a teenager. Pimples will appear on the lower face and along the jawline in particular.
To treat this, use any product with Niacinaminde, like Myra Vitawhite Facial Wash, to even out any red blotches and add radiance to the skin. Myra Vitawhite facial wash also has Vitamin E beads, which protect and nourish the skin for a healthy glow, and Biowhite Complex, derived from plant extracts that gently whiten the skin in as early as 1 week.
Taking care of your skin at this stage will determine how much damage your skin will have in your 30s and 40s. Products with Vitamin E are great to keep your skin supple and youthful.
You'll notice uneven skin tone with broken blood vessels and sun spots more, as well as fine lines and crow's feet. This is the decade when your lifestyle habits from the past start to show on your face.
Hyperpigmentation, like melasma or brown patches that often occur on the forehead, cheeks, and chin, are a big concern for women in their thirties. It's usually a result of too much sun exposure but it can also be caused by a change in hormones.
Make sure you wear sunscreen or use products with Vitamin E to protect your skin from sun's harmful rays.
At this age, your skin starts to get drier, which may mean more prominent lines and wrinkles.
Counter this with a high quality moisturizer to help improve hydration. Anything with peptides, antioxidants and hyaluronic acid will gradually correct dark spots and brighten the skin as well. Take care of your skin with Vitamin E products to boost collagen production and prevent wrinkles.
Suggested Retail Price is Php 70.00 for a 50ml tube. It is available in all leading supermarkets and drugstores.
Last September 13, I was diagnosed with Dengue Fever. It all started with high fever (from 39.5 - 41C) that wouldn't go away despite taking paracetamol plus extreme pain on the lower part of my body. Aside from those two, I had no other symptoms.
The day before that I had my check-up in one of the hospitals here in Bacolod. I had CBC and Urinalysis which all came out normal. They couldn't find what's wrong with me. They said it was not dengue (since platelet was normal) and not UTI. I was advised to visit my OB-Gyne and take some antibiotics. Personally, I find that unreasonable and certainly, it was a wrong advice from the OPD doctor.
After the lab results were out, I realized that you can be positive with dengue even if your platelet count is normal. The tests showed that platelet is still normal with a slight decrease compared to yesterday's results but Dengue NS1 test says positive.
So, what is really Dengue Fever?
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection. This means that you should have a strong immune system to fight it off. I know that my immune system was so weak at that time since I lacked sleep while taking care of the newborn puppies.
The infection causes flu-like illness, and occasionally develops into a potentially lethal complication called severe dengue. This is the primary reason why we opt to rule out dengue immediately. You don't have to wait a couple days if you want to have yourself checked. Also, please don't wait for your platelet to drop before you consider that you're sick with dengue. If you have the funds available, have the Dengue NS1 test. It is always best to be safe than sorry.
There is no specific treatment for dengue/ severe dengue, but early detection and access to proper medical care lowers fatality rates below 1%. As mentioned earlier, it's better to safe than sorry. Based on my experience, starting on the 5th day, I no longer had fever but that was where my platelet really start to drop. From 285 it went down to 79 and on the 6th day, it went down to 35. My doctor said that there is nothing to worry because based on the lab tests, my body is properly hydrated and it should help improve the platelet count.
What should you do when you have dengue?
2. Eat Vanilla Ice Cream. They say it helps in blood regeneration since it's rich in Vitamin K and Calcium.
3. Drink Tawa-Tawa. They say that you should drink tawa-tawa when you have dengue fever but this did not work for me. I had LBM after drinking so I had to stop drinking before I get dehydrated again.
4. Eat Durian. (No scientific study to prove it but I love durian so, was just happy to eat and perhaps it really helped in my recovery) It was just a challenge to sneak it in the hospital since it was not really allowed.
5. Be careful when brushing your teeth. Make sure that there is no bleeding. Thus, it is better if you just use your fingers with toothpaste to clean your teeth and gums plus mouthwash.
After this dengue experience, I realized that dengue fever could happen to anyone. As for the hospital bills, it is very important that we have Philhealth. I am also very lucky to have the Pioneer Life Medicash for Dengue. The Pioneer Life Medicash Dengue provides you a cash benefit of Php 10,000 once you are diagnosed with dengue whether hospitalized or not. The fee is only Php 350 good for one year or until used.
Something worth nothing about the Pioneer's Medicash Dengue is the claim process. I only submitted 3 easy requirements: Valid ID, a claim form to be signed by your attending physician and my dengue NS1 lab result. I got a notification about its approval after 2 days and on the 6th day, my benefit was deposited to my preferred bank account.
After this experience, I would like to take the opportunity to thank all family and friends who prayed for me, also to those who visited and made my hospital confinement bearable and to all my clients who had been very understanding. Thank you so much!
So, just stay safe and don't forget to use mosquito repellants. Should you have any questions, feel free to send me a message in facebook.
Further studies also associate conditions like migraine, stress, mood swings and eye strain to prolonged exposure to fluorescent light.
The good news is they are now available in CD-R King which means that we can now replace our old fluorescent with these affordable yet good quality LED light tubes from CD-R King.
Larger commercial space requires high luminosity that gives a higher light output. If broken down to lumens versus floor space, fluorescent will boil down to be a cheaper source. And that would simply mean savings for electric consumers.


Every time you re-read your favorite book or watch a movie again, despite knowing how it ends, the experience is different, because you are different. You've changed, you've been around longer, hopefully you've picked up some wisdom along the way, but regardless, you've experienced more life. You've expanded beyond the person you were when you viewed it last, and what you respond to changes along with you.
One of the many wonderful things about being in a relationship with someone from a foreign country is that you get to revisit some American film classics anew through their adult eyes. Layer this in with a shared, harmonious spiritual perspective, and you've set the stage for a very special movie-going experience. Last night for us, it was Field of Dreams.
I was astonished by how much we enjoyed it.
Here's a story that is rich with American baseball culture and imagery, but I realized, perhaps for the first time, that baseball is just the context. It's just the intricate stage upon which to tell the greater story: one man, Ray Kinsella (played by Kevin Costner), who listens to his inner voice, and trusts it enough to follow its guidance wherever it may lead him. He trusts it so deeply and so completely, beyond all logic and reason, that he creates, in the middle of an Iowa cornfield, a magical place where pasts regrets are healed, passions are re-ignited, dreams are fulfilled, and for those who are open to seeing it, heaven on earth, in the shape of a baseball diamond.
I could not help but feel a resonance with this character, with the story. I am at present in the midst of bringing together all the pieces for shooting my own acting demo reel. I too, embarked upon this adventure as a result of my own inner voice telling me – repeatedly over a period of months – that this is what I should do. I've listened. And though it involves some skills that are new to me, it's amazing to see how everything is lining up so perfectly: talented actors on board, great locations becoming available, an enthusiastic crew, all falling into place like they were meant to be a part of this.
So in watching the movie this time around, I found new parallels in my own life to Ray's story. Some of my favorite moments are when he sits by the window, staring out at an empty field as seasons pass, knowing that "something's going to happen out there, I can feel it." This is exactly where I am right now – looking out on my own field of dreams, feeling – knowing – that something magical is about to happen. Something magical is already happening.
Throughout the movie, Ray hears a series of messages that are vague at best, and that leave him filled with questions: build what? For who? How? When no specific answers come in words, he finds that he must simply feel his way through. He lets go of the need for specific answers from "the voice," and trusts that he will know what to do, and when to do it. The "how" he lets go of entirely. It's not long before others are swept up in his journey, inspired to rekindle their own joy and passion in life.
Passion is contagious, and it's as powerful and consuming as wildfire. And just as the dry forests give themselves over without resistance to the baptism of flame, so are we moved instinctively by the passion we see and hear and feel in others. We thrill in experiencing others living their passion, revel in the artistry that we see in their expression, and yearn to allow that same feeling to rise and swell again within us.
I am immeasurably grateful to all of those who have inspired this in me, reminding me of my truest nature. From the words shared with me today, to the performances that continue to resonate across decades of time – I am so very thankful.


Topic Leader: Jeff Vickers with manufacturer representative Julie Wagener from Fletchers.
An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is the documented proof of a product's environmental credentials. EPDs are accurate, independently verified and recognised by the New Zealand Green Building Council. Interest in EPDs is growing rapidly, with over 50 EPDs already published in Australasia and over 5000 globally.
Jeff Vickers, Technical Director at thinkstep in Australasia, will explain in simple terms what an EPD is, what information it includes, how it can contribute to achieve a Green Star rating, and how you can use it to design better buildings. Jeff will use examples of New Zealand products that have an EPD to demonstrate how the information can be applied.
Julie Wagener, Sustainability Manager at Fletcher Building, will provide an industry perspective and Fletcher's motivation for producing EPDs.
Understand how EPDs can provide data for environmentally conscious building design. Hear from a manufacturer about the drivers and value of EPDs. Learn how to get an EPD project off the ground.
Jeff is Technical Director at thinkstep. thinkstep enables organisations to succeed sustainably. Jeff has applied Life Cycle Assessment for over a decade to everything from a single brick to the entire built environment of New Zealand and was involved in half of the 50 EPDs published so far in Australasia. He works with companies such as Fletcher Building, Downer, New Zealand Steel and Lendlease. He has a PhD focused on sustainable product design.
Julie has been working for Fletcher Building (FB) for four years, most recently as FB Sustainability Manager. She has established a centralised sustainability team, and is supporting the development of Fletcher Building's new sustainability strategy. Part of the work she has been doing is building an internal sustainability team to drive sustainability outcomes, including EPD's, in each of the individual Fletcher Building businesses.


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RA's Daily Russia News Blast – March 4, 2014
By Citizen M | Published: March 4, 2014
TODAY: Lavrov defends military action in Crimea as the protection of Russian citizens; Churkin indicates deployment requested by Yanukovych; some troops return, but new drills begin; web content linked to Ukraine protest movement blocked. International condemnation continues; Moscow looks to Beijing for support; economic outcomes analysed. Nationalist attacks decrease; Russian billionaires remain strong.
In an address to the UN Council on Human Rights in Geneva, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted that Russia's moves in Crimea were a matter of 'protecting our citizens and compatriots, about protecting the most fundamental human right – the right to live and nothing more'. The BBC wonders if Russia has a case. This commentator sees a precedent for Russia's current actions in the Georgia invasion of 2008. Another analyst warns, 'Ukraine is not Georgia. It is a huge country in the heart of Europe, bordering on three EU and NATO members'. See here for an overview of why the Crimea is of such geopolitical importance to Moscow. Local lawmakers in the region are apparently mulling changing the clock to Moscow time. At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, the Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin asserted that ousted President Viktor Yanukovych had requested Russia's armed forces be deployed in Crimea before he fled the Ukrainian capital. The Kremlin has rebuffed reports that it forced an ultimatum to surrender on Ukraine's new administration. Apparently some of the troops involved in military exercises in Crimea have been returned to their bases. Meanwhile a new set of surprise live fire exercises, observed by President Putin and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, have been undertaken in Russia's western Kaliningrad and Leningrad Regions. The country's Internet monitoring agency has reportedly placed a block on 13 Internet pages linked to the Ukraine protest movement.
Moscow has successfully, it would seem, solicited China's support for its actions in Ukraine. The United States has suspended all military engagements with Russia, with Secretary of State John Kerry warning that suspension from the G8 and economic sanctions could result from Moscow's Crimea incursion, comments which have been lambasted by the Russian Foreign Ministry as 'unacceptable threats' and 'Cold War clichés'. Despite its tough rhetoric, the UK is unlikely to initiate sanctions for fear it will derail the global economy. Investors are spooked, share prices are plummeting and the ruble is dropping to historical lows, but the Moscow Times explains how the Ukraine crisis is actually helping the Russian economy. RFE/RL offers an 'explainer' of the financial effects of the crisis. Oil major Rosneft could purchase Ukraine's Odessa oil refinery.
The Moscow Bureau of Human Rights has found that in 2013, the number of ethnically motivated attacks in Russia decreased and convictions in xenophobic attack cases increased. Forbes' ranking of the world's 100 wealthiest citizens includes 10 Russians, with the richest among them Internet tycoon Alisher Usmanov, who has a net worth of $18.6 billion.
PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin overseeing military drills (ITAR-TASS/Yuri Belinsky).
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Navy Master at Arms surprises children with early return from deployment
By: Jeff Lasky
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VISTA, Calif. (KGTV) -- A Navy Master of Arms pulled off an epic surprise Tuesday afternoon, returning home from a long deployment a week early and showing up at his children's school.
"I've been gone, away from them almost a year now, and so I wanted to do something where we could look one day and remember this," Cody Cowley told 10News in an interview just before springing the surprise.
Cowley serves aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, an aircraft carrier which is on one of the longest deployments since the end of the Vietnam War.
The USS Abraham Lincoln deported from its former homeport in Virginia on April 1, 2019 and spent much of the last nine months in the Middle East as tensions rose with Iran.
When Cowley was told he could go home early, he decided to surprise his family.
There was an added challenge because the Lincoln's homeport changed to San Diego during the deployment, meaning his family had to move without him.
Cowley had never even seen his new home in Vista. His parents helped him book plane tickets so his wife, Katie, would not see the credit card charge. Katie went out to lunch with a friend and was shocked when Cowley delivered the meal to her table. It "...almost made me cry my fake eyelashes off," she said.
The two then went to Springs Charter School, where Lily is a 1st grader and Lennon is in kindergarten. Their classes were brought in under the guise of practicing the Pledge of Allegiance.
Once the recitation was finished, the principal announced a special guest. Cowley walked out from behind a curtain. Lennon cried "Daddy!" and ran into his arms, with Lily just behind.
"Incredible," Cowley said, with his two children in his arms. "Can't put it into words."


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Firefighters Saturday evening performed a technical rope rescue to rescue a person from a cliff on the coast of San Francisco, fire officials said.
At 6:55 p.m. firefighters said the victim was safe at the top of a cliff near Baker Beach and appeared to be okay.
Fire officials said the victim will be evaluated by paramedics.
Firefighters were challenged by the steepness of the cliff, heavy brush, low lighting and unsteady footing.


Dr. Don Deal (1879-1952) performed Sangamon County's first blood transfusion in 1914 – apparently successfully.
The patient was Mrs. Henry Harney of Middletown, who came to St. John's Hospital in Springfield for removal of a tumor, according to the Dec. 20, 1914, Illinois State Register.
"A quart of blood was transfused from the veins of her husband, with result that the patient became much stronger and better able to withstand the shock of an operation for removal of the tumor," the Register said. There's no indication in the skimpy coverage of the procedure about what precautions, such as rudimentary blood typing, Deal employed.
Her husband is a very large, strong man, and it was decided to transfuse blood from his artery into the vein of his wife. The operation was performed and a quart of blood was taken from Mr. Harney's right artery and injected into Mrs. Harney's left vein. The operation proved a success and the patient is getting along nicely.
On Dec. 23, the Register reported that Mrs. Harney had improved greatly. Local newspaper coverage of the transfusion ends there. The lack of other followups, especially an obituary, suggests Mrs. Harney survived both the transfusion and the surgery to remove the tumor. But the newspaper's omission of Mrs. Harney's first name makes it impossible to tell for sure; other genealogical research by SangamonLink also turned up no information on her.
The first unquestionably successful transfusion in Springfield took place in April 1915, when 25-year-old Margaret Snape donated a quart of blood to her mother Ella, who was dangerously ill with peritonitis.
Ella Snape's husband Harry and all five of her daughters had volunteered to be blood donors; Margaret, the youngest, and "abundant with health," the Register said, was chosen.
Neither the Register nor the Illinois State Journal, which also reported on the Snape case, identified the doctor, but the Journal said the transfusion "was the fourth to be performed by the physician in charge of the case," suggesting that also probably was Deal.
Ella Snape lived until 1943. Ironically, she outlived Margaret Snape Clendenin, who died in 1925.
Transfusions continued sporadically over the next three decades in Springfield, but the procedure was still experimental and almost always a last resort. Obtaining a transfusion, and then surviving it, required a combination of community support and luck.
They often weren't enough. In 1916, John Grieme, 23, died of peritonitis caused by appendicitis despite a transfusion from his brother Fred. And John L. Scott, assistant principal at the high school, seemed to rebound after each of a series of transfusions between January and March of 1920, but he died in May.
As late as 1935, it took repeated calls for volunteer donors to provide blood transfusions for two young boys.
State troopers, Boy Scouts and members of the American Legion offered blood to 8-year-old Jackie Gragg when his case was publicized in June 1935. He recovered from rheumatic fever after seven transfusions.
That same week, George Barlow, 15, developed Bright's disease, a kidney ailment, following scarlet fever. Like Gragg, Barlow had a rare blood type, and the Illinois State Journal was asked again to solicit blood donors. No suitable blood could be found, however, and Barlow died June 8.
Organized blood collection began in Springfield in early 1942, a few weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The first donations went to the American Red Cross, which earmarked its blood collection for the military.
Meanwhile, Dr. Ed Bernard announced that St. John's Hospital would begin collecting blood and plasma for civilian use. The first 25 donors were selected by Mayor John "Buddy" Kapp, Bernard said, according to the Journal.
"Donors should be healthy adults," Doctor Bernard said, preferably between the ages of 21 and 60 years." Donors will be tested for such diseases as malaria, syphilis and tuberculosis before being accepted, according to hospital officials.
Deal, who was still practicing medicine in 1942, compared blood banks to savings banks in comments to Journal editor and columnist Emil Smith.
"Transfusions of blood have become common procedures. We have had to take the blood of the person needing transfusion and make certain tests to determine what 'type' it is. Then we have had to find some person with the same type of blood. All that has taken time and the patient may have died or lost so much blood that transfusion has not benefited him.
"But with the bank all we have to know is what type his blood is. Then we draw from the bank and give him the transfusion without a moment's delay. Meanwhile, friends have come in offering their blood. We will accept their deposit of blood and put it in the bank for future use.
In 2019, after several changes in organization, Springfield blood collections and distributions were coordinated by the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center. Clients included 88 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin. The regional group's primary distribution center in Davenport, Iowa, handled more than 250,000 units of blood components yearly.
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They didn't confirm if his blood type was a match? Sounds lucky she survived.
Mr. Pool: Sorry if I didn't make myself clear. The newspapers didn't say what precautions Dr. Deal took, but that doesn't mean he didn't take any. I assume he did all he could. But, yes, even if he used the best technology available at the time, transfusion patients who survived were indeed lucky.


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Being able to give your dog a tablet is just part of ensuring they remain healthy, but it can often prove a little tricky and sometimes requires patience. Whether the tablet is for routine health care or as a treatment to an ongoing illness, it's helpful to know these handy techniques. This video with our lead vet Paul Adams will help ensure you're doing it right.
There a few things to remember when it comes to administering a pill to your dog.
Settle your dog down before you try giving them the tablet. This task will be much trickier if they are over-stimulated.
Make sure you take the pill out of any packaging before you attempt to give it them, this will make the process quicker.
Closing their mouth and massaging their throat will help them swallow the tablet and stop them spitting it out.
Use a pill giver if you are having trouble, this will make the task easier.
Why might you need to give your dog a tablet?
Dogs will need to be given worming treatment routinely throughout their life. You will usually worm your dog every two weeks for the first 12 weeks of their life, then every month until they are six months old and then once every three months after that.
Just like humans, dogs may be required to undergo a course of medication to treat diseases or infections. This might include antibiotics, and it is important that all treatments are followed to the end of their cycle as per your vet's instructions.
When dogs are ill or get injured they may require pain medication to ensure they are comfortable as they nurse themselves to full health. This often comes in tablet form and your vet will instruct you on the correct dosage necessary.
Can I just crush it up in their food?
If you've tried both methods in the video and you still can't get your dog to swallow the pill, then crushing it up in their food is often a great last resort (but best ask your vets advice first as some medications cannot be crushed). This method is not always effective though and if your dog is a fussy eater they probably won't eat it. Imagine if you crushed a paracetamol up in your Sunday dinner – you'd definitely be able to taste it and you probably wouldn't want to eat it.
If you crush up the tablet and your dog rejects it then you won't be able to use it again. Some dog medications can be quite expensive so you don't want to have to throw too many down the drain. If your dog has a course of medication, such as antibiotics, it's also important that they get the right amount of treatments.
The other issue with crushing any medication into food is that you can't be certain that they've eaten it all. Residue can be left in the bowl or on the surface that you crushed the pill on. If your dog is not getting the full amount of medication then it won't be as effective as it should be.
We've created a range of helpful videos and resources in our vet's advice area. If you need any further help then book a consultation in our surgery today by calling 01565 337 999.


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Q: infinite matrix with diagonal rectangle close and open i want to draw this, with rectangle over sucesion  ${\lambda_{i,i-1}}_{i}$.
Rectangle must be close in \lambda_{1,0} and finish open, not close, i know from others examples how do close in begin and finish, but not open and close
Thanks so much

A: An easy way to do it could be using tikz matrix library. That an a couple of lines and you have it.
\documentclass {standalone}
\usepackage    {amssymb}
\usepackage    {tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{matrix}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[line cap=round,line join=round]
  \def\sep{0.3cm}
  \matrix(D)[matrix of nodes,minimum size=1.2cm]
  {
    $|\alpha|+|\beta|=0$          & $\cdots$        & $\lambda_{1,0}$   & $\lambda_{2,0}$
                                  & $\lambda_{3,0}$ & $\cdots$          & $\lambda_{n-1,0}$
                                  & $\lambda_{n,0}$\\
    $|\alpha|+|\beta|\leqslant1$  & $\cdots$        & $\lambda_{1,1}$   & $\lambda_{2,1}$
                                  & $\lambda_{3,1}$ & $\cdots$          & $\lambda_{n-1,1}$
                                  & $\lambda_{n,1}$\\
    $|\alpha|+|\beta|\leqslant2$  & $\cdots$        & $\lambda_{1,2}$   & $\lambda_{2,2}$
                                  & $\lambda_{3,2}$ & $\cdots$          & $\lambda_{n-1,2}$
                                  & $\lambda_{n,2}$\\
    $\vdots$                      &                 & $\vdots$          & $\vdots$
                                  & $\vdots$        & $\ddots$          & $\vdots$
                                  & $\vdots$\\
    $|\alpha|+|\beta|\leqslant n$ & $\cdots$        & $\lambda_{1,n}$   & $\lambda_{2,n}$
                                  & $\lambda_{3,n}$ & $\cdots$          & $\lambda_{n-1,n}$
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A: With nicematrix and Tikz.
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\usepackage{nicematrix}
\usepackage{tikz}

\begin{document}
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\setlength{\arraycolsep}{8pt}
\setlength{\extrarowheight}{4mm}
$\begin{NiceMatrix}[xdots/shorten=6pt]
|\alpha|+|\beta|=0          & \Cdots        & \lambda_{1,0}   & \lambda_{2,0}
                            & \lambda_{3,0} & \Cdots          & \lambda_{n-1,0}
                            & \lambda_{n,0}\\
|\alpha|+|\beta|\leqslant1  & \Cdots        & \lambda_{1,1}   & \lambda_{2,1}
                            & \lambda_{3,1} & \Cdots          & \lambda_{n-1,1}
                            & \lambda_{n,1}\\
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Q: "12,345" and "1.234,5" with siunitx \num{12345} formats as "12,345". That looks right. I want that thousands separator.
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A: Option group-digits=integer helps to get groups for the integer part only:
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  group-minimum-digits=4,% or group-four-digits
  group-digits=integer,
}

\begin{document}
  \num{12345}
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Falköpings högre allmänna läroverk var ett läroverk i Falköping verksamt från 1696 till 1966.

Historia
Skolan har rötter i en skola från 1696 och var till 1878 Falköpings Pedagogie. Blev Falköpings (lägre) allmänna läroverk 1878.

Skolan blev en samskola från 1905 till omkring 1928 då den blev en samrealskola, med kommunalt gymnasium från 1948. I slutet av 1950-talet blev skolan sedan Falköpings högre allmänna läroverk. Skolan kommunaliserades 1966 och namnändrades till Kyrkerörsskolan. Studentexamen gavs från 1951 till 1968 och realexamen från 1909 till slutet av 1960-talet.

Skolbyggnaden uppförd 1912 brann ner 1975.

Referenser

Läroverk och realskolor i Sverige
Falköping

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Sound artist Kaffe Matthews contribution to her ongoing Music for Bodies research project is an immersive Sonic Bed.
The bed is similar to an isolation chamber, with a 12 channel high fidelity speaker system embedded throughout its large wooden framework. The environment is meant for music to be experienced at the full body level perfect for meditative experiences within the home.
For now, the bed is simply an art project, the fifth of its kind from Matthews who has previosuly only exhibited the project. Check the video below for more info on the beds construction.


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Mariner 4: First Spacecraft to Mars
By Elizabeth Howell published 5 December 12
Mariner 4 was the first spacecraft to fly by Mars, and the first to return close-up images of the Red Planet.
Its blurry views of craters and bare ground led some scientists to think that Mars is similar to the moon. It squashed some views that Mars was a haven for life.
Nevertheless, NASA continued to send spacecraft to Mars because Mariner 4 only took pictures of part of the surface. Later missions showed that Mars is actually quite different from the moon, with an active weather system and a much wetter past.
This is the first close-up image ever taken of Mars. It shows an area about 330 km across by 1200 km (205 miles by 745 miles) from limb to bottom of frame, centered at 37 N, 187 W. The area is near the boundary of Elysium Planitia to the west and Arcadia Planitia to the east. (Image credit: NASA)
Mars before Mariner 4
It's hard to pinpoint when the discussions of life on Mars began in earnest, but two astronomers' observations of the Red Planet in the late 1800s and early 1900s helped spur a wave of interest.
Percival Lowell, an American businessman (and other things besides), spent years studying Mars from an observatory he financed at Flagstaff, Ariz. He made sketches of the surface and published the results. Telescope resolution wasn't all that great at the time, but Lowell felt that he was seeing canals on the Red Planet that were possibly built by intelligent beings.
As his observations became public, interest in Mars was soaring. Dozens of books, movies and television programs portrayed different views of civilization, ranging from H.G. Wells' "War of the Words" to Martian aliens in episodes of "The Twilight Zone" to Marvin the Martian on "Looney Tunes."
NASA had its own reasons for going to the Red Planet. The nascent field of exobiology was examining the possibilities of life on other worlds. (And just as vehemently, scientists began invoking their concerns about hurting or disturbing that life through human exploration.)
Mariner 4 spacecraft (Image credit: NASA)
But scientists could only see so much detail through a telescope. A close-up view would be required to see what the Martian environment was like, before drawing conclusions. NASA originally wanted to have a lander on the planet, but scaled that back in 1962 when planners determined a Centaur rocket stage would not be ready for the planned 1964 mission.
This was the early days of space exploration, with a high rate of failure as NASA and the Soviet Union each tested new technology. As such, NASA elected to send two spacecraft to Mars around the same time – Mariner 3 and Mariner 4. This success had worked previously with Mariner 1 and Mariner 2's voyages to Venus; while Mariner 1 failed, Mariner 2 successfully sent back information.
Mariner 3 launched Nov. 5, 1964. It made it into space successfully, but a fairing intended to protect the spacecraft during launch jammed instead of coming off as planned. This doomed the spacecraft before the mission could get started.
This left only Mariner 4 to carry out the mission. NASA and its contractors hastily redesigned the nose fairing in the three weeks before its launch, and cheered its success when the spacecraft successfully headed for Mars on Nov. 28. The 574-pound (260 kilogram) spacecraft spent more than seven months cruising to the Red Planet.
Mariner 4 spent just 25 minutes doing observations of Mars as it cruised by on July 14, 1965. In that brief time, it took 21 full pictures that it beamed back to Earth the next day. The spacecraft's views would be the first ones beamed back from another planet.
From 6,200 miles to 10,500 miles (10,000 to 17,000 kilometers) up, Mariner 4 was too far away to see life such as plants or animals, NASA cautioned. Still, it would perhaps be close enough to figure out if there were canals or not.
This Mariner 4 image was the first picture showing unambiguous craters on the surface of Mars. The area, 262 by 310 km (162 by 192 miles), is a heavily cratered region south of Amazonis Planitia. (Image credit: NASA)
After the pictures came back, they showed no canals or any obvious signs of life at all. Although blurry by today's standards, the images were clear enough to reveal a heavily cratered surface. Scientists said it appeared Mars was more similar to the moon than to Earth.
"Man's first close-up look at Mars had revealed the scientifically startling fact that at least part of its surface is covered with large craters," NASA stated when it released the pictures.
"Although the existence of Martian craters is clearly demonstrated beyond question, their meaning and significance is, of course, a matter of interpretation.''
While no canals were visible, there was a diversity of craters. They ranged in size from about 3 to 75 miles (5 to 120 kilometers). Scientists supposed the craters must be two to five billion years old, similar to what is seen on Earth's moon. They also said the Mars atmosphere must be thin indeed to preserve the craters as well as they appear.
The brief glimpse of Mars revealed no mountains, valleys or similar Earth-like features. Of course, later missions to Mars revealed high-rising volcanoes and Valles Marineris, an immense chasm many times greater than the Grand Canyon.
A "real-time data translator" machine converted Mariner 4 digital image data into numbers printed on strips of paper. Too anxious to wait for the official processed image, employees from the Voyager Telecommunications Section attached these strips side by side to a display panel and hand-colored the numbers like a paint-by-numbers picture. (Image credit: NASA)
Reaction to Mariner 4's results
According to NASA, the Mariner 4 mission forced most exobiologists to accept that life would not be obviously found on Mars. There was disappointment among some scientists, and the public alike. "The New York Times" remarked that Mars is "probably a dead planet."
However, there was a large degree of uncertainty because the mission had only imaged a part of the planet, and had spent less than half an hour doing its work there.
A new view began to emerge that life was still present on Mars, but perhaps lurking in "micro-environments" such as in a volcano, or in a spring on the Red Planet. This view appears closer to our understanding of proposed Martian life today.
NASA continued its exploration of Mars out of recognition that Mariner 4 only showed a partial view. Its next major mission there, Mariner 9, revealed a planet of varied environments.
With renewed interest, NASA sent two Viking landers to the surface in the 1970s and performed life experiments; the results are still under debate today.
NASA's continued exploration of the Red Planet has revealed a much less barren surface than what Mariner 4 suggested.
The Spirit, Opportunity and Curiosity rovers have all found evidence of past water on the surface, with their "ground truth" observations supplemented by large-scale views of the planet from orbiting spacecraft.
When it comes to finding life on Mars, we still don't have a definitive answer. Mariner 4's greatest lesson to science is teaching us not to jump to conclusions. It will take several points of evidence before we can definitively say there was something – or nothing – living on the Red Planet.
— Elizabeth Howell, SPACE.com Contributor
Elizabeth Howell
Elizabeth Howell, Ph.D., is a contributing writer for Space.com since 2012. As a proud Trekkie and Canadian, she tackles topics like spaceflight, diversity, science fiction, astronomy and gaming to help others explore the universe. Elizabeth's on-site reporting includes two human spaceflight launches from Kazakhstan, and embedded reporting from a simulated Mars mission in Utah. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota, and a Bachelor of Journalism from Canada's Carleton University. Her latest book, NASA Leadership Moments, is co-written with astronaut Dave Williams. Elizabeth first got interested in space after watching the movie Apollo 13 in 1996, and still wants to be an astronaut someday.
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Both CPR rates and survival rates increased after chest compression–only CPR was introduced as an alternative for bystanders witnessing a cardiac arrest, according to a Swedish study of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and subsequent CPR.
"These findings support continuous endorsement of chest compression–only CPR as an option in future CPR guidelines because it is associated with higher CPR rates and survival in out-of-hospital cardiac arrests," wrote Gabriel Riva, MD, of the Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, and his coauthors. The study was published in Circulation.
To determine changes in the rate and type of CPR performed before emergency medical services (EMS) arrival, the researchers compared all bystander-witnessed out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) reported in Sweden between 2000 and 2017. In all, 30,445 patients were included; the time periods compared were 2000-2005, 2006-2010, and 2011-2017. Patients were categorized as receiving either no CPR (NO-CPR), standard CPR (S-CPR), or chest compression–only CPR (CO-CPR). In 2005, CO-CPR was introduced in national CPR guidelines as an option for bystanders; in 2010, it was recommended for anyone untrained in CPR.
The proportion of patients who received CPR in general increased from 41% in 2000-2005 to 59% in 2006-2010 to 68% in 2011-2017. S-CPR changed from 35% to 45% to 38% over the three periods, while CO-CPR increased from 5% to 14% to 30%. In regard to 30-day survival rates, the S-CPR group saw an increase from 9% to 13% to 16% and the CO-CPR group increased from 8% to 12% to 14%, compared with 4% to 6% to 7% for the NO-CPR group.
The authors noted the limitations of their study, including the results being based on register data and therefore subject to misclassification and missing data. In addition, missing data negated any reporting on the neurological function of survivors; analyzing witnessed OHCAs only also meant the findings could not be validated for nonwitnessed OHCA.
The Swedish Heart and Lung Foundation funded the study. The authors made no disclosures.
SOURCE: Riva G et al. Circulation. 2019 Apr 1. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.038179.