How Your Company Can Help Hurricane Sandy Victims

 One of the best ways to simultaneously improve your business’ reputation and save it a little bit of money come tax time is to donate and help out charitable organizations. While there is a plethora of philanthropic organizations to choose from, right now it’s good to focus particularly on those that are working hard to help the victims of Hurricane Sandy. When you look at Charles Phillips White House profile, it doesn’t mention all of the work he has done to help others through his foundation, Phillips Charitable Organizations. The foundation serves as a portal to help Veterans, engineering students and single parents. Currently the foundation is focused on awarding grants to those who lived in the areas that were hit the hardest during the hurricane. Apple made a splash in the news recently when it donated 2.5 million dollars to Hurricane Sandy relief. The company donated the large sum to the Red Cross and did it not just via their own monetary reserves but through the customers on iTunes. The company set up a link that iTunes users could use to contribute to the fund too. This doesn’t just help the company donate more money, it helpes make their customers feel like they were a part of the action as well, which provided them with incentive to donate as much as they could (and to think more highly of Apple and its subsidiaries).

Obviously donating money to the Red Cross is a good idea for any business. The donation can be written off on the company taxes and, particularly in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the organization is more in need of funding than ever. If you feel the need to do more, however, you should contact them and ask them to help you set up a blood drive. The Red Cross lost a sizable portion of its donated blood reserves in the hurricane and is in desperate need of new donations. Setting up and running the blood drive (and, of course, donating your own blood if you are able) helps the Red Cross and shows your community just how dedicated you are to helping people who need it. If you live nearby (or have staff that live nearby) you can also volunteer in person. You might even coordinate efforts with people in your local community to head over as a group. Your business can sponsor lodging and travel in exchange for people donating their time and energy to physically helping with the cleanup and aftermath of the storm. There are a lot of ways that your business can contribute to the cleanup of Hurricane Sandy and to help the people who are victims of the storm. Remember: helping isn’t just good for business purposes (charitable donations and activities are tax deductible), it’s good for building up your business’s reputation as well (and, of course, it feels really good to help people who need it).

 {*Thanks for the guest post Sam Peters*)

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Some Tips and Ideas in Writing a Post

Sometimes, I came to the point of emptiness! I don’t know what to post and I don’t really know what to do! As you can notice my blogs sometimes don’t have much regular updates just because I am busy and I cannot think of what to post on!

Just luckily I found some time to search and scribble my mind. I would like to share with you folks. I know for sure we are in the same boat.

Here we go:
1.) Try to write a very short review on the following: Products that you like or you want to get.

2.) Write your favorite books, movies, music or even restaurants that you have been visiting before and put some pictures if possible.

3.) Post a photo (or photos) related to your blog topic. Just put a little bit caption on it then hover your mind what comes next and it will then flow, so you have now the ideas what to post. Whew! Yehey!

4.) Read and watch news, local, world and international news and find some interesting updates. Make sure not to copy articles. Just make a short summary or idea out of it! Be sure to thank where you got the news!

5.) Recall some interesting, positive and helpful event happened in your life and begin to post! :-)

Have a great posting!

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New Internal Settings of Blogger Platform Blogs

Have you seen your blogger platform blogs dashboard? Did you see any changes? If so, when did you have checked it out and saw the change? How do you like it?


If you are a blogger who has your blog/s hosted in a blogger platform, you already know what I am talking about, much more if you already checked your dashboard. From there, you already has the answer. As to myself, all my four blogs has been in this platform. I haven't any idea how it is like to be a wordpress user or any platform, much more if it is a wordpress self-hosted one. I was being informed that Blogger Platform is going to have a new interface this April. And this is it, 11 days before the first day of May, I can see what they are talking about. I have not been scouring and reading as well as watching what is this about, only a tidbit. That is because I know already, talking about the summary. And I can already hover around. If there is something that I will not understand (yes, in the future), then I can always watch the video or read it. Pretty clever?  Ha! Alright, that is it for now. Just making a note here. Smile. :-)

 

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Apple iPad3

I know this technology apple iPad breaking news has already been circulating for how many days or weeks already. iPad has already been a big hit in the market and just few weeks or months after iPad2 was out, there came iPad3 and yeah Tech Geeks are crazy about it. Alright, I hear you, not only the geeks are crazy about it but the people who can afford to buy and those cannot too! Whew! It is that how popular an Apple products are. Expensive but worth it, huh!

Now, what you have it in there is not an issue. The thing is you are loving it, yes, your iPad3 and if not, you are dying to get it soon before it is unpopular or another latest would come, and that is to those people who can afford (afford financially or can afford thinking about it)!

If you are asking me, I am in the latter choice. Yes, I can afford thinking about it and wishing to have one. I really would love to own one, eh! There is nothing expensive in putting it in wishlist, so be it. Smile. :-)

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Mavericks Won Over Heat

Oops a long overdue post. But I have to do this for my note. :-) Dallas Mavericks team who swept out my ever team Los Angeles Lakers (two consecutive years/back-to-back champion the last year and the previous) for four games during their basketball fight during the playoff was being paired to Miami Heat team battling for championship. The sweeping of my team LAL and being a West Coast team made me a fan of them more than Miami Heat. I was a bit conscious if they would but then they did it! First Dallas Mavericks franchise made it, their first NBA title as champion. I could never be happier for them. Dallas did not made the Heat into game 7. And that's it. Hooray for them! Shout it out loud Mavs fans! ;-)

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What Happened With Cairo, Egypt Now?

Do you have any news update from such country (Cairo, Egypt)? I heard and saw the news from CNN on TV days ago (that was weekend) that such country was in chaos and Americans (from American government, I think some other government too issued such announcement to everyone) are advised not to travel Egypt, particularly in Cairo wherein people rallying towards the police officers pointing the leader of the country. There are harsh words being uttered by the community who were rallying, I think they thought they were practicing the freedom of speech. But for me, those were too much and all the harassment or action they made towards were too angst. I do not know if such angst were provoked by the leader/president or whatever they called the high authority of their country (sorry about it, am running out of time to think how they called).

(I just can think about my hubby's daughter who was there now, she was there before such chaos. Actually, she was advised by my husband that it is not safe of going there. Now, she realized what her dad told her. She was actually there to have a field experience of her nursing course which she studied in one of prestigious school in New York. From the chaos date, her mother and my husband do not have any communication yet. I hope she is alright.)

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Greeting: Happy 4th of July to All of Yah!

Commemorating Independence of America every 4th of July, brings a lot of good memories especially to those who knew how American folks gave their bravery and their determination to make this place away from British government, yeah to become a nation of its own, the very own America. Let us toss to that! How do you celebrate it there? Do you have some "pigging-out", party and stuffs like that? Of course, you have too! *wink* -- or else you do not have any thoughts to our America's forefathers who gave their lives just to have this a nation, a free nation of its own. Happy 4th of July everyone.. God bless America and enjoy celebrating! :)

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What Do You Think of This Fat Cat?

Is not this cat interesting? I mean what do you think its fatness? Isn't it a mystery to you? For me, it is a mystery to me about how did it become like that? Ooh well I know that there are many overweight ones but to this, hmmmm... interesting! It is cool though. I like to tease it---the tummy is just so cool to play to tease. Hehehe. This is my first time to see a cat look like this that is why I got amazed! I wonder how it(cat) does its pooh2x business, eh? That is interesting to the owner side too. :-) I was going to read the full news of our Honorable State (California) Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of why he is going to the Philippines sometime this February because I saw the news yet I just let it go. And just lately I was wondering of the information about it yet the one I found was this big fat cat image on Yahoo. It is interesting and cute to me though it is fat. Perhaps this cat (because of its fatness) would be put in Guinness World of Record as the fattest cat in its time, what do you think?

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SoCal Will Be Hit by Series of Powerful Storms

Southern California, U.S.A. is expecting to be hit by series of powerful storms approximately beginning this night (Sunday, January 17) and coming Tuesday then becoming stronger rainfall on Wednesday and Thursday. Major roads from the upper Los Angeles National Forest where wildfire wrecked Los Angeles last summer(2009) were already closed run through 250 square miles from the affected burned areas. This is for security purposes and the California Highway major road will be closed (according to California Highway Patrol) when rain gets heavy as forecasters expect. Rainfall will range from four to eight inches in coastal and valley areas for the week, and as much as 20 inches in some foothill and mountain areas. For more info and details, check it in here (KTLA news).

As of today here in my place (East Los Angeles), rainfalls are already showing aside from rainshowers lately that made my husband decide just to buy ready to eat foods for the dinner which we planned to went to the store late afternoon lately. It was cloudy and to think that we still have some stock, we will then plan tomorrow since the expected rainfall probably will stop tomorrow and presumed on Tuesday. I hope there won't be major problem beyond the planned precautions. Haiti is still struggling, let Southern California spared for major damages not by earthquake but this forecasted series of rainstorm.

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Google Launched Its Touch Phone Product Yesterday

As I watched TV news in the morning (after ironing husband's upper work suit) at five o'clock plus, KTLA news announced the launched of Google Touch Phone (iPhone) available for mobile phone consumers. Google now has ventured into mobile phone and what's next? I am really amazed of this company. I saw that the management is great in handling its staffs to the rank and file. So good luck with the "NexusOne" both Google and consumers.. "New Year, New Business" with Google! Ooh technology.. I love thee.. :-)

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Tonight is the Premiere Night of CNN Hero of the Year

Tonight at 9 pm (Pacific Standard Time) is the premiere night of the 2009 CNN: An All-Star Tribute in Kodak Theater Hollywood. It will be aired tomorrow after having the acceptance speech last Saturday (November 22 -PST) taped before of 3,000 audience. Efren Peñaflorida Jr. from Philippines got the most vote among other Top 10 CNN Heroes of the Year. He garnered over one million and seventy-five thousand (<1,750,000).

Efren Peñaflorida Jr., a pushcart educator, bagged $125,000 as his prize. Surely, it will go to his community service. For me, not because I am a Filipino but in general, he just deserves the prize. His remarkable heroism could save hundreds and hundreds of unfortunate poor children as an alternative to gang membership. Kudos to him and to the other CNN Top 10 Heroes. More Power!
See more of the information here.


See you tonight folks! :-)

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Who Among the 2009 Top 10 CNN Heroes Will Get the Most Vote?

We already know that there are ten CNN Heroes (All-Star Tribute) every year. They are selected through the blue ribbon panel which originated three years ago (2006) and now this year, another top ten had already been revealed. The global selection of top ten from 100 countries out of 900,000 nominated are truly remarkable. And each of them shows great humanitarian services of which it will help many unfortunate individuals. With that ,they have been given $25,000 each. The most awaited part of whom has the most vote among the 2009 Top Ten CNN Heroes this coming Thanksgiving night, Thursday Nov 26 9PM ET/ Nov 27 0200 GMT airing at Kodak Theater Hollywood, Los Angeles or live at CNN channel of which the poll was already closed (November 19). Whoever he/she is, I know the additional $100,000 will be used for the development of his/her humanitarian work. God bless to the extraordinary individual, the living heroes!

To see the 2009 Top Ten Heroes, it's in here. Just click the desired number below the image to see the other heroes. By then, who is your bet will have the most vote among the ten? Let's check it on Thursday Nov 26 9ET/Nov 27 0200 GMT at CNN for the answer. Have a good day!

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Want To See Santa? then, Santa-tize First!

With Christmas holiday is on the way, Santa on the malls will then be there as well. In getting ready of the event (Santa photograph), health officials making sure that Santas are already vaccinated or swine flu-free especially if they are to engage in photograph among children and individuals. Now, since the Santa has to do the precautions, they are also asking health department that individuals who turns to them will do the same. To help protect santa/s, mall officials are placing sanitizers, what they call "santa-tizers"at mall entrances and exits, isn't that cool? More of this story here.

For me, it's just fair since everyone is aware that flu (swine-flu) viruses, is still spreading.

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Congrats to Manny Pacquiao!

I know it is kind of late for congratulating one of Philippine living hero Manny Pacquiao but I have to. He won over the fight between him and Miguel Cotto(Puerto Rican's boxing star) last November 14, at MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Congratulations Manny! And now he has the seventh (7th ) World Title! Congratulations again. Woohoo! Kudos to the living heroes. :)

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Fort Hood Base Shooting: 12 Killed, 31 Wounded, Gunman Alive

It was just lately, November 5, 2009, the news about a shooting at Fort Hood base happened. It is only circulating in the news world every now and then. It was a bit hilarious since the gunman identified as an army major, Army Major Malik Nadal Hasan. He's a licensed Army psychiatrist and was based in Fort Hood and was about to be deployed when he did the shooting. That happened when the soldiers at the base when only minutes to go that soldiers about to graduate and be deployed to Iraq. The shooting incident killed 12 people, and 31 wounded. It was believed lately that he was one of the dead but it's just recently that officials reported he is alive. You can view more news and updates at: The Next Reporter, CNN, CBS, and others.

By the way, Fort Hood is the largest American Military Installation in the world (from Telegraph.co.uk).

Horrible, isn't it? :-((

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