INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Take everything out of your backpack first, including any smaller compartments. Next, tip it over a trashcan and shake it to get those last few scraps, crumbs, and bits of lint out. If you're starting with a brand-new and empty backpack, you're way ahead of the game. If your backpack is stuffed full of papers, books, and other stuff from your previous semester, empty it completely. In your first pile, place all of your school textbooks, folders, binders, and notebooks. In your second pile, place your school supplies, such as pens, pencils, erasers, glue, etc. In your last pile, put the other items that you use on a daily or seasonal basis, such as your lunch box, scarf, mittens, etc. If you take your laptop to school, you should put it in the first pile too. Discard or put away anything that doesn't fit in any of these 3 piles, such as trash, candy, toys, extra phone chargers, etc. Backpacks typically have 1 large compartment and at least 1 small compartment. Open up the small compartment, and start putting your school supplies away into it. Some backpacks even have slots for pens, pencils, and cellphones. Use these for those items. If your backpack doesn't have a smaller compartment, get a pencil bag. Put your supplies into the bag, then put it into your backpack. For example, put all of your English books, notebooks, and binders into 1 pile, and all of your Science stuff into another pile. If you have any loose papers, put them away into the right folder or binder first. If you need to buy new binders, folders, and notebooks, consider color-coding them. Use a different color for different subjects, like red for English and blue for Science. Stack binders with their spines facing away from each other. This will create a straight stack rather than a sloped one. It will take up less space. Unless you want to lag around a heavy backpack that is almost as big as you are, there is no need to pack everything. Each morning or evening before school, go through your backpack and take out anything that you don't need for the next day. Put everything that you do need back into your backpack. Leave the stuff that you don't need at home or in your locker. This also goes for school supplies. If you take art class once per week, there is no need to carry around your art supplies every day. While not absolutely necessary, this can come in handy, especially if you are in middle school or junior high. If you get a permission slip or report card that your parents need to sign, you'll need a safe place to put it. Use a separate folder for this purpose. Place this folder behind or in front of the other books and folders. Things like lotion, hand sanitizer, and lip balm may come in handy every day, so you can leave those in your backpack for the entire school year. Other items, such as scarves, mittens, umbrellas, and sunglasses, will only come in handy during certain seasons. You should leave these items out until the weather calls for it. Instead of using full-sized lotion and hand sanitizer bottles, go for the mini travel-sized ones. You'll need to replace them more often, but you'll also save space. If you live in an unpredictable climate, then having a warm hat or an umbrella might be a good idea.

SUMMARY: Empty your backpack. Sort everything you've taken out into 3 piles. Put your school supplies into the compartments in your backpack. Sort your school textbooks, notebooks, folders, and binders by subject. Pack only the notebooks, folders, and books you need. Add an extra folder for parent-teacher communications. Change out your extra items with the season.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Dogs can often regurgitate, raise undigested food with no abdominal effort, without showing signs of other illnesses. If your dog regurgitates, he may just need his food to be raised off the floor so that gravity helps pass the food down into his stomach. However, if your dog forcefully vomits (acute vomiting) the contents of his stomach, this means his muscles are contracting. You'll notice your dog hunched up and the vomit will probably smell foul. Regurgitation is usually a sign of esophageal issues or other problems in the early stages of the digestive process. For example, often dogs eat too much too quickly. In this case, the food your dog expels will usually be undigested and tubular in shape. If your dog regularly regurgitates food, he may have a long term medical condition so put his food up on a chair, but also let your vet assess him. Think about your dog's recent diet, behaviour, emotions, and environmental conditions to determine what might be causing your dog's vomiting. For example, think about recent walks and whether your dog may have scavenged a carcass or eaten discarded food. Vomiting can be a common symptom of "garbage gut" where your dog eats things that aren't healthy which causes his body to force out the spoilt food. However, if he keeps vomiting, there may be a more serious cause including: Bacterial infections in the gastrointestinal tract Intestinal parasites Severe constipation Acute kidney failure Acute liver failure Colitis Parvovirus Gall bladder inflammation Pancreatitis Ingestion of a poisonous substance Heatstroke An infected uterus A reaction to medicine Cancer If your dog vomits once, eats normally and has normal bowel movements, the vomiting was probably an isolated incident. If he vomits more than once throughout the day or if it continues beyond one day, take him to the vet immediately. Continued and repetitive vomiting should be investigated more fully by a vet. Your vet should be able to diagnose the condition by conducting a range of tests, including X-rays, bloodwork, fecal analysis, urinalysis, ultrasound imaging, and/or a barium study. Look at the vomit for foreign objects like wrappers, pieces of a plastic bag, bone fragments (you should not give your dog real bones as this are often implicated in vomiting episodes), etc. If you see blood in the vomit, take your dog to the vet immediately since severe blood loss can happen quickly and be fatal. If there are no foreign objects, look at the shape and consistency of the vomit. Is it undigested food or is it more liquid in form? Write down what you observe so you will be able to tell your vet if the vomiting continues. It may help your vet diagnose your dog if you can show a photo or sample of the vomit. A photo can also let the vet see the volume of vomitus which may influence treatment.

SUMMARY: Distinguish between vomiting and regurgitation to determine proper treatment. Consider the causes of vomiting. Assess whether the vomiting was a one-off or occurred multiple times. Examine the vomit to determine a cause of vomiting.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: You can find it in big box stores or grocery stores in the same aisle as glass cleaner. Make sure it's free of alkaline chemicals like lye or acidic chemicals like vinegar. The label should point out that the product is safe for quartz. Apply enough cleaner to cover the surface of the countertop. Let it sit for approximately 10 minutes. This will give the product enough time to remove any deeply embedded dirt. Dampen a clean nonabrasive sponge or cloth. Glide it across the countertop in gentle counterclockwise strokes until the cleaner is completely removed. Dry the surface with a clean nonabrasive cloth.

SUMMARY:
Purchase nonabrasive surface cleaner. Spray the cleaner on the countertop. Wipe away the cleaner.