Everyone has made a consistent effort to come up with a unique public representation that maintains an individual brand. Essentially, the public representation made by the instructor would be used as a potential tool to engage all and encourage them to regenerate a thread that captures the attention of all the potential viewers. At the end of the day, it all comes to how best the general public interprets an individual thread and distinguishes it from another one.
As indicated in the link above, it is critical to highlight amazon as one of the best public representation sellers across the globe. The brand has managed to come up a unique strategic line of presentation to attract customers at all levels of customer engagement. It forms the basis with which the organization has managed to gain and sustain a related competitive advantage over many other global line chains. As an online vendor, customers can easily check the nature of public representation and set clear boundaries on how best to engage just like what has been seen from the classmate and instructor.
For years, the subject of whether there should be age limitations for political leaders has been a source of contention in ever-changing political scene. In need for age cap in politics; maximum age limits? The average age in senators is 64 years old and the average retirement age in the 61 years old. Most Americans favor maximum age limit for federal elected officials.
Advocate for age restrictions say that imposing an upper age limit may provide a new viewpoint to government, stimulate innovation, and ensure that leaders remain in touch with society’s changing demands. There is no reason for 64 years and up, who should be getting ready to retire run for federal office. For example from this article McConnell lapse, Biden stumble highlight advanced age of US leaders , we see how Senate leader Mitch McConnell’s unexplained freeze up while speaking in Congress and we also see 80 year old Joe Biden who is the president of the United States who is nearly two decades older than the median age of the World’s national leaders.
The necessity for leaders who are adaptive and receptive to change is one of the primary grounds for age limitations in politics. In a fast-changing world where technology, societal challenges, and global dynamic are always changing, it is critical to have leaders that can quickly adapt to these changes. The younger politicians may be more open to new trends and more suited to deal with the issues of a rapidly evolving society.
Few Americans believe that having more older people in public service will improve politics. But more than three to one believes it would make politics wore, not better, and this would include older Americans. With a presidential age limit of 65, we need to bring in younger people who are more suited to cope with the difficulties that American faces today and events that will occur in the future.
After many years of online classes caused by COVID-19, many schools are returning to face-to-face classrooms. Since 2019, work and education had to change from normal to adapting to a new life. Everyone had to learn to use technology to be able to complete school and work. Transitioning from online classes to face-to-face education is a first for me in my Communicating with New Media class.
My classmates and instructor are the many people that are relearning face-to-face class education. This is very different than what I am used to as I’ve only been comfortable with online classes. I haven’t had a face-to-face class since high school, more than 10 years ago. We represent the many people that are transitioning back to normal life after the pandemic. Our class is learning to socialize and connect in person. Learning in person teaching is definitely a lot different then learning online. However, more and more instructors are now having students come back to face-to-face education. This gives students and instructors opportunity to socialize, engage, connect in ways that cannot be done from online.
Many people are scared to get vaccinated. Many reasons are listed by those unsure of whether they should get the vaccine or not. One of the more popular concerns are by women who are pregnant or will one day want to have kids. Due to scientists and health officials obviously not being able to know all of the long term effects from the different COVID-19 vaccinations, there are reasonable concerns to be had.
The CDC states that it is in fact safe for pregnant women and those who will be one day, to receive the vaccine. “There is currently no evidence that COVID-19 vaccination causes any problems with pregnancy, including the development of the placenta. In addition, there is no evidence that fertility problems are a side effect of any vaccine.”
What if the greatest challenge facing our planet today is not a global pandemic, or creeping global fascism, or a fast-rolling climate catastrophe, but is instead the misuse and impoverishment of our collective imagination?
Could it be that our stunted political imagination is responsible for hundreds of thousands of COVID deaths because we failed to imagine how a universal basic income could have allowed every American to isolate for 2-3 months? This would have deprived the virus of new hosts long enough to die away, allowing our economy to safely reopen.
Could it be that our failure to imagine how facing difficult truths really could set us free has allowed our nation to fall into the cesspool of disinformation and outright lies upon which facism thrives?
As we face a world on fire – Australia, California, the Canadian arctic, Siberia …
As we face a world under water – island nations, Bangladesh, a million acres of U.S. farmland …
Could it be that it is our impoverished cultural imagination, rather than our lack of technological solutions, that has prevented us from taking action to save our lives and our planetary future? A cultural imagination that feeds us endlessly recycled images of material success or violent apocalypse and yet utterly fails to provide examples of caring, cooperation, and successful low-carbon ways of living.
My Oldest daughter awaiting her heart transplant in 2011
This is somewhat selfish of me because my dad and my oldest daughter are alive today because of an organ donor. Organ donation is doesn’t also mean that your organs will be given a second life but the can be used to tell a story as well. If there isn’t a match or a particular organ isn’t healthy enough your organ’s can be used by scientist which can be equally beneficial as it gives scientist a better look into what is going on within the human body. I know that many people think that if you are an organ donor that doctor’s will do less to save you and that simply isn’t true. Doctors don’t even know that you are an organ donor until you are dead and then at that point they can look and see if you are an organ donor.
Here is more information on becoming an organ donor!
I was always an organ donor because I just thought it was the right thing to do. In 2011 when my oldest daughter was a year old she went into heart failure organ donation became personal. My daughter was list as 1A (highest priority) on the heart transplant list in February 2011. And in May 2011 my daughter Josie received a heart. We would come to find out the heart came from a 6 month old triplet boy who died of SIDS.
At one point in time we are all going to need someone else’s help. Whether it is a favor, a few bucks, or a place to go for the holidays. By sharing kindness with others we are able to give back in little ways that makes the world a better place!
One of the most meaningful things I have done in the last year for others and for myself was to spend more time volunteering. Not everyone always has extra money to throw at a cause they are passionate about. Volunteering is a good way to spread the word about causes in the world that need attention and to encourage others to help in fun or meaningful ways. In the last year I volunteered to help three different causes and I will use the space below to open your eyes about potential to bring more joy into your life and those of others.
The first place I volunteered was Feed My Starving Children which packs dry nutrient dense meals to send to children around the world who might otherwise go hungry. Overall the experience is a little too preachy for me, but it feels good spending an afternoon helping children you will never meet and knowing you are helping them be healthy. Quick tip: I’ve done this about 5 or 6 times, bring friends – it makes the experience more fun and fulfilling. Find more here https://www.fmsc.org/
The second place I volunteered was through an opportunity my work offered me. My company has a big focus and philanthropy and good corporate social responsibility and they actually will pay every full time employee to take a week off and volunteer somewhere, AND they will donate $500 to that organization if you volunteer for at least 25 hours! So I went down to New Bern, North Carolina last May to help with disaster recovery relief with an organization called All Hands and Hearts! This was my favorite because I have family that live there who are first responsders and personally impacted and I was able to help rebuild their community. Depending what phase of the cleanup the teams are on you are either gutting or rebuilding houses for local people impacted by natural disasters. If you can handle dormitory style housing, and a curfew this kind of volunteer work will change your life. Oh wait – AND you can choose a volunteer location all around the world! In a future trip I would like to go to the Caribbean or different parts of Mexico because you also have free time to explore! Below are my wonderful coworkers! You can find more information here https://www.allhandsandhearts.org/
Finally, I volunteered at Loaves and Fishes in North Minneapolis. Loaves and Fishes is a no questions asked service that provides free meals to people across the state at many different locations. The North Minneapolis church that I volunteered at was New Bethel Baptist Church who estimate the feed 75 people every night Monday – Friday. This is a simple way to help those in need in your community and open your eyes to the world of food insecurity. Again, the value of this experience is immeasurable, and It is a great experience for families! Find more here: https://www.loavesandfishesmn.org/
I hope this has inspired you to find ways that you can help support causes you care about and make the world a better place!
It’s no surprise that music has the ability to fight
depression—but did you also know it has the ability to improve blood flow and
lower your levels of cortisol (a stress-related hormone)? Even listening to
music before surgery can improve post-surgical results.
All the technical language summed up is that is activates
chemicals in the brain that make you feel good and helps regulate emotion and
memory. The benefits of music can be compared to meditation. Both had
outstanding improvements involving mood and quality of sleep. Let’s be honest,
more people would much rather listen to music than partake in meditation.
BUT, music also has the ability to make us incredibly
nervous. (Cue the Halloween theme
song). In that case, silence would be better than listening to something
random. Some music can also encourage negative emotions in us such as anger and
aggression. The rhythm and other musical elements have the ability to change
our brain’s activity just like it can do the opposite and make us feel good. So
confusing, I know.
Just like you would expect, slow tempo music with gradual chord progressions make us feel calm whereas chaotic, up-tempo music can do the opposite. To make matters a little more complicating, not everyone is the same. While some people may think AC/DC is too hectic, some people claim for that to be their relaxation music. http://time.com/5254381/listening-to-music-health-benefits/
Something I have always found interesting is the phenomenon of true crime podcasts. There’s an entire community of podcast listeners who specifically listen to podcasts about crime, and spooky unexplainable encounters. There are crime podcasts for all kinds of true crime addicts. You could always check out the classic: Serial. If you like to keep it serious at all times, you’d probably like Sword and Scale. If you like your heavy subjects with a little humor, you’d likely love listening to My Favorite Murder or Last Podcast on the Left.
Most of these are retellings with great detail on crimes of the past, but none can compare to the fascinating tale of Up and Vanished, a podcast that lead to the arrests of two men in a missing persons case that went cold for 11 years, that was declared a murder investigation.
Tara Grinstead, A history teacher and beauty pageant enthusiast who’s missing persons case inspired the Up and Vanished Podcast https://www.instagram.com/p/BpQOR2gBCoz/
I first discovered Up and Vanished in 2016 while searching Spotify for a true crime podcast to listen to. It sounded captivating, and it had about 9 episodes at that point, and I listened weekly. The host, Payne Lindsay, posted episodes every 2 to 3 weeks, but between the regular investigation episodes, he would do side episodes with case updates, and Q&A’s with listener calls. As a listener, I could just feel that Payne Lindsay along with his private investigator, Maurice Godwin, were onto something with this case. I listened diligently for the updates, when one day in early 2017, I got the listen of a lifetime when they posted an episode stating there were two arrests made in the Tara Grinstead case.
The cover of Up and Vanished season 1
The state of Georgia ultimately put a gag order on the case, so nobody involved in the case was allowed to speak to the media at all, but the podcast continued, and kept up with the case details, the suspects who were arrested, and the motive behind the case.
The most interesting part about the Up and Vanished podcast is that it originally started as an investigation into a missing person that lead to traction and increased interest in a case that went cold for 11 years. Payne Lindsay even admits in an episode after the suspects are named that he had heard from multiple Ocilla townsfolk that he needed to look into the two men who eventually were convicted with the crime, meaning that Up and Vanished might not have solved the crime single-handedly, but they were hard on the heels of the discovering the convicted suspects on their own. Their passion for solving this mysterious case ended up leading to the arrests and eventually, the recorded confessions to the crime.
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