I thought it was interesting that Galaxy hired a lady that looked very similar to Audrey Hepburn to act in their commercial. Sadly she wasn't a classy, or graceful. They spent a lot of time with her, and poof she was gone. Instead of looking for someone else to play the part, they just followed the real Audrey Hepburn in rolls she played, and did her in CGI.
Some found it classy that they loved her enough to model her. Others found it creepy that they were bringing her back from the dead in a way.
E-Trace can capture the calligraphic strokes of a dancer’s foot gliding across the floor. Those movements are then translated into video, and even, eventually, could be incorporated into a dance performance. It’s not hard to imaging projectors making an entire stage glow with these lines, cascading around a soloist wearing a pair of the shoes.
Health insurance is mind boggling! Just ask anyone!
Prices on healthcare go up every year. Different insurances go through only certain doctors.
Large firms and places of work have insurance. Many small places + if you do freelance they don't have health insurance available. It's extremely costly to small businesses.
If you have to get your own insurance, what is the process, how do you get it?
There used to be 3 or 4 health insurance company options, and now there is only 1. The 1 and only option is Medica:
Medica isn't exactly new to market. It's a shoot off from UnitedHealthcare, which has been around for a long time.
If you ever have to sign up for your own insurance, you have a window of time to do so. Usually somewhere between November 1 through December 15, 2020, for the 2021 calendar year.
If you work freelance, or in a small company, and Medica is your only option, that there is just one plan. They have different plans to choose from to fit your needs.
The cheapest option isn't always your best option. Yes you may not be paying much monthly, but your overall cost yearly may be a ton of money! Oftentimes the cheapest option is also limiting with doctor choices.
Yes you are young, but just one big expense like getting your appendix out could be devastating to your yearly expense.
Feel overwhelmed with your choices? Ask a pro! Seriously! That's what they get paid for!
Medica's Address:
331 Village Pointe Plaza Suite 304, Omaha, NE 68118
Hours: 9 AM to 4 PM 888 | 592 | 8211
A few things about doctor's offices, and hospitals:
Doctor's offices and hospitals will try to put pressure on you to pay right away. Remember they are a business to.
Many doctor's offices will go down 10 to 20% if you pay everything upfront. Ask right away if you pay upfront, how much will your bill be then? It may be worth it if you talk them down.
If they don't have a discount, let them know that you have other expenses! Cough - Like Student Loans! Tell them you can only pay X amount of money each month. They will try to get you to pay more, but you do not by law have to!
Hospitals are a bit different. They have a whole medical billing department. If you get a bill through the hospital note that it is best to ask for an itemized statement. This breaks the bill down, for you. Sometimes hospitals do try and sneak things in, that you didn't have done.
Ask if you can get them to lower your bill because you need financial assistance. They will have you apply for Medicaid. It does not matter if you qualify, or not. If you are asking for assistance, they still want to see that you've applied. Once they get the "You're not qualified" paperwork, you send that in, and then the hospital will adjust your total bill. Sometimes they will take off $2,000! So it's worth all that paperwork!
Medicaid is for children and adults under the age of 65 - medical conditions and/or low income. You can enroll in Medicaid any time of year.
Medicare is for adults over the age of 65. Adults over the age of 65 can have Medicaid as well if they are low income.
One other term:
Deductible: The amount you or your family can pay out of pocket yearly. In an insurance policy, the deductible is the amount paid out of pocket by the policy holder before an insurance provider will pay any expenses.
Health Savings Account:
A Health Savings Account (HSA) is fairly new to the market.
You sign up for an HSA through your bank. You put money into it from your checking/regular savings account into it. Every year there's an max amount of money to put into it. $7,000 was last year. Do not go over this amount! Keep a tally of the money you put into it! Use this because: It helps with tax deductions!
What you can use it for:
To pay for your monthly health insurance bill
Over the counter meds/vitamins
Prescription meds
Humidifier
Dental bills
Orthodontist bills
Doctor bills
Hospital bills
Therapy bills
ANY medical related. The dentist is included.
This guy talks about an HSA through a company. You can get one, through your bank as well.
Now if you've put money into the HSA, and you don't use it, it rolls into the next year to help you out.
Alternatives:
You can belong to organizations that pool people together to pay for insurance. Yes you have to pay to belong to the organization, but it may be worth it with all the advantages they have to offer.
If at some stage in the process Cyberduck ask for "Certificate" choose "trust always"
He did send me a new video you can watch to turn things in. Please grab it here. It does help to zip your file first. Click on the file, or folder, go to file and then compress.
You can also turn in any website edits this way as well. Please let me know when you've turned in anything, so I can get it off Cyberduck!
This is a mirror tour. It's unlike anything you've seen before.
Daniel Rozin was featured in Wired Magazine, and many museums throughout the world.
From his website: Daniel Rozin is an artist, educator and developer, working in the area of interactive digital art. As an interactive artist Rozin creates installations and sculptures that have the unique ability to change and respond to the presence and point of view of the viewer. In many cases the viewer becomes the contents of the piece and in others the viewer is invited to take an active role in the creation of the piece. Even though computers are often used in Rozin's work, they are seldom visible.
I have shown you Yayoi Kusama's work before. This is 3D view, with a narrator. Look around! Her work has also been seen all over the world. You can actually move around.
This is also a 3D experience, so move around.
Her message during COVID-19: "Disappear from this earth."
Not all of these are virtual tours, but I do have some.
Check out Alex Meade's website. She's worked on many commercials, and videos. Her work is so different from the norm! She's worked on videos, and videos.
It's important to take what you love to do, and push it farther. Here she made a video for Ariana Grande - God is a Woman.
Tell me about yourself.
What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Why are you interested in working for us?
What would you do if you were having difficulties with another employee on your project?
What would you do if someone asked you to overlook a problem with your project?
Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?
How did you like your last job?
This type of interview question is best used for jobs with a high degree of intellectual content.
These questions save time in an interview but are not effective as an interview technique unless you ask for a real example of when or how this trait was exhibited.
These questions save time in an interview but are not effective as an interview technique unless you ask for a real example of when or how this trait was exhibited.
Cross functional interviewing, tailor asked questions.
Homework assignment, giving them actual work related assignments.
This could include a test of knowledge.
They test for excitement and reactions about the job.
Homework assignments are often called, "On – boarding", taking them to see actual clients.
Cash money, They may save money by getting a less experienced, less expensive designer based on how well they do with their homework. Homework is the only way to break the boundary between good and bad design.
Scare the window shoppers, a lot of people browse new jobs just to see if they can make more money. Employers see this as a waste of time. If you want an offer? You better be ready to work for it!
Hard Skills - According to Karsh, "By really probing into what the candidate has done in the past, an interviewer can tap into hard skills.”
Soft Skills - “The common sense to figure things out with some basic training," says Terese Corey Blanck, director of student development at internship company Student Experience and a partner in College to Career, a consulting firm.
That means the interviewer is trying to pinpoint not only whether you match up well with both the company's and department's activities but also whether you'll complement the talents of your potential coworkers.
If
the organization fits well with your career aspirations, you'll naturally be
motivated to do good work there -- and stay more than a month or two, Corey Blanck reasons. "I don't want
someone to take the position because it's a job and it fits their skills,"
she says. "I want them to be excited about our mission and what we
do."
You're
being evaluated in relation to other candidates for the job. In other words,
this test is graded on a curve. So the interviewer will constantly be comparing
your performance with that of the other candidates'.
"I'm
always looking for someone who has a can-do type of attitude," Corey Blanck explains. "I want someone who
wants to be challenged and is internally motivated to do well.
Corey
Blanck points out that an employer can't
train for this essential trait. "But you can hire for it," she says.
"And if you don't, you'll end up with a lower-performing employee."
Most
employers know better than to believe everyone they interview actually wants
the position being offered. They understand some candidates are exploring their
options, while others are using an interview with a company they don't care
about to hone their interview
skills.
So
you have to prove
you really want the job,
says Al Pollard, senior college recruiter for Countrywide Financial. "I
use the ditch-digger analogy," he says. "Many of us can dig ditches,
but few are willing to -- and even fewer want to."
