Smart Homes Are Game Changer for People with Disabilities In the news broadcast on NBC News on the headline, “Smart Homes Are Game Changer for People with Disabilities,” the reporter talks about the impact of technology on people living with disabilities. In the report, the reporter uses words such as special needs, handicapped, and the deaf. Over time, there has been a need for euphemisms to apply a positive impact on the words they replace (Gernsbacher et al., 2016). Words such as special needs have evolved even into sports and education. However, special needs is not a legal term. The appropriate euphemism to use is either, individuals with disabilities or disabled (Crocker & Smith, 2019).  Similarly, when referring to a group of individuals who are hearing impaired, it is wrong to refer to the individuals as the deaf. The correct term to use is people who are deaf, and the same applies to a group of people who are visually impaired. In a book by William Leonard Roberts, “Freeway Rick Ross,” the author uses unacceptable terminologies to refer to individuals…

Dental, Visual and Hearing Loss Introduction The Senate is aware that hearing, vision, and dental loss are still not adequately covered by Medicare except for certain criteria; Yet, these disabilities combined cost less than heart attacks and major chronic illnesses. If certain revisions are made on the hearing, mental, and visual issues, the elderly would have a greater quality of life and independence. In turn, the cost of healthcare across the country would be less. Therefore, this brief seeks to address the benefits that government sources provide for a hearing, dental, and visual loss.   Deficit Current benefits Still needed Vision Ø  First, the government has been offering Social Security Benefits to patients who have a visual loss. Any patient meeting requirements of social security administration has been considered to receive monthly benefits across the United States (Williams, 2018). However, the victims must be in a situation where they cannot work anymore. Ø  The second benefit offered by the American government to visual patients includes cash that is used to cater for basic needs through Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The…

Article Review: Perceptual Foundations of Bilingual Acquisition in Infant In the article, Werker examines the foundations of bilingual acquisition in children where they learn two languages from birth. The paper focuses on how the children acquire two languages as their first language and how parenting styles have an impact on the acquisition process. Werker presents that children are biologically prepared to acquire language in their native language. It is noted that in the first few weeks and months of an infant, they learn about sounds and explore their native language. At this time, they use perceptual knowledge to extract words and start to know grammar. The article provides a review showing that children that grow up bilingual get to learn and know the properties if each of their two languages at the same time while keeping them apart.  It is provided that perceptual learning helps the children break and differentiate the properties of their two native languages. Of my interest is how Werker concludes by stating that in case there are enough cues to which language is being used, then…

The sale of magnetic desk toys Argumentative Essay Ingestion of rare-earth magnets by children has increased since the efforts of federal regulations to enforce the court ruling outlawed changes in the industry. The court ruled to lift the consumer product safety commission four-year ban on the product. As a result of the failure of the CPSC, the magnet industry uses voluntary safety standards, which reflects equality between business and safety interests. In most cases, the desires of the manufacturers outlaw the safety desires because they decide which safety option will maintain the utility, desirability, and functionality of the product. For CPSC to act, the voluntary safety standards have to affirm the inadequacy of a product, and this gives the industry a chance to win in most cases. The magnet makers wanted to depend on warnings and packaging designs to control the accident. Still, the safety advocates wanted the product to be so big that it can’t be swallowed or too weak to trigger organ damage. Manufacturers went ahead to form ASTM international, which aids in developing proceduralideals for products. It…

Effect of live and improvisation in real-time visual performance (RVP)  Introduction Live cinema for a quite long time has been used to describe mainly the live music accompanied by the form called silent movies. With current live and improvisation in real-time visual performance, the form and style of live cinema and vjing have greatly changed. The live cinema today is actually a concurrent and more so a simultaneous formation of sound and some image done in real-time mostly by visual artists and sonic. This report discusses how live and improvisation in real-time visual performance (RVP) have impacted on the form and style of live cinema and VJing The impact of real –time visual performance (RVP) on form and style of live cinema and vjing The earlier form and style of visual cinema and vjing have broadly expanded in terms of cinematographic space. The focus is no longer on the photographic construction of reality as may be seen by the camera’s eye and neither is it just taken as mere linear forms of narration. Live cinema and vjing are now looked…

 visualization This project will require you to use all the techniques we have covered in class so far. Download this adjacency list (Links to an external site.). It represents a sample of the Enron email dataset. You can open this file by going to the File menu in gephi, selecting open, and then selecting this file. Your goal is to write a 1500-2000 word paper about this network. Describe interesting features, important people, relationships, etc. This is not something you can do just by looking at the structure – you will need to analyze content as well. That means researching who these people are, what role they played in the organization, and what interactions they had. Your visualization is not part of those 2 pages. You should provide a deep investigation into this network. Who are the central people? What is their role in the organization? How do you know that? What is their role in the network (e.g. what kind of messages are they sending? to whom?) What are the big clusters? What does each represent? How did you…

 third-party delivery I believe that third-party delivery is not entirely reliable. The outsourced companies may fail to visualize the goal intended by its hiring company. A good example is the FedEx franchise. The company experienced a considerable backlash of failure to deliver goods on time. Moreover, third- party delivery caused some road accidents. There was a report on the death of an 84-year old woman caused by a speedy third party delivery van(O’ Donovan and Bensinger 2019). I would suggest that Amazon get more involved by compensating the family of the deceased because firing the third party delivery was not enough. I would also advise Amazon to observe safety rules by participating in the recruiting process of third party delivery drivers. Also, by offering their strict guidelines and regulations to control road killings and injuries. I support Amazon for taking action against FedEx by temporarily ending their contracts until they meet Amazon standards. However, I suggest that Amazon should consider the repercussion of contract termination on third party users and delivery companies. In conclusion, I believe that Amazon’s third-party delivery…

Seven Days in the Art World review The diversity of art is such that it captures not only the expressions of its creators but of the audience as well. It is through art that people convey a wide range of messages using their creativity, imagination, and skillsets that appeal to the emotion and imaginative perspective of its audience. While a good number of the artists have gone through formal or informal institutions to sharpen their skills, others attribute their skillset as a gift crafted through the year of practice and mastery. Nonetheless, each artist seeks to express themselves and other phenomena through their pieces. In addition to the audience who also double up as direct consumers of the art, some individuals study different pieces of art and give their expert opinion and critic of whatever section in under scrutiny. As such, different art pieces appeal to diverse individuals who play a role in the continuity of art. This essay draws attention to Sarah Thornton’s book, Seven Days in the Art World. It is a report based on the ethnographic work…

How Visual Content Can Help Boost the Growth of Your Business Harnessing the power of visuals makes our marketing strategies powerful. It helps customers envision your products and remember them when making decisions to buy. Visuals make your content entertaining, appealing, and can help increase your brand reach. Are you having doubts about whether visual content should be part of your strategy? Consider these statistics: 75% of marketers get better results when they use visuals in their digital marketing strategy (Libris) 30% of US shoppers on mobile say that video is the best when discovering products. 48% of Australian consumers make purchases after watching a branded video (Facebook) When overwhelmed by choices, shoppers turn to video for product discovery. 50% of shoppers use video to decide on specific products to buy (Think With Google) 83% of marketers got a good ROI from video in 2019. 94% said video helped them increase user understanding of their products (Wyzowl) Content that results in the best ROI for social media efforts is videos at 63% and photos/ graphics at 56% (Animoto) 47% of…

Hierarchical charts According to Kirk (2016), charts are divided into five leading families, namely, Categorical: Hierarchical, Relational, Temporal, and spatial. He further discusses what chart is used for. In my case, for this discussion, I have selected hierarchical charts. It is also known as a structure chart. Hierarchical charts are defined as the visual representation of a system of hierarchy. In this form of the chart, it entails and discusses the roles, ranks, and positions that are owned by people in the various organizational framework. It is used in showing the relationship between the elements progressing from top to bottom. Hierarchical charts are applicable in the concepts or ideas, such as the hierarchy of values or needs where one part is ranked or positioned above the other in descending order about the benefit. Hierarchical charts are used in showing the relationships and chains of command in an organization. I choose these hierarchical charts because it is essential in that it helps in maintaining the organization chart b updating it with new hires and when employees change positions to leave the…