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With the holidays right around the corner, shoppers are turning to Amazon for all their needs. Amazon has made gift-giving process easy. Subscribers can create their own wish-list, and digital email them over with the click of a button. Family and friends simply view the list, choose a gift, and ship it off. This process helps maintain social distancing and still create surprise and delight moment this holiday season. Today we will be looking at the top-searched products on Amazon. Below is the video link and I plan to share this via Facebook and Instagram. Link to the snackable video: https://spark.adobe.com/video/vSszxs5iFS29o

    According to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, nearly a third of millennials have behavioral health conditions, and rates are rising by double digits. Separately, a C-D-C survey data reported that nearly 41 percent of respondents are struggling with mental health issues stemming from the pandemic. The issues are related to the pandemic and to the measures set up to contain it, including stay-at-home orders and social distancing. Music has been the key to mental health success for Jean Rarig, who resides in Manhattan, New York. This morning she woke up for work and started her normal routine. At 8:30 a-m, her speaker slowly played one of her favorite songs. It soothed her mindset into being more prepared for her day. Music is a nice way to connect with your friends. Regardless if you are with them, or if they are far away. When they were are of the Tik-Tok dances, that was a fun thing to be able to do that with my friends even though I wasn't able to see them in per...

  Headline: Life in New York City during COVID-19   Destiny Ayala is a New York Photographer walking around downtown Manhattan on a Friday evening. She sees familiar buildings; however, she also notices an eerie stillness in the streets. Given the circumstances the lack of cars, pedestrians, and tourists in the area was normal. The question many New Yorkers like Ayala have, is what life will look like after COVID-19. Figure 1 Times Square, New York City before the COVID-19 pandemic. New York City has had over 200,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since March 1 st . The encouraging news is there are now only 5.2 cases per 100,000 people (Choi, Velasquez, & Welch, 2020). The sharp decrease in cases has allowed New York City to slowly re-open. It has also allowed residents to think about the future of their city.   Residents like Ayala feel that New York City has come along way these past several months. “One positive has been a sense of togetherness to one an...

Luka Dončić, a star NBA player, had the ball with just a few seconds left in the playoff game and down by one point. The crowd in the stands had anxiety written over the faces. With the clock winding down to zero he hoisted up a three-point shot just over the outstretched arms of the defender, and it went in. This is usually the part where you would hear and see 20,000 fans in sheer jubilation however for the first time in its history the NBA resumed play with no fans allowed. To create a safe and environment during a global pandemic, the top 22 regular season teams were invited to Orlando, FL where the NBA created a “bubble” environment. All games from the regular season to thru the championship games would be played in the bubble. Players would live in and play in a restricted area of Disney World. (Young, 2020). While the concept of simply playing basketball in an open gym, the league still wanted to incorporate its fans into the game so they turned to a technology leader. The N...