A Big Deal

Elon Musk recently purchased Twitter for $44 billion dollars. In a two week span, Elon Musk went from an outsider, of a "poison pill," according to to the social media company, to the new owner. I wonder why he purchased it, and why did Twitter sold the company  in the first place? Does anyone thinks that Mr. Musk is an advocate for free speech, or he just simply wants his own platform to market his business? It will be interesting to hear what you guys think.

Slide Management

The topic I want to write about is slide management. PowerPoint gives you several options to create slides. Like most systems, there is always a default programing that they are associated to. In PowerPoint, there are additional options for creating new slides with different options and settings. You can create a new slide each time you add information for presentation, or you can duplicate the previous slides. You can also add different slides with different layout and design.

The New Mental Health Crisis Hotline {9-8-8}

The Biden Administration has created a strategy to help address the nationwide mental health crisis by creating a Mental Health Hotline. Mental health has become even more of a concern since the pandemic, and has drawn many attention because of the thousands of people who have died of an overdose and by suicide.

The Health and Human Services (HHS) announced recently that it will award a $1 million grant to help the launching of the 9-8-8 hotline here in Nevada.

The hotline will launch nationwide this summer, and is slated to be as effective as 9-1-1. If someone has a mental health challenge, or suffering from serious distress, instead of calling 9-1-1, call 9-8-8 for immediate help.

Templates and Themes

One of the many things I learn in excel is templates and themes. Templates makes life so much easier for those who want to get a head start in recording data. You can find template in the backstage view area. Click file, then new, and you can choose the one you prefer from the list that appears. Once you find one you are comfortable with, select it, then proceed to document your data. For example, if want to keep a record of your monthly expenditures, you can find a template for that. Then all you have to do is plug in the expenses as needed since the template has all the space for such expenditures. It is a real easy-to-use tool. You can also modify it to the theme and style you prefer.

Facts about Nevada

Along with IS101, one of the other three classes I am currently taking this semester is History 102 and it includes the history of Nevada and the roll Nevada plays in the U.S. Constitution. I want to share a few things I learn about our beautiful State of Nevada.

Nevada is the 36th State to join the Union and was granted Statehood on October 31, 1864. It also played a vital roll in re-electing Abraham Lincoln for President of the United States. Nevada also had the largest silver deposits in the country, which is located in Virginia City. Eighty-four percent of the State is Federal land. The executive office is made up of six officials: Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, State Attorney General, and State Controller. The only power the Governor has over those offices is veto power. Therefore, he cannot pass a legislation without the approval of the other executive officials. The other thing is that prostitution is legal in Nevada, however, it is illegal in Clark County. 

So those are just a few things I learn about Nevada that I wanted to share with you all.

The Price of Water

We all live here in the beautiful city of Las Vegas, and I am pretty sure some privileges go unnoticed, but does anyone realize or have any idea how expensive water really is here in the Valley? First point I want to make is that ninety-five percent of our water is recycled water. The City puts a lot of chemicals in the water to deem it legally drinkable. If anyone drinks tap water, what that simply means is that we are consuming loads of chemicals, which could ultimately leads to complications. Unfortunately, we may not drink it directly from the tap, but most of us cook with it and so forth.

Recently I installed a new soft-water system in my house and is cost me $3,000.00. It was also recommended to me that I should replace my hot water tank because it is outdated. I inquire about my options on replacing it and it can cost anywhere between $500 to $11,000.00, depending on the system you want to install. The point I am making is that, water is extremely expensive. One way or the other, it costs, so if anyone is considering buying a house, please take that into consideration.