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Rebuild the Earth: Stop Deforestation

Rebuild the Earth: Stop Deforestation Did you know that one and a half acres of forest is cut down every second? That rate is equivalent to a loss of 20 football fields every minute. This is the sad reality of the world we live in today, where we are physically exterminating the environment around us, and either voluntarily choosing to ignore the consequences or sometimes genuinely unaware of each of our actions repercussions. In an attempt to stop our rainforests from being destroyed in the next century, I have founded Rebuild the Earth to create a responsible forest product industry and rebuild the areas that have fallen victim to deforestation. Ending deforestation not only is our best chance to conserve wildlife and forest communities, but is also one of the quickest and most cost-effective ways to curb globalization. Rebuild the Earth is different from other environmental protection organizations because it focuses on three pillars: awareness, community support, and refores...
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A World We Dare to Imagine

A World We Dare to Imagine Honestly, when I think about areas that we need to improve in as a society, I get slightly overwhelmed. Immediately, my mind directs to the senseless acts of violence constantly making headlines in the media, our inability to see others as inherently equal, and our lack of care for the environment around us. Obviously, all these issues are bigger than myself, and require a collection of people to make real change, but I will briefly brainstorm ways to jumpstart that change. All to often our newspapers and news channels are filled with mass shootings and hate crimes that, in my opinion, can be outrightly avoided. I attribute this source of brutality to the outdated American belief that we have the right to bear arms. Personally, I understand that when our country was founded it made sense for people to be allowed to carry weapons for protection. However, that was before the invention of the automatic rifle, when guns took several minutes to reload. Time...
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Person Of Interest: Random Blog Post 2

Even though I know I have no extra time and can barely finish my schoolwork as it is, I decided to start a new show on Netflix this weekend called Person Of Interest. This show isn’t necessarily new, as it is currently on season 4, but I just discovered it and I’ve already watched more episodes than I’d like to admit. Person Of Interest is about a computer genius, Finch, and a former CIA agent, John, who work together to stop crimes through the creation of their Artificial Intelligence system, which uses all cameras and microphones in the country to watch citizens and detect acts of crime before they happen. Personally, I love shows filled with action and suspense, which is why I’ve already finished all seasons of Criminal Minds and Law & Order. However, immediately I realized this show was different because it incorporates the real-life problem of privacy security today. I have never been a person thats paranoid of being watched by the government because it’s not something th...
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Born on Third Base

For this assignment, I read the preface and part of chapter two of Born on Third Base by Chuck Collins. I particularly enjoyed the preface because it gave me a feeling for the author. In this section, Collins shared a story on why he decided to give all his wealth away. When he was 26 years old, he visited a mobile home park that made him realize how far communities are willing to go to protect their own. He saw the community pull together everything they had and risk it all in order to save their park and set themselves free from the property owner. Because of this, Collins decided the only reason he was better off than them was due to sheer luck. He decided it was better to give away all his wealth, despite his dads pleas to keep some money for insurance. When disaster struck, his mobile home community showed up at his door step to help. This section made me smile due to Collins faith in society. Many people would call him foolish for giving away the money that could offer him ...
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NextEra Energy Investment Proposal Draft

TO: Professor Clark Hansen, CEO, AMDP FROM:   Katherine O’Connor, Research and Development DATE:   March 8, 2019 SUBJECT:   Investment Recommendation - NextEra Energy As a member of AMDP’s research and development team, it is my job to search for opportunities to invest in profitable organizations that have core values similar to ours. After extensive research, I have concluded that NextEra Energy, a publicly traded energy company, is an optimal investment opportunity due to its impressive history, strong commitment to the community and the environment, and their promising future. AMDP Standards AMDP is committed to doing business with socially responsible organizations. Because of this, I would like to reiterate the four principles that we, as a company, consider essential when investing in another company. Triple Bottom Line Triple bottom line is a concept that goes beyond the traditional financial measures of profits and return on investment, to...
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The Ted Bundy Netflix Series

This President’s day weekend went differently as planned, to say the least. Everything was seemingly normal until Saturday morning, when norovirus hit three of my roommates, one after the other. I spent the whole day traveling from apartment to apartment to escape my friends who were dropping like flies to the disease. Currently, I am spending the night in a hotel while my apartment gets disinfected. Because I’ve had more time alone than usual, I resorted to Netflix to cure my boredom. After some browsing, I decided to watch “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes”. Once I started, I couldn't stop. Embarrassingly enough I had never heard about Ted Bundy, the serial killer, and I was extremely disturbed by how he fooled so many people and was able to escape prison on two separate occasions.  The first thing that intrigued me about the documentary was how much our technology has advanced since the 1970s. Although the police sometimes had blood samples, and witnesses ...
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How to Dance Like No One’s Watching

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Katherine O’Connor How to Dance Like No One’s Watching  And Know You Don’t Look Like an Idiot Everyone has that one friend that is notoriously bad at dancing. The one everyone loves to laugh at from afar when they are attempting to shimmy on the dancefloor. Well, unfortunately, I’m that friend, and chances are you are too if you’re reading this. If you're  that  friend, then you know the immediate discomfort that arises when someone suggests that everyone go dancing at a bar or club. It’s easy to say “relax”, or the cliché, “dance like no one’s watching”. But the reality is, you know some people  are watching, and it's normal to want to look good while doing it. So, from one non-dancer to another, these are the tips I’ve learned along the way that will successfully transform you from a terrible dancer into an average one (with confidence). #1 Throw out Your Preconceptions about Dance The first key to mastering dance, is knowing that you can’...
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