How to Process Breaking News

April 30, 2020| Margaret Perkins| 0 Comment| 5:07 PM

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When a significant disastrous or even paranormal events happen, it is so easy to get all the latest news about that event online. While the internet can be an excellent place to find pieces of information, it could also be the source of misinformation. It is your personal decision to help yourself on how you will handle and understand such knowledge. Here are some tips on how can’t get overwhelmed by the overflowing news brought by the television and social media:

Validate the News

The news media always rush all the stories they cover, that’s why sometimes reporters make mistakes, they don’t always have the accurate information, officials prioritize getting the most important tidbits of information in a situation so they can get the masses’ attention. It gets passed around before anyone has even checked if it’s the precise information.

Use Social Media Wisely

Some say that Twitter is a good source of news information in the first minutes of a tragedy, but then it gets passed on and on until it becomes distorted and unreliable. Contrarily, Facebook can be the best way to get in touch with friends who are affected by news and also to spread personal information within a limited circle. But consider that news links posted on social media might include unverified information, so make sure to take them with a grain of salt.

Pause and Take a Break

With all the information at your fingertips, it’s enticing move to think from your point of view and pass on every bit of news that comes in your mind. Restraining yourself from doing that is essential, so you can avoid adding unnecessary information and confusion that will get passed on by others.

However, if you find it still difficult to get by, try to involve other people around you. They need to do their job to stop you from discerning such bizarre news. If they manage to do so, you will find yourself surrounded by reliable news only.

Trust Reliable Sources Only

News sources that always proclaim to have all the information or jump to conclusions about why something has happened are just adding to the social media noise and confusion. And remember that cable news channels earn money from doing the news – the more captivating the news stories they cover, the more people will watch, hence the more money they make. Make sure that you and your family don’t easily believe in such fake news.

Make Sure It’s Age-Appropriate

Teens and children aren’t ready to digest terrifying news, especially when news is about school shootings or abuse scandals. The repeating information that your kids hear can be overwhelming, and news introduction provides information that kids are curious about.

Parents may not be able to give reassuring answers. You can assess your news sources every time if it is child-friendly. The latest development of technology also makes things easier. They provide us with child-friendly mode that we can turn on whenever children are around. It is to make sure they do not get involved with hoaxes and fake news.

Tanos: The World’s Most Popular VillainTanos: The World’s Most Popular Villain

June 6, 2020| Margaret Perkins| 0 Comment| 7:17 AM

Big thanks to all viewers around the globe, announcing you all that a character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been named as the most popular movie villain worldwide. Can you guess who it is? Yes, it is … Tanos.

Topping the List

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Topping the list is a creature with supreme power, Tanos, the villain popularly portrayed by Josh Brolin in the highly-profitable Avengers sequel movies. The data says Tanos claims the win at a 94% score for the movie Avengers: Endgame according to Rotten Tomatoes, is searched 584,000 times on Google, and is viewed 164,475 times on Wikipedia page. A scene of how he eliminates half of the planet’s population in one blink of an eye in Avengers: Infinity War is assumed to be a big part that makes Tanos such a legend. A moment that has been obviously among the most noticeable movie scenes for recent years. In the movie, the war against Tanos led Tony Stark, making the villain even more hated.

tanos hands Sitting as the runners-up to Tanos are quite predictable. At No. 2 is Darth Vader of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, his highest-rated movie, and Joker, Batman’s nemesis, is at No. 3 with The Dark Knight. Following No. 3, here are the top ten: No. 4 is Lord Voldemort of Harry Potter series, followed by Kylo Ren in Star Wars series at No. 5, then Hannibal Lecter of The Silence of the Lambs is the 6^th, Terminator in The Terminator is the 7^th, while the 8^th is Palpatine featured in Star Wars series, next is Alien of Alien at No. 9, and No 10 is Lord Farquaad of Shrek.

Making up the rest of the list, with dozens of our favorite bad guys making the rankings. That includes memorable names as Biff Tannen with Back to the Future, Doctor Octopus of Spider-Man 2, Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Ursula representing The Little Mermaid, and HAL 9000 with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Two other Batman enemies, Two-Face and Catwoman of Dark Knight series also join the list. Freddy Krueger in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Norman Bates in Psycho, and Michael Myers with Halloween are also there in the list. Surprisingly, Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th series and Chucky in Child’s Play series do not make it.

While this list is written based on particular data to set up the positions, the fact is selecting a favorite villain is referred back to everyone’s opinion. Many people will probably agree that Tanos deserves the top position as the world’s most popular villain. However, many other people out there insist that Joker or Darth Vader should have been at the top of the list instead of Tanos.

Three Best Museums You Must Visit While in SingaporeThree Best Museums You Must Visit While in Singapore

March 25, 2021| Margaret Perkins| 0 Comment| 8:55 PM

Almost every country has museums that could be a public destination. It usually becomes one of the travel lists for some people. They could learn a bit about the culture and take some attractive photos. For instance, you could find numerous appealing museums in Baltimore. However, you will discover unique museums in Singapore. Therefore, you could have another exciting moment while traveling to Singapore. Here are three museums in Singapore that you can easily visit in a day.

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National Museum of Singapore

During the Japanese occupation, the monument remained largely intact. It is for the preponderance of its collections and the integrity of its studio. Today, the museum’s Neo-Palladian Renaissance facade is one of Singapore’s most recognizable landmarks. Valuable collections from other world-renowned museums are often displayed here. It also began the country’s journey to freedom. Thus, many displays are dedicated to depicting the hardships of those terrible decades. It includes an entire gallery aptly named “Surviving Syonan.” Also, you could see magnificent light and laser shows in the museum.

Peranakan Museum

In earlier times, Han Chinese migrated from China established large families in Southeast Asia, and incorporated many Malay regions (Nusantara) culture into their way of life. The Peranakan Museum presents this fascinating mix in compact and striking exhibits. The term Peranakan is another term for “Narrow Settlement” culture. It is one of the largest museums in Singapore, and many of the exhibits can easily be explored in an hour.

Besides, it is convenient to find this museum. The Peranakan Museum is located on Armenia Street, which leads to Stamford Road, where the National Museum of Singapore is located. The short L-shaped walk between the two museums is an easy five-minute stroll. The gate is near from MRT station. Therefore, you could see other exciting views before and after visiting the museum.

Singapore Philatelic Museum

The smallest museum on this list, the Singapore Philatelic Museum, is located on Coleman Street, a one-minute walk from the Peranakan Museum. The museum was established in 1995 to increase awareness of Singapore philately and promote appreciation of Singapore’s history. The museum’s collections include Singapore stamps and philatelic materials from the past to the present. Its compact size and lively temporary exhibits also make it a popular destination for faculty outings. Therefore, this museum is suitable for philately. Besides, you could book a museum tour if you would like to have a guide.

Tips to Improve Your Marketing With Google AnalyticsTips to Improve Your Marketing With Google Analytics

March 1, 2021| Margaret Perkins| 0 Comment| 9:31 AM

Do you use Google Analytics for content marketing strategies? Are you optimizing applications that work with Google Analytics? Integrating information from third-party software, plugins, and platforms with Google Analytics provides insight into your online advertising efforts. In this post, we showcase some tips to help you get more out of Google Analytics for your marketing.

Add Google Analytics to WordPress

blogging You can safely add Google Analytics to your self-hosted WordPress site using Yoast’s Google Analytics plugin. The plugin allows you to set up complex features such as tracking routing clicks, downloads, and internal links that redirect to external pages; for example, affiliate links you generate on your domain (yourdomain.com/affiliate/product). The premium version of Yoast offers more complicated features like tracking views by author, views by post form along other exceptional dimensions.

Integrate All Analytics Programs

If you want to merge Google Analytics data with other analytics platforms and resources to gain insights into your traffic, you should try Segment. The platform allows you to manage data from over 100 different advertising, analytics, developer, ad, sales, support, and customer testing programs in one place. Just add a tracking code to your website, and the rest of the tracking codes from any platform you choose are managed by Segment. Segment offers a free strategy to use Google Analytics with 20 other amazing platforms. Premium applications for integrations with multiple periods start at $29 per month, depending on the integrations you want.

Visualize Google Analytics Data

Chances are, with a tool like Cyfe, you can view and compare data from multiple websites at the same time in Google Analytics. Use Cyfe’s dashboards to see a summary of page views, sessions, and users on your sites, and then analyze the information to see broader trends like:

Conversions, traffic sources, bounce rate, and customer location
Traffic from search engines and social networks
Traffic like customers, customer location, traffic sources, and the posts they view.

You can also use it to create dashboards that provide a complete view of visitors to your sites in real-time, such as users, customer location, traffic sources, and posts they view. With a premium upgrade, you can create unlimited dashboards and widgets from over 50 advertising, blogging, analytics, email, benefits, SEO, social media, and support platforms for only $19 per month.

Learn Email Marketing Traffic

digital-marketing Want to link your marketing efforts to Google Analytics? Email marketing platforms such as MailChimp, GetResponse, Constant Contact, and Vertical Response allow you to track traffic from links in your emails to your email campaigns. For example, with MailChimp you can evaluate 1 field to add UTM parameters to links when you create an email, so you can see traffic from those hyperlinks in Google Analytics.