6.9 How to Become the Influence Behind the Influencer

Create Like a Pro

If you like social media then this is the program for you. The skills gained through most of the program courses allow you to create meaningful and engaging content that will delight your audience that ensures your or your client’s message is heard and fully understood. This is instructed throughout the program with design classes with a focus on writing, graphic, web, video, and audio design.

Overview

Many aspects of the Digital Marketing program create great employment outcomes for graduates. Students graduating from this program are able to apply skills in an agile manner with the everchanging digital world. This program explores and master skills including but not limited to:

• Digital marketing analytics
• SEO
• social media marketing
• Mobile marketing
• Promotional design

This program is designed to build upon itself over several semesters resulting in culminating projects that can be used to obtain employment after graduation in the form of a portfolio. This program is looking into the future, how will you create yours?

Where Can You Find an Old City With Some Spice?

The Spice Hub of the World

A Typical Morrocan Door

Morocco historically is one of, if not the largest spice trading hubs of the world. It also has many different areas, from coastal cities to arid deserts. It is home to one of the older trading cities called Marrakech, one of Africa's most visited cities. It has many offerings to tourists that enjoy shopping and eating. The small winding alleys in the souks (Arab for market) of Marrakech are filled with many different street vendors offering fresh ground spices or leather goods. These markets are bustling and can be challenging to navigate. Inexperienced travelers should be wary of cons in the form of helpful guides. Using a map and preplanning a route is a great idea.

Historical Landmarks Beg to be Seen Again

Marrakech also has great historical significance. The Medersa Ben Youssef is a beautiful sixteenth-century school that features breathtaking architectural features. Jemaa el-Fnaa is a massive open market where shopping and eating can be done. However, one of the most exciting things about this city-center square is the street performers. Everything from trained animals to sword eaters can be seen. If the crowded streets aren't your thing, you can take a short trek out of the city to the Atlas Mountains.

A Far Away Exotic Place

Because Marrakech and the surrounding countryside offer so much, it is one of my must-see destinations. The primary reasons for me to visit are:

Spices Traded in the Souk

• The food is excellent
• The city offers so much to see
• Beautiful historical sites are abundant
• Hikes through the National Park

These reasons, coupled with it being an extremely old city that has somehow held onto the past and yet embraced the future with tourism. Due to Marrakech being so tourist-friendly, it is also a relatively safe place to travel to. This has been a dream of mine to walk through the souks and talk to spice traders and antique dealers for many years. The pure and raw historic energy seems to surge through the city. To me it seems like a perfect place that anyone would enjoy.

  

How to Keep Warm in Wisconsin With This Hearty, Easy to Make Soup

Wisconsin winters can be fun, but they can also be bitterly cold. Between winter activities and keeping the sidewalks clear, Wisconsinites spend a ton of time outside. It’s nice to come in from the crisp air and thaw out with a hot bowl of soup that is nutritious but still taste great. This is an easy-to-make soup that, once the prep work is done, can simmer while you clear the sidewalk.

What You Need From the Store

· 3 small beef soup bones

· 1 bunch of kale

· 1 box oyster mushrooms

· 2 lb stew beef meat

· 1 large onion

· 3 cloves garlic

· 1 package each of fresh sage, thyme, and rosemary

· 1 bunch celery

· 1 small bag of baby carrots

· 2 cups uncooked pearl barley

· 1 box of beef stock

· salt and pepper to taste

What You Need in the Kitchen

· large soup kettle with lid

· cutting board

· chef’s knife

· ladle

· zester or grater

· measuring cup

Slow-cooked broth to warm the soul

Start by building the base of the soup with broth. Add the beef stock, bones, and 2 cups of water to the kettle and turn on medium-high heat. While bones and stock are heating up, wash and trim herbs and grate or zest garlic. Once the liquid is at a rolling boil, add herbs, garlic, salt, and pepper to the pot. Turn the heat to medium-low and allow to simmer for 2 hours. This would be a great time to get some shoveling done. Remove the bones and herbs from the liquid.



Make it Hearty and Healthy With Veggies

1. Wash and cut kale into small bite-sized pieces and add to the pot

2. Clean and cut baby carrots in half or thirds and add them to the pot

3. Peel onion and dice and put it into the pot

4. Wash and cut celery into bite-sized pieces and add to the pot

5. Put beef stew meat into pot trimming away any excess fat

6. Add pearl barley to soup and bring to a boil for 30 minutes

7. While soup boils, wash and trim oyster mushrooms into bite-sized pieces

8. Place cut up oyster mushrooms into the soup and boil for another 10 minutes

9. Turn down the heat and allow to simmer for another 30-60 minutes

The soup is ready when the beef is cooked, and the vegetables are tender. You can save time by washing and cutting up all vegetables and meat while the bone broth is cooking and set aside in a bowl in the refrigerator. Because of the bones and other ingredients, this is a very healthy soup with many health benefits, but it will warm you up after a long day outside. It is great reheated for lunch or dinner for several days after. Give it a try and comment make sure to share it with your friends and comment!

3.6 Heavy Rain

The Loudest Alarm Clock

During a hot Iraqi morning, I watched 5 million dollars worth of military equipment become worthless. I woke up and opened the door to the outside area where my unit's trucks parked in a line 75 yards away. As I took a step out of the room, one of the vehicles exploded. I froze for a second, trying to comprehend what was happening. I watched several more explosions occur before slamming the door shut and looking at my group in the room, some still sleeping, others getting boots and helmets on. Our training was starting to take over, the muscle memory and instinct to stay in a hardened structure for safety.

The Aftermath

Our Platoon Sergeant was sitting at the edge of his bed and looked up at me and asked, "Hey, Hrabe, is it raining outside?" This was somewhat of a normal response because we had been in the country for several months at this point and we had become somewhat desensitized to this everyday occurrence. After an hour so, we all walked out to our vehicle line to see the damage.

Looking over the damage with my platoon, a team leader took a hard drag off his cigarette while joking, "It looks like we are walking for a while." The smell of burning metal and rubber filled the dusty air. We worked for several weeks to fix what we could while trying to find replacements for the damaged trucks. We walked so many miles for those weeks in the hot sun through beautiful palm groves and scorching desert heat.

We were in Al Hit, Iraq living in an abandoned Iraqi bunker. My unit and I had just moved into this area, and it was our first morning in this space. We were assigned to the area because of many mortar attacks, as well as an uptick in insurgent activity.

Lasting Memories

It was 2006 near Ramadi, Iraq, one of the hottest and most televised areas that year. During the time that we walked, almost everywhere were able to interact on a more personal level with the people of Al Hit and Ramadi. Buying food from street vendors and helping children by handing out coloring books and crayons. We were able to see that although every day we were in a war zone being shot at and blown up, a large portion of the populace wanted us in the area. They found value in the help that we were providing, which gave me hope that this war was not just about an attack or oil but to help people who were so oppressed.

I still currently serve in the United States Army as a Reservist, and although hard days like that stick, so many better ones do too.

 

3.4 Heavy Rain

The Loudest Alarm Clock

During a hot Iraqi morning, I watched 5 million dollars worth of military equipment become worthless. I woke up and opened the door to the outside area where my unit's trucks parked in a line 75 yards away. As I took a step out of the room, one of the vehicles exploded. I froze for a second, trying to comprehend what was happening. I watched several more explosions occur before slamming the door shut and looking at my group in the room, some still sleeping, others getting boots and helmets on.

The Aftermath

Our Platoon Sergeant was sitting at the edge of his bed and looked up at me and asked, "Hey, Hrabe, is it raining outside." This was somewhat of a normal response because we had been in the country for several months at this point and we had become somewhat desensitized to this everyday occurrence. After an hour so, we all walked out to our vehicle line to see the damage.

Looking over the damage with my platoon, a team leader took a hard drag off his cigarette while joking, "It looks like we are walking for a while." We worked for several weeks to fix what we could while trying to find replacements for the trucks. We walked so many miles for those weeks in the hot sun through beautiful palm groves and scorching desert heat.

We were in Al Hit, Iraq living in an abandoned Iraqi bunker. My unit and I had just moved into this area, and it was our first morning in this space. We were assigned to the area because of many mortar attacks, as well as an uptick in insurgent activity.

It was 2006 near Ramadi, Iraq, one of the hottest and most televised areas that year. I still currently serve in the United States Army as a Reservist, and although hard days like that stick, so many better ones do too.