PPT-Arizona, POLITICS, AND HUMOR

By Alleen Pace Nilsen And Don L F Nilsen 1 2 We wont define Arizona because you can just look around you NOTE This PowerPoint is prepared for an Arizona audience But politics . Source National Survey on Drug Use and Health NSDUH 200 20 10 In 2009 t he rate of drug induced deaths in Arizona wa s higher than the national average Approximately 9 53 percent of Arizona residents reported past month use of illicit drugs the nat MARY BETH STEIN On August 13, 1961 the first rolls of barbed wire were The Wall in West Berlin defines and frames the physical landscape. Colorful and approachable for most of its approximate 100 A Flashback: Pranking Ethic. be safe . not damage anything . not damage anyone, either physically, mentally or emotionally . be funny, at least to most of the people who experience it . GABYP – Get Authorization Before You Prank. How Comedy, Irony, and Satire Shaped Post 9/11 America. Edited by Ted Gournelos and Viveca Greene. Presented by Kate Olson. Introduction. “There is however, a counternarrative to 9/11 discourse, in which the past decade can be characterized as much by dissent- often in the form of ironic or humorous expression- as by acceptance of simplified notions of good and evil and of amplified state power. From this perspective, far from being an end to anything, 9/11 represents the beginning of a reinvigorated opposition movement to dominant media, industry, political, and economic interests” (Gournelos and Greene 2011, xi). . What Makes Something Funny?. Three Levels of Comedy. Low comedy. Based on the physical. Often includes crude or “potty” humor. Doesn’t take much thought to “get it”. Sometimes referred to as “dumb humor”—gut centered. Flashback: Pranking Ethic. be safe . not damage anything . not damage anyone, either physically, mentally or emotionally . be funny, at least to most of the people who experience it . GABYP – Get Authorization Before You Prank. The aqueous is the thin, watery fluid that fills the space between the cornea and the iris (anterior chamber). . It is continually produced by the . ciliary. body, the part of the eye that lies just behind the iris. . By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. 1. 2. We won’t define . Arizona. because you can just look around you (NOTE: This PowerPoint is prepared for an . Arizona audience).. But . politics . By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. 1. 2. We won’t define . Arizona. because you can just look around you.. But . politics . is a more complicated word. It is cognate with such terms as:. 1. Exaggeration 2. Tragedy Time = Humor. 3. Creativity 4. Group Identities. 5. Minor vs. Major Hostilities 6. Tone . 7. Expectations and Reputation . By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. Assistant Manager, Health Initiatives. Employee Benefits Division, . Office of Human Resources. Key Take-away Skills. To increase your humor awareness. To understand the benefits of humor. To use humor appropriately and effectively in the workplace. By Alleen Pace Nilsen. And Don L. F. Nilsen. 1. 2. We won’t define . Arizona. because you can just look around you.. But . politics . is a more complicated word. It is cognate with such terms as:. Humor. What makes people laugh?. Humor. What makes YOU laugh. ?.   . What . do you find funny & why?. Humor. Why do a humorous speech?. Humor . is pervasive . and . universal (all cultures & languages laugh). be safe . not damage anything . not damage anyone, either physically, mentally or emotionally . be funny, at least to most of the people who experience it . GABYP – Get Authorization Before You Prank.