From Coffee to Tractors: The Thrills and Fears of Technology

Posted by Richard on August 9, 2018

Consider the advent of digital music and those who hated it. Fans didn’t hate it: they were trading tracks for free on the internet. It was CD makers, album artists, music stores — and, most of all, the record labels, which attempted to copyright, block, sue or otherwise stop digital music. Their efforts were futile. […]

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Time for the Appraiser? Make Your Home Shine

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If you are selling or refinancing, the lender will have your home appraised. It’s different from a home inspection. A home inspector is primarily preoccupied with the internal workings of a home, and looks for current problems or things that could become a problem. An appraiser is trying to determine the value of your home, […]

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Options for Getting Rid of Student Loans

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Income-based student loan repayment programs can help graduates with low-income and high loan balances. Young people entering college are the least experienced with money but the most likely to get a student loan. They can quickly find themselves over their heads in debt. The problem of student loan debt has become a $1.52 trillion burden […]

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Some Sweet News For Improving Memory

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Good news older adults! If you are doing a complicated task and want to do your best, put a spoonful of sugar in your coffee. Or eat something with sugar. It has been long understood that the brain relies on glucose for performance, according to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. This new study from […]

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