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• Family & Personal

  Why Prisoners Need Tech to Improve Their Post-Incarceration

  By Old Boy on April 2, 2018

  

  It’s a big deal that Jason Walker earned his GED at age 36. Where he studied for the test—behind bars—the teachers aren’t required to have educational credentials and not all have passed America’s high school equivalency test themselves. After eight years in a Texas state prison, in Walker’s experience learning has been disruptive and fragmented. Along with security lockdowns and… Continue reading "Why Prisoners Need Tech to Improve Their Post-Incarceration"

• Finances

  A Plan for Achieving Economic Independence

  By Old Boy on March 12, 2018

  

  Realizing economic independence certainly is the lasting fantasy of many people. Many trust the common paradigm of being employed until their 60s, and then racing to catch up on everything missed during the preceding many years. I, however, don’t subscribe to that. I also do not believe in the conservative mindset to savings independence. I think it’s wonderful that lots… Continue reading "A Plan for Achieving Economic Independence"

• Education

  Schools Making Changes to Incorporate the Information Age

  By Old Boy on February 26, 2018

  

  No matter how powerful, high tech alone can’t make schools better. But if schools will first define the issues facing them, technology can prove a key strategy in achieving their goals. Ninth-grade history students in Tucson, Anzona take on the roles of citizens of the ancient Greek city-states competing for survival-huddled in teams as Macintosh computers calculate the economic and… Continue reading "Schools Making Changes to Incorporate the Information Age"

• Work

  Open Sourcing Tractors and Farm Machinery

  By Old Boy on February 26, 2018

  

  We’ve talked about open source cars before, but open source tractors? Marcin Jakubowski has helped to open the designs for 50 farm machines, including a design for a tractor that he was able to build in six days at a cost far less that of a manufactured tractor. By creating and sharing blueprints for open machines, we’re seeing the foundation… Continue reading "Open Sourcing Tractors and Farm Machinery"

• Finances

  How to Abide By Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)

  By Old Boy on January 15, 2018

  

  When you put your money in the bank, it does not sit in a vault – it is invested in companies, many of which may be counter to your moral or ethical beliefs. Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) can overcome this problem and has the potential for green investors to influence society in beneficial ways, helping to improve the prospect for… Continue reading "How to Abide By Socially Responsible Investing (SRI)"

• Family & Personal

  Do Women and Men Really Speak Different Languages?

  By Old Boy on December 28, 2017

  

  Do men and women speak different languages? That is the rhetorical question posed by Deborah Cameron, who is Rupert Murdoch Professor of Language and Communication at Oxford. A thriving industry has grown up over the past few years of self-help books – such as Deborah Tannen’s You Just Don’t Understand: Men and Women in Conversation and John Gray’s Men are… Continue reading "Do Women and Men Really Speak Different Languages?"

• Travel

  To Travel In Style Choose a Chauffeur Service

  By Old Boy on December 8, 2017

  

  At first glance, it appears like “chauffeur” is nothing more than a cultured option to say “driver” – yet that’s not exactly true. Indeed, chauffeurs and drivers both bring you where you will need to travel, but the distinction regarding the two is greater than just vocabulary – it’s a question of service. A driver is available to carry out… Continue reading "To Travel In Style Choose a Chauffeur Service"

• Work

  Labor Force’s Largest Generation Now Millennials

  By Old Boy on November 26, 2017

  

  More than one-in-three American labor force participants (35%) are Millennials, making them the largest generation in the U.S. labor force, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. As of 2017 – the most recent year for which data are available – 56 million Millennials (those ages 21 to 36 in 2017) were working or looking… Continue reading "Labor Force’s Largest Generation Now Millennials"

• Finances

  Maybe You Don’t Need a Financial Advisor

  By Old Boy on July 2, 2017

  

  We’re all on the search for the path to financial independence. All of us would like to have a great investment portfolio and the peace of mind that comes with knowing we’ll be all set come retirement time. That’s why so many people turn to financial advisors for help. In fact, financial advisors are in such high demand right now… Continue reading "Maybe You Don’t Need a Financial Advisor"

• Family & Personal

  After Divorce, Overnight Stays With Dad Are Best

  By Old Boy on May 25, 2017

  

  The days are past when experts advised divorced dads to make a clean break from the family and remain, at best, visitors in their children’s lives. Growing awareness that children do best with two parents, whether parents are living together or separated, has led to a trend toward shared parenting. Yet some holdouts believe that shared parenting, appropriate for older… Continue reading "After Divorce, Overnight Stays With Dad Are Best"