From the Northwestern Mutual website
Your credit rating plays an enormous role in many aspects of your life—ranging from your finances and your career prospects to your love life and your physical health.
People with pristine credit scores get rewarded with the best interest rates on mortgages, credit cards, business loans, auto financing and student loans. They’re also more likely to be viewed positively by employers, who are increasingly checking job applicants’ credit reports, according to the Society for Human Resources Management.
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From the everyday Health website
Signs of dementia should not be taken lightly. Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s gives you a chance to seek treatment and plan for the future.
If you notice these 10 signs in a loved one, reach out to your doctor.
From the Motley Fool website
When Social Security was conceived back in the mid-1930s, it was designed to be a supplemental income source for our nation’s low-income workers during retirement. But over the past 80-plus years, Social Security has evolved, possibly for the worse.
For more than 60% of our nation’s retired workers receiving benefits, it now represents a major source of their monthly income. In other words, without Social Security income, the poverty rate among seniors would probably soar. An analysis from the Center of Budget and Policy Priorities confirmed this point by estimating a greater than 40% poverty rate among seniors if Social Security income wasn’t available.
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From the everyday Health website
Sanjay Gupta, MD, Everyday Health: Prostate cancer is usually very treatable, but first you have to find it. What is still needed is an accurate test that won’t alarm people with false positives, but also won’t miss potentially dangerous cancers.
The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), in partnership with the Annual Wounded Warrior Canoe Regatta is sponsoring the 2017 Hawaii Warrior Job Fair. The job fair is set for Friday, August 18, 2017 at the Hale Koa Hotel, running from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm.
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The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, reaching the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. As of September 2015, the X-15 holds the official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a manned, powered aircraft. It could reach a top speed of 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h), or Mach 6.72
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Jake Shimabukuro strums monster sounds out of the tiny Hawaiian ukelele, as he plays a cover of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody.” A sensational performance from TED 2010.
The Jake’s portion of the video ends at 7:07, and a commercial begins.
From the ESPN website
Bob Woodruff tells the inspiring story of Air Force Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro, who perseveres despite severe burns over 80 percent of his body. Del Toro describes it as, “a bad day at the office.” He is the first 100% disabled airman to reenlist in the Air Force – This video tells his story
At this year’s ESPYS, MSgt Del Toro won the Pat Tillman Award for Service at the ESPYS. His acceptance speech at the ESPYS
Related:
Pat Tillman bio
From the Dallas News website
As more seniors than ever before own smartphones, connect to the internet and use social media, they’re exploring a whole new world. Americans age 50 and older are quickly catching up to younger smartphone users, according to the Pew Research Center. About three-quarters of people age 50 to 64 owned a smartphone last year, up 16 percentage points from 2015.
From the everyday Health website
If you recently had your annual health checkup, you know that cholesterol screening is important in assessing your heart health.
High cholesterol has been linked to cardiovascular conditions such as heart attack and stroke. But most people don’t realize that thrombosis, the medical term for the formation of blood clots, is the underlying cause of both heart attack and stroke.
The 36-page July issue of the Kūkā‘ilimoku, the newsletter of the 154th Wing features:
+ Top honors for HIANG intel airman
+ Countdown to Capstone
+ Hurricane Iniki remembered
+ Plus more!
The 154th Wing Public Affairs Office staff continues to produce a world-class publication. The staff includes:
2d Lt Justin Leong
MSgt Betty Squatrito-Martin
TSgt Alison Bruce-Maldonado
SSgt James Ro
SrA Orlando Corpuz
A1C Robert Cabuco
From the everyday Health website
If you’re one of the 73.5 million Americans who have unhealthy cholesterol levels, heart-healthy lifestyle changes are important ways to improve your cholesterol and prevent it from getting progressively worse. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fewer than half of people with high LDL cholesterol (the type of cholesterol that puts you at risk for heart disease) are getting treated, and not even one in three have their high cholesterol under control.
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