What are contingencies in a real estate deal?
Ask the Expert What are contingencies in a real estate deal? A contingent offer is a standard way that buyers agree to purchase a home if certain…
Month: August 2016
6 steps to choosing a first home
First-time home buyers get a lot of good advice on finances before they buy their first home: They should be pre-approved for a mortgage, have cash on…
Silencing the cyberbully
In the olden days of computing, before everyone was connected by huge, internet social sites, there were operations called Bulletin Board Services or BBS….
E-cigs: Harmful or the better alternative?
One set of facts is never in dispute during the debate over smoking alternatives. Every year nearly a half million (1 in 5) die from smoking related…
Travel Bag: Uber, Bexit, PreCheck
Uber, Lyft drivers will soon get a Hertz Ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft have been hurting rental companies. But Hertz Global Holdings has…
Pings: Passthought, gaming device, tech giants
Hum a few bars and I’ll fake it You think, therefore, you are who you are. Researchers aim to prove that. At the University of California, Berkeley,…
Artificial Intelligence grows up, with some bumps along the way
Suppose you let your toddler hang around a bunch of Internet trolls and told the trolls to teach the baby to talk. Imagine what they would teach it. That…
You can help break the Civil War code
The telegram is from President Abraham Lincoln, but the words sound insane. “What’s next news I the prayers I to while coming star what you mean dispatch…
Study: Photos may improve your vacation
Beautiful mountains, ancient churches, or glistening water, these are the experiences we want to keep and snap, with a camera. You may have heard taking…
Why is a roller coaster thrilling?
You feel light. You feel heavy. You’re wrong-side up and upside wrong. Welcome to the roller coaster thrill. According to Science, the rush a coaster…