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Life in Bits: A treatise on sweaters

<p style="text-align: left;">Do you know what my favorite word in the English language is? "Sweater." Yep. Love it. Why? Well, first of all, the word is functional. I mean, look at it: <em>Sweater</em>. The name literally means what it does: it makes ...

The Bank Blogger: 6 smart tips to keep your credit safe

<em>Here are some credit Dos and Don’ts, courtesy of the American Bankers Association Education Foundation’s Get Smart About Credit program:</em>• DO read the fine print on the credit application. The application is a contract, so read it carefully before ...

The School CEO: Tested out!

Why do we test and test and test? It seems like we are testing all the time in schools. Teachers test all the time: pre-tests, post-tests, chapter tests, state tests. Most people think that testing is how we determine if a student has learned, but oddly enough, studies have shown that testing ...

The Happy Denizen: Everyone’s invited

A friend recently shared a situation on Facebook where her daughter had not been invited to a party. Apparently a group of girls discussed the event in front of my friend’s daughter. Ironically, the excluded young girl told her mother that she wasn’t bothered because she was “used to ...

Life in Bits: Alright! It’s a touchgoal! I mean a jump puck!

<span><span>Dear People Who Understand Football:</span></span><span><span>I love the game. Love it. I have no idea what it is all about, but I love that it is played in the fall. And that you can get hot ...

The Bank Blogger: 4 tips to cyber-shield your business

<em>Courtesy of American Bankers Association</em>Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting small businesses to transfer funds from accounts and steal private information, a fraud referred to as corporate account takeover. Criminals use spoofed emails, malicious ...