The article emphasizes the importance of digital literacy for seniors, highlighting how it can enhance their quality of life by enabling easy communication, access to vital information, and entertainment. It offers practical tech tips to help seniors navigate and embrace technology, from choosing user-friendly devices to understanding online safety. By developing digital skills, seniors can…
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Comcast Invests in Eagle Mountain’s Aging Population
As Comcast continues a $22 Million dollar expansion to provide internet services to more than 18,000 Eagle Mountain homes and businesses they continue to invest in other areas of the community as well. The Comcast Foundation is also funding a $30,000 grant to partner with the Eagle Mountain Chamber of Commerce and the Eagle Mountain…
Read moreWhat Did People Do 100 Years Ago For July 24th, 1922?
100 years ago the internet was a thing of Science Fiction, but social media existed. Most newspapers in the day would have a Society section. This section was the social media area before information traveled at the speed of light over the internet and other electronic devices I recently received an email from Newpapers.com, an…
Read moreUtah Black Lives Matters Makes Statement That If You Fly The American Flag, You Are Racist
The Utah chapter of Black Lives Matter recently posted on their Facebook page that if you fly an American flag you are an idiot, racist and can’t be trusted. Here is the text from the post. When we Black Americans see this flag we know the person flying it is not safe to be around….
Read moreUTAH – Best state to be a student in the USA 2021
Every resident of Eagle Mountain has the ability to take advantage of some of the great things that Utah has to offer its residents. A recent study done by Studee has ranked Utah as THE Best state to be a student in. In a recent report that they published, they ranked Utah as Number 1,…
Read moreEDITORIAL: Eagle Mountain Losing Open Space to High Density Housing
I sit here and watch as the work and efforts of so many citizens are slowly eroded by actions by City Staff, City Administration, City Planning Commission, and the City Council. And to be honest, I do hope that this does make some of them pause from allowing higher density and they take notice. The…
Read moreDeal With Post Election Stress
How to deal with Anxiety and Panic Attacks? By: Jeff Hardy What is Anxiety? Most of us would be mildly aware of the word ‘anxiety,’ but it is not everyone’s cup of tea to understand the concept of anxiety in the purest form. Anxiety is an emotion that pours out when one faces an uncontrollable…
Read moreWould you stand up to an oppressive regime or would you conform? Here’s the science
Jasper Savage/Hulu/Channel 4 Nick Chater, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick Margaret Atwood’s novel, The Handmaid’s Tale, described the horror of the authoritarian regime of Gilead. In this theocracy, self-preservation was the best people could hope for, being powerless to kick against the system. But her sequel, The Testaments, raises the possibility that individuals, with…
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