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Glen Ellen, CA. ~ Windows 10, Microsoft’s newest operating system has been available for about a month now and has been downloaded by a great num- ber of people. I personally like it and have had minimal problems with the 2 dozen or so comput- ers that I have installed it on. As you might know if you al- ready have windows 7, 8 or 8.1 the upgrade is free and I suggest windows 8 users upgrade be- cause 10 is in my opinion easier to work with than 8 as well as having less fl aws and strange is- sues. Windows 7 users however and particularly those who prefer stability over new features or are
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in a business environment might want to wait before updating be- cause there are not many “got to have it” features or security im- provements and windows 7 is a well tested easy to use oper- ating system that will be supported
2020.
If you have waited to up-
grade because of stories of issues with Windows 8, I would not be afraid. 10 is a stable system and has a much more intuitive oper- ating system that includes a start menu, something Windows 8 has long been lacking. Windows 10 does boast some nifty new features especially in the productivity and voice rec-
ognition areas. Cortana, a virtual assistant to rival Apples Siri lives in both the desktop and Windows phone version of Windows 10. There to help you search for al- most anything using both voice recognition and text queries for fi les on your computer, websites, the nearest Starbucks or to set a reminder to buy pet food. Microsoft has also introduced
what they call task view, a vir- tual desktop similar to Apples spaces allowing for easy multi tasking on one monitor. This is a major plus and something the productivity enthusiast among us have been wanting in a win- dows operating system for year. Windows 10 also features a Con- tinuum mode for easily switch- ing from touch screen to mouse and keyboard uses to support the ever more popular touch screens laptop market.
This is where I feel 10 is far superior to windows 8. It is com- fortable to use with a mouse and keyboard or as a touch screen, in fact using Windows 10 was the fi rst time I found myself comfortably switching back and forth. After using it for over a month I like the changes in Win- dows 10 and think it represents a step forward to a modern operat- ing system while also not being
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Go to College?
college is to get a good job. Ask a guidance counselor at a high school and I recommend you do speak to one. The advice is likely to be to take a major that you can then turn into a career. Before selecting a major, look at the career possibilities and growth potential in that fi eld. Better if you have a passion about that fi eld, but at least choose one that is part of the New Age of Globalization and Technology.
There are many other good reasons for going to college: make good friends and con- tacts; learn about the world from different perspectives; get to know a diversity of people; party within reasonable limits; join clubs; be active in sports; develop discipline for com- pleting goals; discover how to think critically and write well; and earn a newly minted ‘union card’ to higher pay and a career. Jobs and careers used to be for a lifetime. Now acceler- ated technological and global change means that you are like- ly in your lifetime to have more than one career in more than one fi eld. For many, the class- room will become a constant throughout their life as they need to learn new information and skills.
Each year new careers are
created. Think: introduction of the computer. There are thou- sands of jobs needed to man- age our computer age. Not all
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require a college degree, but many do. Again, when you go to select a major and perhaps a minor area of study, do some research on its employment po- tential now and in the future. You might also wish to con- sider how fl exible your degree is. Most degrees can go several ways and be expanded with more education either continu- ing classwork or going on for a higher degree or professional certifi cation. Research your choice or choices prior to mak- ing that selection.
If you are under the age of 50 at the present time, the de- mographics of our society are generally in your favor. The Baby Boomers, those born be- tween 1946-1964, are retiring at the clip of almost 4 million a year and will be for the next 19 years. While not all of their vacant positions will be fi lled, many will. It will depend upon many factors such as growth of established organizations and the creation of new types of employment to replace old ap- proaches. On the downside, not all organizations will replace these vacancies. Job growth for you may not be found in the es- tablished job market but in the entrepreneurial world of start- ups and other new ventures created by others or yourself.
Think:
Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, a garage and a computer.
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tive, because the Act shifts the focus from physician self-inter- est to system-interest which is more patient centered. His advice to patients: phy- sicians in general are very rushed. Prepare for your visit by having questions written and prioritized. Use email to com- municate with your physician if possible because your questions/ concerns can be forwarded to a specialist if necessary.
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