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Could Blogging Improve Your Life? Senior Center, June 9 – free and open to all

ALL THINGS DIGITAL Monday, June 9, 1:30-2:30 pm “Could Blogging Improve Your Life?” A blog is a personal journal online you can share with other people, and it allows them to leave comments. Dr. Kristin Koch, of Evolution Hearing, who is the go-to person for the C’ville Seniors website, will discuss how to set up…
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Speaking Two Languages Can Slow Down Ageing of Brain
… And it is never too late to start! The new study by University of Edinburgh finds that bilingualism protects brain from cognitive decline even in old age. In fact, learning a new language in adulthood may slow down ageing of the brain. So, the benefit of learning a second language isn’t restricted to age.…
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Coursera / Growing Old Around the Globe – What age is “old” ???

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Never too late to learn a new language – Try Transparent Language Online at JMRL

Anyone can learn a new language. Those who have a JMRL library card can access free online language lessons through Transparent Language (formerly BYKI -Before You Know It). Click on Language in the left menu on the JMRL – Databases page, click on Transparent Language Online, and enter your last name and JMRL card number. If you…
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Coursera |The Modern World: Global History since 1760 by UVa Professor Philip Zelikow | Final Thoughts

I was not surprised to see that The Modern World: Global History since 1760 by UVa Professor Philip Zelikow is listed as the number one history course on CourseTalk! I enjoyed the entire course, but especially the lectures covering the time after WWII as I had never taken a history course covering years when I was alive. I still remember…
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Wayback Machine Hits 400,000,000,000! A Judson College 1999 Digital Scrapbook

What I think is going to be just a cursory glance at the archived pages always turns into hours of clicking and remembering! Thank you, Internet Archive – how amazing that all this has survived! We knew that our Judson College website being archived, but did not pay much attention. The old pages looked very…