Category: Reviews

AB 1313: This new California law eliminates schools’ counterproductive debt collection practices

Marivic Cabural Summers
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One of the problems confronting young Americans is their outstanding student loan debt, which oftentimes serves as a hindrance to their success. At present, More than 44 million Americans have outstanding student loan debt totaling over $1.5 trillion. Therefore, the United States has a student debt crisis. California Governor Gavin Newson recently signed into law legislation that would help alleviate the crisis by ensuring students can pursue educational and career opportunities. The state’s newly-approved law, AB 1313, the Educational Debt Collection Practices Act, prohibits private and public postsecondary schools’ existing…

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Using e-cigarettes or vaping is bad for your health, period

Marivic Cabural Summers

Millions of people worldwide are now using e-cigarettes or vaping, which are marketed as an alternative way to quit or reduce smoking tobacco—the leading cause of lung cancer, tuberculosis, and other chronic respiratory illnesses and even death. E-cigarettes are also called e-cigs, e-hookahs, electronic nicotine delivery systems, vape pens, vapes and tanks systems. These are battery-powered devices containing liquid nicotine, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and other chemicals and flavorings that are converted into aerosol, which users inhale into their lungs. Take note that e-cigarettes contain nicotine, the highly addictive chemical found in…

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Apple New iPhone SE Smaller but Powerful as the iPhone 6S

Marivic Cabural Summers

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) unveiled the iPhone SE, its most powerful 4-inch iPhone ever, and it is intended to capture consumers in China and emerging markets. Greg Joswiak, vice president of iPhone, iPod, and iOS product marketing, explained that the 4-inch model is important based on the fact that Apple sold 30 million 4-inch iPhones in 2015. According to him, People are buying the 4-inch iPhone because people love smaller phones with most compact design and it is the first iPhone owned by most customers worldwide particularly in China. The cost…

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Comcast Internet and TV Services Suffer a Major Outage

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The internet and TV services of Comcast Corporation suffered a major outage across the United States that started around 6:30 AM Eastern Time. The outage affected most of the cities in the East Coast from Washington D.C. to Boston and other major cities across the country including Chicago, Detroit, Denver, Houston, Minneapolis, Pittsburg, Portland, Seattle and San Francisco, according to report from Downdetector.com. Comcast customers aired their complaints on social media networks such as Twitter and Facebook because the company’s customer service line was also down. Comcast apologized to customers…

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Burger King Now Offering Extra Long Buttery Cheeseburger: Would You Like to Eat It?

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Burger King started offering a new extra-long buttery cheeseburger with 710 calories on Monday. Would you like to eat it? The sandwich contains two beef patties topped with freshly cut onions, crisp iceberg lettuce, ketchup, melted American cheese, a buttery garlic flavored sauce and a creamy mayonnaise spread, and served on a warm toasted hoagie bun. Burger King has been increasing the competition with its peers in the industry. The burger chain operator is also offering an extra-long fish sandwich, extra-long cheeseburger, and extra-long BBQ cheese burger. Health conscious people will…

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