GB Items Related to Tag - work

  • William L. Whitacre
    Copyright Notices

    I will, from time to time, post some basics of entertainment law here. There are three elements to a copyright notice:  1, the word copyright, or the c in the circle symbol; 2 your name, or the name of your company, and 3, the year you created the...

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    Frenzy

    Wow. No one has ever written anything in this group! Well I guess I could do this. I haven't participated much in growing bolder but I've been impressed with what I've seen.Medical retirement and the discovery of magnetic bracelets launched us into a...

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    In Memory of Anne Walsh

      Hello Everybody,   My coworker Anne Walsh died on May 28, 2008 just a few weeks ago. Life down at work has not been the same without her. She has worked at my company since I started in 2003. She passed away in a car accident on her...

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    Kerouac Book Optioned!

    Greetings Growing Bolder! I'm happy to tell you I just finished optioning my Kerouac in Florida book to Urban Myth productions in London. They're hoping to produce in to a film a screenplay based on it.. Basically an option means they pay you to take...

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    The First-Ever GB Job Fair

    We go after for the next member of the all-star Growing Bolder team. Do you know any good developers looking for work?


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    What Scares You?

    Pat Paciello I am sure that in these horrific economic times my primary fear is shared by many baby boomers. In my case, as my retirement funds vaporize, the pivotal question is whether I have enough money to continue my work-free Peter Pan...

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    The hygeine we never think about

    When i get back a sleep report from our reading doctors it always suggest we talk about sleep hygeine.  Since most people have no clue what we mean when we state simply you need to work on yrou sleep hygeine I thought I would share a few thoughts...

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    Charles Modlin

    Super-stud Charles Modlin smashed records at the National Senior Games and he's just getting started.


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    How to Love a Baby Boomer Diva Part II

    Give Her Something to Smile About   Come up with creative ways to do something different for your baby boomer diva everyday.  Let her know you’re thinking about her throughout the day with an email or a phone call (leave a message if...

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    Strong Bodies, Strong Family

    Dr. Ellington Darden helped revolutionize the way we work out, and now he's helping everyone from kids to people over 50 stay fit for life.


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    What Was I Thinking! Life Seems Out of Control!

    Today I have help coming to organize my office! I've reorganized it about six times and I can no longer do this on my own. Having a home office means the overall house needs to be presentable. My office is in the back of the house. I have the type of...

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    Sedum watch!

    In the days before I had a big flower garden (which puts me roughly at just last summer), I hadn't a clue about what fun and suspense and celebration and even mourning could go into watching stuff grow.  Or not.  Up until then, my gardening...

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    Resolutions - Are They worth It?

    Many years I sat down to write my goals for the year and resolutions. The word resolution by definition means to resolve something like a problem or it’s a decision to do something, something that hasn’t been done before. I also could mean...

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    Dr. Arthur Rosenfeld

    Dr. Arthur Rosenfeld is the father of energy efficiency.


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    New Hampshire

      In 2001 my husband and I purchased a get-away house in the Lakes Region of New Hampshire and began spending all our free time there.  Then, in 2003 my husband took early retirement, while I continued to work for Elderhostel in Boston. ...

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    The cures for snoring

     You see them on television and read about them in magazines.  They cost anywhere from $30 to a bed that cost $1000+ Do they really work?  Are they worth the money? Well it depends on what you are thinking of getting.  I will start...

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    Reality Bytes: A Message That Resonates

    Any caregivers out there? It's not easy. But there are organizations that provide help and relief. The Community Education & Resource Affiliation of Central Florida is looking for ways to bring exposure to groups that do great work, and asked GB for help.


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    Here They Come to Save the Day

    Bernie and Carl Moro came out of retirement and started a new business -- with worms. Worms eat and they excrete, and Bernie and Carl say they can make the world a better place.


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    A New Web Site…

        To go along with the marketing of “Learning Later, Living Greater,” we wanted to create a web site that would be the “go-to” site for information on lifelong learning for older adults.    Now, I...

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    "It's Like Legal Steroids"

    Stop running and start lifting. That's the message from a UF orthopedic surgeon and researcher who spent 20 years developing a unique weightlifting machine. He says it helps you gain strength more quickly and you only have to work out once a week!


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    Down to the Wire…

       In May of 2006, the almost-final PDF version of the book arrived from Sentient and we began going through it, page by page, making revisions and finding errors.  I was surprised at how some of the rules of grammar had changed from...

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    Building Joy With Toys

    After 364 days of work, a special group of "elves" celebrated with a holiday toy giveaway in The Villages, Fla. Come along to see the Christmas spirit brought to life through the eyes of deserving kids.


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    Leap! What Will We Do With The Rest Of Our Lives?

    I started writing LEAP because I wanted to learn what it feels like to do the next years well. People at this age tend to fall into three groups: those who are being forced out of their work and feel like Willy Loman, desperately trying to stay in the...

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    Grandma Moses (Anna Roberts)

    Born: Sept. 7, 1860
    Died: Dec. 13, 1961
    One of the most famous American folk artists of all-time, she taught herself to paint when she was in her mid-70s.


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    GrowingBolder.com is 'Go' For Launch

    When we quietly launched our beta site from The Worldwide Headquarters, we delivered the first version of a whole new kind of Web site. We've come a long way from a quiet discussion between friends. See how we got here.


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    Fear of the Dreaded Deductible

    There are only two more weeks left to the year and the dreaded fear of the deductible has arisen.  This condition involves the realization that the new year not only brings resolutions and fresh commitments but a large financial goose egg known as...

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    MLB Draft Bonus: Ralph Garr, Ken Griffey, Dave Winfield and Historians

    These guys made it to the big leagues, but they know they couldn't have done it unless the Negro League players broke the sport's barriers. Hear what they say about the history of baseball, and the work of unknown stars.


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    The Crying Game

    Without giving out too many details, I've been doing some long overdue, work, on myself. I have been a pretty unemotional person, for way too long. Survival technique. I am no longer in need of this kind of technique. I need to revamp my way of thinking,...

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    Mother Teresa

    Born: Aug. 27, 1910
    Died: Sept. 5, 1997
    A Roman Catholic nun who founded the Missionaries of Charity and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work.


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    Inspiration at the Kerouac House

    Writer Darlyn Finch reads from her work, Red Wax Rose, written while she was the Kerouac Project writer in residence, living and working in the house where Jack Kerouac wrote Dharma Bums and learned that On the Road was about to be published.


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    So I'm an athlete again? Cool.

    One day late last year, I was perusing GrowingBolder, which is a website you may have heard of.  I stumbled across an article about a man who'd created an amatuer baseball league for adults, and decided to check out the league.  After weeks of...

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    Jack Kerouac

    In September 1957, Jack Kerouac's most famous book, "On the Road," made him a national sensation. Fans of his work might imagine him living in cultural bastions such as San Francisco's North Beach or Greenwich Village in New York City. In truth,...

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    Supplements Take Time to Work

    With technology allowing us to get the information we want immediately, with a simple push of a button, it’s easy to expect fast results in every area of our life. Unfortunately, good health takes time. “When taking nutritional supplements,...

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    An apple a day...

    ...is not only an old wives' tale, it's a delicious idea! I love apples, especially the tart kinds like Granny Smith and Fuji. I keep them in the fridge, so I can grab one for a quick snack whenever a craving hits.But this recipe I am about to share with...

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    A New Life Journey…

    So off I went to Austria and Italy, and had a fabulous time. While in Austria we attended lectures at the University of Innsbruck and I found I loved being back in the classroom. That combined with all the workshops and programs I had been taking back...

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    ADVICE: Home Renovating

    As you may have noticed in my status from time to time, I have been renovating my house for the past several months. I have advice for everyone who is looking to renovate...if you are doing more than one room, DO NOT live in the house during the process!...

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    Big time depression!

    I'm so depressed right now that I can't think straight. I have so many things to do, but can't concentrate to get stuff done. I am so unhappy and it's only day number six of the new year. I am hoping for a great 2009, but so far, it seems like a big let...

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    Connecting Up with Other Authors

        Over the course of my work with the Elderhostel Institute Network, I have “met,” usually through email, many interesting folks, and I’ve let them all know about my new book.  One of them, Joan Fitting Scott, got...

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    Are you working in retirement?

    According to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), 80% of baby boomers plan to work into their retirement years. Since the tragedy of September 11th, many Baby Boomers had no choice but to enter early retirements when their company faced...

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